A pair of BNSF units head east as they knock down the WSS Levy. The power is headed to Colmor where they will pickup a train of track equipment and bring it up to Trinidad.

A pair of BNSF units is seen splitting the intermediate semaphores north of Wagon Mound. The power is headed to Colmor where they will pickup a train of track equipment and bring it up to Trinidad... (more)

Running a few hours late, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief splits the Santa Fe searchlight signals at the East Raton control point as the train makes its way off of Raton Pass and towards its st... (more)

A pair of Southwestern Railroad SD40-2's sit in the railroads yard in Deming, New Mexico, where the railroad interchanges with Union Pacific. The lead unit here still shows it's BNSF heritage, whi... (more)

The Sun has dropped below the horizon, and we find ourselves at the easternmost semaphore signal of the Raton Subdivision. On chance I caught this movement, as only Amtrak 3 and 4 usually ply this... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits its first pair of semaphores. It'll pass at least a dozen more on its westward journey.

With the "Wagon Mound" plateau providing a looming backdrop, Amtrak train number 4 splits through the ATSF semaphore signals at Levy.

West of Hatch finds a westbound Southwestern train heading for Deming.

Southwestern power at Deming, NM.

Westbound and Down nearly 4 hours due to recurring congestion in the midwest, Amtrak's Southwest Chief glides across the 1960's line realignment at Rosario, New Mexico.

An 86-car eastbound Santa Fe manifest approaches the city limits of Las Vegas, New Mexico, on the Glorietta Subdivision. Looking at Google Earth, this once wide-open shot is now treed in.

Built in the Spanish Mission style, the 1899 AT&SF station in Las Vegas, New Mexico greeted many of the Santa Fe’s long-distance passenger trains. Now, it exists to serve the Southwest Chief<... (more)

Amtrak's Charger test train races across northern New Mexico at Hebron on a hot summer morning. The purpose of the test train was to see how Amtrak's new Siemens SC-44 Charger units handle on a lo... (more)

Starting to move again after waiting for M.o.W to clear up at Springer and to get a new track warrant, AMTK 202 leads a test train with a pair of Amtrak's new Charger units to see how they'll hand... (more)

Mid train helpers assist a westbound Santa Fe train on the Raton Pass line at Watrous, New Mexico.