It's a crisp mid-December afternoon as Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 makes its way off of Glorieta Pass and into Canyoncito, NM.

Amtrak 85 leads the Westbound Southwest Chief through Montgomery.

The Southwest Chief passes Holbrook

The eastbound Southwest Chief works its way over Raton Pass past the historic Dick Wootton Ranch and Old Santa Fe Train sign.

The eastbound Southwest Chief passes a scenic rock mesa of New Mexico.

Amtrak Train #3 The Southwest Chief arriving at Princeton, Illinois on August 3, 2017.

Amtrak 192 and 2 lead the westbound Southwest Chief over the BNSF Ottumwa Sub after just coming through the Cameron connection and onto the BNSF Chillicothe Sub.

Thunderstorms build in the background as Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief races through the intermediate Semaphore Signals by Colmor siding.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief gets rolling after a stop. Number 3 met its counter part train here at CP Bishop.

Seen here, Amtrak's Southwest Chief quickly traverses the southern plains of Colorado as it closes in on its next stop of Trinidad, CO.

The eastbound Southwest Chief races along nearly six hours late due to a late departure out of Los Angeles two evenings prior. Train #4 has also routinely been running late for the past few weeks ... (more)

Seen here, Amtrak's Southwest Chief slowly pulls up alongside the station platform in Las Vegas, NM as passengers eagerly wait to board.

Four P42s power today's Southwest Chief. This power is due to the large amount of mail cars on the rear of the train which was not uncommon in this time period.

Running over sixteen hour late, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief, train #3, makes a daylight appearance through the northern Arizona region on the first day of May 2017. The delay was due to a n... (more)

Amtrak #3, the Southwest Chief is on time as it slows for its scheduled station stop of Albuquerque NM. On point is Amtrak Heritage 156 w/ Amtrak 42, the Veterans unit, trailing ...