Desert and canyon by train

3 trains pass named desert and canyon 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 desert and canyon	Count	Duration
1	Sunset LimitedNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los Angeles	Big Bend country, Marfa and Paisano Pass, Rio Grande and the Florida Mountains, Continental Divide, Peloncillo and Dragoon Mountains, Davis-Monthan aircraft boneyard, Yuma dunes and the Colorado River, Palm Springs windmills	8	45 h 35 m
2	California ZephyrChicago Union Station to Emeryville	Gore Canyon and the upper Colorado River, Glenwood Canyon, De Beque Canyon, Ruby Canyon, Humboldt River desert	5	52 h 57 m
3	Southwest ChiefChicago Union Station to Los Angeles	Rio Grande, Continental Divide, and the red cliffs, Canyon Diablo and the San Francisco Peaks, Colorado River at Needles, Mojave Desert	4	43 h 57 m

How this ranking works: a route scores one point for each named stretch tagged with this 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.

Also see

Mountains16 trains, 43 stretches Pacific coast4 trains, 6 stretches Atlantic coast1 train, 2 stretches Gulf coast3 trains, 5 stretches Big rivers31 trains, 83 stretches Prairie5 trains, 6 stretches Snow1 train, 1 stretch National parks3 trains, 5 stretches Big cities32 trains, 56 stretches Small towns1 train, 1 stretch Wine country8 trains, 9 stretches Wildlife8 trains, 13 stretches