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Kansas City, MO – Amtrak; Kansas City, MO – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak) 360KC.com, Union Station, 360° visual Internet tours Archived October 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile (3,645 km) route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka, La Junta, Raton, and ...
The CB&Q operated dome-parlor-observation cars on the Twin Zephyrs, the Kansas City Zephyr and the Denver Zephyr. Several railroads operated dome observation cars, usually at the rear of the train. These cars have a dome on top of the car with a rounded-end or flat-end rear "observation" section (on the main floor) where passengers can sit and ...
When I travel in Amtrak's coach section on long-haul train rides, I take advantage of the observation car, pack my own cooler, and bring a pillow. I've spent hundreds of hours on long-haul Amtrak ...
Besides the freight trains of BNSF Railway, it is also used by Amtrak's Southwest Chief. After reaching the south bank of the river, the tracks curve west and pass Kansas City Power & Light Company's Sibley Operating Station, a coal-fired electrical generating plant. A now-removed loop track around the plant formerly allowed coal delivery to ...
I took Amtrak trains from California to Washington, DC, which took 77 hours over four days.. Bring a book, pillow, coat, and snacks, but there will be hot water for instant meals and tea. If the ...
All of the cities along the route would connect with Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which serves Kansas City, Chicago and Los Angeles. The expansion would provide passenger rail service to Guthrie ...
Kansas City Zephyr: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy: 2 360–361 Parlor-observation 1947 Twin Cities Zephyr: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy: 2 365–366 Parlor-observation 1953 Kansas City Zephyr: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy: 4 375–378 Sleeper-lounge-observation 1948 California Zephyr: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy: 2 557–558 Coach 1954 ...