Amtrak #3 is running nearly 3 hours late - it normally crosses southern California's Cajon Pass just before sunup - which gives its passengers a look at the snowfall the accumulated overnight. Th... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief arrives in Raton, NM for an on-time stop on its two day trek from Chicago to Los Angeles. The trackage in the foreground is a reminder of how busy this ro... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief train #3 splits the classic semaphore blades at the east end of the siding at Wagon Mound, New Mexico enroute from Chicago to Los Angeles. This segment of... (more)

Practically new (built in July 1973), Amtrak SDP40F 508 sits at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal after arriving with train #3, the Southwest Limited on July 9th, 1973.

When Amtrak took over (most of) America's passenger rail operations in May 1971, they had to make due with a hodge-podge of diesels, mainly E-units, built in the 1940s and 1950s that were, to put ... (more)

Amtrak's #3, the Southwest Chief, pauses at Union Station in Kansas City for a fresh crew and a smoke break before heading to BNSF's Argentine Yard to be refueled for the trip west.

Amtrak train #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, has arrived in Fullerton just a little behind "the advertised" -- Due to depart Fullerton, California, at 6:34 am, on December 28th, 2012, th... (more)

Amtrak's #3, the Southwest Limited, crosses the Los Angeles River as it approaches its final destination at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal early in the morning in February 1974. A tr... (more)

Amtrak’s No. 3, the Southwest Chief, slams over the east switch at Simpson, Colorado, on February 26, 1999. Trailing the three GE P42DCs is a baggage car, eight Superliners, a former F40PH rebui... (more)

Amtrak train No. 3 heads for the natural crossover at Frost, where it will pass under the main line track in the foreground.

If you squint it could almost be the Santa Fe's El Capitan with Hi-Levels and U30CGs.

A P40 leads The Chief into LAP for a late station stop as evening light falls.

Amtrak P42 42 leads a very late Southwest Chief west through LaGrange. The train is just about 14 miles out of Chicago, and its already over three hours late!

#3 highballs down the Chilli Sub, nearing Smithshire.

A late running Amtrak #3 decends the grade off Cajon Pass near the Cargil grain facility at Verdemont, as it passes a eastbound BNSF.