Amtrak's Southwest Chief races off from the station stop at La Plata. An odd mid-April snow storm in northern Missouri has everything coated in white. #3 left Chicago less than 5 hours ago and is ... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief rushes past the Western Springs Metra station with Phase IV heritage unit #184 on point.

Full House in ABQ. On the afternoon of August 5, 2016. the Amtrak Albuquerque, New Mexico station was a beehive of activity. A doubleheaded New Mexico Rail Runner Express Train with NMRX 10... (more)

Amtrak P42DC 7 pulls Amtrak 3, the westbound southwest chief, into Mendota, IL for a station stop.

Running a little behind schedule – 12 hours 45 minutes behind, in fact – is Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief heading from Chicago to Los Angeles. Amtrak 50th Annive... (more)

A late running westbound Southwest Chief with #160 leading.

Thanks to United Airlines cancelling my morning flight to Denver, I was able to catch a 5 hour late Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief led by P42DC 160, wearing the carrier's "Pep... (more)

The eastbound Southwest Chief #4 has just finished turning around at the Wye at Kansas City and is now the westbound #3 as passengers were bussed to stops east of KC to Chicago due to the derailme... (more)

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, is running 5 hours 20 minutes late as it departs Kansas City on its journey from Los Angeles to Chicago. This train is back to daily operation at th... (more)

With the mountains of Flagstaff in the background, the eastbound Southwest Chief speeds past a small ranch in Winona.

Sunshine has casted over the Cajon Subdivision as passengers aboard the Southwest Chief wake up to the Californian high desert. This train usually rolls through the area under the cover of darknes... (more)

Two Heritage, No Waiting!

Earlier this month, Amtrak 3 arrived behind P42DC 184 (on the 9th) and then 130 (on the 10th), and today (the 28th) they both arrived again, but now on ... (more)

Amtrak's triple-headed Southwest Chief meets a BNSF train at a signal block in the Cajon Pass area of California.

Westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief at intermediate signals 786.2 east of Chapelle.

On a gloomy Sunday afternoon in Downtown Aurora, the eastbound Southwest Chief sprints over Galena Blvd on the 2,000 foot long elevated trackage splitting through the heart of downtown, which was ... (more)