The SW Chief spits fire as it splits the semaphore at Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

Amtrak's Operation Life Saver #203 makes smoke from an unhappy turbo as it runs through Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

Amtrak engine #203 (P42DC in the special Operation Life Saver scheme) splits the semaphores at Wagon Mound, New Mexico. These are some of the last operational semaphores in the country.

Smoke and fire!

The westbound Southwest Chief rips across the prairies of New Mexico as it splits the semaphore signals in Wagon Mound, NM. These old relics are nearly 100 years old and are scheduled to be repla... (more)

The Southwest Chief makes good time running south of Wagon Mound, New Mexico

An increasingly late Southwest Chief knocks down the hallowed intermediate semaphores at milepost 722.2.

An ATSF semaphore signal waits patiently for the next day’s Southwest Chief after the passage of a thunderstorm.

Amtrak 4 slows down due to signal issues during a thunderstorm. The famed “Wagon Mound” can be seen among the dark clouds and distant thunderheads.

Amtrak 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, has just knocked down the semaphore signals in Levy, NM on its way towards Raton, NM. A thunderstorm popped up and it started to rain very heavily just as... (more)

The Southwest Chief #4 train leaves Wagon Mound, New Mexico behind and gets ready to run through the intermediate semaphore on its way to Raton.

The Southwest Chief, with Amtrak engine #10 in the lead, passes through Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

The Southwest Chief 4 train is late as it splits the semaphore signals at Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

The Southwest Chief splits the semaphore signals at Wagon Mound, New Mexico. Those wishing to photograph the semaphore signals between Raton and Las Vegas, NM should do so now, as the last of the... (more)

AT&SF 4-8-2s 3734 and 3702 emit impressive looking smoke plumes into the atmosphere, as they lead the California Limited through a remote landscape near Wagon Mound New Mexico, on March 23rd 1941.... (more)