Taken Aboard Amtrak Southwest Chief 3 on 3/17/24, Superliner I 31040 with P42DC #45 and #72 leading.
Welcome aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief. We'll travel over 7 hours today over the route of the famed Super Chief from La Junta, CO to Albuquerque, NM through the New Mexico desert. Highlights from the ride include a snowy Raton Pass, ATSF-era semaphore signals in action, Glorieta Pass, and Apache Canyon. We'll pass some of the best scenery Amtrak has to offer from the best window available to the public so sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:43 Southwest Chief 3 at La Junta Station
00:01:23 MP 554.9 Departing LA JUNTA STATION (3 mins late); Begin BNSF Raton Subdivision
00:04:49 MP 555.5 BNSF Pueblo Subdivision Diverges
00:18:37 MP 572.3 Timpas Siding
00:27:01 MP 583.0 Mineman Siding
00:33:49 MP 591.5 Delhi Siding
00:43:55 MP 604.7 Simpson Siding
00:52:04 MP 615.0 Model Siding
01:07:32 MP 627.0 Hoehnes Siding
01:14:40 MP 635.5 BNSF Spanish Peaks Subdivision Joins Up
01:15:50 MP 635.8 Trinidad Yard
01:18:07 MP 636.5 TRINIDAD STATION (1 min late)
01:20:30 MP 637.1 CP West Trinidad
01:23:54 MP 638.6 Crossover Jansen
01:43:03 MP 647.3 Crossover Gallinas
01:55:34 MP 651.7 Wooton Interlocking; Santa Fe old road diverges
01:55:48 MP 651 "Highest Point on the Santa Fe" North Sign
01:56:30 MP 651.9 CO/NM State Line; Raton Tunnel North Portal
01:58:00 MP 652.1 Raton Tunnel South Portal
01:58:32 MP 652 "Highest Point on the Santa Fe" South Sign
02:04:49 MP 655.2 Keota Siding
02:13:58 MP 659.5 RATON STATION (on time)
02:26:16 MP 671.3 Hebron Siding
02:31:46 MP 678.8 Schomberg Siding
02:42:31 MP 691.4 French Siding & Turnout
02:49:36 MP 699.4 Springer Siding
02:57:54 MP 709 East Colmor (3 Semaphores)
02:58:33 MP 710.0 Colmor Siding
03:07:18 MP 719.7 Levy Siding
03:07:37 MP 720 West Levy (3 Semaphores)
03:09:17 MP 722 Intermediate Signals (2 Semaphores)
03:10:48 MP 724 East Wagon Mound (3 Semaphores)
03:11:14 MP 725.3 Wagon Mound Siding
03:29:46 MP 742.3 Shoemaker Siding
03:39:53 MP 750.2 Watrous Siding
03:47:27 MP 759.5 Onava Siding
03:57:05 MP 770.1 LAS VEGAS STATION (2 mins late); Begin BNSF Glorieta Subdivision
04:10:43 MP 778.5 Ojita Siding
04:24:39 MP 788.8 Chapelle Siding
04:31:01 MP 793.6 Blanchard Siding
04:52:33 MP 803.3 Sands Siding
05:01:08 MP 811.0 Gise Siding
05:09:26 MP 816.0 Rowe Siding
05:14:53 MP 820.4 Fox Siding
05:23:26 MP 825.2 Glorieta Siding; Bypassing the former Glorieta Station
05:42:30 MP 830.0 Canyoncito Siding
05:43:44 MP 830 Meeting Southwest Chief 4
05:53:06 MP 832.3 Apache Canyon
05:59:00 MP 835.2 LAMY STATION (30 mins late)
06:00:21 MP 835 Santa Fe Southern Railroad Diverges
06:05:10 MP 840 Intermediate Signal (Semaphore)
06:09:31 MP 846 Intermediate Signal (Semaphore)
06:09:59 MP 847 Intermediate Signal (Semaphore)
06:11:56 MP 849 Intermediate Signal (Semaphore)
06:12:25 MP 850 Intermediate Signal (Semaphore)
06:18:08 MP 854.6 Waldo Siding
06:21:24 MP 858.0 CP Madrid; New Mexico Rail Runner Joins Up
06:27:12 MP 865.3 Bypassing Kewa Pueblo Station; Domingo Siding
06:35:47 MP 876.6 Herzog Siding
06:41:04 MP 883.5 CP Ruiz
06:42:14 MP 885.0 Bypassing Sandoval County Station
06:43:01 MP 886.0 Bypassing Downtown Bernalillo Station
06:48:21 MP 893.1 Bypassing Sandia Pueblo Station
06:50:18 MP 895.6 Bypassing Los Ranchos Station
06:52:46 MP 898.8 Bypassing Monataño Station
07:04:06 MP 902.4 ALBUQUERQUE ALVARADO STATION (18 mins late)
07:05:45 Southwest Chief 3 at Albuquerque
07:06:23 Outro