Amtrak has more than 30 routes across the U.S. and Canada, winding through forests, along coastlines, and around mountains. No two routes are exactly the same, but there is one route that manages to ...

The 51-hour California Zephyr train journey also stops in Salt Lake City, Denver, and Omaha. Courtesy of Amtrak With a reputation for being one of the most beautiful train routes in North America, ...

Crossing up and over the fabled Donner Pass in the northern Sierra Nevada and descending to Lake Tahoe is one of those essential rites of passage for Californians. But forget doing it in a car. Now is ...

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 ...

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