California Zephyr - For Everybody !

Loved it, Jim. Thanks for posting this video. 

Just awesomeness!

Thanks Jim

I wish I could remember more from the early 1950s when my Mother took my brother and I on a trip from NYC to San Francisco aboard the California Zephyr.  We rode the PRR car the whole way.  Seeing this film brings back memories of the sleeping arrangements and the dinning car but I don't remember going in the vista dome.  I think my mother didn't want to walk too far from our room, especially with two young boys. We had a lot of fun on that train, especially at night while lying on the bed looking out window watching the scenery go by so quickly.  It took us four days and three nights to make the trip.  We made the return trip in my Uncle's 1950 Pontiac convertible; no I 80 back then.

Well, my zephyr is mostly K-Line and I enjoyed it, too. 

What a wonderful film Jim,  many thanks.

Hey - We have 3D printers now. Just saw one for sale in our Sam's Club!  Pretty soon someone is likely to invent Time Travel. How 'bout a bunch of us getting up a travel club to go back and ride these fabulous passenger trains?

Jim
Thanks for posting, Nice to see people dressed up for travel.

Sure beats air travel and more relaxing also. Thanks for the video.

IIRC this account has a large variety of old neat videos, including railroad ones.  Worth exploring their archives if you have the time. 

there as to be a niche market for travel like this...  faster than driving , and more interesting than air. I just wonder if folks would have the ability to actually pay attention to their surroundings instead of just wondering when they will arrive (present company excluded).  you would think that even operating a train like this , lets say bi-monthly round trip would draw enough interest to make it economically viable. could this be replicated in our time?

I just finally got a chance to watch it. I thought it was pretty cool. I always figured, that when the washed the cars that there were no pax on board. Also I will check again on the year made as I noticed  that CB&Q E8 had the post 1958 red strips not the black ones.