THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR: America s Greatest Train Chicago San Francisco

Amtrak s California Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville (for San Francisco) is the greatest train trip you can take in the United States. I was lucky to take this wonderful journey for the third time this time, in beautiful autumn. Check out my Europe by Train Bright Trip guide: It is the most scenic and culturally important of all Amtrak s rail trips, and the longest daily Amtrak train. 2, 438 miles and three days of the best America has to offer come for the rolling farmland, a stop in Denver, stunning Rockies, Glenwood Springs, Sierra Nevadas, and through wine country towards the California coast. I hope you enjoy watching this video as much as I enjoyed making it Next year I ll be taking more of the world s finest and most spectacular trains. VIA Rail s fourday epic The Canadian, the Hiram Bingham up to Macchu Picchu in Peru, the glorious El Chepe in Mexico, Amtrak s Southwest Chief and even the iconic Blue T