Big rivers and Mountains and Wildlife by train
3 trains pass named big rivers and mountains 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 rivers and mountains and wildlife | Count | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire BuilderChicago Union Station to Seattle | Upper Mississippi River, Milk River and the Bear's Paw Mountains, Glacier National Park and Marias Pass, Flathead Tunnel, Cascade Tunnel and the Skykomish River | 8 | 46 h 24 m |
| 2 | Sunset LimitedNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los Angeles | Huey P. Long Bridge, Bayou country, Marfa and Paisano Pass, Rio Grande and the Florida Mountains, Peloncillo and Dragoon Mountains, Yuma dunes and the Colorado River, Palm Springs windmills | 8 | 45 h 35 m |
| 3 | Lake Shore LimitedChicago Union Station to Boston | 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.