A Scenic Journey Through Ancient America on Amtrak's Southwest Chief

Each year, more than a quarter of a million people ride this famed train. Read other travelers' experiences on the Southwest Chief.

http://www.gonomad.com/features/0110/fear_flying.html
How a fear of flying made for a great cross-country train trip.

http://communities.prodigy.net/trains/ttrip230.htm
Prodigy train trips submitted by Amtrak travelers


http://www.trainweb.org/wizzle/Southwest_Chief/Chief_Oct_98.html	Wizzle's trips on the Southwest Chief.
http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/travelogues/22102A/22102AIndex.html	Geno Dailey's travelogues.

http://www.crewten.com/turner_tour.html Interesting trip report from Chicago to Los Angeles, via the famed Southwest Chief. Includes unique photos.

Good description of cross-country trip. In two parts.
http://www.mariesworldtour.com/entries/0105.html
http://www.mariesworldtour.com/entries/0106.html

http://photosection/ColoradoNewMexicoA.html
http://www.geocities.com/bnsfnm/Amtrak.html
http://www.acm.rpi.edu/~strider/honeymoon/honey.html	Honeymooning aboard the train
http://trainman1.home.mindspring.com/writing/travel/amtrak02-24.html

http://www.railromance.com/photos/rail.html	Many travelogues.
http://www.rreini.com/travels/california_2000.htm

Various travelogues.
http://www.soc-motss.org/doc/motss_posts_amelia.html
http://www.computerseraph.com/Trains/Travel041998A.html
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/amtraktrip/amtraktrip.html
http://mpelletier.home.att.net/swchief.htm
http://members.itol.com/~ka9hfa/
Tom Premo's travelogues:
http://www.geocities.com/tom_premo/usa12.html
http://www.shsmedia.com/trainpeople.html

http://www.arktimes.com/mccord/090602mccord.html
http://www.brandr.com/log_comp.htm

General train travel information:
http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Atlantic.htm


Looking Out: Scenery from the Train sites:
http://www.wofford.edu/railroadodyssey/scenery.htm
http://www.wofford.edu/railroadodyssey/nutsandbolts/descriptions.htm

Enjoying the ambiance and romance of the rails (Wall Street Journal)
http://www.railroad.net/forums/messages.asp?TopicID=976



Missouri area reports:
http://www.crewten.com/engine_kcy_gbb_1stqt.html
http://home.attbi.com/~p42/chiefkc2003.htm
http://www.bmwe.org/nw/2002/03MAR/81.htm
Amtrak: A fun way to get there!:
http://www.kssierra.org/Planet/nl-99-0809-articles.htm#amtrak

Trips from Kansas:
http://cjonline.com/accesstopeka/stories/103199/50o_rem.shtml
Newton to Fullerton, Calif. Includes lots of online city links.
Ride the train while you can (Salina, Kan. Journal editorial)
http://www.saljournal.com/stories/033102/opi_bell.html

An Oklahoman's Amtrak trip:
http://goinside.com/99/1/amtrak.html

Colorado reports:
LaJunta to Raton Pass: great photos from Geno Dailey

Northern New Mexico reports:
http://scamp.n0kfb.org/Camping/May02/may2002.htm
http://www.moryma.com/etc/trippix.html
http://www.slamtrak.com/trip/chief.htm

From Albuquerque and West (via Amarillo)
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/010902/opi_planes.shtml

Western New Mexico:
http://www.daylightimages.com/trackside/newmex4.html

California area trips:
http://www.thezephyr.com/monson/trainbuff.htm

California area pictures:
http://trainman1.home.mindspring.com/writing/travel/amtrak02-pre.html
http://www.mariesworldtour.com/entries/0105.html

Dinner on the Southwest Chief:
http://www.bearsinthekitchen.com/transportofdelights.html


Pictures of Southwest Chief:
http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakpix/travelogues/22102A/photosection/SouthwestChiefA.html

Crewton Southwest Chief crew picture page


http://www.newcolonist.com/traintrip.html	Pro-long distance train travel travelogue.

http://www.crewten.com/main_photo_page.html Great Southwest Chief photos.

Southwest Chief fan page
This site, run by Southwest Chief crew members, has information on this famous Amtrak train


USA TrainTravel.com Southwest Chief site


Historic Super Chief information:
http://home.att.net/~santafepass/chiefs.html

Super Chief slide show - historic pictures
Super Chief advertisements
El Capitan color advertisements
Other Santa Fe historic & picturesque advertisements


Who killed the Super Chief?
History of the Santa Fe Railroad
Great streamliner passenger trains information
More photos of Southwest Chief

1958 El Capitan (companion train) timetable
Historical information on Kansas City Union Station