About a day.
How long did it take a train to go from Boston to Washington D.C. in 1850?
There is no name. There is no single train you can take in the US to travel from NY to California. This takes a train from NY to Washington, DC, then to Chicago, then to Oregon, and then to California. At best, the train ride could be called "very long".
how fast is the train?
10 seconds
Take the Lake Shore Limited from NYC to Albany to Buffalo to Chicago. Then either take The Empire Builder (Chicago to Sea. Washington state) or a local train that goes from Chicago to Milwaukee
Yes, there is connecting train service between Washington DC and Minneapolis (the train station is actually in St. Paul but not far from Minneapolis), The fastest way to go is to take the Capitol Limited from Washington to Chicago and change to the Empire Builder to St. Paul.
19 hours and 15 minutes on the City of New Orleans
3 days and 9 hours. You would take the Silver Meteor to Washington, DC, either the Lake Shore Limited or the Capitol Limited to Chicago, then transfer to the Southwest Chief to Albuquerque.
The fastest way to get from Baltimore to Chicago is to take a Northeast Regional train leaving Baltimore at 1:40 pm and arriving in Washington, DC at 2:25 pm. Then you can connect to the Capitol Limited and leave Washington at 4:05 pm and arrive in Chicago at 8:40 am the next day. Coming back, you will take the Capitol Limited and leave Chicago at 7:05 pm and arrive at Washington at 1:30 pm the next day. You will then connect to a Northeast Regional train and leave Washington at 3:02 pm and arrive at in Baltimore at 3:44 pm. It is 41 miles from Baltimore to Washington and 780 miles on the Capitol Limited from Washington to Chicago.
No
The trip from Chicago to New York when riding the "20th Century Limited" took 16 hours in 1930. The travel time varied depending on which train was taken.
75 hours! You need to take a bus from the airport to Kingman, AZ. Take one train from Kingman, AZ to Chicago. Another train to Washington, DC. Then one last train to Birmingham, AL.