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What is happening to the "Southwest Chief" in New Mexico and Colorado?

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Thursday, June 29, 2017 12:16 PM

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 IF you had the qualified crews in place and modifications done to necessary bridges as Mudchicken has pointed out.  Sadly, that experience has either retired or moved on to other crew districts and if BNSF or someone else ever wants to run meaningful service again over the Raton Pass mainline, it'll be an incredibly tough start-up; no doubt about that at all.   
 

 
There were reports that in the past BNSF had to get an Amtrak pilot to operate a BNSF train over Raton.  If so that indicates the present situation.
 

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