Amtrak Southwest Chief Full Rear-View Ride: 7 Hours Through the New Mexico Desert

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! Discord Server:   / discord   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