Grand Canyon: Experience
the vastness of the American
West at this natural wonder
that’s more than a mile deep.
Amtrak offers Thruway Bus
service from Williams Junction
to the South Rim of Grand
Canyon National Park.
Rodeos: Get a glimpse
of real cowboys in
action at an authentic
Western rodeo,
featuring old-fashioned
roping and riding
competitions with
carnivals, food, 4-H
North American Indian Day, Montana
contests and more.
Space Needle: Enjoy panoramic
departs Chicago and pauses at Milwaukee before heading west views of Puget Sound and Mt.
across Wisconsin and alongside the Mississippi River. The Rainier from the observation
Empire Builder stops in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, deck of Seattle’s most prominent
then continues into North Dakota, Montana and Idaho before landmark, built for the 1962
splitting into two routes that terminate on the Pacifi c Coast Seattle World’s Fair.
either at Seattle, Washington or Portland, Oregon.
Yearn to see the sea? There’s no better way to appreciate San Francisco: Take a
America’s Pacifi c Coast than from the comfort of the ride on a cable car,
Amtrak Coast Starlight
®
. Between Seattle and Los Angeles, drive down famously
this popular train route calls at the major West Coast cities crooked Lombard
while offering stunning vistas of the Pacifi c Northwest. Street or stroll along
Departing Seattle, travelers say farewell to the city’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf.
“Space Needle” as the train heads south to Portland, known And what visit to
as the “City of Roses” for its annual Rose Festival. After San Francisco would
passing through Oregon’s capital of Salem and alongside be complete without a trip to the Golden Gate Bridge?
the Willamette River – one of the few that fl ows from south
to north – the snow-capped peaks of the Three Sisters Go Hollywood: Step into
Mountains come into view as the train enters Eugene. The the footprints of John
Coast Starlight continues southward into California to the Wayne, Fred Astaire,
state capital, Sacramento, and on to the San Francisco Bay Marilyn Monroe and other
area, home to the Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman’s Wharf, silver screen legends at
and near the famed high-tech center of Silicon Valley. From Grauman’s Chinese Theatre,
Pismo Beach, the Coast Starlight lives up to its name for the window shop on Beverly
next 104 miles as passengers enjoy sweeping views of the Hills’ Rodeo Drive and get a
Pacifi c Ocean, passing through picturesque Santa Barbara behind-the-scenes look at
and the suburban San Fernando Valley before arriving at Los the movie business at the
Angeles, where connecting service to San Diego is available Universal Studios Hollywood
on the Amtrak Pacifi c Surfl iner
®
. theme park.
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