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Nobody understands the magic of Amtrak's California Zephyr train quite like Brad Swartzwelter, better known to passengers as Conductor Brad. During Swartzwelter's 30-year career as a conductor, he ...

East of Colfax, California, the route of the California Zephyr curves around a mountain at a place called Cape Horn on a ledge hacked out of rock in the 1860s. If you’re aboard the eastbound Zephyr, ...

While thousands of air travelers were stranded or severely delayed by canceled flights as a wind-swept snowstorm blanketed ...

Recurring mudslides in Glenwood Canyon have hampered more than car and truck travel: Amtrak’s trains haven’t been able to traverse a signature stretch of its California Zephyr route since Thursday.

Mudslides in Colorado blocked a number of Amtrak's California Zephyr trains, a route that runs between Chicago and Emeryville, as well as stranded auto travelers and blocked bus routes over the ...