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
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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
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
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
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
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