Last night I dreamed I was in searchlight signal heaven, oh what a beautiful sight. All the signals had softly glowing incandescent bulbs and no harsh LED lights, wah wah wah / and they were prope... (more)

The 4710 brings an ethanol train over the summit of the long climb from the Rio Grande valley at Dalies, NM, junction with the old main line via Albuquerque, seen diverging in the foreground.

BNSF 8260 East has an interesting array of power as it climbs the grade towards Mountainair.

The Curve At Sunrise

Simmering quietly in the morning light, Cumbres & Toltec 484 and Denver & Rio Grade Western 425 sit outside the shops at Chama. Wearing a new number as part of the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup fes... (more)

Hustling a westbound train along the beautiful, red rock formations east of Gallup, BNSF 7315 and a newer Tier IV unit have this empty intermodal well in hand as they outrun as summer monsoon off ... (more)

Amtrak 161, the Phase 1 Heritage Unit, leads the Southwest Chief past the Semaphore signals at 786

A late Amtrak Southwest Chief takes the siding at Blanchard, NM to meet it's eastbound counterpart

Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 passes the intermediate semaphores north of Wagon Mound. With the removal of the set at 706, these are now the final intermediate semaphore signals within the northern ... (more)

Aspens Are Changing

Heading for Dallas Divide Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 20 and 2-8-2 455 recreate an RGS train of the early 1940s during TRAINS Magazine's "Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern" photo ch... (more)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s daily passenger train has just arrived on the end of its run at Chama, New Mexico, on the afternoon of August 28, 2021. As passengers disembark, the engine cre... (more)

A scene only found in the pages of history now...Amtrak 4 splits the intermediate semaphores at Springer, New Mexico on its eastbound journey to Chicago. The 100-year-old signals, which had guided... (more)