Thanks to Bill and Gary on your rail route ideas via Chicago. Special thanks to Pam, hope you don't mind me sharing. Her site shows 20 main rail routes across the country from The 1891 Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer, with map printing tips. I've gone through some of them and they list the towns all along the routes, too. The site is http://www.livgenmi.com/1891shippersgaz.htm