2026 Brochure - Fly & Rail

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G RAND T OUR OF THE W ESTERN S TATES This tour features some of the most exciting and scenic excursion train rides in the western states of the United States during the height of the fall colours in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. Besides enjoying 27 train rides in these 6 western states we will visit 18 spectacular national and state parks on our journey through beautiful and breathtaking scenery.

DAY 1 Various flight options with transfers to our hotel, the 5-star Kimpton Alton Hotel. After check in, we will meet at 6.00pm to take you on a wonderful tour of San Francisco at night by rail. DAY 2 After breakfast, we ride the famous San Francisco Cable Cars to visit the interesting Muni Cable Car Museum before continuing to the small town of Felton. Here, we board the Roaring Camp and Big Trees narrow-gauge steam excursion that will take us through towering redwood groves. Afterwards, we continue north by road with great views of the famous Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco City skyline. This evening, we enjoy our ‘Welcome to San Francisco Dinner’. (B,D) DAY 3 This morning, we will make our way to the Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society’s huge HO scale model railroad with a special operating session

along the stunning Lake Tahoe ahead of our picnic lunch before continuing to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum for a special charter train around the museum grounds. We return to the hotel for our second night in Reno. (L) DAY 6 Today, we visit the Nevada State Railroad Museum to explore the history and exhibits. Afterwards, we make our way to the ghost town of Bodie where we will have a picnic lunch before walking through the nearby Tufa Towers. Finally, we visit the Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site before making our way to Lone Pine for our overnight stay. (L) DAY 7 After breakfast, we journey to Death Valley National Park, the hottest, driest, and lowest national park in the country. Our journey continues through Las Vegas making a stop at the fabulous Hoover Dam before continuing into Arizona along the famous Route 66 Highway towards the Grand Canyon. (B,L)

just for our group. Afterwards, we travel to the Western Railway Museum for our private charter interurban that will take us down the old Sacramento Northern Railroad. Our next stop is the famous California State Railroad Museum with time to explore before returning to our hotel. (L) DAY 4 This morning, after breakfast, we visit the Nevada County Narrow-Gauge Railroad Museum for a railcar charter and guided tour. Afterwards, we board Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr for a spectacular ride over the High Sierra Mountains and famous Donner Pass all the way to Reno, Nevada for an evening at leisure. DAY 5 After breakfast, we travel into the Comstock Mining Country to visit the wonderful wild west and historic town of Virginia City and the Virginia & Truckee Railroad workshops where you can explore their steam locomotives, diesels and historic rolling stock. Afterwards, we will journey

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