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I took that trip myself last June. I have an old 1977 timetable that lists the distance from Denver to Ogden via the old San Francisco Zephyr as 590 miles. The distance from Salt Lake City to Ogden via the Pioneer (before it became a split of the California Zephyr) was 36 miles. The actual...

The main MAX/DART bus station is right next door to the station (to your left as you exit). Usually, a few cabs will be waiting around the Amtrak Station at the normal train arrival times as well. I personally have never taken the bus, but I'd bet they run to the airport. Leave yourself plenty...

Just got back from a trip on the rerouted California Zephyr. At Osceola, IA there was an Amtrak Superliner Diner sitting off by itself on a siding next to the station. Does anybody know why?

In addition to the upgrade coupons and Club Acela passes, they also sent me a year's subscription to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.

Well, this isn't exactly precise, but I think the train first passes over I-75, then goes by some ruins of an old factory. Once it leaves the suburbs, it passes right through the center of Douglasville, Villa Rica, Temple, and Bremen. At Tallapoosa it goes by a gold course, then crosses the...

I just redeemed my Guest Rewards points for a trip from New Orleans to Sacramento via the City of New Orleans and the California Zephyr. I am in a standard sleeper on both trains, and they only deducted the points for one two zone trip from my account (~20,000 points, I think). The real...