Part Three: Be Amused to Listen Many wonderful long-distance trains in the United States, often travelling through wild, spectacular not easily accessible any other way. The following are among the most highly recommended . The Coast Starlight is one of Amtrak's most scenic trips for travel by train and a particular favorite with ______people. A party________ frequently develops, starting in the lounge car and________ throughout the train as it journeys between Seattle and Los Angeles. You see snow-covered __________, forest valleys and long stretches of the Pacific shoreline. The California Zephyr is one of the world's great journeys, taking two days and nights to travel by train between Chicago and San Francisco, _________farmland, prairie, ________, rivers and the Rocky Mountains. Western pioneers came this way, as did gold prospectors, the Pony Express and the first __________line. The Zephyr follows America's earliest transcontinental rail route for much of its 2,420-mile journey.