A few snaps aboard Amtrak train 5, the California Zephyr, from Chicago to Sacramento via Denver and Salt Lake City.
Climbing the mountains along South Boulder Creek, Gilpin County, Colorado.
Having crossed the Continental Divide via the Moffat Tunnel, we’re now following the Fraser River downhill to its confluence with the Colorado.
Uhh, somewhere on the Colorado River, still in the state of Colorado. (I failed to save my GPS fix.)
And the next morning, having crossed Utah in the dark, here we are in Churchill County, Nevada, northeast of Reno.
Good food on both Amtrak trains (the Zephyr and the Capitol Limited). After three days you sort of get used to the bumpy ride. The Capitol Limited was 45 minutes late into Chicago (largely due to an automated systems failure at CSX); the Zephyr was two and a half hours late into Sacramento (late start due to two different cars that needed to be swapped out; amplified by an unplanned detour through the Union Pacific yards at Reno). Better than I expected!