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I H Conductor is responsible for the entire On-Board Services Hotels and Resorts. L Y staff as well as ticket collection, the safety of passengers and the To join Amtrak Guest Rewards, call“ 1-800-307-5000 or A R safe operation of the train. visit www.amtrak.com and click on “Frequent Travelers.” C Dining Car Steward is responsible for the operation of the Dining Car and Dining Car staff. AMTRAK® AMERICA Lounge Car Attendant is responsible for the operation of Amtrak America is your travel guide to Amtrak routes the Cafe/Lounge Car. and services. This brochure is full of valuable information, Sleeping Car Attendant is responsible for providing all services for passengers ticketed in Sleeping Car accommodations so use it to plan your next rail trip. For your free copy, just including room preparation, luggage service and any assistance call 1-800-USA-RAIL or visit us online at www.amtrak.com. necessary to ensure a comfortable journey. Train Attendant is responsible for providing service for AMTRAK® SMOKING POLICY passengers ticketed in coach. This includes seat assignment, Smoking is prohibited entirely on the California Zephyr. ROUTE GUIDE pillow service, luggage service and any assistance to ensure a Passengers may smoke on station platforms as announced comfortable journey. by train crews and must remain next to the train, ready to ACCOMMODATIONS Sleeping Car accommodations provide private rooms with board immediately upon hearing the locomotive horn and # # amenities for day and night use. From Roomettes to Bedrooms “All Aboard” calls. San Francisco Salt Lake City Chicago featuring a private lavatory and shower, Sleeping Car accommo- dations will suit any need and can be described in more detail by any member of the crew. Please consult with the Conductor regarding available rooms. Coach seating provides a wide reclining seat with a leg rest. Free pillow service is also available. Dining Car service offers a wide range of complete meals prepared on board. Spectacular scenery and a great staff make dining on the California Zephyr a memorable experience. The Dining Car Steward will make announcements throughout the trip regarding service hours. Sightseer Lounge/Cafe Car is the perfect car for scenic viewing and lighter fare. Large panoramic windows provide the perfect atmosphere for viewing and making new friends. The Cafe is located on the lower level of this car. Lavatories are located on the lower level of each car. Water fountains are located at the center of the car on both levels. Trash receptacles are located at the center and both ends of each car. All cars are connected on the upper level. Information contained in this route guide as well as described amenities and other on-board features are subject to change without notice. Gratuities are appreciated and are at the sole discretion of each passenger. Amtrak is a 02-068R Amtrak, Amtrak Guest Rewards and California Zephyr are registered registered service mark of the National Railroad Passenger Association. service marks of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. © 2004 National Railroad Passenger Corporation CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR begin and end their journey to San SALT LAKE CITY The wide predating American Indians. Silver OMAHA was a Missouri River the station serves over 40 Amtrak EXPERIENCED TRAVELERS Francisco and Oakland with a bus streets lead downtown to Mormon Creek ski area and Winter Park are crossing for westbound pioneers. trains and 160 commuter trains say it’s the most beautiful train trip ride either to or from the Emeryville monuments, including Temple Square, across the valley to the right. President Gerald Ford, Henry each weekday. in all of North America... and as train station. On the way is a the Seagull Monument, the six WINTER PARK (Fraser) This is Fonda, Fred Astaire, Marlon SCENIC PHOTO TIPS spectacular view of the San towers of the Mormon Temple and the station for the nearby Winter Brando and Malcolm X were born you climb to the sky through the Scenic Spots: Your train passes Francisco Bay, the island of Alcatraz, the Beehive House. Park Ski Resort. The Fraser River cuts here. Boys Town, a refuge for many beautiful“ and interesting and in the distance, the beautiful GRAND JUNCTION The a swath through Arapahoe National homeless and