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New Website shows Amtrak connections to national park sites (Metro Magazine) (metro-magazine.com) - March 10, 2010
The Grand Canyon is one of several national parks featured on the Website, which shows users the nearest Amtrak routes. Amtrak today introduced a new Web site designed to show travelers how convenient…

!-70 cleanup under way in Glenwood Canyon (The Aspen Times) (aspentimes.com) - March 08, 2010
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Crews have begun removing debris from a rock slide in Glenwood Canyon that has closed Interstate 70 in both directions between Glenwood Springs and Dotsero, but highway officials st…

Major rock slide closes I-70 in western Colorado (AP via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - March 08, 2010
A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch of the highway in western Colorado.

Rock slide closes I-70 in western Colorado (ABC 4 Salt Lake City) (abc4.com) - March 08, 2010
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch of the highway in western...

Rock slide closes I-70 in western Colorado (ABC 4 Salt Lake City) (abc4.com) - March 08, 2010
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch of the highway in western Colorado. The slide struck aro…

Major rockslide closes I-70 in Glenwood Canyon (Vail Daily) (vaildaily.com) - March 08, 2010
GLENWOOD CANYON, Colorado - A 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 has been closed in western Colorado after a rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on the highway. The slide…

Major rockslide closes I-70 in Glenwood Canyon (The Vail Trail) (vaildaily.com) - March 08, 2010
DENVER - A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch of the highway in western Colorado. The slide struck around midnight Sunday ne…

Major slide closes I-70 in western Colorado (The Salt Lake Tribune) (sltrib.com) - March 08, 2010
Glenwood Springs, Colo. » Crews have begun breaking apart massive boulders that tumbled onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado and forced a 17-mile section of the highway to close.

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Yalumba Stories (yalumbastories.wordpress.com) - March 17, 2010
I took the train called the California Zephyr from San Francisco up through the Sierra Nevadas to Reno, then it tracks further east and north east through Utah, across the Rockies and up to Chicago. T…

AMTRAK Long-Distance Trains Running Strong (wayoftherail.com) - March 11, 2010
In addition to the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle, the Cardinal ( Chicago – Cincinnati – New York ), Capitol Limited (Chicago – Washington , DC ), and California Zephyr (Chicago – Emeryville , Calif…

California Zephyr: Cross Country on America's Railroads (weareallmadeoflove.blogspot.com) - March 08, 2010
Chicago to San Francisco on the California Zephyr is our route of choice, and though perhaps impractical for our desired purposes, the lure of two nights and three days on board a speeding hunk of met…

Circa 1999/California Zephyr (peterhoffmanphoto.com) - March 08, 2010
We rode an Amtrak train called the California Zephyr. The windows had offered nothing but flat land to stare at for hours upon end, but when you get to Nebraska you know that the Rockies will be in yo…

California Zephyr, Anyone? (meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com) - March 08, 2010
I-70 is closed in western Colorado as a major rockslide has damaged the roadway near Glenwood Springs. No word on when it will reopen. However, Amtrak's Colorado Zephyr, a wonderful train ride, is una…

Broadway Limited Bli California Zephyr Passngr Car Mib (sanfordjanikowski.pib.ir) - March 08, 2010
Broadway Limited Bli California Zephyr Passngr Car Mib. First 2 pictures reflect actual item #, model #, car specific name and condition of car.Last 3 pictures to demonstrate details only, varies by c…

INTRODUCING: THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR (lumikha.livejournal.com) - March 08, 2010
"It looks like an oil painting that's constantly changing." - Gary Gary and I decided to take the train to San Francisco to see the country. This is our first time using the Amtrak and this is our lon…

Colorado Rockies from the California Zephyr (colorado-rockies.mlbannouncer.com) - March 07, 2010
Related posts: Colorado Rockies from the California Zephyr; Salina Symphony and Colorado Rockies Ringers; Colorado Rockies Black w/Purple Brim Alternate 1 2010 Authentic On-Field 59FIFTY Fitted Hat –…

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Amtrak Train Arrives Day Late to Destination | CheapOair - January 10, 2010
Being nicknamed "the train from hell", passengers aboard Amtrak's Chicago bound California Zephyr train arrived nearly a day late to their final destination fuming. Tired, angry and dirty customers vo…

Jon Hammond on KCSM 91.1 FM with Chris Cortez - iReport.com - May 06, 2009
HammondCast 18 from NYC tells the story of how Jon Hammond originally met Joe Berger (of Ham-Berger-Friz Records) and then plays a recording of one of the first jam sessions from year 1986 in BackBeat…

INTRODUCING: Celestial Hip-Hop with MC Pseudo-Dionysius - January 07, 2009
I wrote these lyrics on the California Zephyr train this morning, & post them here as a tentative coming out for the genre of Celestial Hip-Hop, with beats by the DJ Gold Diamonds. (Download the mp3 b…

The California Zephyr - December 17, 2008
A story about 3 days on the California Zephyr, a train that takes you from San Francisco to Chicago (or the other way).

A Ramblin' Mixtape trip across America - October 29, 2008
Part 1 of a trip up the PCH and back across America on the California Zephyr (a train). I'm working on Part II at the moment.

Fugitive fundraiser Hsu 'freaked out' on train, witness says - September 09, 2007
Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu was behaving erratically as he fled the Bay Area on Amtrak's California Zephyr, at one point stripping off his shirt and shoes, before paramedics were called t…

Delicious Links

USA-Reisebericht: "27.05. California Zephyr durch Colorado" (umdiewelt.de) - October 04, 2009

The CZ Gallery (calzephyr.railfan.net) - July 19, 2009

Welcome to California Zephyr Railcar Charters (calzephyrrailcar.com) - July 19, 2009

California Zephyr History (californiazephyr.com) - July 19, 2009

Zephyr Real Estate So Cal - Home (zephyr-ps.com) - June 15, 2009

Planes, Trains & Automobiles: Rail - California Zephyr will detour via Wyoming (norcalblogs.com) - June 08, 2009

Riding the Rails - NYTimes.com (travel.nytimes.com) - March 06, 2009

Amtrak - Superliner Roomette (amtrak.com) - June 12, 2008