My first view of Denver was from a train — the Denver Zephyr, which a group of families had boarded in Chicago one afternoon in the mid-’60s. The kids had commandeered the dome car, where we slept on ...

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 ...

UPDATE: The Zephyr began running through Glenwood Canyon again on Aug. 6. DENVER (CBS4) - Massive mudslides last week in Glenwood Canyon have temporarily halted train service on Amtrak's California ...

Amtrak plans to restore daily service on its California Zephyr route passing through western Colorado May 24 thanks to funding included in the $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 economic stimulus package.

Tourists today arrive largely by air. For many decades, many came by train. In our jet-speed age, it may be difficult to realize that the slower travel by train was part of the fun of a vacation in ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Amtrak's daily "California Zephyr" train between Emeryville and Chicago is temporarily suspended west of Denver, the result of one Amtrak employee testing positive for the COVID-19 ...

My first look at Colorado was from a train. When I was a kid, my family was part of a group that would pile onto the Denver Zephyr in Chicago late on a winter afternoon. While the parents sat up all ...