East of Colfax, California, the route of the California Zephyr curves around a mountain at a place called Cape Horn on a ledge hacked out of rock in the 1860s. If you’re aboard the eastbound Zephyr, ...
Amtrak’s California Zephyr travels through two breathtaking mountain ranges: the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Ellococulo Shutterstock Amtrak’s California Zephyr covers 2,437 miles in 51 ...
The United States of America has a rich railroading tradition, with railroads and the use of trains defining the American experience for the last two hundred years. Steam-powered passenger trains ...
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — The journey east on Amtrak’s California Zephyr train is as good as the destination. Riding the rails from the San Francisco Bay area to Reno, Nev., offers beautiful views and a ...
Tourists today arrive largely by air. For many decades, many came by train. In our jet-speed age, it may be difficult to realize that the slower travel by train was part of the fun of a vacation in ...