A relatively short eight-car Southwest Limited passes a westbound semaphore near Levy, New Mexico.
Moving westward through Ilfeld, New Mexico, Amtrak Train 3, the Southwest Limited, rolls through the semi-arid landscape.
It's a beautifully hot first day of Summer, and featured here we see Amtrak's Southwest Chief making its daily appearance in the picturesque community of Galisteo, NM as it traverses the high-dese... (more)
The Southwest Chief passes Wootton Ranch as it climbs Raton Pass
Amtrak #3 'The Southwest Chief' climbs Raton Pass ducking under the ATSF searchlights at Gallinas.
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)
Thursday night, I made it out to Kansas City Union Station to shoot Amtrak no. 3 coming into town with an old Pepsi Can on the point. Here's the Southwest Chief, as it arrived in KC with the #5... (more)
Southwest chief races west through Kewanee with the rather unusual sight of a P32 leading the charge
A rare leader brings the Southwest Chief west past Highlands.
Amtrak #3 'The Southwest Chief' spits the 774.2 semaphores south of Las Vegas.
Westbound Amtrak 3 "Southwest Chief" passes Semaphore at Milepost 706.2 between Springer and Colmor (NM)
The Southwest Chief passes the 791.2 blades
Running as advertised, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 traverses the high-desert terrain of Northern New Mexico on a crisp, sunny Autumn afternoon.
The Southwest Chief near Mesita, NM.
The Southwest Chief trots along through the scenic yet rugged countryside west of Albuquerque.