The Southwest Chief races along on the Marceline Sub with the next stop at LaPlata in about 30 miles. The train passes under one of the few old ex-Santa Fe signal bridges that were left along this... (more)

The Southwest Chief passes the classic Wig-Wag signal at Delhi, CO on a cold January morning.

As the BNSF 2019 California Division Christmas Train (O-SBDSBD3-16) departs the yard in San Bernardino, California, it meets Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief at the San Bernard... (more)

The Plains of New Mexico - In addition to the many fantastic topographical features that New Mexico has to offer, there is also a lot of flat ground and rolling hills between Wagon Mound an... (more)

Amtrak engine #4 leads train #3, the westbound "Southwest Chief" by the semaphores at the 717 milepost near Colmor, NM.

The westbound Southwest Chief continues its westward trek toward Los Angeles, with weather conditions improving toward Lamy and Albuquerque. Two target signals guard the west siding switch with St... (more)

Starting to move again after waiting for M.o.W to clear up at Springer and to get a new track warrant, AMTK 202 leads a test train with a pair of Amtrak's new Charger units to see how they'll hand... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, arrives in Kansas City, Missouri, at about 10:00 pm (22:00) and spends 45 minutes in town while the train is serviced. On August 9, 2018, the... (more)

Amtrak P42DC #3 leads a late train #3 (the westbound Southwest Chief) as it passes through Buena Park, California, on May 26, 2018. This train, along with #5 (the California Zephyr)... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief ducks under the Santa Fe-era searchlight cantilever at Gallinas, on the downwards decent of the famous Raton Pass.

Amtrak #3, the outbound Southwest Chief, hustles west through Aurora, passing a stopped eastbound coal train at the High Street bridge. Those shadows were making me sweat a bit as I awaited Amtrak... (more)

Amtrak 500 makes for a rare leader on the Southwest Chief today as it pulls into Naperville. Amtrak 500 will eventually be taken off in Kansas City where only the two trailing P42's would remain.

Amtrak #3 'The Southwest Chief' spits the 774.2 semaphores south of Las Vegas.

Train No4, the Chicago bound Southwest Chief descends the east slope of Raton Pass as it heads for it's next stop of Trinidad then onward to La Junta for a crew change. The Santa Fe search lights ... (more)

No3, Amtrak's L.A. bound Southwest Chief slides into Raton, New Mexico and it's low cloud ceiling for the brief station stop after cresting the namesake pass on May 2, 2019.