See 8 National Parks On This California Zephyr Trip For $5,000. Discover 8 national parks and 3 cities in a nonstop 13-day Amtrak adventure on the California Zephyr.

The 51-hour California Zephyr train route, which travels between Emeryville and Chicago, also stops in Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, and Reno.

The Amtrak California Zephyr’s 2,438-mile California-to-Chicago train ride offers breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada.

Amtrak's Superliner is a two-story train fleet that runs on routes west of Chicago and New Orleans, including the California Zephyr. The cars are roughly 30 to 50 years old, and Amtrak plans to ...

The Zephyr pulls into Denver at 8 a.m., giving you plenty of time to use the day as you will. I spent four days in the city, though I strongly considered rearranging my trip to spend more time in ...

The California Zephyr just turned 75, and the Chicago-to-San Francisco Amtrak train — known for its breathtaking scenery — is still chugging along.

The present-day California Zephyr began service in 1983, though an earlier iteration of the train — sharing the same name, but operated privately on a slightly different route — ran between ...