Big rivers and Mountains and Pacific coast by train
3 trains pass named big rivers and mountains and pacific coast 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 rivers and mountains and pacific coast | Count | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coast StarlightSeattle to Los Angeles | Puget Sound shore, Columbia River crossing, Cascade crossing, Upper Klamath Lake, Mount Shasta, Carquinez Strait and Suisun Bay, Cuesta Grade, The coast | 8 | 35 h 16 m |
| 2 | Amtrak CascadesSeattle to Eugene | Commencement Bay and the Nisqually River, Mount St. Helens and the Cowlitz River, Columbia River, Columbia and Willamette crossings, Three Sisters | 7 | 6 h 38 m |
| 3 | Empire BuilderChicago Union Station to Seattle | Upper Mississippi River, Glacier National Park and Marias Pass, Flathead Tunnel, Cascade Tunnel and the Skykomish River, Puget Sound shore | 5 | 46 h 24 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.