List of named passenger trains of the United States (A–B)
This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning A through B.[1]
A[]
Train name | Railroad | Train endpoints in a typical [year] | Operated |
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Abraham Lincoln[2][3]: 75–76 | Alton Railroad (1935–1947) Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1971) Amtrak (1971–1978) |
Chicago-St. Louis [1948] | 1935–1978 |
Acadian[4] | Southern Pacific | Houston–New Orleans [1941] | 1936–1956 |
Acela Express[5] (train type, not name) | Amtrak | Boston–Washington, D.C. [2012] | 2000–present |
Adirondack[6] | Amtrak | New York City–Montreal [1979] | 1974–present |
New York Central | New York City–Montreal [1914] | 1902–1922 | |
Admiral | Pennsylvania | New York City–Chicago–Washington, DC [1952] | 1939–1964 |
New York Central | New York City–Chicago [1948] | 1929–1955 | |
Advance Denver Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Denver [1936] | 1936 |
New York Central | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1952] | 1942–1956 | |
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast | New York City–Miami [1940] | 1938–1942 | |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Lincoln, Nebraska [1942] | 1941–1946 | |
New York Central | Chicago–New York [1942] | 1942–1945 | |
New Haven | New York City–Boston [1943] | 1937–1951 | |
New York Central | St. Louis–Boston [1948] | 1945–1956 | |
New Haven | New York–Boston [1954] | 1952–1960 | |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio | Chicago–St. Louis [1948] | 1947–1949 | |
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Seaboard Air Line | New York City–Miami [1945] | 1942–1947 | |
New York Central | Chicago–New York [1930] | 1929–1931 | |
New York Central | Chicago–New York [1944] | 1943–1945 | |
New York Central | Chicago–New York–Boston [1947] | 1947–1948 | |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Kansas City, Missouri–Billings, Montana [1952] | 1937–1952 | |
Pennsylvania Penn Central (1968-1970) |
New York–Washington, D.C.[1958] | 1952–1970 | |
Amtrak | New York–Washington, D.C.[1971] | 1971–1972 | |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | New York–Boston [1900] | 1891–1913 | |
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | Chicago–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1912] | 1904–1918 | |
Afternoon Hiawatha | Milwaukee Road | Chicago–St. Paul, Minnesota [1941] | 1939–1970 |
Pennsylvania Penn Central (1968-1969) |
New York–Washington, D.C. [1965] | 1961–1969 | |
Great Northern | Seattle–Vancouver [1948] | 1946–1950 | |
Afternoon Steeler | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh–Cleveland [1952] | 1950–1958 |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–St. Paul, Minnesota [1940] | 1936–1970 | |
Aiken-Augusta Special | Pennsylvania Southern |
New York City–Charlotte, North Carolina–Columbia, South Carolina–Augusta, Georgia [1935] | 1928–1953 |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | New York–Boston [1900] | 1894–1901 | |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | New York–Fitchburg, Massachusetts [1905] | 1904–1907 | |
Pennsylvania Transcontinental Air Transport |
New York City–Los Angeles [1930] | 1929–1932 | |
Pennsylvania | Chicago–Akron, Ohio [1914] | 1912–1918 | |
Pennsylvania | New York City–Akron, Ohio [1941] | 1937–1957 | |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicag–Lincoln, Nebraska [1950] | 1930–1953; 1969–1970 | |
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Lincoln, Nebraska [1958] | 1940–1947; 1953–1969 |
Southern Pacific | New Orleans–San Antonio [1940] | 1936–1952 | |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas | Houston–San Antonio [1930] | 1906–1910; 1928–1933 | |
Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, | Chicago–Tacoma, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1949] | 1931–1952 | |
New York Central | New York City–Albany, New York–Troy, New York [1912] | 1900–1938 | |
New York Central | New York, New York-Albany, New York [1925] | 1908–1917; 1923–1943 | |
New York Central | New York City–Utica, New York [1947] | 1947–1948 | |
Boston and Albany Railroad | Boston–Albany, New York [1920] | 1913–1932 | |
Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1921] | 1913–1926 | |
Rutland Railroad | Ogdensburg, New York–Rutland (city), Vermont [1918] | 1914–1918 | |
Pennsylvania | New York–Washington, D.C. [1945] | 1941–1958 | |
Alexandrian | Great Northern | St. Paul, Minnesota–Fargo, North Dakota [1941] | 1932–1950 |
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Seaboard Air Line | Boston–St. Petersburg, Florida–West Palm Beach, Florida [1925] | 1924–1927 | |
Allegheny | Pennsylvania | St. Louis–Pittsburgh [1951] | 1948–1959 |
Alouette | Boston & Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway | Boston–Montreal [1934] | 1926–1965 |
Alton Limited | Alton Railroad (pre–1947), Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–end) |
Chicago–St. Louis [1934] | 1900–1924; 1928–1958 |
Ambassador | Baltimore & Ohio | Detroit–Baltimore [1952] | 1931–1964 |
Ambassador | New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, and Canadian National |
Boston–Montreal [1937] | 1927–1966 |
Pennsylvania | New York City–St. Louis [1930] | 1925–1956 | |
Great Northern | Seattle–Vancouver [1927] | 1919–1946 | |
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | Cleveland–St. Louis [1912] | 1911–1918 | |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Kansas City, Missouri [1945] | 1932–1952; 1969–1971 | |
American Royal Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Kansas City, Missouri [1960] | 1953–1968 |
Angel | Santa Fe | San Francisco–Los Angeles–San Diego [1915] | 1911–1917 |
Santa Fe | Fort Worth, Texas–San Angelo, Texas [1952] | 1933–1966 | |
Ann Rutledge | Alton Railroad (1937–1947), Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1958) |
Chicago–St. Louis [1940] | 1937–1958 |
Amtrak | Chicago–Kansas City, Missouri [1981] | 1976–2009; 1976–2008 | |
Antelope[7] | Santa Fe | Kansas City, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas [1946] Kansas City, Missouri–Oklahoma City [1952] |
1927–1948; 1948–1954 |
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia–Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1939] | 1933–1941 | |
Rock Island and Southern Pacific | Chicago–Los Angeles [1930] | 1927–1938 | |
Argonaut | Southern Pacific | Los Angeles–New Orleans [1952] | 1926–1932; 1936–1958 |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Denver–Chicago [1933] | 1930–1941 | |
Arizona Limited | Rock Island and Southern Pacific | Chicago, Illinois-Phoenix, Arizona | 1940–1942 |
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway | St. Louis–Cleburne, Texas [1905] | 1898–1908 | |
Pennsylvania | New York City–Washington, D.C. [1941] | 1933–1962 | |
Bangor & Aroostook | Bangor, Maine–Van Buren, Maine [1950] | 1937–1957 | |
Arrow | Milwaukee Road | Chicago–Sioux Falls, South Dakota [1952] | 1926–1967 |
Arrowhead | Amtrak | Minneapolis–Duluth, Minnesota [1976] | 1976–1977 |
Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Duluth, Minnesota [1952] | 1927–1955 | |
Maine Central, Boston and Maine | Boston–Bangor, Maine [1952] | 1952–1953 | |
Lehigh Valley | New York City–Coxton, Pennsylvania [1941] | 1939–1958 | |
Asheville Special | Pennsylvania, then Penn Central (1968-1970) Southern |
New York City–Asheville, North Carolina [1948] | 1930–1970 |
Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Green Bay, Wisconsin [1924] | 1914–1918; 1921–1928 | |
Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Ashland, Wisconsin [1948] | 1894–1901; 1914–1957 | |
Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Ashland, Wisconsin [1942] | 1929–1930; 1937–1951 | |
Illinois Central | Shreveport, Louisiana–Meridian, Mississippi [1937] | 1934–1942; 1946–1947 | |
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Atlanta-Birmingham, Alabama [1936] | 1925–1926; 1934–1938 | |
Pennsylvania Southern |
New York, New York–Birmingham, Alabama [1913] | 1911–1934 | |
Southern | Atlanta–Jacksonville, Florida [1921] | 1920–1924 | |
Southern | Atlanta–Memphis, Tennessee [1923] | 1921–1924; 1933–1935 | |
Central Railroad of New Jersey | New York City–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1925] | 1907–1910; 1923–1928 | |
Pennsylvania | Washington, D.C.–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1912] | 1910–1942 | |
