BNSF 7966 leads an empty work train through the semaphores at WSS Levy after dumping ballast between Watrous and Onava the previous day.

In 1984, Santa Fe acquired eighteen ill=fated SDP40F’s from Amtrak, removed the steam generators, regeared them, and designated them SDF40-2. Here one of the freshly-rebuilt units approaches Alb... (more)

The power of a westbound thirty-nine car Santa Fe TOFC train pours it on as it makes the assault on Glorietta Pass at Rowe, New Mexico.

A Classic Santa Fe caboose brings up the markers on a northbound Santa Fe train at Ilfeld, New Mexico.... (more)

With eighty-six cars of mixed freight in tow, a northbound Santa Fe train on the Raton Pass line passes through Ilfeld, New Mexico.

Chico and The Comet

Comet NEOWISE streaks behind one of the ubiquitous Santa Fe Semaphores in New Mexico..

An eastbound Santa Fe freight on the Raton Pass line roars through Romeoville, New Mexico. A clean GP50 and B36-7 are leading four filthy SD39’s and a C30-7.

Our 1985 trip west found us spending the night in Las Vegas, New Mexico. We were headed for Abo Canyon the next day, and we hoped to get a train on Glorietta Pass. In the morning, we heard a westb... (more)

The westbound Southwest Chief splits the intermediate signals west of Bernal, NM.

Eastbound just east of Vaughn, heading into the evening light as storms fire to the west/northwest.

AMTK 171 rounds Wooten Curve approaching the summit of Raton Pass. The grade just behind the train reaches a short section of a staggering 4%. The mountain does not pose much of a challenge for ... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief makes an on-time appearance through Chapelle, New Mexico, as it splits through the classic ATSF semaphore signals.

CTSR 15 and Mikado 487 sit forlornly in the suspension of service. CTSR was leased in 2013 from Oahu Railway & Land Co.

Cumbres & Toltec K-27 463 leads a train full of passengers on a beautiful summer day.

Nearing the end of its trip through New Mexico's open plains, Amtrak train number 4, the Southwest Chief, is seen fast approaching the final set of Semaphores at milepost 706. From here it will be... (more)