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Amtrak's Sonoma Valley lounge in 2010. The lounge cars were similar to the full-length Big Dome lounges which had entered service with the Santa Fe in 1954. The most obvious difference was the absence of a forward-looking view on the Hi-Level cars. [12] Each of the six lounges could seat 60 people on the upper level.
El Capitan was one of the first Santa Fe trains to use the Budd-built "Big Dome"-Lounge cars. These were soon given to the Chief (another AT&SF Chicago-to-Los Angeles special), and replaced by new double-decker "Hi-Level" chair cars (coaches) developed by Budd and the railroad in 1954–1956. These experimental cars had a quieter ride ...
Los Angeles Union Station is the main train station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. [7] It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal , replacing La Grande Station , Central Station , and Salt Lake Station .
The times allow several 7- to 12-hour rides between major-city pairs; for example, overnight between Tucson or Maricopa (for Phoenix) and Los Angeles in both directions. [17] While most Amtrak trains saw service reductions in 2020–2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sunset Limited and its existing sub-daily schedule were not affected.
(Los Angeles) CWT Pacific Surfliner: 38,353 Los Angeles Department of Transportation: Metrolink: Ventura County: Chico^ Chico: CIC Coast Starlight: 25,250 City of Chico Amtrak Thruway: 3 Colfax^ Colfax: COX California Zephyr: 5,214 Amtrak Thruway: 20 Colonel Allensworth State Park: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: CNL San Joaquin: No data
Long-distance train travel can be the journey of a lifetime — so long as you avoid common mistakes. After spending 140 hours traveling nearly 4,000 miles by overnight trains, I've had some regrets.
The San Francisco Zephyr, a long-distance train on the traditional Overland Route between Chicago and San Francisco, followed on July 7, 1980; it received the first of the Sightseer lounges on January 6, 1981. [23] Amtrak assigned Superliners to another long-distance train, the Los Angeles–Chicago Southwest Limited, in October 1980
In May 1936 the train commenced operation between Chicago and Los Angeles, California, on its own schedule. 1937 saw the UP partnering with the Southern Pacific Railroad to add a train from Chicago to Oakland, California, a line that would take the name San Francisco Challenger (the original then became the Los Angeles Challenger). Lounge cars ...