underprivileged sights. The “camera” symbol on # San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. Gunnison and Colorado Rivers meet Forest and Fraser Canyon. The town children, is west of town. EMERYVILLE, CA the map marks the best spots, so San Pablo Bay and the Carquinez Strait Suisun Marsh here. Grand Junction is the gateway of“ Fraser proudly calls itself the GALESBURG is the home San Francisco have your camera ready! Oakland Bay Bridge DAVIS, CA to Mesa Verde National Park, the “Icebox of America” because of its of Carl Sandburg, writer and The Great Central Valley OAKLAND, CA Outside Shots: Medium speed MARTINEZ, CA Suisun Bay and the # Colorado National Monument and winter temperatures of -50°F.The historian. Abe Lincoln and “Mothball Fleet” SACRAMENTO films (ASA 64 or higher) are McClellan Air Force Base ROSEVILLE, CA Grand Mesa National Forest. Devil’s Thumb is a rock formation on Stephen Douglas debated here Emigrant Gap recommended for shooting Alta Auburn Soda Springs GLENWOOD SPRINGS top of the ridge to the left. at Knox College in the building heart of the Rocky COLFAX, CA Norden scenery through the train Cape Horn American Mt. Judah Roaring Fork River meets MOFFAT TUNNEL This with the copper spire to the left Mountains — and further Gold Run River Valley Donner Lake windows. If your shutter speed Stanford Curve the Colorado on tunnel is 6.2 miles long and takes of the train. west, the Sierra Nevadas — TRUCKEE, CA is adjustable and light conditions Boca # the right. The approximately 15 minutes to go PRINCETON One of the you’ll find it hard to disagree. Floriston RENO permit, set it at a higher speed EMERYVILLE CA/NV State Line SPARKS, NV infamous through. It is at this point that the founders of the Republican Party, Certainly, it’s the most comfortable Verdi Mustang Ranch (1/125 or 1/250 sec.) for the Shuttle buses to and from Fernley train crosses the Continental Divide John Bryant, made his home in way to travel between Chicago and clearest results. Hold your lens San Francisco are waiting for and is at an elevation of over 9000 Princeton. It was settled by the great cities of the West. But as WINNEMUCCA, NV close to the window to eliminate passengers at trainside. Look ELKO, NV feet. Note: The train crew will make New Englanders in 1833. you twist past the narrow canyons NV/UT State Line glare and reflections. for the San Francisco Bay # an announcement asking all CHICAGO is the crossroad and towering peaks of the Rockies, Inside Shots: Flash is Bridge to the west. Emeryville, SALT LAKE CITY customers to find a comfortable of American manufacturing and following the Colorado River recommended. To avoid glare and CA, is the starting point of the Riverton seat and not move between cars distribution and is an important through a breathtakingly beautiful Geneva reflections, do not point the flash California Zephyr route. PROVO, UT while the train is in the tunnel. hub of the nation’s railroads. The mountain wilderness — and climb Thistle directly at the windows. SACRAMENTO Home of Soldier Summit DENVER The Mile High City is Sears Tower dominates the through the famous mile-high Castle Gate the California State Railroad HELPER, UT breathtaking to behold, and the “massive skyline along with the Donner Pass in the heart of the Price The California Zephyr runs on Museum — one of the nation’s Amtrak® station is in the midst of “Gold Coast” high-rises along Sierra Nevadas — you won’t be GREEN RIVER the Burlington Northern Santa Fe thinking about where you’re going. most impressive displays of Ruby Canyon it all. You’ll be within walking Lake Michigan. As the train backs Railway from Chicago to Denver. railroad equipment! The capital UT/CO State Line De Beque-Palisade distance of Coors Field, into Chicago’s Union Station, it GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO You’ll be thinking of how glad you GRAND JUNCTION, CO To get into the Denver terminal, of California was the western Grand Valley Glenwood Canyon restaurants and parallels the Chicago River on are that you took the California New Castle Byers Canyon Amtrak travels over the Denver Dotsero GRANBY, CO terminus for the Pony Express Fraser Canyon the left, its flow reversed in an Zephyr to get there. Red Canyon Tabernash Union Terminal Co., then on the in 1860. It was also the starting Gore Canyon FRASER-WINTER PARK, CO engineering triumph.