Just as the sun sets, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Limited, is about to depart Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal behind a trio of SDP40Fs – 524, 519 and 512 – as soon as t... (more)

Eastbound Southwest chief from LA to CHI departs Flagstaff Depot after it's scheduled stop

Lot of activity going on in this one! A Metra commuter train sits outside the Aurora Transportation Center and Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL, waiting for its call to duty. Up above is BNSF... (more)

Amtrak 4 slows down due to signal issues during a thunderstorm. The famed “Wagon Mound” can be seen among the dark clouds and distant thunderheads.

Amtrak 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, has just knocked down the semaphore signals in Levy, NM on its way towards Raton, NM. A thunderstorm popped up and it started to rain very heavily just as... (more)

Making its first stop after departing Los Angeles is Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief. P42DCs 183 and 64 will handle this train for the remaining 2,239 miles to Chicago. With... (more)

The first Amtrak train 4 of the new year makes the first stop of its journey. Just a few miles out of Los Angeles, Amtrak P42DCs 206 and 131 are pulling six cars (39038, 23086, 38048, 33009, 3410... (more)

541 miles into its 2222 mile journey from Los Angeles CA to Chicago IL, three Santa Fe engines (two F45s – ATSF 5933 and another – and an F7B – plus a steam generator car) lead Amtrak 4, the... (more)

It's blue hour, and the Christmas Season is in the air with the skyline of Chicago illuminated in Red and Green as we see the Southwest Chief in the foreground.

Running 10 minutes late and leaving the setting sun behind, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, approaches Atwood, a junction of the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub and Metrolink’s... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound Southwest Chief zips through Ancona, Illinois, on the afternoon of June 26, 1993—passing fields of corn that definitely will be beyond “knee high by Fourth of July.” Pow... (more)

The eastbound Southwest Chief #4 has just finished turning around at the Wye at Kansas City and is now the westbound #3 as passengers were bussed to stops east of KC to Chicago due to the derailme... (more)

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, is running 5 hours 20 minutes late as it departs Kansas City on its journey from Los Angeles to Chicago. This train is back to daily operation at th... (more)

With the mountains of Flagstaff in the background, the eastbound Southwest Chief speeds past a small ranch in Winona.

Amtrak South West Chief splits signals at east siding switch Chappel.