Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
A head-end ride on Amtrak's Southwest Chief on BNSF's former AT&SF (Santa Fe) railway between Needles and Los Angeles during daylight hours, most of this trip usually being at night.
This is Part 1, running from Needles to Siberia. In all, there are four parts to this series.
The view is mostly straight ahead, but there are some shots of the crew and of the engineer at the controls.
Narration with ambient sound from the locomotive cab.
This is now vintage footage, as many of the lineside signals and other structures have since been replaced.
A head-end ride on Amtrak's Southwest Chief on BNSF's former AT&SF (Santa Fe) railway between Needles and Los Angeles during daylight hours, most of this trip usually being at night.
This is Part 1, running from Needles to Siberia. In all, there are four parts to this series.
The view is mostly straight ahead, but there are some shots of the crew and of the engineer at the controls.
Narration with ambient sound from the locomotive cab.
This is now vintage footage, as many of the lineside signals and other structures have since been replaced.
