The westward Chief passes the endangered semaphores at the west end of the Chapelle siding.

A quartet of SDP40F's lead Amtrak's Southwest Limited through the semaphores guarding the west siding switch at Chapelle, NM. Amazingly, the semaphores still protect this siding for the Southwest... (more)

#4 passes through the set of semaphores at the west end of Chapelle, NM on 9/17/13.

Amtrak #3 blasts past the semaphore signals at the east end of Chapelle siding on 9/17/13.

Amtrak #4 passes an old Santa Fe water tower as it heads east through Chapelle, NM on 7/23/13. The meet between #3 and #4 would take place at the east of Chapelle today as Amtrak #3 was running la... (more)

The Station to Station special train heads west, knocking down the clear signal at the east end of Chapelle, NM just after the sun dipped behind a cloud near sunset on 9/17/13.

The Station to Station special train heads west into the fading light at the east end of Chapelle, NM on 9/17/13.

2 BNSF C44-9W's lead a officers special through the east end of Chapelle, NM on 7/16/13. This train had officers aboard as they inspected the Glorieta and Raton subs before overnighting in La Junt... (more)

Amtrak train #3 is about to take the clear signal out of the west end of the semaphore protected siding of Chapelle after meeting train #4 here on 7/23/13. Chapelle has semaphores still protecting... (more)

Amtrak's Westbound Southwest Chief passes the classic semaphores at the east end of Chapelle siding on a beautiful day in the high desert of northern New Mexico.

For many decades semaphore signals such as these guided some of the nation’s most historic passenger trains across the country. Fast forward to 2013 and this group of semaphore signals in the hi... (more)

On its late afternoon journey across the desert Southwest from Los Angeles, Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief knocks down the T-2 Santa Fe semaphore signals protecting the interlocking of ... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief zips by a clear signal on the mainline at the east end of Chapelle siding under a crystal clear New Mexico sky. After this train's passage these classic s... (more)

Westbound SW Chief on the move at Chapelle. Ahead: the crossing of the Sangre de Christo range.

The westbound Southwest Chief rolls through semaphores at the Chapelle, N.M., siding, between Las Vegas, N.M., and Albuquerque, N.M. Shot with 80-200MM zoom lens, 200 speed film.