Garlenberg
New Member
I remember going from France to Turkey. It was both hard and exciting.
I've done both the CZ and the Chief (all in coach - couldn't afford sleepers). Longest train journey with changes was Oakland - LA (change), LA - Chicago (change), Chicago - Washington DC. About three days and 3500 miles from end to end on just three trains...Have done both Texas Eagle (LA > Chicago via San Antonio - 2,728 miles - scheduled for 66 hours but took over 70 hours due to cold weather in Illinois) and Southwest Chief (Chicago > LA via Albuquerque - 2,265 miles, about 45 hours). Next on my list is the California Zephyr (Chicago > Bay Area - 2,438 miles, also scheduled for 45 hours)