Wildlife Prairie Park is launching the 2026 Prairie Zephyr train season on March 28-29 with free rides, coinciding with the volunteer fair and 13th annual Spring Bash disc golf championship.

I endured a 53-hour ride on the California Zephyr, the longest Amtrak journey in the US. Here are 10 survival tips for ...

Nobody understands the magic of Amtrak's California Zephyr train quite like Brad Swartzwelter, better known to passengers as Conductor Brad. During Swartzwelter's 30-year career as a conductor, he ...

The United States has an exceptionally long train route spanning across several states. But you can visit more interesting spots if you take a car, instead.

I took the Amtrak California Zephyr train from Chicago to Emeryville, California, in a bedroom accommodation and had a few regrets.

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.

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AUSTIN, Texas — A long saga is set to come to an end on Wednesday: The Zilker Eagle mini train finally opened to the public. The beloved Zilker Zephyr train was closed in May 2019 due to storm damage, ...

Traveling to Tahoe on public transit can be worth it, especially for the views — but you’ll need to be a flexible traveler.

Late arrivals are, to a degree, preordained for Amtrak’s long-distance trains on the first weekend of Daylight Saving Time — but not to the extent experienced by the California Zephyr and Southwest ...

Tourists today arrive largely by air. For many decades, many came by train. In our jet-speed age, it may be difficult to realize that the slower travel by train was part of the fun of a vacation in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During Swartzwelter's 30-year career as a conductor, he estimates he's completed more than 90 trips annually, logging about 500 ...