Ngakhale kuti sitima zapamtunda ku United States zikhoza kukhala zosakwanira kwambiri, pankhani ya maulendo a epic okayikira palibe zosankha zabwino, ndipo njira yochokera ku Chicago kupita ku Seattle ndi imodzi mwa iwo. Pogwiritsa ntchito mizinda yayikulu ya kumpoto monga Minneapolis ndi Spokane, njirayi ikutsatira njira yomwe akatswiri ambiri a ku Ulaya anayenda, popeza anthu okhala m'derali anadutsa kumadzulo.
Atadziwika kuti Great Northern Railway, msana wa njira iyi unalengedwa ndi James J. Hill ndipo unathandizira kukhazikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa maboma akummawa ndi kumadzulo kwa dzikoli.
Njira Yowonjezera Ufumu
Kudutsa mayiko asanu ndi awiri ndikukwera mtunda wa mailosi zikwi ziwiri ndi mazana awiri, iyi ndi ulendo wamapikisano womwe umatha kwa masiku awiri okha, ndi maulendo ambiri omwe amatha pakati pa makumi anayi ndi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi. Kuyendayenda kuchokera ku Chicago, njirayi imatenga mumzinda wa Milwaukee musanatsatire mtsinje wa Mississippi kwa mtunda wopita ku Minneapolis , komwe kukaima pamene sitima imatenga mafuta ndi madzi. Pamene ulendowu ukupitirira midzi ndi midzi yomwe ili pamsewuyo idzakhala yaying'ono, sitimayo isadutse ku Spokane, ndipo mbali imodzi ya sitimayi ikupita ku Portland, pamene sitima yotsalayo imayenda ulendo wopita kudera lamapiri la Cascade ku Seattle.
Kutuluka ndi Kufika
Chicago's Union Station ndi malo abwino kwambiri omwe mungachoke paulendowu, ndipo malo aakulu a 1920 a Great Hall ndi malo odabwitsa kuyembekezera sitima.
Mipando yomwe ili kutsogolo kwa nyumbayi ikuwonetsanso mbiri yochititsa chidwi ya malowa, ndipo akuti anthu oposa zikwi makumi asanu akugwiritsa ntchito Union Station tsiku lililonse. Sitimayi imatha kumalo otchedwa King Street Station ku Seattle, yomwe ili patali kwambiri kuchokera kumzindawu komanso malo okongola omwe amasonyeza mbiri yakale ya sitimayo.
Zozizwitsa Zamakono Za Ulendo
Dera loyandikana ndi La Crosse ndilo kumene malo amayamba ulendo wawo, ndipo Mtsinje wa Mississippi ndi nkhalango zimapanga mapiri omwe amapanga malo okongola kuti aziyenda. Glacier National Park ndichinthu chochititsa chidwi kwambiri paulendowu, ndi zojambula zokongola zomwe zimapezeka m'mawindo, ndipo nthawi zambiri amatha kuyendayenda kudera lino masana. Mphepete mwa mapiri a Cascade mumapanga mapiri okongola kwambiri omwe ali ndi mapiri komanso malo okongola kwambiri, pamene mumalowa mumtunda wa Cascade mumakhala sitimayi pansi pazitali.
Njira Zotsatila Pa Ulendowu
Malingana ndi zomwe mumakonda komanso bajeti yanu, mukhoza kusankha pakati pa malo ogona paulendo, kapena mungathe kugona mu mpando umodzi wa ophunzira. Kutsegula ogona ndizovuta kwambiri, koma pali anthu ambiri amene amapeza mpando wotsogolera kuti akhale omasuka pa zosowa zawo. Zipindazi ndizipinda zing'onozing'ono zokhala ndi mabichi awiri ndi zenera lalikulu, ndi alendo omwe ali ndi malo osambiramo, pomwe Superliner ili ndi malo ambiri ndipo amatha kusamba ndi zipinda zapadera, komanso malo apamwamba ndi zenera.
Ngati mukuyenda ndi ana, chipinda chapakhomo chimapezeka.
Chimene Tiyembekezere Kuchokera pa Moyo Pa Sitima
Kuyenda ndi Amtrak kawirikawiri kumakhala kovuta kwambiri, ndipo magalasi amatha kuchoka pafupifupi pafupifupi atsopano ndi sitima zomwe zili ndi zaka khumi kapena makumi awiri, ndipo ngati kampaniyo ilibe sitimayi, nthawi zina imachedwa kuchepetsa katundu. Komabe, malo ogona ogona amakhala ndi zakudya zonse, kuphatikizapo, zabwino kwambiri, ndipo ngakhale zingatenge nthawi yaitali, malo okometsa bwino amapanga zinthu zabwino kuposa kuthawa. Zilonda ndi zitsulo zimaphatikizidwanso, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mukhoza kuyenda ndi katundu wang'ono.