Ex-ATSF F7A #308 leads a six-unit power lashup on the point of Amtrak's Super Chief chasing the setting sun through the ghost remains of Waldo. Amtrak is young, and it's early striping can be seen... (more)
Amtrak #3, The Super Chief, descends La Bajada Hill, westbound for Albuquerque. Amtrak is just over 1 year old and is still using old ATSF Warbonnet power, and the train is still a combination of ... (more)
A very late #3 is led through the Cajon Pass by a BNSF Dash 9.
The westbound Southwest Chief pauses at Galesburg to pick up passengers.
A beautiful day to be boarding the train in Raton, NM.
Passengers in the lounger car on Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief are taking in the scenery as the train traverses a series of reverse curves. The train has help in the form of a BNSF locomotive... (more)
When I traveled to California, it was to escape the dreadful Michigan winter. I never expected to encounter three feet of snow in Colorado and New Mexico on the way there. Both Amtrak P42DCs on th... (more)
Amtrak 64 & 175 lead the westbound Southwest Chief east of Grants NM.
Mixed train daily. Except for the semaphores, this is a pretty ordinary picture. But what I find interesting eight years later is what is on the rear of the train, a long mixture of material han... (more)
An early arrival for Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief at the Albuquerque platform with a New Mexico thunderstorm brewing in the distance.
As luck would have it, the Southwest Chief is running late. Seen here passing MOW workers clearing switches at Summit on a beautiful snowy December morning.
The Southwest Chief backs in from Amtrak's prep yard to Union Station.
A well-powered Southwest Chief ducks under the Dan Ryan expressway.
Amtrak's number 1 leads Train 3 west.
A group of Boy Scouts gets ready to board the Southwest Chief on their way to Philmont Scout Ranch in Northeast New Mexico.
