An abundance of rain over the last several months has produced fields upon fields of sunflowers. Featured is one with a now retired Santa Fe Southern locomotive in the background.

As thunderstorms brew and rain begins to fall, here we see Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 as it pulls up alongside the station platform in Raton, NM. Decorated in the Phase I paint scheme, this train... (more)

It's not often I do a Black & White photo, but for this I decided to get a bit more artsy. Here we see Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief as it negotiates the tight crevasses of Apache Canyon on a... (more)

Rounding the curve, here's a glimpse of Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 moments prior to ascending Glorieta Pass on an absolutely gorgeous mid-September afternoon.

Featuring lots of friendly waving from the crew, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 makes it's way through the community of Rowe, NM, on a brisk and windy February afternoon.

Moments after descending off of Glorieta Pass, here we see Amtrak's Los Angeles bound Southwest Chief as it traverses through Canyoncito, NM on a beautiful mid-September afternoon.

Here we see Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 slowly making its way through Apache Canyon on a brutally cold and snowy winter afternoon. Decorated in the phase IV paint scheme, this train features Herit... (more)

Dashing through the snow, seen here Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief #4 makes it's way through Canyoncito, NM, on a brutally cold winter 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)

Moments after negotiating the twists and turns of Glorieta Pass, we see Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 as it makes its way into Canyonicto, NM, on a brisk Autumn afternoon.

Splitting the blades, Phase I Heritage unit #156 glides Amtrak's Southwest Chief through a set of intermediate semaphore signals in Robinson, NM, on a cool and stormy mid-August afternoon.

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)

Currently en route towards Albuquerque, featured here we see Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief #4 as it travels through beautiful Rio Puerco, NM on a hot and sunny early August morning.

Moments after negotiated the twists and turns of Glorieta Pass; here we see Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief #3 as it descends into Canyoncito, NM on a beautifully warm summer afternoon.

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)