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East-West:
San Francisco to Chicago [California Zephyr]
Chicago - Cleveland - Buffalo - Albany - Boston/New York [Lake Shore Limited]
Chicago - Cleveland - Pittsburgh - Washington, DC [Capitol Limited]
Los Angeles - San Antonio - New Orleans - Jacksonville - Orlando [Sunset Limited]
North South:
Boston - New York - Philadelphia - Washington [Acela Express]
  Hartford CT to Richmond VA map
New York - Washington - Raleigh - Charlotte - Miami [Auto Train/Carolinian/Piedmont/Silver Service/Palmetto]
New York - Montreal [Adirondack ]

Stations:

         Montreal - MTR
           Albany - ALB
 Poughkeepsie, NY - POU
Boston S. Station - BOS
        New Haven - NHV
         New York - NYP
           Newark - NWK
        MetroPark - MET
     Philadelphia - PHL
         Wash. DC - WAS

     Oakland Collesum - OAC
 Oakland J. London Sq - OKJ
      Richmond (BART) - RIC
Emeryville (Bus to SF)- EMY
                Davis - DAV
           Sacramento - SAC
              Truckee - TRU
                 Reno - RNO

San Francisco to New York
Day 1California Zephyr
Emeryville, CA 9:10 AM
Sacramento 11:09 A
Reno, NV 4:06 P
Day 2 Salt Lake City, UT 3:06 A
Denver CO 7:18 P
Day 3 Omaha, NE 4:59 A
Des Moines, IA 7:40 A
Chicago, IL 2:50 P
Capitol LimitedLake Shore Limited
Lv Chicago 6:40 P Lv Chicago 9:30 P
Day 4 Cleveland, OH 1:45 ACleveland, OH 5:30 A
Pittsburg PA 5:05 ABuffalo, NY 8:58 A
Washington DC 1:10 PAlbany 2:50 P
Lv Washington DC 4:05 PLv Albany 3:50 P
New York, NY 7:19 PNew York, NY 6:35 P
Cost in 2011 was $200 one way.
A two person roomette was $362 to Chicago and $190 from Chicago to NY.
You could take the Amtrak bus from Oakland to Santa Barbara and train to LA, Chicago and NY. Leave at 9:10 AM arrive at 6:35 PM 3 days later.
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last updated 28 Dec 2010