Nice write-up. Wonder if they market to day riders?
https://theorion.com/86299/arts/zephyr- ... -expected/
https://theorion.com/86299/arts/zephyr- ... -expected/
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The train was delayed by four hours so we passed the time in a sandwich shop in the train station where they were playing music from the ’70s. It was a long wait but it was worth it.
We had the train car all to ourselves on the way there, and only a handful of people joined us on the trip back to Sacramento. The space allowed us to marvel at the sights freely together. We had plenty of legroom in between the rows of seats — at least double the legroom of a plane. Each ticket cost about $90.
The train we took was the California Zephyr. It made stops in Roseville, Colfax and Truckee, before arriving in Reno. The higher up we went in elevation, the more stunning and gorgeous the views became. We saw bright, sunlit woodsy meadows, farmland, mountains, huge pine trees, a lake and the Truckee River, which flowed right beside us. We went through several dark tunnels. The views also changed from bright green grass to snowy mountains, and the skies went from sunshine to thick cloud cover. At first, there was no snow anywhere. Gradually, we started seeing patches of snow higher up and then maybe a foot of snow on either side of the train.
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Next stop, Willoughby
~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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