Big cities and Big rivers and Desert and canyon by train

2 trains pass named big cities and big rivers and desert and canyon stretches with a cited source. Ranked by the number of those stretches; the stretch names and the direction and season each is in daylight are on the route pages.

Mountains Pacific coast Atlantic coast Gulf coast Desert and canyon Big rivers Prairie Snow National parks Big cities Small towns Wine country Wildlife

45 routes, 520 stations, 44 route pages so far

Ranked by named stretches

Rank	Route	Named stretches for big cities and big rivers and desert and canyon	Count	Duration
1	California ZephyrChicago Union Station to Emeryville	Mississippi River crossing, Missouri River crossing, Gore Canyon and the upper Colorado River, Glenwood Canyon, De Beque Canyon, Ruby Canyon, Humboldt River desert, Suisun Bay and the Carquinez Strait, San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay shore	13	52 h 57 m
2	Sunset LimitedNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los Angeles	Huey P. Long Bridge, Big Bend country, Marfa and Paisano Pass, Rio Grande and the Florida Mountains, Continental Divide, Peloncillo and Dragoon Mountains, Davis-Monthan aircraft boneyard, Yuma dunes and the Colorado River, Palm Springs windmills	11	45 h 35 m

How this ranking works: a route scores one point for each named stretch tagged with each selected interest and cited to an operator route guide or a National Park Service description. Routes without three cited stretches have no page and are not ranked. What counts as a named stretch.