Hello and welcome to Chicago Union Station! Today we’re riding on Amtrak’s California Zephyr while taking a look at Amtrak’s ...

There are a few ways to tackle the train's lengthy route. You can ride all 52 hours in one fell swoop and spend two nights on board (in either a sleeping car or a regular coach seat).

But he came to love the train far before he started working for Amtrak, while growing up in Boulder, Colorado. “My father would go fishing along the Colorado River, and the California Zephyr ...