Big rivers and National parks by train
3 trains pass named big rivers and national parks 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 national parks | Count | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CardinalChicago Union Station to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station | Ohio River, New River Gorge, Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge, Potomac River and the monuments, Susquehanna River | 6 | 27 h 33 m |
| 2 | Empire BuilderChicago Union Station to Seattle | Upper Mississippi River, Glacier National Park and Marias Pass, Puget Sound shore | 3 | 46 h 24 m |
| 3 | Sunset LimitedNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los Angeles | Huey P. Long Bridge, Davis-Monthan aircraft boneyard, Yuma dunes and the Colorado River | 3 | 45 h 35 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.