Zephyr train

Explore the California Zephyr Amtrak route and learn about accommodations, cost, schedule, stops and key things to know.

Take the California Zephyr train between San Francisco and Chicago with stops in Denver, Salt Lake City & more. Book your trip today.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr and Coast Starlight Superliner Roomette offer some of the most breathtaking scenery America has to offer in the comfort of your own private cabin. In this trip report, I travel cross-country from Chicago to Seattle via Sacramento on the California Zephyr (50 hours) followed by the Coast Starlight (20 hours), both in the … Continue reading "Review of Amtrak’s California Zephyr and Coast Starlight: The cross-country train ride of a lifetime"

Amtrak California Zephyr Train San Francisco to Chicago - Taking the 51 hour ride across the USA in February.

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If you’re looking for a new type of adventure, why not hop aboard? The California Zephyr train ride takes you through 5 states for only $232. Did we mention the views are gorgeous?

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This is a set of galleries that follow the California Zephyr route on its Westward journey from Chicago Union Station to its destination at Emeryville / San Francisco in California If you wish to go to the start of the trip you can click <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/locosteve/galleries/72157623722237262/"><b>HERE<b><a></a></b></b></a> or at the end of this gallery there is a link to the next part of the journey

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad’s California Zephyr climbing the foothills westbound out of Denver in the early ‘50s. 1983 watercolor painting by Howard Fogg. Image courtesy of Leanin’ Tree, Inc.