Big cities and Big rivers and Wildlife by train
6 trains pass named big cities and big rivers 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.
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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 wildlife | Count | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln Service Missouri River RunnerKansas City to Chicago Union Station | Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, Missouri River bluffs at Jefferson City, Mississippi River, Eads Bridge, and the Gateway Arch, Illinois and Michigan Canal to the Chicago skyline | 7 | 11 h 20 m |
| 2 | BorealisChicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis | Chicago River and the Merchandise Mart, Milwaukee and a glimpse of Lake Michigan, Upper Mississippi River, Lake Pepin and Red Wing | 5 | 7 h 31 m |
| 3 | City of New OrleansNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Chicago Union Station | Lake Pontchartrain and the bayou, Mississippi River at Memphis, Cairo and the Shawnee Hills | 5 | 19 h 30 m |
| 4 | Sunset LimitedNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los Angeles | Huey P. Long Bridge, Bayou country, Rio Grande and the Florida Mountains, Yuma dunes and the Colorado River | 5 | 45 h 35 m |
| 5 | Lincoln ServiceSt. Louis to Chicago Union Station | Mississippi River, Eads Bridge, and the Gateway Arch, Illinois and Michigan Canal to the Chicago skyline | 4 | 5 h 5 m |
| 6 | Lake Shore LimitedChicago Union Station to Boston | Chicago skyline and the Lake Michigan shore, Mohawk Valley and the Erie Canal, The Berkshires and the Westfield River | 3 | 22 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.