I traveled with my 16, 5 and 3-year old. <BR><BR>We took the Empire Builder from Chicago to Portland. It was a fantastic trip - beautiful scenery. <BR><BR>Then we took the Coast Starlight from Portland to LA. Not as good - train was older, no pillows, two hour stop in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere.<BR><BR>Lastly, we took the California Zephyr (I think that was the name of it) from LA to Chicago. Incomparible beauty when you drop out of the Rockies into the Plains in Colorado.<BR><BR>We had virtually no money so we slept in coach (young kids on floor - they slept soundly, and 16-year old and me tried to sleep across the seats - not comfortable at all) and brought our food in an ice chest. <BR><BR>We met lots of people and had a memorable trip.