ideas 4 scenic train travel
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The Coast Starlight (Emeryville)is best northbound between Oxnard and the Bay Area. Southbound if you're running late it will be dark when you are along the coast. Also some nice views southbound between Seattle and Portland.
Also, the Empire Builder out of either Portland or Seattle (the trains combine in Spokane) has some great views going though the Montana Rockies along the edge of Glacier National Park.
If you like fall foliage colors, the train from Atlanta to Washington, DC passes through some beautiful forests in the Carolina and Virginia.
Denver to Reno is great from Denver to Grand Junction, then turns pretty ordinary and it gets dark. In the winer the Reno to Martinez leg across the Sierra (Donner Pass) is very pretty if it's a good snow year.
Also, the Empire Builder out of either Portland or Seattle (the trains combine in Spokane) has some great views going though the Montana Rockies along the edge of Glacier National Park.
If you like fall foliage colors, the train from Atlanta to Washington, DC passes through some beautiful forests in the Carolina and Virginia.
Denver to Reno is great from Denver to Grand Junction, then turns pretty ordinary and it gets dark. In the winer the Reno to Martinez leg across the Sierra (Donner Pass) is very pretty if it's a good snow year.




