Unless something changes quickly, the future of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief in western Kansas may all but have been decided in the state of New Mexico. The New Mexico legislative session failed to make any commitment to fund the state’s share of costs to keep Amtrak on its current route.

The New Mexican reports the session ended Thursday with none of the five bills seeking ways to maintain the passenger train line passing. The defeat of the bill could make any legislative action by Colorado and Kansas a moot point since it would likely take all threes states cooperation to keep the Chief on its current route. No legislation is moving through the state of Kansas while Colorado has proposed, but not passed any, finding the 4-million dollars that would be need each year for ten years.

Amtrak has proposed that New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas all chip in to improve and maintain more than 600-miles of track through their states. The company says the Southwest Chief’s route might change otherwise, causing some communities to lose passenger service.

That would include Hutchinson, Dodge City and Garden City.