Sounds cool. Are you able to make pit stops? i.e. get off train someplace,

then pick up the next train a day or two later? I don't imagine the train stops in any town long enough for you to get out and walk around town at all.

See if you can find the actual schedule history; i.e. how close to schedule does it run. Seeing Glacier won't be as interesting at 1AM. I think most Amtrak trains run on freight tracks, and have lower priority than freight traffic (may have to sit on a siding for a few hours to let freight traffic go thru).

When I've looked into train service between Austin and the DC area, seems like it takes two days each way (with a long layover in Chicago), and it's not any cheaper than airfare.

In response to this post by CochraneResident

Posted: 03/10/2018 at 11:15AM

Anyone taken a long train ride to see the country? Amtrak Empire Builder -- CochraneResident 03/10/2018 10:53AM

We rode on the Empire Builder in 2002. We live in Roanoke, VA. We went -- LTHokie 03/11/2018 8:09PM

I took a train from San Diego to San Jose... -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/11/2018 12:56PM

Can't speak to taking the train in the US, but I absolutley loved -- Tafkam Hokie 03/10/2018 9:20PM

I used to take Great Northern from Chicago to Montana when I was young.... -- BusLoadaBozos 03/10/2018 3:04PM

Did the California Zephyr 2 summers ago - awesome! -- Zizan 03/10/2018 12:34PM

so did Jack Kerouac many years ago -- `lag 03/10/2018 8:57PM

Shun, and watch the train scene in Risky Business ** -- Brown Water 03/10/2018 11:33AM

Sounds cool. Are you able to make pit stops? i.e. get off train someplace, -- Hokie360 03/10/2018 11:15AM

...don’t go riding on that long black train... -- chumley 03/10/2018 11:15AM

Why not just rent a car and drive? -- Kudelski 03/10/2018 11:12AM

Honestly, aversion to the drive. Less traffic. BYOB (or wine). National -- CochraneResident 03/10/2018 11:17AM

I looked into taking that same trip a few years ago but have yet -- Tank 03/10/2018 10:58AM

I've wanted to do this forever - slow travel used to -- Tombo 03/10/2018 10:55AM

Sounds cool. Are you able to make pit stops? i.e. get off train someplace,

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