The California Zephyr takes you from downtown Chicago to the outskirts of San Francisco over 53 hours. Here's what a ...

I endured a 53-hour ride on the California Zephyr, the longest Amtrak journey in the US. Here are 10 survival tips for overnight train travelers.

I took the Amtrak California Zephyr train from Chicago to Emeryville, California, in a bedroom accommodation and had a few regrets.

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The California Zephyr is the longest train route in the U.S., traveling 2,438 miles from Chicago to the Bay Area through the ...

Emeryville station opened in 1993 as the replacement for earthquake-damaged Oakland Central, and it serves as the de facto ...

Hop aboard one of America’s most legendary train journeys as we travel from Chicago to San Francisco on Amtrak's California ...

Late arrivals are, to a degree, preordained for Amtrak’s long-distance trains on the first weekend of Daylight Saving Time — ...

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 ...