Miraculous Train Ride

We hate flying so much that we take the train. We have family in Michigan and take the 10+ hour train trip there.

That sounds fish-, er, miraculous. There is no direct Amtrak service between Washington Union Station and Detroit. Unless you decided to leave out the part about transfering to a bus in Toledo, making it a 15 hour trip minimum (in that perfect world where Amtrak runs on time for a change), or were actually talking about taking the train to Chicago and then doubling back to Detroit, I am skeptical. Please tell me exactly how I could get from suburban Maryland to southeastern Michigan in a little over 10 hours by rail. I don't think you can.

Context.