Atlantic City Express | Amtrak | Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1990] | 1989–1994 |
Pennsylvania | New York City–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1925] | 1919–1931 | |
Central Railroad of New Jersey | New York, New York–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1924] | 1902–1910; 1923–1926 | |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Denver [1915] | 1910–1916; 1929–1930 | |
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | New York, New York–Tampa, Florida [1912] | 1893–1935 | |
Atlantic Express | Erie | New York City–Chicago [1950] | 1874–1878; 1885–1887; 1892–1915; 1922–1964 |
Grand Trunk Western | Chicago–Montreal [1913] | 1879–1917 | |
Michigan Central, New York Central Railroad | New York City–Chicago [1928] | 1882–1930 | |
Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1916] | 1875–1928 | |
Canadian National Railway | Chicago–Toronto [1928] | 1926–1930 | |
Northern Pacific Railway, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | Saint Paul, Minnesota–Seattle–Portland, Oregon [1924] | 1883–1888; 1910–1930 | |
Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Minneapolis [1924] | 1900–1926 | |
Union Pacific Railroad | Portland, Oregon–Kansas City, Missouri [1924] | 1903–1928 | |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | Cincinnati–Birmingham, Alabama [1933] | 1929–1936 | |
Central Railroad of New Jersey | New York City–Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey | ? | |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie | Minneapolis–Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan–Montreal [1908] | 1902–1909 | |
Atlantic Limited | Canadian Pacific (1955–1978) Via (1978–1979) via Maine Central Railroad Mattawamkeag to Vanceboro |
Saint John, New Brunswick–Montreal [1963] | 1956–1970; 1978–1981 |
Augusta Special | Pennsylvania Southern |
New York, New York–Charlotte, North Carolina–Columbia, South Carolina–Augusta, Georgia [1958] | 1915–1928; 1953–1966 |
Pennsylvania Southern |
New York, New York–Charlotte, North Carolina–Columbia, South Carolina–Augusta, Georgia [1932] | 1931–1934 | |
Aurora Winter Train | Alaska Railroad | Anchorage, Alaska-Fairbanks, Alaska [1978] | 1947–present |
Auto-Train Corporation (1971–1981) Amtrak (1983–present) |
Lorton, Virginia–Sanford, Florida (1971–1981; 1983–present) Louisville, Kentucky-Sanford, Florida (1974–1977) |
see on left | |
Louisville & Nashville | Cincinnati–New Orleans [1952] | 1937–1953 | |
(Aguila Azteca) | Nacionales de Mexico Missouri Pacific |
Mexico City–Nuevo Laredo–San Antonio [1955] | 1950–1971 |
B[]
Train name | Railroad | Train endpoints in a typical [year] | Operated |
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Badger | Amtrak | Chicago–Milwaukee [1985] | 1985–1989 |
Great Northern | St. Paul, Minnesota–Duluth, Minnesota [1943]; 1955-1971 just called 'Badger' | 1925–1971 | |
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad | Chicago–Milwaukee [1930] | 1929–1933 | |
Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Minneapolis [1919] | 1892–1936 | |
Baltimore Day Express | Pennsylvania | Buffalo, New York-Washington, D.C. [1962] | 1958-1968 |
Baltimore & Ohio, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Company | New York City–Washington, D.C. [1941] | 1938–1946 | |
Bankers | New Haven Penn Central (1969-1971) |
New York City–Springfield, Massachusetts [1945] | 1939–1971 |
Bankers | Amtrak | Washington, D.C.–Springfield, Massachusetts [1980] | 1976–1998 |
Banner Blue | Wabash | Chicago–St. Louis [1938] | 1894–1896; 1905–1967 |
Bar Harbor Express | Maine Central Boston and Maine New Haven |
Washington, D.C.–Ellsworth, Maine [1950] | 1902–1960 |
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines | Philadelphia–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1939] | 1938–1941 | |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | Chicago–Minneapolis [1929] | 1929–1930 | |
Central of New Jersey | Washington, D.C.– [1948] | 1940–1949 | |
New Haven Penn Central (1969–1971) Amtrak (from 1971) |
New York City–Boston [1985] | 1894–1917; 1925–1974; 1982–1994; 1997–1998 | |
