Trails & Rails Program

Enrich your travel experience and learn about our nation's natural and cultural sights along your route with a National Park Service guide.

Onboard Heritage Appreciation

Enjoy your time traveling across the country with National Park Service volunteer guides and their traveling show-and-tell programs as they explain regional historic and natural resources related to your journey.

Whether visiting iconic natural treasures like the mighty Mississippi River valley, historic landmarks like the Roosevelt mansion in Hyde Park or cultural attractions like New Orleans Jazz National Park, you can connect to public lands and engage in a better understanding of the need to preserve and protect these special natural and cultural resources.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, railroads have played an active role in developing America's national parks and we are proud to be a part of this partnership that provides a fuel efficient and environmentally friendly way to visit public lands.

Learn more about the Trails & Rails program and see what routes have programs onboard.

Travel Through History


 

 

2024 Schedule


Train Primary Season Route Segment To/From Participating National Park
Adirondack
Train 68
Saturdays, May - November New York City - Albany-Rensselaer, NY Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historical Sites & the National Parks of New York Harbor
Coast Starlight
Trains 11/14
Wednesday to Sunday, April - September

Seattle, WA - Portland, OR

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Saturday, March - September Santa Barbara, CA - San Luis Obispo, CA Juan Bautista de Anza National Historical Trail
Coast Starlight
Trains 14/11
Saturday, June - September San Jose, CA Paso Robles, CA
Crescent
Trains 19/20
June - September Atlanta, GA /Anniston, AL - Birmingham, AL/New Orleans, LA Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Site
Empire Builder Trains 7/8 Monday - Thursday, April  August

Saint Paul, MN - Columbus, WI

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Eastbound: Sundays & Thursday
Westbound: Mondays & Fridays
April - September

Seattle, WA - Wenatchee, WA

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park 

Empire Service Train 238

Saturdays, May - November New York City - Albany-Rensselaer, NY
Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historical Sites & the National Parks of New York Harbor
Heartland Flyer Trains 821/822 Friday & Saturday, May - August; October Oklahoma City, OK - Fort Worth - TX Oklahoma City National Memorial
Lincoln Service Train 302 Saturday & Sunday, June - August Springfield, IL - Chicago, IL Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Service Trains 302/301 Daily, May - September;
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, September - October
St. Louis, MO - Springfield, IL Gateway Arch National Park 
Missouri River Runner Trains 311/318
Northeast Regional
Trains 152/87 & 120/87
Saturday & Sunday, April - December Washington DC - New York City National Mall and Memorial Parks
Texas Eagle
Train 21
Saturday & Sunday, June - August Springfield, IL - Chicago, IL Lincoln Home National Historic Site

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