The Southwest Chief runs the S curves south of Trinidad, Colorado.

The Southwest Chief makes good time running south of Wagon Mound, New Mexico

The Southwest Chief leaves Wagon Mound, New Mexico behind and splits the semaphore signals at Levy.

The Empire Builder's consist pulls out of Portland Union Station to be wyed for the return trip east

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Pastel colors of dawn emerge from the darkest hours of the night as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr bolts across a fill at 79 miles per hour at Barr, Colorado, on January 6, 2011.

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The Southwest Chief runs towards Raton, New Mexico as it heads south from Trinidad, Colorado.

The world famous Auto Train is about an hour to it's terminal in Sanford seen at Seville.

The California Zephyr runs through the trees at Tolland, Colorado as it heads to the Moffat Tunnel.

Amtrak engine 171 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr with no ditch lights through Keenesburg, Colorado.

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It won't be long before the last semaphore signals are removed from Levy and Wagon Mound, New Mexico. These sentinels of the Southwest Chief are being replaced for conventional signal poles.

A pink sunrise glints off the side of the California Zephyr as it splits the signals near Keenesburg, Colorado.

The California Zephyr runs in the freezing snow as it heads east through Fort Morgan, Colorado.