Big cities and Big rivers and Wine country by train

3 trains pass named big cities and big rivers and wine country 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 wine country	Count	Duration
1	Lincoln Service Missouri River RunnerKansas City to Chicago Union Station	Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, Missouri River bluffs at Jefferson City, Hermann wine country, Mississippi River, Eads Bridge, and the Gateway Arch, Illinois and Michigan Canal to the Chicago skyline	6	11 h 20 m
2	Coast StarlightSeattle to Los Angeles	Columbia River crossing, Willamette Valley, Carquinez Strait and Suisun Bay, Salinas Valley	5	35 h 16 m
3	Amtrak CascadesSeattle to Eugene	Seattle departure and Boeing Field, Columbia River, Columbia and Willamette crossings, Willamette Valley	4	6 h 38 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.