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Rocky Mountain Express
6 days / 5 nights

This is luxurious first class rail travel at it's finest. Enjoy luxury first class rail travel onboard our private railroad cars coupled to Amtrak's California Zephyr between Oakland, CA. (Emeryville) and Denver, CO. running across the Sacramento valley in California and over Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada during daylight hours. Overnight we cross Nevada and Western Utah. 2nd day wake up to the scenery of Utah's Wasatch Range, the colorful Eastern Utah Desert and Western Colorado rock formations, then the spectacular Rocky Mountains of Central Colorado before arriving in Denver. The return train journey uses the same route. Enjoy 2800 miles onboard our private dome cars, sleepers and coaches. We are also offering shorter segments such as Reno and Salt Lake City and of course both roundtrip and one way tickets are offered.

Private railroad cars now allow travelers the option to step back in time and recapture that romantic era of train travel that Amtrak cannot provide. Once upon a time rail barons and wealthy socialites traveled the country on luxurious private railroad cars, dining on fine china and crystal and being pampered by the onboard staff. Now this form of luxury rail travel is being offering to everyone at a very reasonable price.

A small number of railfans have purchased and refurbished private rail cars familiar to the first half of the 20th century. This was the golden age of passenger rail travel. These railfans have spent around a million dollars on each private rail car to bring back this golden age of travel.

Passengers can sip on cocktails and nibble on hors d' oeuvres while sinking into deep leather sofas in lounges paneled in rich mahogany and be lulled to sleep at night in their private pullman rooms by the rhythm of the train wheels rolling down the track. All meals are prepared fresh onboard and made to order by the onboard gourmet chefs.

These private luxury rail cars are coupled onto the rear of scheduled Amtrak passenger trains all over the country. Our first class passengers are separated from the Amtrak passengers by locked doors. We provide our own onboard staff including our chef and make up our own gourmet menus for all meals. All drinks and food is included in the ticket price from the time you step onboard until you detrain. Everything is first class with every detail included no matter if you are on a two or one day train journey. This is passenger train travel at it's finest.

Tour Includes: Use of all passenger cars - Unlimited drinks and snacks - Award winning first class service - All onboard gourmet meals as listed.

SP 3105

Silver Iris

Silver Lariat

Silver Rapids

Silver Solarium

Saturday, October 13th (L-D)
Depart Emeryville, California onboard our private railroad cars coupled to Amtrak's California Zephyr at 9:15AM for the run along the San Francisco Bay , across the Sacramento Valley and over Donner Pass in the High Sierra. Lunch will be served as we climb into the mountains. Arrival in Reno is at 3:58PM. Passengers may board or detrain at any Amtrak station where this train makes a stop. This would be: Martinez, Davis, Sacramento, Roseville, Colfax, Truckee, Reno or Sparks. After departing Sparks we speed out across the Nevada desert as you enjoy the sunset and an almost full moon rising in the sky and having dinner in the dome cars. Later in the evening you can have a night cap in one of our lounge cars and turn in for the night in your private pullman bedroom or roomette.

Sunday, October 14th (B-L-D) Arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah is at 3:15AM and departure is at 3:45AM. We start the climb up into the Wasatch Range of Utah just before sunrise. Wake up to the scenic splendor of this colorful mountain range with a hot cup of coffee before a full breakfast is served in the dome cars. Once we reach Solder's Summit the train enters Price River Canyon and heads east into the eastern Utah desert towards Colorado. Soon we enter remote Ruby Canyon as the train runs next to the Colorado River and into Colorado deep in this canyon with bright red rock cliffs raising hundreds of feet above the train. As we make our way across Colorado we enter Glenwood Canyon deep in the Rockies and again following the Colorado River as lunch is served. Next the train enters Little and Big Gore Canyons with countless tunnels. At the ski resort of Winter Park we enter the 6.2 mile Moffat Tunnel and run under the massive spine of the Rockies and then start the steep decent towards Denver. Arrival in Denver is scheduled for 6:58PM and dinner will be served before we arrive. We invite our sleeping car passengers to stay onboard if they choose and depart the next morning. Our cars will be parked at Denver Union Station. For those folks that do stay onboard we will serve a buffet breakfast in the morning before you depart. Passengers may board or detrain at any Amtrak station. This includes Provo, Helpler, Green River Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, and Winter Park.

Monday, October 15th
For our roundtrip passengers this is a free day at your own leisure to enjoy Denver.

Tuesday, October 16th
Leisure day in Denver to relax and sightsee.

Wednesday, October 17th (B-L-D)
We depart onboard our private rail cars coupled to Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr at 8:05AM and start the steep climb into the Rocky Mountains. Breakfast will be served just after departure. See above for the route details. Again, passengers may board or detrain at any Amtrak station. Lunch and dinner will be served in our dome cars. We arrive back in Salt Lake City at 11:33PM and depart at 11:59PM. Tonight we will have a full moon to enjoy and it is quite spectacular from the dome cars.

Thursday, October 18th (B-L)
Breakfast served before arrival in the Reno area. Arrival in Sparks is at 8:55AM and Reno at 9:14AM. Departing Reno the train starts the climb into the Sierra Nevada Mountains soon crossing into California and over Donner Pass. Lunch is served as we cross the Sierra. Arrival back in Emeryville is scheduled for 4:49PM. Passengers may board or detrain at any Amtrak station.

$1,495 per person

$2,795 per person

Children (ages 4-12)

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$700 per person

$700 per person

Please note: All prices are subject to change without notice. All fares are in US Dollars (USD). Taxes and insurance not included in above package price. Insurance is required for all tours.

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