T.G.'s Photography Blog

Southwest Chief at St. Louis, MO Some time ago, on October 17, 2004, Amtrak's Southwest Chief took a detour route through St. Louis, due to a train derailment on its normal route on BNSF's Marceline Subdivision , through central and northern Missouri. The Chief is seen here sitting at the old St. Louis Amtrak Station in downtown St. Louis. This image was captured from the 18th Street bridge, which is just to the west of the station. The highway bridge in the background is Interstate 64/US 40. Today's Routing Usually, the Southwest Chief uses the Marceline Subdivision between Kanas City, Missouri, and Fort Madison, Iowa, and then from Fort Madison heads across northern Illinois to Chicago on the Chillicoth Subdivisoin. For the detour, the Southwest Chief used either Union Pacific's Sedalia Subdivision or River Subdivision , from Kansas City to Jefferson City, Missouri. Then from Jefferson City, the train traveled on Union Pacific's Jefferson City Subdivisi...

Amtk 68 - Carrolton, MO AMTK 68 leads Amtrak's Southwest Chief east on BNSF's Marceline Subdivision at Carrolton, Missouri . The train is passing under the US 24 highway overpass. A few hours before, the train had left Kansas City, Missouri, for its journey to Chicago, Illinois. The train runs on daily basis, between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California. The Marceline Subdivision runs between Kansas City, Missouri, (at Rock Creek Junction) and Fort Madison, Iowa, and is part of BNSF's, formerly the Santa Fe's, Transcon route from Chicago, Illinois, to Southern California. Photo taken: May 27, 2005. Carrolton, Missouri.