Big cities and Prairie by train

4 trains pass named big cities and prairie 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 prairie	Count	Duration
1	City of New OrleansNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Chicago Union Station	Lake Pontchartrain and the bayou, Mississippi River at Memphis, Illinois Corn Belt	3	19 h 30 m
2	Texas EagleChicago Union Station to San Antonio	Mississippi River at St. Louis, Dallas skyline and the Trinity River, Blackland Prairie and the edge of the Hill Country	3	32 h 36 m
3	IlliniCarbondale to Chicago Union Station	Illinois Corn Belt, Calumet River and the Chicago skyline	2	5 h 30 m
4	SalukiCarbondale to Chicago Union Station	Illinois Corn Belt, Calumet River and the Chicago skyline	2	5 h 30 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.