Running By The Rail Runner. Amtrak Southwest Chief (Train 4) the station in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 14, 2022 when it passed the New Mexico Rail Runner Express yard. Webb Rail's for... (more)

The Southwest Chief makes good time running south of Wagon Mound, New Mexico

The Southwest Chief leaves Wagon Mound, New Mexico behind and splits the semaphore signals at Levy.

The Southwest Chief runs towards Raton, New Mexico as it heads south from Trinidad, Colorado.

It won't be long before the last semaphore signals are removed from Levy and Wagon Mound, New Mexico. These sentinels of the Southwest Chief are being replaced for conventional signal poles.

Amtrak 4 rushes through the prairies of New Mexico on its way towards Raton on a stormy afternoon. The famous “Wagon Mound” can be seen in the distance.

Train from El-Paso, Tx to Dorchester, NE passes by BNSF 6900 at Fort Sumner.

Westbound in the big curve between Marmon and Laguna, BNSF 8247 in native colors leads two Heritage II GEs.

AMTK 41 (P42DC) leads the Southwest Chief towards Levy, New Mexico.

Santa Fe 650 leads an eastbound manifest out of Abo Canyon on the long grade to Mountainair. A second main track was added to this busy route a few years later but at this time the railroad was pu... (more)

The Southwest Chief runs south through New Mexico as it heads towards Las Vegas, NM

Brilliant in the late afternoon sun, a trio of Dash9s and an SD75M power a westbound up the grade towards the Continental Divide.

Quality Intermodal stack train from Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA exits Abo Canyon, NM and curves towards Belen, NM for its next crew change.

Struggling up the long grade from the Rio Grande valley at Belen to Mountainair, BNSF 505 East leads another one of the diverse power consists that proliferated at the time, including an F45. Fuji... (more)

Early morning finds the 4826 East sailing across the plains and blowing past the old division point of Vaughn, NM. The subdivision was largely single track with passing sidings yet and you better ... (more)