Lonely Planet
Riding the California Zephyr
The Amtrak route between the San Francisco Bay area to Chicago shows a diverse cross-section of the nation that you won
Train crosses state line into here

“Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, and Nevada to the west. In comparison to all the U.S.”