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Trails & Rails- Trains
 

The Trails & Rails program operates on a variety of trains with more scheduled to come on line in the future. Below is a list of the various Amtrak trains which have an onboard Trails & Rails program and the areas in which the program operates.

Note: The link to each Amtrak train route name will lead to Amtrak's web site; from that page select the name of the train/route you are interested in for more information.

 
Sunset Limited train- Houston Texas.

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Sunset Limited
The Sunset Limited Trails & Rails program operates between Del Rio, Texas and Alpine, Texas and is based out of Amistad National Recreation Area
 
Southwest Chief train.

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Southwest Chief
The Southwest Chief Trails & Rails program operates between La Junta, Colorado and Albuquerque, New Mexico and is based out of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.
 
Heartland Flyer train.

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Heartland Flyer
The Heartland Flyer Trails & Rails program operates between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Ft. Worth, Texas and is based out of Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
 
Empire Builder train- Buford, North Dakota.

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Empire Builder
The Empire Builder has four onboard programs. The first one operates from Williston, North Dakota to Shelby, Montana and is based out of Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. The second one operates from Minot, North Dakota to Shelby, Montana and is based out of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. The third program operates from Seattle, Washington to Shelby, Montana and is based out of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The fourth program operates from Chicago, Illinois to Winona, Minnesota and is based out of the Mississippi River National Recreation Area.
 
Texas Eagle train- Houston, Texas.

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Texas Eagle
The Texas Eagle Trails & Rails program operates from San Antonio, Texas to Ft. Worth, Texas and is based out of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
 
Coast Starlight train.

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Coast Starlight
The Coast Starlight has two Trails & Rails programs on board. Juan Bautista De Anza National Historical Trail hosts a program between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, California, with a program to Oakland, California during the summer. Klondike Goldrush National Hisotrical Park hosts a program between Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
 
Crescent train- Birmingham, Alabama.

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Crescent
The Crescent has one Trails & Rails program operating from Atlanta, Georgia to New Orleans, Louisiana and is based out of Martin Luther King National Historical Park.
 
City of New Orleans train- Chicago, Illinois.

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City of New Orleans
The City of New Orleans has current on-board program operating from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi and is based out of New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.
 
Adirondack train.

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Adirondack
The Adirondack has two Trails & Rails programs. One operates from Croton-Harmon to Hudson, New York, and is based out of Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. The other program operates from Albany to Rousses Point, New York and is based out of Saratoga National Historical Park.
 
Kansas City Mule train.

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Ann Rutledge
The Missouri Service Trails & Rails program operates from St. Louis, Missouri to Springfeld, Illinois and is based out of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
 

Maple Leaf
The Maple Leaf Trails & Rails program operates from the Albany-Rensselaer station west to Syracuse, New York and is based out of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.

 
A photo of the California Zephyr train.
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr has an on-board Trails & Rails program operating from Denver, Colorado to Grand Junction, Colorado and on the return route between these two Colorado cities.