Amtrak Desert Wind

Trip Highlights - Train #35 & #36

From Amtrak's 1997 Travel Planner

Photographs, travelogues, accommodations, and other information about train travel on the Amtrak Desert Wind route.

Scenic Highlights:

Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Desert
Nevada's Spectacular Rainbow Canyon, a winding 26 mile gorge of singular beauty
The shockingly brilliant lights of Las Vegas
National Rodeo Finals in early December
Huge, shifting dunes of California's desolate Devils Playground
The dramatic beauty of Afton Canyon
The extraordinary rock formations of the Mojave Desert
Cajon Pass through the San Bernardino Mountains
Also: All the same scenic highlights as on the California Zephyr between Chicago and Salt Lake City. Click here to see those now.

WHETHER YOU PREFER THE dazzling mountain beauty and winter excitement of ski resorts in Utah and Colorado or the dazzling manmade beauty and year-round entertainment of Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the Desert Wind is the train to take you there.

From Chicago to Salt Lake City, the Desert Wind travels the same route as the California Zephyr -- through the same magnificent scenery. But between the starry nights of the Great Salt Desert and the bright lights of Los Angeles, the Desert Wind carves a path all its own -- through a vividly beautiful landscape of dry rivers, wind-blown sand, craggy rocks, and remarkable desert colors.

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