My trip on the California Zephyr was my favorite overnight Amtrak ride yet. I'll take it again any chance I get.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I spent two nights in a private bedroom on an Amtrak sleeper train for $2,200 in February 2026. The 50-square-foot space had a ...

I traveled from Chicago to Emeryville, California, on Amtrak's California Zephyr and booked a bedroom. The 53-hour ride was ...

If you travel a lot like me, I highly recommend logging your mistakes so you're less likely to repeat them. For example, I'd spent 75 hours on overnight Amtrak trains before my most recent adventure ...

We all know air travel is the fastest way to get somewhere. For speed, you aren't going to beat a 500+ mile per hour pace on a big ol' jet airliner, to quote the Steve Miller Band. Taking a road trip ...

Travel from California to Illinois on a train journey filled with landscapes, from rugged peaks to open plains across the ...

Q: We recently traveled on Amtrak's California Zephyr from Chicago to Sacramento. It was not a good experience. When we entered the sleeper bedroom, it was readily apparent that the visual depiction ...

For many people, one of the best parts about living in the Bay Area is its proximity to Lake Tahoe — for endless skiing, hiking and beach-laying opportunities, just a few hours away. But anyone who’s ...

The westbound Amtrak “California Zephyr” overnight passenger train passes through Hot Sulphur Springs on a summer afternoon.