Scenes from a ride on Amtrak’s long-distance California Zephyr train trip through the northern Sierra Nevada. (Javier Panzar / Los Angeles Times) But the best way to pass the time is the dining car.

When you take Amtrak from California to New York, America’s beauty is just outside your observation car window.

The California Zephyr passes through Salt Lake City, along the Great Salt Lake and through northern Nevada, also under the cloak of darkness. These important nuggets of information can be found on ...

Amtrak's California Zephyr drives along the tracks during its daily 2,438-mile trip to Emeryville/San Francisco from Chicago that takes roughly 52 hours on March 23, 2017 in Mount Pleasant, Illinois.

The train pulls into Omaha at about 11 p.m. after departing at 2 p.m. from Chicago. In total, I ended up spending about three days in the city, and came to fall in love with its charm—from the ...

The California Zephyr is known for being the most beautiful train ride in all of North America. Operated by Amtrak with daily service between Chicago and Oakland, the Zephyr crosses 2,400 miles ...

In the morning, I joined the California Zephyr on its 2,400-mile run to Chicago. The Zephyr is rightly regarded as Amtrak’s most scenic train across the Sierras and Rocky Mountains. Need a break?

The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad just bolstered its fleet in a big way.. The CVSR has signed an agreement to purchase four historic California Zephyr cars — two vista dome dining cars, one sleeper ...