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California Zephyr With Yellowstone National Park - 7 Night/8 Day Tour
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More than 2,000 acres of geysers, hot springs, and lava formations await you in Yellowstone, the world’s first national park established in 1872. Located in three states, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, Yellowstone’s most famous sights include Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and the Continental Divide. Keep your cameras handy as the vast Yellowstone is teeming with roaming wildlife, including wolves, grizzly bears, bison and elk. Your “Yellowstone National Park” 8-day adventure includes two nights onboard Amtrak’s California Zephyr as well as one night in Salt Lake City, three nights at the Yellowstone Park Hotel and one night in San Francisco. This well-planned itinerary combines rail touring with scenic driving and land tours to give you the “best of the West” independent vacation. Consider upgrading to a roomette or bedroom, which includes meals aboard the train. |
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Visiting Washington State by Train
Washington State is located on the Pacific north coast of the United State; it's bordered by British Columbia (Canada) in the North, by Idaho State on the East side, and by Oregon State in the South.
The state can be divided into 6 geographic land a [...] (Read Article)
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May 04 2012 - BNSF freight train derailment in Kewanee causes delays for Amtrak
The derailment of at least 13 BNSF freight cars in Kewanee is causing Amtrak to scramble to get passengers to their destinations. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said passengers on this morning’s Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg Amtrak trains were transported from the area by chartered motor coaches. The Illinois Zephyr left Galesburg at 7:38 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 10 ... |
April 15 2012 - Planning for the future
On the heels of recent news that ridership on state-supported Amtrak trains increased 85 percent since 2006, state Rep. Don Moffitt and other officials are trying to build on that momentum. During a news conference Friday morning in the Galesburg Amtrak depot, Moffitt announced plans for an Amtrak summit this summer for leaders of the cities along the Chicago-to-Quincy corridor. “We want to ... |
April 14 2012 - Officials announce plans are in works for an Amtrak summer summit
On the heels of recent news that ridership on state-supported Amtrak trains increased 85 percent since 2006, state Rep. Don Moffitt and other officials are trying to build on that momentum. During a news conference Friday morning in the Galesburg Amtrak depot, Moffitt announced plans for an Amtrak summit this summer for leaders of the cities along the Chicago-to-Quincy corridor. “We want to ... |
April 13 2012 - Amtrak ridership up 85% in state
Figures released by the Illinois Department of Transportation show state-supported Amtrak routes are continuing to see a boom in popularity. State Rep. Don Moffitt said regional cooperation between cities on the Chicago-to-Quincy corridor, including Galesburg, is needed to reach the growing potential passenger rail service offers. Ridership increased almost 85 percent between 2006 and 2011 on ... |
April 11 2012 - BNSF chief says railroad is on the rise
The president and chief operating officer of the BNSF Railway told the crowd at Tuesday night’s Farm City Day the railroad knew it had a great relationship with Galesburg. He said if the community was attempting to show how much it values the railroad by its reception of himself and two other BNSF corporate employees, it did a good job. “Message delivered,” Carl Ice told the audience in the ... |
March 28 2012 - BNSF chief says RR on the rise
The president and chief operating officer of the BNSF Railway told the crowd at Tuesday night’s Farm City Day the railroad knew it had a great relationship with Galesburg. He said if the community was attempting to show how much it values the railroad by its reception of himself and two other BNSF corporate employees, it did a good job. “Message delivered,” Carl Ice told the audience in the ... |
March 23 2012 - Train excursion company plans fall trip
The Zephyr Route train excursion company, which has made a number of trips from Chicago to Quincy/Hannibal, with stops in Galesburg, is headed to Kansas City, Mo., on May 4, with the return trip May 6. The train will leave Chicago on a Friday, and make stops in Naperville and Galesburg on its way to Union Station in Kansas City. The trip is now sold out. |
February 12 2012 - Quad Cities to Danville by rail?
Plans are steaming forward that could drastically change the face of Amtrak service to Galesburg and throughout the Midwest and beyond in the near future. With ridership last year of more than 30 million passengers — a new record — Amtrak appears to be gaining momentum. The trend is continuing, with 2.23 million passengers in January, up 4.8 percent from last year. Ticket revenue was up 4.5 ... |
February 05 2012 - Amtrak celebrates railroads May 12
Amtrak’s 5th annual National Train Day is May 12. While Galesburg does not host an event in conjunction with the celebration, Galesburg’s Convention & Visitor’s Bureau takes part in an Amtrak promotion at Union Station, 210 S. Canal St., in Chicago, which is held just five days later. |
January 27 2012 - Sen. Kirk vows to fight new rail regs
After seeing the BNSF rail yard firsthand on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk vowed to fight against any new federal regulations that could stymie the rail company’s growth, even including future expansion at the Galesburg yard site. Kirk, a first-term Republican senator, met with BNSF officials, as well as community representatives, at the BNSF classification yard for an hour as company ... |
January 27 2012 - Sen. Kirk tours BNSF rail yard
After seeing the BNSF rail yard firsthand Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk vowed to fight against any new federal regulations that could stymie the rail company's growth, even including future expansion at the Galesburg yard site. |
January 10 2012 - ‘Righteous militance’
A native of Galesburg, Owen Muelder, is a historian, writer and director of the Underground Railroad Freedom Center at Knox College. Muelder has made another significant contribution to the understanding of a part of our nation’s past that haunts us to this day with his latest book, “Theodore Weld and the American Anti-Slavery Society” (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2011). Muelder’s 2008 work, “The ... |
November 19 2011 - Transportation Secretary LaHood lauds Galesburg, rail industry
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood had some compliments for Galesburg and the rail industry at Friday night’s annual Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce dinner and meeting. LaHood also said more than $3 million for the grade separation project that had been held up is now on its way to the project. LaHood reminded those in attendance in the Lincoln Room of Knox College’s Seymour Union that ... |
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