THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR: America’s Greatest Train! Chicago - San Francisco

Amtrak’s California Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville (for San Francisco) is the greatest train trip you can take in the United States. I was lucky to take this wonderful journey for the third time - this time, in beautiful autumn. Check out my Europe by Train Bright Trip guide: It is the most scenic and culturally important of all Amtrak’s rail trips, and the longest daily Amtrak train. 2,438 miles and three days of the best America has to offer - come for the rolling farmland, a stop in Denver, stunning Rockies, Glenwood Springs, Sierra Nevadas, and through wine country towards the California coast. I hope you enjoy watching this video as much as I enjoyed making it! Next year I’ll be taking more of the world’s finest and most spectacular trains. VIA Rail’s four-day epic “The Canadian“, the Hiram Bingham up to Macchu Picchu in Peru, the glorious El Chepe in Mexico, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief and even the iconic Blue T