The California Zephyr
October 18th 2008 According to my geeky USA by Rail book, the California Zephyr is one of the world’s great train lines. It takes 2.5 days to cross the 2,438 miles (3,922km) from Chicago to San Francisco, spanning 3 time zones, passing through Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno and Sacramento.
You might think it’s a bit crazy to sit on a train for well over 50 hours when I could have flown in less than 10
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