Big rivers and Mountains and Prairie by train

2 trains pass named big rivers and mountains 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.

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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 prairie	Count	Duration
1	Texas EagleChicago Union Station to San Antonio	Mississippi River at St. Louis, Ozark foothills, Arkansas River at Little Rock, Ouachita foothills, Red River, Balcones Fault and the Brazos River, Blackland Prairie and the edge of the Hill Country	7	32 h 36 m
2	Empire BuilderChicago Union Station to Seattle	Upper Mississippi River, Gassman Coulee trestle, Milk River and the Bear's Paw Mountains, Glacier National Park and Marias Pass, Flathead Tunnel, Cascade Tunnel and the Skykomish River	6	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.