Amtrak 3, the Southwest Chief, blasts through the quiet countryside west of Delhi, CO.

Amtrak train #4, the eastward Southwest Chief, flies by a semaphore indicating a clear track ahead as they speed past the geologic formation that gave the town of Wagon Mound it's name.

Amtrak's number 3 train aka the "Southwest Chief" pulls into the Galesburg Amtrak Station to make passenger drop-offs and pick-ups. The engineer was very friendly handing us a pack of bottled wate... (more)

The Amtrak "Southwest Chief" hastily races beneath the intermediate signals at MP241 on the Marceline Sub., just west of Fort Madison by a couple miles.

Amtrak #3, the Southwest Chief, passes Amtrak's Redondo Junction facility on its way to Los Angeles, just about five miles ahead. P42DCs 131 and 207 have just brought the nine-car train ov... (more)

Running a little over 2 hours off the advertised, Amtrak's Westbound Southwest Chief passes the Mormon rocks between Davis Ranch and Pine Lodge as passenger's enjoy a early morning run down Cajon ... (more)

Train #4 - The eastbound Southwest Chief (Train #4) arrives at Fullerton on it's way from Los Angeles to Chicago Illinois.

Amtrak's Westbound Southwest Chief passes the classic semaphores at the east end of Chapelle siding on a beautiful day in the high desert of northern New Mexico.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief flies through Carrollton, MO, a classic mid-western set up of a town. Single main grade crossing bracketed by an elevator on one side and a station on the other. Train no.... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief rolls in for a station stop at La Plata as a storm pushes through to the east.

Just minutes out of Trinidad, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief works it's way up the eastside of Raton Pass as it passes through the small town of Starkville.

After dropping its passengers at Union Station, the eastbound Southwest Chief comes around the wye at Canal Street and prepares to back into the wash rack.

The westbound Southwest Chief makes it way through Brookfield at a slower than normal pace, crossing from main 1 to main 2 to run around a outbound Metra on Easter Sunday. The Phase IV heritage un... (more)

Running about three hours off its advertised schedule, westbound Amtrak train #3, The Southwest Chief, drops downgrade through Cajon Pass, where a light snow has fallen during the night.

A mismatched trio of GEs leads Amtrak's Southwest Chief train #4 at Fourth Street and Santa Fe Avenue in Flagstaff, Arizona. Six Material Handling Cars are positioned at the back of this 15 car tr... (more)