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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

longship

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1. That doesn't look like the Zephyr.

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 01:00 AM

Mar 2014

West coast Amtrak trains are double decker. They are an opulent way to travel. Fine food, comfort, friendly people.

Here's the Zephyr.

Your pic looks like an East Coast train which has to be shorter because of the lower underpasses. I've travelled them both. They are both wonderful, but I love a sleeper on the upper deck from the West Coast to Chicago, hopefully arriving in time for pizza.

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Amtrak's California Zephyr returns to Denver Union Station [View all] Agschmid Mar 2014 OP

That doesn't look like the Zephyr. longship Mar 2014 #1

It is not the Zephyr I could not get the image in the article to link so I picked (unwisely)... Agschmid Mar 2014 #2

R&K anyway, my friend. Trains are wonderful. nt longship Mar 2014 #3

They are, at some point I need to take one of the cross country ones. Agschmid Mar 2014 #4

Economy sleeper. longship Mar 2014 #5

This has been my main mode of long-distance travel for a couple of years now. OnionPatch Mar 2014 #7

Double deckers are used on the Washington DC to Chicago run happyslug Mar 2014 #8

Let me know when they start up the Desert Wind route again. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #6