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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 23 2012 -
Robert Booker: Railroad history includes cruelty
In my column of Dec. 27, 2005, I wondered about those men who did the hard labor in building our railroads. Did we have Chinese workers here as in other places? How many slaves were used to build the roadbeds and lay the tracks into Knoxville? How did they fare against the elements? Were there problems with American Indians who opposed the coming of the "iron horse"? |
May 22 2012 -
Vols to go on the road in preseason
Tennessee will be taking part of its preseason camp on the road. The Vols will practice from Aug. 9-15 at Milligan College in Johnson City, Tenn., which is about a two-hour drive from Knoxville. "The week in Johnson City will provide a unique opportunity to build team unity and limit distractions,” Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said. “The opportunity to train away from campus also allows for a ... |
May 18 2012 -
Park It: Keep on tracking at Point Richmond railroad museum
The Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Point Richmond, one of the East Bay's most intriguing attractions, is open for the 2012 season.Located in a large building at 900-A Dornan Drive within Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline, the museum contains a 10,000-square-foot layout representing typical |
April 25 2012 -
Master Maine Guide found guilty in animal cruelty case
Randall Carl of Knox testified Monday afternoon at Waldo County Superior Court during his trial for aggravated animal cruelty. The Master Maine Guide and corrections officer at Maine State Prison in Warren is accused of torturing a bobcat by using it to train hunting dogs. |
April 19 2012 -
Park It: It's train time at Point Richmond
The Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Point Richmond, one of the East Bay's most intriguing attractions, is now open for the 2012 season.Located in a large building at 900A Dornan Drive, within Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline, the museum contains a 10,000-square-foot layout representing typical |
April 13 2012 -
Circus train crashes in Tennessee
The train carrying Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Animals to Norfolk has been in a crash outside of Knoxville Tennessee. |
February 10 2012 -
Media Advisory: Army Reserve Units to Train in Fort Knox
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 10, 2012) - About 600 soldiers from across 33 Canadian Brigade Group (33 CBG) will train in Fort Knox, Kentucky, from February 16 to 26, 2012. When : 16 to 26 February, 2012 |
February 09 2012 -
Knox College Events Celebrate Black History Month
Knox College celebrates Black History Month, including entertainment featuring Black Ice and lectures campus and in the community on the history of the Underground Railroad and the anti-slavery movement. |
February 04 2012 -
Property Tax Protest Fund closed out
MT.VERNON — County Treasurer Dan Knox closed out the Property Tax Protest Fund and Railroad Tax Protest Fund and he will distribute the funds. |
January 24 2012 -
Robert Booker: Old newspapers a trove of city trivia
I wish everyone could have the luxury I have in reading old Knoxville newspapers. I am continuously amazed, amused, flabbergasted or educated by some of the articles and items I read. I am sometimes aghast with the descriptions of bodily injuries after railroad accidents. On occasion, I howl with laughter as the editors of different papers feud between themselves. |
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 ... |
January 07 2012 -
Walmart project near University of Tennessee is challenging
The developers behind a proposed shopping center next to the University of Tennessee campus have stared down some thorny problems, but they're hoping to create a project that's unique in Knoxville — and possibly even bring a train to the site. |
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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