Amtrak CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR - Part 3

Stop Motion Movie from Chicago to Emeryville


Overview

This page summarizes my attempt to create stop motion movies of the scenery from the train window. The photos are taken at every five second and more than 16,000 photos in total are used to create three stop motion movies.

With GPS recorder, the train route and speed are also recorded, that are the other source of the stop motion movies.



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Day 1 - Chicago, IL to Princeton, IL


Moving speed at approximately 3,900 km/h (2,423 miles/h) on average

 

 

Time - speed/altitude graph (this is not a movie)

Day 2 - Wiggins, CO to Grand Junction, CO


Moving speed at approximately 6,900 km/h (4,287 miles/h) on average

 

 

Time - speed/altitude graph (this is not a movie)

Time - speed/altitude graph (this is not a movie)

Day 3 - Reno, NV to Emeryville, CA


Moving speed at approximately 8,200 km/h (5,095 miles/h) on average

 

Time - speed/altitude graph (this is not a movie)

Amtrak CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR - Part 2

Part 2 - Denver, CO to Emeryville (San Francisco), CA

Denver to Fraser/Winter Park

 

Fraser/Winter Park to Grand Junction

 

Reno to Emeryville

 

Time - Speed/Altitude graph between Denver and Emeryville
(Left top statistics are calculated for Chicago to Emeryville)

Timetable

Eastbound Freight Train comes down

Famous Big Ten Curve

Gross Reservoir

Landscape before entering Moffat Tunnel, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) long at 9,239 feet (2,816 m) above sea level

Landscape after the Moffat Tunnel

Fraser / Winter Park station

Granby Station

Colorado River

Grand Junction station

Gift shop in the station

Night

Sunrise

Breakfast

Reno station

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