Amtrak #3 "The Southwest Chief" is making its way off the Glorieta Sub and onto Santa Fe's south track. Heading west to the Golden State.

Amtrak #4 "The Southwest Chief" crossing over and onto the Glorieta sub at Dalies on its way to Albuquerque the next stop.

Sundown at Dalies as the all Warbonnet 199 or the 198 train heads west toward Winslow, next crew change.

Heading west with an all SD40-2 power set.

East of Dalies at about MP 8

Seven of Santa Fe's business car fleet seen on the rear of the Q-LANY dropping down grade at Dalies, NM

Eastbound in the morning at Dalies.

The sun is beginning to set on the Santa Fe a year after merger as Burlington Northern units begin to show up amongst Warbonnets. Shot by Jim.

A BNSF Transcon stack train starts the downhill coast to Belen in the last light of the day.

The setting sun creates a wonderful silhouette of the signals on BNSF's Transcon main.

A hot Z train zips by a loaded Ethanol train and a track gang at Dalies. See EXIF data for shot details.

A BNSF manifest notches it out after cresting the grade out of Belen at Dalies. See EXIF data for shot details.

BNSF 4418 East leans through the curve just west of Dalies on an approach indication to trackwork going on between Dalies and Belen. See EXIF data for shot details.

The Southwest Chief has just rejoined the Transcon at Dalies, NM. El Cerro de Los Lunas looms in the shadows of afternoon clouds in the background as the Chief accelerates to 90 MPH on Main Track... (more)

NS 8369, NS 8842, and GATX 901 lead New York to Los Angeles runthrough train Q-NYCLAC6-20A across the Transcon. Today's train: 67 loads, 0 empties, 5559 tons, 6326 feet.