PICK A TRAIN, ANY TRAIN - All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide - page 277

I love this trip! Talk about contrasts: you start out in Washing-
ton, D.C., run up the industrialized East Coast to New York City,
and travel along the scenic Connecticut shoreline to New Haven.
There the Vermonter swings inland through the middle of Con-
necticut and western Massachusetts before entering Vermont.
The train follows the Connecticut River much of the way, cross-
ing into New Hampshire, then back again into Vermont. It ends
the all-day journey at St. Albans, which is just a stone's throw
from the Canadian border. For this part of the trip, you'll pass by
hundreds of little New England towns. There couldn't be a better
way to view the spectacular fall colors, and maybe even a moose.
I love this trip—but I already said that, didn't I!

Lake Shore Limited (48, 49)

Stops: Chicago, Cleveland, Albany, Buffalo,

New York City or Boston

Frequency: Daily

Distance: Chicago to Boston: 1,017 miles;

Chicago to NYC: 959 miles

Duration: Chicago to Boston: 23 hours;

Chicago to NYC: 20 hours

Equipment: Amfleet coaches, Viewliner sleepers,

dining car, lounge car

The Lake Shore follows the same route as the New York Cen-
tral's famous 20th Century Limited, skirting three of the Great
Lakes—Michigan, Erie, and Ontario. The scenery will be quite
different, however, depending on which direction you travel. The
westbound train runs in daylight roughly from Toledo to Chi-
cago; while the eastbound Lake Shore travels in daylight from
about Erie, Pennsylvania, to either of its final destinations, Bos-
ton or New York. In my opinion, the eastbound train is the more
scenic trip. Off and on between Buffalo and Schenectady, you'll