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It was the winter of 2001-2002. The westbound Southwest Chief rolled past a new set of trilight signals that replaced semaphores in southern Colorado. |
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It was the winter of 2001-2002. The westbound Southwest Chief rolled past a new set of trilight signals that replaced semaphores in southern Colorado. |
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Beneath snow-covered Fisher Peak, the
Southwest Chief worked its way up Raton Pass.
The fourth locomotive on the Amtrak train was painted in the new "Northeast Direct" paint scheme. |
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Accelerating up a light grade, the Southwest Chief passed the semaphores at the east end of the Wagon Mound passing siding. |
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The westbound Southwest Chief accelerated out of Romeroville, New Mexico. This silver locomotive paint scheme, with the red-white-and-blue stripe, was soon to be replaced. |