Amtrak #3, the Southwest Chief is on time as it slows for its scheduled station stop of Albuquerque NM. On point is Amtrak Heritage 156 w/ Amtrak 42, the Veterans unit, trailing ...

A small opening on the fireman's side of the smoke box reveals a welder doing more restoration work inside the big Northern. The society restoring the Santa Fe 2926 hopes to have the big Northern ... (more)

The big 80 inch drivers on the Santa Fe Northern 2926. Note the words "Baldwin Disc" on each wheel. The society restoring the 2926 hopes to have the big Northern's drivers moving under i... (more)

She is all ready to roll. The completely restored Santa Fe 2926 tender sits in the shed, waiting for the locomotive restoration to be completed. The society restoring the 2926 hopes to have the ... (more)

After four days of freezing cold and rain, the sun has come out, giving the crew that is restoring Santa Fe Northern 2926 an opportunity to work on the big locomotive. Safety is heavily stressed ... (more)

Santa Fe 2926 was brought outside on Wednesday morning January 18th for the crews to take advantage of warm sunshine to continue restoratiion work. A crew member is about to enter through the fron... (more)

View inside the firebox of Santa Fe Northern 2926 show some of the work that is going into restoring the locomotive. The tender has already been restored and the society hopes to have the locomot... (more)

A member of the team that is restoring Santa Fe 2926 climbs out of the firebox of the big Northern. The tender has already been restored and the society hopes to have the locomotive ready to run ... (more)

A group photo of the crew that has been restoring Santa Fe Northern 2926 in Albuquerque. The tender has already been restored and the society hopes to have the locomotive ready to run by the end ... (more)

BNSF 2024, SF 2844 and BN 2890 make for a colorful photo of both former railroads now making the new BNSF at the Albuquerque yard.

A matching pair of freightbonnet SD40-2s reverse towards the former ATSF shops to pick up a brakeman and conductor having just been lined out onto a main track in preparation to head Northeast out... (more)

New Mexico's Rail Runner Express at Amtrak Albuquerque Station.

Having completed its station work, Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 accelerates out of Albuquerque, NM and on towards all points west. This train features one of Amtrak's new Phase III Baggage Cars, en... (more)

After dropping off cars it brought from Belen, the crew on the BNSF 5136 pull the power up the the Albuquerque yard office. Later they will take a string of freight cars back down to Belen.

The Rio Puerco River was running muddy as Santa Fe Train 1, San Francisco Chief, crossed it westbound on Aug. 8, 1970, after leaving Albuquerque, about 34 miles back.