A grand, game-making adventure from Chicago, Illinois to Emeryville, California. Train Jam is an annual event which precedes the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.
In this, the only year in which I’ve been able to attend, the Amtrak California Zephyr was almost cancelled or diverted due to heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada. As it was, we made it to the Bay Area ahead of schedule, thanks to being preceded by a snow-clearing train.
I wrote about the jam experience for my game design blog, over at RaygunGoth.net.
Chicago
Flying in over Chicago 
Downtown Chicago, as seen from Ashland station 
Pre-jam meetup in the Near West Side
The ‘L’ Train above my morning riverside walk
Train Jam Day 1: Chicago to Omaha
Sharing ideas and assembling teams at Union Station 
Departing Chicago 
Team-mate Isaac Karth at work 
Refuelling stop at Omaha, Nebraska
Train Jam Day 2: Denver to Salt Lake City
Union Station, Denver 
Fraser/Winter Park, Colorado 
Colorado River 
Grand Junction, Colorado 
Utah 
Salt Lake Central station
Train Jam Day 3: Reno to Emeryville
Twilit Nevada 
Crossing the Sierra Nevada 
Flooding in northern California 