AT&SF 4-8-2s 3734 and 3702 emit impressive looking smoke plumes into the atmosphere, as they lead the California Limited through a remote landscape near Wagon Mound New Mexico, on March 23rd 1941.... (more)

ATSF 2-10-2 3822 is seen with 42 cars near Wagon Mound New Mexico, on June 29th 1947. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Southwest Chief notches up as it splits the semaphore signals north of Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

BNSF light power waits in the hole at Wagon Mound for Amtrak #3 to pass by. Lucky for us the engineer was a railfan as well and stopped the power by the blades for a nice photo op!

Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 passes the intermediate semaphores north of Wagon Mound. With the removal of the set at 706, these are now the final intermediate semaphore signals within the northern ... (more)

Sunflowers soak up the warm, summer sun this afternoon at Wagon Mound as Amtrak 3, the Southwest Chief, races west as it splits the semaphore signals at the east end of the siding here.

Speeding Past Semaphores. Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen passing semaphores near Wagon Mound, New Mexico as it races across the prairie. I was in Denver for a... (more)

AMTK 23 passes WSS Wagon Mound with original Santa Fe semaphores

BNSF light engines go into the hole at Wagon Mound to let Amtrak #3 around.

Amtrak #4 'The Southwest Chief' speeds past the east end of Wagon Mound while a BNSF tie train waits in the hole

For almost 100 years, semaphore signals have guarded the Santa Fe mainline through Northeastern New Mexico. The weathered blades tell a story of cold winters, windy days and fierce summer thunders... (more)

The eastbound Chief races the sun at the semaphores near Wagon Mound on the Raton sub.

The westbound Southwest Chief passes the semaphore signals at the north end of Wagon Mound Siding.

The westbound Southwest Chief storms through the semaphore-protected east end of Wagon Mound siding as a distant storm cell begins to build and roll into the area.

Wagons East!!!

For years, I've joked with fellow coworker and RailPictures contribuitor Elijah Cross about getting a very long telephoto lens and shooting the intermediate pai... (more)