Cruising westbound out of Chicagoland Amtrak 3 is rolling under the signals at Highland Park.

The Southwest Limited backing out of CUS.

Departing Southwest Chief and inbound BN Dinky.

The Southwest Chief

SW Chief. Blowing out the soot due to idling in the station as the engineer notches up.

Running several hours late, the westbound Southwest Chief is nearing its final destination at LAUPT as it passes Amtrak's coach yard and locomotive shops along the west bank of the Los Angeles Riv... (more)

Amtrak #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, speeds west at MP 135 near South Guam, NM on October 2, 2009.

Ex-ATSF F7A #308 leads a six-unit power lashup on the point of Amtrak's Super Chief chasing the setting sun through the ghost remains of Waldo. Amtrak is young, and it's early striping can be seen... (more)

Amtrak #3, The Super Chief, descends La Bajada Hill, westbound for Albuquerque. Amtrak is just over 1 year old and is still using old ATSF Warbonnet power, and the train is still a combination of ... (more)

A very late #3 is led through the Cajon Pass by a BNSF Dash 9.

The westbound Southwest Chief pauses at Galesburg to pick up passengers.

A beautiful day to be boarding the train in Raton, NM.

Passengers in the lounger car on Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief are taking in the scenery as the train traverses a series of reverse curves. The train has help in the form of a BNSF locomotive... (more)

When I traveled to California, it was to escape the dreadful Michigan winter. I never expected to encounter three feet of snow in Colorado and New Mexico on the way there. Both Amtrak P42DCs on th... (more)

Amtrak 64 & 175 lead the westbound Southwest Chief east of Grants NM.