My trip on the California Zephyr was my favorite overnight Amtrak ride yet. I'll take it again any chance I get.

I took the 53-hour California Zephyr, Amtrak's longest train, from Chicago to California. The views and bedroom booking were ...

Boarding a train at 3 in the morning isn't glamorous, but the payoff on Amtrak's California Zephyr comes a few hours later ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I recently traveled on the California Zephyr, an overnight Amtrak train, from Chicago to California. I booked a $2,200 bedroom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During Swartzwelter's 30-year career as a conductor, he estimates he's completed more than 90 trips annually, logging about 500 ...

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 ...

“Get Out There” is a monthly column for itchy footed humans written by Paste contributor Blake Snow. Although weird now, travel is still worthwhile—especially to these open borders. The California ...

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, ...

Mudslides in Colorado blocked a number of Amtrak's California Zephyr trains, a route that runs between Chicago and Emeryville, as well as stranded auto travelers and blocked bus routes over the ...