Today, December 18th 2017, started out as a day of celebration for the first runs of the Amtrak Cascades and the Starlight on the recently finished Lakewood Sub. Instead, it was a day of tragedy... (more)
Splitting the intermediate semaphore signals at Bernal, located just west of Chapelle, AMTK 181 charges west with the Southwest Chief as it climbs toward the summit of Glorieta Pass along the join... (more)
The 2nd engineer enjoys a nice spring day by sticking his arm out the window as Amtrak #3, the Southwest Chief, climbs Raton Pass at 20 miles per hour. Soon, the train will be doing 79 miles per h... (more)