

It does, but I just checked Amtrak’s site and it doesn’t suggest that route. It suggests what OP has in their picture.
It’s likely because the Zephyr is usually several hours late by the time it gets to Chicago, and the last train from Chicago to Minneapolis leaves within an hour of the scheduled arrival.
Who fucking knows, though. Could just be that Amtrak’s route planner is dogshit, which I would not find unlikely.







Your best bet would I think be the Zephyr to Osceola, Iowa. Then you can get a bus (once a day) to Des Moines, from which there is a bus to Minneapolis twice a day.
Or take the Zephyr all the way to Chicago and get extremely lucky and catch the Empire Builder to Minneapolis an hour after scheduled arrival. Or spend the night in Chicago and catch the Borealis at 11AM the next day.