I don’t know which part of the California Zephyr’s route I like better–Denver to Grand Junction in Colorado or from Truckee over the Sierras to Sacramento in California. It’s a toss-up, really. Both are wonderful segments of what I do believe is Amtrak’s most scenic train. There were a couple of private rail cars…
With all due respect to folks from Illinois and Iowa, one field of corn or soybeans looks pretty much like any other. And most of Nebraska passes during the night. But from Denver on, Amtrak’s California Zephyr offers some pretty spectacular scenery. Here are a few verbal snapshot impressions from the past two-and-a-half days aboard…
My latest trans-continental trek via Amtrak began on a chilly, overcast morning at the Emeryville, California, train station. The California Zephyr departed on time at 9:10 a.m. for the three-day, two night run to Chicago. By late that afternoon, we had made the spectacular crossing of the Sierra Nevada range over Donner Pass, stopped at…