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The California Zephyr

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A few of the words

DOME
The dome car — a glass-roofed observation lounge — became the Zephyr's signature feature when the train debuted in 1949, letting passengers watch mountain peaks slide overhead.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DENVER
Denver sits at exactly one mile above sea level, and the Zephyr's climb into the Rockies begins just west of the city through the famous Moffat Tunnel.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
OGDEN
Ogden, Utah served as a key junction on the original transcontinental railroad route completed in 1869, and the Zephyr still passes through this historic railroad city.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SIERRA
The Sierra Nevada crossing — including the ghost of Donner Pass — is often saved for daylight runs so passengers can watch the granite peaks and pine forests rise and fall around the train.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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California Zephyr word search — free and large-print. Ride the vista dome through the Rockies, the Sierra, and the canyon-carved West.

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The California Zephyr has long been called the most beautiful train ride in America. Threading through the Colorado Rockies, gliding beside the Colorado River through Ruby Canyon, and climbing the Sierra Nevada in the last amber light of afternoon, the route unfolds like a slow, living painting. Passengers in the glass-topped dome car watch the continent change beneath them — from the wide-open plains of Nebraska to the snowfields of Donner Pass — arriving in San Francisco having crossed a whole country by rail.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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