Amtrak #36, the eastbound Desert Wind, returns to the Pasadena Sub for two weeks in October, 1992 during major trackwork on the San Bernardino Sub via Riverside and Fullerton.
California-bound rail travelers from the east have three choices to reach the Golden State: California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle. A look back through the years including the now-defunct Desert Wind
Depicts Amtrak's "Desert Wind" service, which operated from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, via Las Vegas. Its discontinuance in 1997 left the lower Intermountain region, including Las Vegas, without any passenger rail service since.
