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Colfax Station (Amtrak)
Colfax station is an Amtrak train station in Colfax, California. Served by the ''California Zephyr'', it is unstaffed. The station was built in 1905 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was restored in the early 21st century; in addition to a waiting room, the building also houses the Colfax Heritage Museum. The platform is movable to accommodate Union Pacific rotary snowplows, which are liable to scrape a platform eight inches above top of rail. History The first station built on the site opened around 1865. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad began service from here on April 11, 1876, running until 1942. The modern station was built in 1905. Between January 1, 1998, and February 13, 2000, a single round-trip of the ''Capitol Corridor'' terminated at Colfax. This service ended because of low ridership. The station building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as Colfax Passenger Station, with the 1880-built freight depot listed separately as Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Zephyr
The ''California Zephyr'' is a Amtrak Long Distance, long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area (at Emeryville station, Emeryville), via Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno, Nevada, Reno. At , it is Amtrak's longest daily route, and second-longest overall after the ''Texas Eagle's'' triweekly continuation from San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio to Los Angeles, with travel time between the termini taking approximately 52 hours. Amtrak claims the route as one of its most scenic, with views of the upper Colorado River valley in the Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada. The modern train is the second iteration of a train named ''California Zephyr''; the California Zephyr (1949–1970), original train was privately operated and ran on a different route through Nevada and California. During fiscal year 2023, the ''California Zephyr'' carried 328,458 passengers, an increa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
