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., offer… ...

Last year, 32.8 million people climbed aboard Amtrak-the highest ridership ever for the passenger rail service and a 15 percent increase from 2023. While many of them were just commuting to work, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. - The journey east on Amtrak's California Zephyr is as good as the destination. Riding the rails from the San Francisco Bay Area to Reno, Nev., offers beautiful views and a ...

A writer traverses the American West on Amtrak’s California Zephyr train with pit stops in in Omaha, Denver, ... The route covers just over 2,400 miles in about 52 hours, ...

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The California Zephyr starts in Emeryville, Calif., near San Francisco, en route to Reno, Nev., a 236-mile journey that offers beautiful views as well as history.

Prior to federally subsidized Amtrak taking over the route in 1983, the California Zephyr was privately run by three train corporations. From 1949 to 1970, ...

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 tangible sense of histo ...