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Scenic route takes Amtrak train from Bay Area to Reno The journey east on Amtrak’s California Zephyr train is as good as the destination. Riding the rails from the San Francisco Bay area to Reno, Nev.

Amtrak’s California Zephyr covers 2,437 miles in 51 hours and 20 minutes on a daily trip between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area and has become recognized as one of the most picturesque train ...

This week, I take a ride on America's longest train ride the Amtrak California Zephyr from Chicago to San Francisco in First Class in their Bedroom Suite.

East of Colfax, California, the route of the California Zephyr curves around a mountain at a place called Cape Horn on a ledge hacked out of rock in the 1860s. If you’re aboard the eastbound Zephyr, ...

CHICAGO — More evidence of the toll Amtrak’s aging locomotive and passenger car fleet is taking on operations was provided in recent days when long-distance and regional trains were canceled or ...