A relatively short eight-car Southwest Limited passes a westbound semaphore near Levy, New Mexico.

Amtrak #3 'The Southwest Chief' spits the 774.2 semaphores south of Las Vegas.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief, train No3 bound for Los Angeles from Chicago polishes the rails at Wagon Mound, New Mexico on May 2, 2019. The famous semaphores of the region have yet again been placed ... (more)

No3, Amtrak's L.A. bound Southwest Chief slides into Raton, New Mexico and it's low cloud ceiling for the brief station stop after cresting the namesake pass on May 2, 2019.

With Raton Pass and the station stop of Raton at the markers, Amtrak's Southwest Chief, train No3 bound for Los Angeles continues it's journey through the scenic southwest as it makes the posted s... (more)

Amtrak's train No3, the southbound Southwest Chief traverses the horseshoe curve as it climbs Raton Pass and approaches the state line on May 2 ,2019.

The setting sun scours the Earth with intense golden light as the Southwest Chief blasts into view from behind the underpass on its way to Los Angeles.

Amtrak #4 'The Southwest Chief' rounds the curve past the semaphores protecting West Chapelle while afternoon storms build in the New Mexico sky.

Representing Phases I, III, and V; featured here Amtrak's Chicago bound Southwest Chief makes its way through the picturesque community of Rowe, NM on a beautifully hot Summer afternoon.

Here we see Eastbound Amtrak train #4 arriving at the station in Gallup, NM.

The Southwest Chief passes a spectacular bluff through some of the most scenic parts of New Mexico.

The Southwest Chief leans into a curve at speed in Pruitt.

Emerging from an elevated cut, featured here Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 makes its way through Rosario, NM en route to Albuquerque, NM on a beautifully hot mid-Spring afternoon.

The Southwest Chief streaks across some scenic portions of desert on a fine afternoon.

The eastbound Southwest Chief stretches its legs across the scenic plains of the New Mexico countryside.