What to do at all 6 Mardi Gras Service stops between New Orleans and Mobile with kids: bridges over open water, a beach at Bay St. Louis, an aquarium in Gulfport and a battleship at the end.

What to do at all 32 Cardinal stops between New York and Chicago with kids: three days a week, one night aboard, the New River Gorge in daylight, and the stops you sleep through.

What to do at all 35 Crescent stops between New York and New Orleans with kids: one night in a Viewliner, the Carolinas you sleep through, Atlanta and Birmingham by day, and Lake Pontchartrain at the end.

What to do at all 11 Piedmont stops between Raleigh and Charlotte with kids: four trains a day, short hops you can plan around naps, old depots, two carousels and the best railroad museum in the South.

What to do at all 26 Carolinian stops between New York and Charlotte with kids: the long Washington stop, the Virginia and North Carolina depots worth getting off at, and the ones to ride through.

What to do at all 23 Palmetto stops between New York and Savannah with kids: a day train with no sleepers, a long Washington layover, the Carolinas in daylight, and Charleston and Savannah at the end.

What to do at all 46 Floridian stops between Chicago and Miami with kids: two nights aboard, a daylight run through the Alleghenies and Harpers Ferry, the Carolinas, the Tampa double-back, and the Florida beach stops.

What to do at all 33 Silver Meteor stops between New York and Miami with kids: one night aboard, Savannah at breakfast, a full Florida day of windows, and which stops to sleep through.

What to do at both Auto Train stops between Lorton, Virginia and Sanford, Florida with kids: the hours before car check-in, the overnight in a Family Bedroom, the wait for your car, and the drive to the Orlando parks.