The Southwest Chief passes through Colmar, New Mexico pulling a few extra cars.

The Southwest Chief passes under a cantilever signal at Gallinas, Colorado.

The Southwest Chief passes through Levy New Mexico as it heads towards Wagon Mound.

The Southwest Chief runs past an old wooden box car that sits in a ghost town at Colmar, New Mexico.

BNSF 7972 (ES44C4) takes a freight out of the Pueblo Yard, running under a viaduct that spans the tracks in Pueblo, Colorado.

BNSF 7972 (ES44C4) gets ready to take a freight out of the yard in Pueblo, Colorado.

The Southwest Chief runs though one of the old Santa Fe cantilever signals just south of Trinidad, Colorado.

The Southwest Chief pulls into Raton, New Mexico as it runs south on its way to Los Angeles.

Amtrak #41 leads the Southwest Chief through the semaphore at Levy, New Mexico.

A very colorful JR Simplot SW1000 gets ready to lash up to a freight in Brighton, Colorado.

The dominant power for the coal trains running on the Joint Line is the ES44AC. Here we see BNSF 6080 muscle a loaded coal train on the Joint Line through Castle Rock, Colorado.

The California Zephyr kicks up the snow as it runs west on the Brush Sub towards Denver, Colorado.

The California Zephyr runs towards Denver's Union Station, passing through the Union Pacific's North Yard.

The Southwest Chief runs through Colmar, New Mexico as storm clouds develop in the background.

A red caboose sits with firefighting tank cars at the BNSF engine servicing facility in Denver, Colorado. Perhaps the BNSF is anticipating an active wildfire season, which is likely given the rec... (more)