Big cities and Big rivers and Desert and canyon and Mountains by train
2 trains pass named big cities and big rivers and desert and canyon and mountains 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.
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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 and mountains | Count | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California ZephyrChicago Union Station to Emeryville | Mississippi River crossing, Missouri River crossing, Front Range and Moffat Tunnel, Fraser Canyon, Gore Canyon and the upper Colorado River, Glenwood Canyon, De Beque Canyon, Ruby Canyon, Castle Gate and Soldier Summit, Humboldt River desert, Truckee River canyon, Donner Pass and the American River Canyon, Suisun Bay and the Carquinez Strait, San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay shore | 19 | 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 | 15 | 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.