What is the distance from New York City to Portland, Oregon?

The current driving distance between New York, New York and Portland, Oregon is 2,895 mi - about 1 day 19 hours.

The direct (flying) distance between New York and Portland is 2449 miles (3941 km).

Anyone attempting that trip would, of course, go by rail. A passenger might board the train at Penn Station in New York and take the Pennsylvania Railroad to Chicago. The passenger would then switch trains (as they used to say, all trains rain to Chicago, but no trains ran through it) and take the Burlington Route (CB&QRR) to the Twin Cities, and from there take the Northern Pacific to Portland.

I have a distant relative who emigrated from Scotland to USA about 1892 and records show he went to Oregon, so the question is - around 1892 how would he have travelled from New York to Portland, Oregon and how long would it have taken?