Southern Transcon
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The Southern Transcon is a main line of the BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois. Completed in its current alignment in 1908 by the Atchison, Topek
BNSF ES44DC No. 7520 leads on the Southern Transcon in the Mojave Desert, California
Southwest Chief
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The Southwest Chief is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flag
Southern Transcon
…Parts of the route are utilized by passenger rail services — BNSF does not operate regular passenger trains outside of the Chicago Subdivision. Amtrak's Southwest Chief runs once daily in each direction on the Transcon, but via the Glorieta, Raton, La Junta Subdivision and Topeka between Albuquerque and Kansas City…
Southwest Chief in February 2020
Super Chief arriving in Los Angeles on the last day Santa Fe operated passenger services, April 30, 1971.
The Chief passing through Morley, Colorado in August 1967. Amtrak briefly reestablished service in the Summer 1972, supplementing it with the Super Chief/El Capitan.
Southwest Limited dome car, 1974. Photo by Charles O'Rear.