Big cities and Big rivers and Mountains and Wildlife by train

2 trains pass named big cities and big rivers and mountains and wildlife 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.

45 routes, 520 stations, 44 route pages so far

Ranked by named stretches

RankRouteNamed stretches for big cities and big rivers and mountains and wildlifeCountDuration
1Sunset LimitedNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los AngelesHuey P. Long Bridge, Bayou country, Marfa and Paisano Pass, Rio Grande and the Florida Mountains, Peloncillo and Dragoon Mountains, Yuma dunes and the Colorado River, Palm Springs windmills945 h 35 m
2Lake Shore LimitedChicago Union Station to BostonChicago skyline and the Lake Michigan shore, Mohawk Valley and the Erie Canal, The Berkshires and the Westfield River422 h 2 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.