Prairie by train

5 trains pass named 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.

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 prairie	Count	Duration
1	Empire BuilderChicago Union Station to Seattle	Gassman Coulee trestle, Milk River and the Bear's Paw Mountains	2	46 h 24 m
2	City of New OrleansNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Chicago Union Station	Illinois Corn Belt	1	19 h 30 m
3	IlliniCarbondale to Chicago Union Station	Illinois Corn Belt	1	5 h 30 m
4	SalukiCarbondale to Chicago Union Station	Illinois Corn Belt	1	5 h 30 m
5	Texas EagleChicago Union Station to San Antonio	Blackland Prairie and the edge of the Hill Country	1	32 h 36 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 Desert and canyon3 trains, 17 stretches Big rivers31 trains, 83 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