Due to problems with the code-line Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief is running on restrictive signals between Springer and Colmor. As a wild weather system moved across northern New Mexico a brief break in between downpours finds the westbound Chief preparing to split the 7061 and 7062 blades.
Photos showing the railroad pole lines. The pole line used four basic electrical circuits - telegraph, telephone, signaling, and power. Modern technologies of fiber optics, microwave, radio, satellite, and computers have been replacing the pole lines.