[There is Yisi] Take a train while walking by the train and take the California long -distance touring train along the way.

Author:China Well -off Time:2022.07.26

California Zephyr, a well -known railway company AMTRAK, is considered one of the most beautiful long -distance train routes by many railway enthusiasts. California and Wind operate between Chicago and California and California. It takes about 52 hours to complete the entire route, including 33 stations. In 2018, when a three -month photography project was carried out in the United States, I took most of the lines of this line.

I set off from the city of Munteplason in Iowa in mid -August. The weather was very hot that day.

At 5:59 pm, I boarded California and Wind under the shining of the golden sun. The moment I boarded the train, I glanced out and saw a large piece of soybean and cornfield.

The trains went to the window outside the window when the train went to Colorado.

Most of my first day was spent in the viewing car, and the viewing carriage was also called Sightseer Lounge (previously called Vista Dome). The floor -to -ceiling windows of the carriage provide the best viewing field of view for Luoji Mountains, Colorado Grand Canyon, mainland watershed, Nevada Mountains and Northern California Green Forest. The soft blue chair provides passengers with a little private space, but the four -person tables are where most social happens. My friend Connie sat opposite me, and later we made friends with everyone around me.

Observation carriage.

In addition to the viewing carriage, another social hub of the train is a dining car. I missed breakfast on the first morning, so I went straight there the next morning. The waiter is busy putting on the table. The tables in the dining car are all four -person tables, and the meals are public, which means that if you are not a group of four, then you are likely to sit with other passengers.

Fifty years ago, eating in a dining car was an elegant thing -think about linen tablecloths, exquisite porcelain and silverware. The waiters will wear white jackets, blue neck ties and long white apron, with white towels on their arms. They are now wearing light blue shirts, red ties and blue apron. Porcelain and silverware are still there, but according to the old photos I have seen, the porcelain now looks cheaper. The linen can no longer be seen, and they have been replaced by large white paper.

dining car.

The current California and Fengfeng routes began in 1983. The early version of the Hefeng was running between 1949 and 1970. It used the same name, but it was slightly different because it belonged to private.

In the 1970s, long -distance passenger trains such as California and Fengfeng were not only unreliable but also inaccurate. They could not compete with airplanes or booming state highway systems. However, in the early 1980s, a lot of changes had taken place, and a plane trip became worse -the soaring fares, the abandonment of the marginal routes, and the increasing competition between the airlines, so some Americans turned to train again. Short train travel is usually cheaper and more convenient, and these routes usually start and end in the city center, making it easier to ride. In 1979, AMTRAK added a new double -layer intercity passenger train SuperLiners to its western route, which made people a sense of re -discovery a long -lost product.

A passenger was staring out the window, and his head was wearing a homemade flower ring.

As Henry Kisor's "California and Wind: Tracking Dreams through the United States" published in 1994, "California and Wind represent the new concept of railway travel: train trains like a cruise ship through the ship, crossing like a cruise ship, crossing the ship as a cruise ship. Scenery and ocean, not just transportation from one city to another. "

As Kisso pointed out, the timetable of the train is carefully arranged. It just allows passengers to sleep while passing through the mediocre landscape area at night. Generally, it is a large plain, as well as the arid areas of Utah and Nevada, and can enjoy them when passing the magnificent landscape area during the day.