Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen at Los Angeles Union Station four minutes after it arrived on Track 13 … and twenty minutes before it was due to arrive at 8:00 am! ... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is deadheading from Los Angeles Union Station to the carrier’s Redondo Junction facility for servicing, as it will depart this evening for C... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is deadheading from Los Angeles Union Station to the carrier’s Redondo Junction facility for servicing, as it will depart this evening for C... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen at Los Angeles Union Station four minutes after it arrived on Track 13 … and twenty minutes before it was due to arrive at 8:00 am! ... (more)

The trainset from this morning’s Southwest Chief has deadheaded to Amtrak’s Redondo Junction facility for servicing. AMTK P42DC 161, recently repainted into the carrier’s original pa... (more)

The early-morning sun has just gotten high enough to bath Amtrak's incoming Southwest Chief in a golden light as it arrives at its final destination â Los Angeles. Leading the train this ... (more)

Once again, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief encountered problems en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, and train 3 picked up a BNSF engine to assist it in Kansas City, at which point it was runn... (more)

Once again, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief encountered problems en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, and train 3 picked up a BNSF engine to assist it in Kansas City, at which point it was runn... (more)

With scattered storms looming in the distance, the westbound Southwest Chief snakes its way past the intermediate blades at MP 783.2. Passengers riding the conductor's side of the train get to enj... (more)

Right on time, Amtrak's westbound Chief approaches the summit of Raton Pass, negotiating the famous curves of Dick Wootton's ranch in Colorado just short of the New Mexico border.

After engine failure in Kansas City, the Southwest Chief suffered a 4 hour delay as BNSF gathered up a Dash-9 from their yard to help lend in a hand in continuing the journey westward. Here is the... (more)

Once again, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief encountered problems en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, and train 3 picked up a BNSF engine to assist it in Kansas City, at which point it was runn... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is just 37½-miles into its 2,265-mile journey from Chicago IL to Los Angeles CA, and it is already 23 minutes late – an inauspicious start!... (more)

The westbound Southwest Chief arrives in Gallup during Golden Hour.