Texas Eagle or Wolverine
The two routes share one station, Chicago Union Station. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Texas Eagle | Wolverine | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Chicago Union Station to San Antonio | Chicago Union Station to Pontiac |
| Duration, end to end | 32 h 36 m | 6 h 26 m |
| Frequency | Daily | 5 days a week |
| Trains | 21 southbound, 22 northbound | 350 eastbound, 355 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 8 | 4 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Mountains, Big cities, Prairie | Big cities |
| Headline stretch | Mississippi River at St. Louis | Indiana Dunes |
| Headline stretch in daylight | southbound: daylight Apr to Aug; dusk Sep; dark Oct to Feb; dusk Mar, 6:57 p.m.; northbound: daylight, 8:33 a.m. | eastbound: daylight Feb to Nov; dawn Dec to Jan, 7:36 a.m.; westbound: dark, 9:27 p.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.