Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 47 minutes ago
Ride the cab of Amtrak P42 #18 on the "Southwest Chief". This is a s six program series. This installment is the first one, running from La Junta, Colorado to Trinidad.
Along the way see a multitude of old, now-gone semaphore signals. Here some commentary from the crew as well as get an overview of how the then-new computer displays worked. State-of-the-art when this was shot, now the "old times" in railroading.
Chapters
0:00 La Junta to Timpas
15:49 Timpas to Delhi
27:59 Delhi to near Thatcher
32:37 Crew explanation of locomotive controls
35:48 Near Thatcher to Model
47:42 Model to Hoehnes
58:59 Hoehnes to Trinidad
Ride the cab of Amtrak P42 #18 on the "Southwest Chief". This is a s six program series. This installment is the first one, running from La Junta, Colorado to Trinidad.
Along the way see a multitude of old, now-gone semaphore signals. Here some commentary from the crew as well as get an overview of how the then-new computer displays worked. State-of-the-art when this was shot, now the "old times" in railroading.
Chapters
0:00 La Junta to Timpas
15:49 Timpas to Delhi
27:59 Delhi to near Thatcher
32:37 Crew explanation of locomotive controls
35:48 Near Thatcher to Model
47:42 Model to Hoehnes
58:59 Hoehnes to Trinidad
