Onboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief as it speeds past two of many semaphore signals that remain operational in the area.

With a friendly wave from the crew, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #4 makes its way through the picturesque community of Rowe, NM on a beautifully brisk Autumn afternoon. Decorated in the Phase IV paint... (more)

After working what seemed to be an endless 10 hour job, I couldn’t wait to go home, only to realize that an Amtrak hadn't passed by. So I ventured out to the Pass, hiked to a favorite location of ... (more)

Here we see Conductor Montoya giving a thumbs up as his train, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief #4 slowly pulls away from the station platform in Lamy, NM.

Amtrak 188 backs its trainset through the wash in Chicago.

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)

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.

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.

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)

Amtrak's train #4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, departed Gallup, New Mexico, 42 minutes late on the morning of August 15th, 2015. One of the carrier's specially painted 40th Anniversary e... (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.

July 27th, 2015 marks the end of an era in Watrous, New Mexico, as the passing siding located in town along BNSF's Raton Subdivision loses its iconic semaphore signals. These, along with nine othe... (more)

As I was watching the eastbound Southwest Chief pull out of Albuquerque's downtown station, I thought, "Wow, the sound sure echos off the buildings here. It sounds like there's a train behind... (more)