It's less known outside of the region, but there are times when the Coast Starlight offers snow scenes and challenges comparable to the Rockies or the other Cascades crossings. Opened in 1927, the Cascades Line between Dunsmuir and Eugene through Klamath Falls and Oakridge bypasses the original...
Amtrak California Zephyr train #5 departing from Chicago February 7, 2020.
Beautiful journey through the snow covered Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Canyons and Sierra Nevada during winter.
Note at 12 m 40 s: Due to a problem with one of the engines in Winnemucca we got an additional Union...