Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief climbs Raton Pass at Wootton, Colorado, on March 6, 2005. Two deadhead Superliner cars up front make for a strange looking train…

On March 3, 2002, Amtrak’s train No. 3, the Southwest Chief, snakes through the tight confines of scenic Apache Canyon between Canyoncito and Lamy, New Mexico.

Amtrak No. 3, the Southwest Chief, climbs Raton Pass at Gallinas, Colorado, on the morning of March 6, 2005. Two GE P42DC locomotives sandwich P32-8 (Dash 8-32BWH) No. 511, with a train that inclu... (more)

Amtrak 23 leads the Southwest Chief past West Eola, ducking under the CB&Q signal bridge.

Amtrak No. 3 curves into Watrous, New Mexico, at milepost 750 on March 6, 2005. In the hole is an eastbound BNSF intermodal waiting for the Southwest Chief to pass on this nice, late winter day on... (more)

"Small Train In a Big Land" We all think of Amtrak's Southwest Chief (and its Santa Fe incarnate The "Super Chief") as Powerful, Large Monsters that roam the land. Well, the open spaces and th... (more)

The westbound Southwest Chief ducks under the former IC Iowa line as it heads west by LaVergne.

Amtrak’s train No. 3, the Southwest Chief, snakes through the tight confines of Apache Canyon between Canyoncito and Lamy, New Mexico, on March 4, 2002.

Amtrak Train #3 sits in Kansas City Union Station in Track 29 awaiting the highball as a quick inch of fresh snow falls on downtown KC.

During a short, but nice pocket of sun, the Amtrak "Salutes Our Veterans" unit heads west under the CN Chicago Subdivision in Berwyn.

Amtrak's Southwest Chief pierces the silent landscape in the rural country between La Junta, CO and Trinidad, CO as it works its way west toward famed Raton Pass on a brilliant fall day. Not much... (more)

It's a passenger train! It's a freight train! It's ... a 30-car mixed train! Amtrak #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, departs Fullerton, California, on July 13th, 2003 - just shy... (more)

Amtrak's SW Chief passes the first set of semaphores on its westward journey, starting an amazing stretch of classic signaling in high plains of New Mexico.

Amtrak P42 41 leads the Southwest Chief west through Western Springs, kicking up the leaves.

Amtrak P42 11 leads the Southwest Chief west through Westmont.