The westbound Southwest Chief leaves Chicago behind in a swirl of snow as it dusts the Metra platform at LaVergne and photographer Chris Lastovich at 70mph.

Southwest Chief hustles at track speed through La Grange westbound toward the setting sun and the West Coast.

Amtrak P42DC 177 heads west through Mendota, Illinois, with the outbound Southwest Chief (train #3), down the BNSF Mendota Subdivision. It's approaching its station stop at Mendota.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits a set of semaphores on its westward trek across the plains of New Mexico.

For no apparent reason whatsoever, a UP SD70ACe leads the Southwest Chief westbound, running over 3 hours late just 21 miles into its trip. The ACe was available to Amtrak after pulling #6 into Ch... (more)

"Southwest Chief", running almost 3 hours late due to floods in Kansas, makes a rare daytime crossing over Cajon Pass.

A 5 hr plus late Southwest Chief #3 goes into the curves west of Ludlow California on it way to Los Angeles.

The steam heat is evident as Amtrak SDP40Fs 518, 504 and 519 wait patiently as baggage and passengers are unloaded in San Bernardino, CA, on a rainy January 6, 1974. Not many westbound passengers... (more)

NS GEVO 7574, the leader of today's M-BRCGAL, sits off to the left while the outbound Southwest Chief passes by, lead by Amtrak 14.

Amtrak #3 running over 5 hours late makes it's way down Cajon Pass.

Amtrak train #35, a very late westbound Southwest Chief, pauses at the next-to-last stop in Fullerton, CA, before traversing the last 28 miles of its run from Chicago to Los Angeles.

The Southwest Chief ontime out of the city is led by a mix of power today... P42 52 and a Cascade service F59PH 469. The pair blow through town while a BNSF yard job pulls down to the west end for... (more)

Number 3 ontime out of the city blasts through suburban Berwyn as the local nut case crossing guard waves intently.

The Southwest Chief rolls into Princeton to make a station stop on its way west.