Of the ten classes of Rail Travel I was considering, we were able to ride on nine of them (all except cable-driven):
Amtrak Long-Distance:
SWC, LAX - CHI (full run)
CZ, CHI - SAC
Amtrak Local Trains:
CC, MTZ - SJC
SJ, OKJ - BFD (full run)
SL, SAN - LAX
Wolverine, CHI - Niles
CC, SAC -...