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United States

Published train experiences in United States, drawn from canonical route, season and booking data.

22 published journeys

A Durango and Silverton narrow gauge steam train in the Animas canyon.

United States · Scenic

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Coal-fired steam on three-foot track through the Animas gorge

3h 30m · Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: snowpeak · CC BY 2.0

White Pass & Yukon Route locomotives and coaches climb the mountains above Skagway.

United States → Canada · Scenic

White Pass & Yukon Route from Skagway

Narrow gauge over the Klondike gold rush pass

2h 45m · White Pass & Yukon Route

Scenic
Heritage
Engineering

Photo: Fred Renspies · CC BY 2.0

An Amtrak Acela trainset runs through the Northeast Corridor in daylight.

United States · Epic

Acela: Boston to Washington

America's only high-speed service, down the Northeast Corridor

7h · Amtrak

Epic
High-speed

Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0

Amtrak's City of New Orleans crosses the Illinois landscape behind twin F40PH locomotives.

United States · Scenic

City of New Orleans: Chicago to New Orleans

Overnight down the Mississippi valley, Chicago to the Gulf

19h 30m · Amtrak

Scenic
Sleeper
Epic

Photo: Gary Todd · CC0 1.0

Cumbres & Toltec locomotive 484 prepares to depart Osier with its excursion train.

United States · Scenic

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

64 miles of steam over Cumbres Pass and Toltec Gorge

7h 45m · Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Xboxtravis7992 · CC BY-SA 4.0

A Grand Canyon Railway passenger train at Grand Canyon Village near the South Rim.

United States · Scenic

Grand Canyon Railway: Williams to the South Rim

The 1901 line to the rim, still running daily

2h 15m · Grand Canyon Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Excursion

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0

United States · Heritage

Mount Washington Cog Railway

The world's first mountain rack railway, opened 1869

3h · Mount Washington Cog Railway

Heritage
Steam
Engineering

Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0

United States · Culinary

Napa Valley Wine Train

Lunch on rails between Napa and St Helena

3h · Napa Valley Wine Train

Culinary
Heritage
Excursion

Photo: Haydn Blackey · CC BY-SA 2.0

United States → Canada · Scenic

Adirondack

A full daylight run from Manhattan to Montreal via Lake Champlain.

12h 01m · Amtrak

Scenic

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

United States → Canada · Scenic

Amtrak Cascades

Pacific Northwest by rail from British Columbia to Oregon.

10h 25m · Amtrak

Scenic

Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 2.0

United States · Scenic

Aurora Winter Train

Twelve winter hours across Alaska from Anchorage to Fairbanks.

11h 30m · Alaska Railroad

Scenic
Epic

Photo: Nils Öberg / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

United States · Scenic

California Zephyr

Across the Rockies to California

52h 14m · Amtrak

Scenic
Epic

Photo: Sergey Yarmolyuk / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

United States · Scenic

Cardinal

The Appalachian long way between New York and Chicago.

27h 28m · Amtrak

Scenic
Epic

Photo: NovaWolce · CC BY-SA 4.0

United States · Scenic

Coast Starlight

Thirty-five hours of West Coast mountains, forests and ocean.

35h 16m · Amtrak

Scenic
Epic

Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, USA · CC BY 2.0

Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic winding through the S Curves toward Seward with Bartlett Glacier in the distance.

United States · Scenic

Coastal Classic Train

Turnagain Arm, wilderness and Resurrection Bay in one long day.

4h 35m · Alaska Railroad

Scenic
Excursion

Photo: RickyCourtney / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Alaska Railroad Denali Star rounding a curve near Denali, Alaska.

United States · Scenic

Denali Star Train

A summer railway across interior Alaska

12h · Alaska Railroad

Scenic
Epic

Photo: Len Turner / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

United States · Scenic

Empire Builder

A two-night northern crossing of the United States.

46h · Amtrak

Scenic
Epic

Photo: Loco Steve · CC BY-SA 2.0

United States · Scenic

Glacier Discovery Train

A summer train into glacier country that roads cannot reach.

5h 35m · Alaska Railroad

Scenic
Excursion

Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

Unbranded blue-and-yellow passenger train in Alaska’s remote Susitna River valley.

United States · Scenic

Hurricane Turn Train

Flag down a real passenger train in roadless Alaska.

3h · Alaska Railroad

Scenic
Heritage
Excursion

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Daylight glass-dome sightseeing train beside the Colorado River in red-rock canyon country.

United States · Scenic

Rockies to the Red Rocks

Glass-dome daylight rail from the Rockies into Utah red rock country.

48h · Canyon Spirit

Scenic
Luxury
Epic

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

United States · Scenic

Southwest Chief

Two nights from Chicago to Los Angeles across the old Southwest.

41h · Amtrak

Scenic
Epic

Photo: Jerry Huddleston / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

United States · Scenic

Sunset Limited

Bayou country to desert sunsets on America’s southernmost long-distance train.

48h · Amtrak

Scenic
Epic

Photo: Jerry Huddleston / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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