George and anyone else interested:
My sister was thrilled to have been put in touch with another ex-Zephyrette. She says she plans to make the 2013 reunion that Cathy is planning. The Zephyrettes are allowed to invite one person to attend the reunion with them and Sis invited me. I do...
I believe some of the majesty of the Feather River Canyon has been lost due to dam construction. The only times I was ever through it was on the Zephyr in 1960, once westbound and once eastbound. It was FANTASTIC then.
It might still be a very cool place to ride through and I would love to do...
Bill:
Thanks for your reply. I truly enjoyed reading about your CA Zephyr adventure and would love to have more details if you ever feel like wrting more.
My sister would not have been your Zephyrette because she quit her job and got married before that time.
The Zephyrettes had tremendous...
I'm getting in this a little late, but I wouldn't even have to think about the train that I would want to ride. I would ride the Silver Lady once again, the California Zephyr.
I rode the Zephyr from Chicago to SF and back in 1960 when I was just 11 years old. My sister was the Zephyrette on...
I would love to ride the Amtrak CA Zephyr someday. I have not traveled by rail since my trip on the original CA Zephyr.
It would also be great to ride the Empire Builder sometime. I guess a person could ride the CA Zephyr Chicago to SF, the Coast Starlight to Seattle, and the Empire Builder...
Thanks, Peter. I have visited that site numerous times. It's sad that it was last updated in December of 2000. I wonder why it is not being updated?
Although I was already aware of the site, I do thank you for taking the time to let me know about it. Please pass along anything else you find...
Thanks, Wolverine.
I was just ignoring the comments WhoozOn1st made. I figured he must be the group troll or something. I'm brand new here, but every forum I have ever taken part in seems to have a troll or two.
Tom
If you have posted any of your recollections from those trips I would love to read them. Please post a link. If you have not posted them, please do so if you can find the time.
I guess I should have posted this in the trip report forum, huh? The description says that the trips don't have to...
The year was 1960 and I was just a boy of eleven years of age when my sister, who was a "Zephyrette," took me along for one of her round trips from Chicago to San Francisco on the original, pre-Amtrak California Zephyr . The Zephyr went as far as Oakland and then the passengers rode buses...