At 13:03 (1:03 pm), Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, rolls into the Fullerton station 5 hours 6 minute late. the last stop before arriving in Los Angeles from Chicago. Twenty... (more)
Amtrak 152 & 39 with the eastbound Southwest Chief.
Running just 6 hours 53 minutes behind schedule, this day’s Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is just about to its next-to-last stop in Fullerton. (The previous day’s trai... (more)
Amtrak's Eastbound Southwest Chief splits the century-old semaphores at Romeroville just south of Las Vegas.
The Bond Street crossing in Wagon Mound, NM was a very cluttered place at the turn of this century. Railroad hardware installed much earlier in the 20th century barely made it into the 21st. Thi... (more)
AMTK 150 & 140 power the westbound Southwest Chief on BNSF' Gallup subdivision.
The "Southwest Chief" is preparing to leave with all that old equipment but at least it all appears to match somewhat after six years. Photo by Gary Zeitler. From my collection.
The westbound Chief has a fresh crew ready to take on the night. Here we see AMTK 194 heads south out of Albuquerque, passing their last Santa Fe searchlight cantilever along the route.
The westbound Chief is closing in on Santa Fe as it passes the intermediate semaphores at Los Cerillos.
AMTK 194 leads the westbound Chief through the semaphores at the ghost town of Colmer.
The morning Southwest Chief makes a run over Raton Pass as AMTK 194 pulls the train under another Santa Fe cantilever.
Like most days, both Southwest Chiefs meet on Glorieta Pass. This day was no different as AMTK 18 pulls the eastbound Chief out of E. Glorieta.
AMTK 44 leads the Southwest Chief south through the semaphores at Wagon Mound as the head for Las Vegas.
The westbound Southwest Chief is fighting over Raton Pass as AMTK 44 leads under the former Santa Fe searchlight cantilever.
Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief is running over 14 hours late as it makes a rare daylight appearance across the northern Arizona region through Hackberry. AMTK 14, like many other P42DCs, is sh... (more)