Martinez, CA John Muir and Joe DiMaggio Mural Nearly Completed - Artist in Action as Seen from the Amtrak Capitol Corridor

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

Men on a Mission

Circle the mountains and plates

Martinez was home

San Bernardino, CA passing freight train in the Southwest Chief

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

Is it werst or best?

Southwest Chief is running late

More time on the train

New Mexico Road Runner as seen from the Southwest Chief

Santo Domingo Indian Trading Post as scene through the windows of the New Mexico Road Runner while riding the Southwest Chief

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

The most interesting

Trading post in all the west

So close yet so far

Lamy, NM on the Southwest Chief

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

Week in the desert 

Trips in and out of Lamy

Family comes and goes 

Sky Dancers over Highland Meadows, NM on the Southwest Chief

Sunrise over Gallup, NM on the Southwest Chief

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

Rambling across creeks

Golden sunrise brings daylight

Hidden in plain sight 

Los Angeles, CA Underpass in the Southwest Chief

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

Just above the arch

Between highlights and shadows

Can you see me here?

Graffiti in a Los Angeles, CA Underpass on the Southwest Chief

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

As these walls talk smack

Echoes of engines disturb

Whispers in shadows 

Morning Mist in Elk Grove, CA on the Gold Runner

(c) 2026 Amy Kweskin 

But soft what light shines

Awakening mists in fields

Beyond the railway