The Southwest Chief left Chicago yesterday afternoon. At the present time (Sunday evening), I am still on it. 

We were on schedule until having reached Dodge City, Kansas. When we stopped, an announcement was made that an unforeseen crew change was necessary. It resulted in a nearly three hour delay. 

Then, we clipped a car near LaJunta, Colorado! Seriously? Apparently, nobody was hurt and the train was not damaged. Thank goodness. There was another long delay and we fell further behind schedule. 

Three smaller delays occurred after that. One was waiting for our sister train to pass from the opposite direction, in Colorado. Another involved waiting for a New Mexico commuter train to pass. The 3rd was for a maintenance check in Albuquerque. 

I’ll be a late arrival for my hotel reservation in Flagstaff, Arizona and will not be doing any riding today, except approximately 2 miles from the station to the hotel. Hopefully, the rest of the train ride will go well and I will get on the road, as scheduled, tomorrow.

There was some good window scenery!

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