With a friendly wave from the crew, Amtrak's Chicago bound Southwest Chief #4 travels east out of Sands, NM on an absolutely beautiful pre-spring afternoon.

Decorated in the Phase IV paint scheme, Heritage unit #184 leads Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief #4 through the picturesque community of Rowe, NM on a beautifully crisp Autumn afternoon.

Having just descended Glorieta Pass, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 traverses Canyoncito, NM on this beautifully crisp Christmas day. Decorated in the Phase III paint scheme, this train features Heri... (more)

Here's a glimpse of Amtrak's Los Angeles bound Southwest Chief #3 as it traverses through Rowe, NM, as the sun begins to set on a beautifully warm summer evening. Featuring a BNSF on point, #4134 ... (more)

Seen here, Amtrak’s Chicago bound Southwest Chief #4 quickly travels through the small community of Rowe, NM, on an absolutely beautiful winter afternoon. Decorated in the Phase III paint scheme... (more)

October 4, 2014. Featuring a huge wave from one of the crew, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief #3 makes an appearance as it descends off of Glorieta Pass and into Canyoncito, NM on a beautiful early autu... (more)

August 8, 2014. Here's a glimpse of Amtrak’s Los Angeles bound Southwest Chief #3 as it makes an appearance just outside of Galisteo, NM, on an absolutely beautiful mid-summer afternoon.

Running approximately 5 hours late, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief #3 makes it's way through Galisteo, NM, moments before the setting sun disappears behind the horizon. This train experienced ... (more)

Seen here, Amtrak's Southwest Chief quickly traverses the southern plains of Colorado as it closes in on its next stop of Trinidad, CO.

Here we see a lit semaphore signal standing tall as the sun rises above the distant mesa. Recently many of these historic signals have fallen, however some, such as the one featured here remains o... (more)

Seen here, Amtrak's Southwest Chief traverses Canyoncito, NM on a brisk and stormy early-November afternoon. As winter quickly approaches and temperatures drop, featured is a lone tree of which co... (more)

Emerging from an elevated cut, featured here Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 makes its way through Rosario, NM en route to Albuquerque, NM on a beautifully hot mid-Spring afternoon.

When it comes to photography more often than not timing and some luck can make all the difference, as illustrated here. Running approximately six hours behind the advertised due to track maintenan... (more)

While running under stormy weather conditions, we see Phase I Heritage unit #156 lead Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 through an intermediate set of semaphore signals. Over the last several weeks, the... (more)

Splitting the blades, here we see Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 as it passes through an active pair of semaphore signals; featured are only two of many in the area. Located between Raton and Las Veg... (more)