While riding the Southwest Chief a few weeks ago, I noticed a number of places between La Junta, CO and Albuquerque, NM (the route over Raton Pass) where the track had been realigned at some point to ease the curves, with the original roadbed still clearly visible off to the side. When did the Santa Fe do this realignment work?
"The destination of this train is [BEEP BEEP]" -announcement on an Ashmont train.