Amtrak Cross Country
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Observation car, Views from our roomette,
Sierras near Truckee, Train curves along Truckee River,
Winnemucca sunset, Dramatic rock in Utah badlands |
| Part 2 |
Continue Utah and dramatic rock formations,
Glenwood Hot Springs resort in Colorado Rockies,
Beginning of beautiful Colorado River and Valley. |
| Part 3 |
Scenic Colorado River Valley, Rafters,
Broad colorful valley into Fraser-Winter Park,
Farms and rolling hills in Iowa. |
Sacramento
to Chicago on Amtrak
The California Zephr, Part 2 of 3
Continue through Utah and dramatic rock
formations,
Glenwood Hot Springs resort in Colorado Rockies,
Beginning of beautiful Colorado River and Valley.
April 9-11, 2012
Posted June 19, 2012, ©2012 Herbert E. Lindberg
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then followed by Part 3 simply to limit the number of pictures on each page to
13. Please open the Western Third map in a separate tab to see
where the pictures on this page were taken (click on its thumbnail
below).
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Western Third
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Middle Third
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Eastern Third
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East Coast (full-size
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Herb and a new
train companion as we continue across the badlands of Utah into
Colorado.
Approaching Grand Junction, CO, 9:28 am MT.
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Still more
rugged sedimentary rock, 9:32 am MT.
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The curved
ceiling windows of the observation car allow upward views like
these, 9:33 am MT.
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The dining car,
with tables set for lunch, 10:09 am MT, probably stopped at Grand
Junction.
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Glenwood Hot
Springs, CO, in the Rocky Mountains.
12:14 pm MT.
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More global
view, 12:14 pm MT.
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Highway along
the Colorado(?) River, which we followed for quite some time, 12:39 pm MT.
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Stack-of-Plates
formation (my name) 12:41 pm MT.
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Note the stack
of plates are broken, making a Stack-of-Bricks formation.
12:42 pm MT.
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Colorado
(?) River and valley. 12:50 pm MT.
This and the remainder of the pictures on the trip were taken from
our roomette.
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Our train (on
left) curves around a bend in the river. 2:35 pm MT.
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Rafters take
a break, perhaps while heading to Grand Canyon. 2:52 pm MT
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| Part 1 |
Observation car, Views from our roomette,
Sierras near Truckee, Train curves along Truckee River,
Winnemucca sunset, Dramatic rock in Utah badlands |
| Part 2 |
Continue Utah and dramatic rock formations,
Glenwood Hot Springs resort in Colorado Rockies,
Beginning of beautiful Colorado River and Valley. |
| Part 3 |
Scenic Colorado River Valley, Rafters,
Broad colorful valley into Fraser-Winter Park,
Farms and rolling hills in Iowa. |
Continue to Part 3
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