Running a few hours late, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief splits the Santa Fe searchlight signals at the East Raton control point as the train makes its way off of Raton Pass and towards its st... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits its first pair of semaphores. It'll pass at least a dozen more on its westward journey.

Running 13 hours behind schedule, Amtrak train 3, the westbound "Southwest Chief," finally makes its 5:42 am stop in San Bernardino, California, at 6:49 pm on July 13, 2019. The two BNSF d... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief is slowly making its way up Raton Pass, passing under the Santa Fe searchlight signals at Gallinas, Colorado that guard the crossover here.

Running 2½ hours late, Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, has just departed the Riverside, California, station at 8:33 am on July 17, 2019. The nine-car train is powered by P4... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, arrives in Kansas City, Missouri, at about 10:00 pm (22:00) and spends 45 minutes in town while the train is serviced. On August 9, 2018, the... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, arrives in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 8, 2018. This train, heading from Chicago IL to Los Angeles CA behind P42DCs 162 and 71, is arriv... (more)

Running 13 hours late and pulled by a pair of BNSF diesels (7368 and 5454), Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, takes Track 3 - the original mainline, and at 3% also the slightly... (more)

Amtrak long-distance trains have become hard-luck stories of late. The westbound Southwest Chief was late again, having lost one P42DC in Kansas City MO on July 11, 2019. The train's powe... (more)

The conductor on Amtrak 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, checks the tickets of sleeping car passengers boarding in Victorville, California, on July 10, 2019. This may be the train heading... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, arrived in Fullerton on July 10, 2019, but departed on July 11, 2019. This train was running 17 hours late, and midnight passed as the train ... (more)

A very late Amtrak number 3, the westbound "Southwest Chief," makes a stop at Victorville, California, 16 hours late. A single coach passenger detrains here, yet this train will remain ... (more)

Amtrak Train 3, the Southwest Limited, heads for an oncoming storm near Grants, New Mexico.

It is 8:00 pm (20:00) and 91º F (32.7º C) at milepost 14.3 on BNSF's Cajon Subdivision and the sun is touching the western horizon as Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, passes... (more)

A relatively short eight-car Southwest Limited passes a westbound semaphore near Levy, New Mexico.