While thousands of air travelers were stranded or severely delayed by canceled flights as a wind-swept snowstorm blanketed ...

CHICAGO - A text and email alert received overnight by passengers ticketed on Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr departing Denver Monday, July 28, warned, "Train 6 will have reduced seating capacity ...

Nobody understands the magic of Amtrak's California Zephyr train quite like Brad Swartzwelter, better known to passengers as Conductor Brad. During Swartzwelter's 30-year career as a conductor, he ...

Our travel columnist took the California Zephyr during the Thanksgiving rush. And would do it again, with ear plugs.

On March 20, 1949, the first run of a new streamlined passenger train made for passenger comfort and enjoyment left Oakland, Calif. headed for Chicago. The three-day, two-night, 2,438-mile ...

Scenic route takes Amtrak train from Bay Area to Reno 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.

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 ...

I took Amtrak trains from California to Washington, DC, which took 77 hours over four days. Bring a book, pillow, coat, and snacks, but there will be hot water for instant meals and tea. If the ...

Katrina Schwartz: Today, we’re starting our show on a train! The California Zephyr. It’s Amtrak line goes from Emeryville, passes through Sacramento and Truckee, before heading east, all the way to ...