Bayonne Flyer | New Jersey Transit (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail) | Hoboken, New Jersey–Bayonne, New Jersey | 2011–present |
Boston & Maine | Boston–Portland, Maine [1950] | 1950–1952 | |
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines | Philadelphia–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1939] | 1938–1941 | |
Boston & Maine | Boston–Portland, Maine [1952] | 1950–1952 | |
Long Island Rail Road | New York City–Montauk, New York [1964] | 1963–1966 | |
Beacon Hill | Amtrak | Boston–New Haven, Connecticut [1979] | 1978–1981 |
Amtrak | New York City–Albany, New York [1985] | 1977; 1981–1995 | |
Southern Pacific | San Francisco–Portland, Oregon [1942] | 1940–1949 | |
New York Central | New York City–Cleveland–Toronto [1921] | 1913–1926 | |
Amtrak | Boston–Philadelphia [1982] | 1977–1994 | |
Boston & Albany, New York Central | Boston–Albany, New York [1948] | 1902–1931; 1952–1959 | |
Boston & Maine | Boston–Troy, New York [1940] | c. 1932-1936 (Berkshire Flyer); c. 1937–1940 | |
Berkshire | New Haven | New York City–Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1954] | c. 1931–1941 (Berkshire Express); c. 1946-1968 |
Berkshire Hills Express | New York Central | New York City–Chatham, New York--North Adams, Massachusetts [1924] | 1919–1934 |
Betsy Ross | Amtrak | New York City–Washington, D.C. [1980] | 1976–1981 |
Amtrak | Boston–Philadelphia [1976] | 1976–1977 | |
Big Apple | Amtrak | New York City–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1983] | 1980–1992; 1997–1998 |
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Birmingham, Alabama–Atlanta [1930] | 1927–1933 | |
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Birmingham, Alabama–Atlanta [1935] | 1925–1926; 1934–1938 | |
Birmingham Special[8] | Pennsylvania, then Penn Central (1969-1971) Norfolk & Western and Southern |
New York City–Birmingham, Alabama, with a Chattanooga, Tennessee–Memphis, Tennessee segment [1926] | 1909-1971 |
Florida East Coast Railway | Jacksonville, Florida–Miami [1930] | 1927–1931 | |
Black Diamond | Lehigh Valley Reading |
Philadelphia–New York City–Buffalo, New York [1952] | 1896–1959 |
Frisco | Tulsa, Oklahoma–Fort Worth, Texas [1952] | 1938–1959 | |
Black Hawk | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (–1970) Burlington Northern (6 weeks in 1970) |
Chicago–Minneapolis [1945] | 1927–1970 |
Black Hawk | Amtrak | Chicago–Dubuque, Iowa [1976] | 1974–1981 |
Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Rapid City, South Dakota [1915] | 1914–1918 | |
Nickel Plate | Cleveland–St. Louis [1958] | 1956–1959 | |
[9] | Chicago Great Western | Minneapolis–Rochester, Minnesota [1930] | 1929–1931 |
Blue Bird | Wabash | Chicago–St. Louis [1943] | 1938–1968 |
Blue Comet | Central Railroad of New Jersey | Jersey City, New Jersey–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1934] | 1929–1941 |
Nickel Plate | St. Louis–Cleveland [1958] | 1956–1959 | |
Pennsylvania | Chicago–Louisville, Kentucky [1955] | 1952–1957 | |
Blue Ridge[10] | Amtrak, Marc after 1986 | Washington, D.C.–Martinsburg, West Virginia [1977] | 1973-1988 |
Blue Ridge Limited | Baltimore & Ohio | Chicago–Washington, D.C. [1945] | 1934–1949 |
Blue Water | Amtrak | Chicago–Port Huron, Michigan [2008] | 1975–1982 as the Blue Water Limited; 2004–present |
Frisco and Missouri–Kansas–Texas |
St. Louis–Fort Worth, Texas [1952] | 1928–1958 | |
Monon Railroad | Chicago–Louisville, Kentucky [1949] | 1948–1952 | |
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines | Philadelphia–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1940] | 1934–1935; 1939–1941 | |
Georgia & Florida | Augusta, Georgia–Jacksonville, Florida [1925] | 1924–1930 | |
New York Central | Chicago–Cincinnati [1958] | 1958 | |
Southern Pacific | Houston–Corpus Christi, Texas [1952] | 1929–1930; 1934-1952 | |
Boston & Albany | Boston–Albany, New York [1925] | 1913–1927 | |
New York Central | Boston–Chicago [1924] | 1906–1928 | |
New York Central | Boston–Chicago [1912] | 1892–1914 | |
New York Central | Boston–Chicago (with sleeping cars to many other points) [1912] | 1905–1914 | |
Boston & Albany, New Haven | New York City–Boston [1930] | 1924–1931 | |
Boston & Albany | Boston-Albany, New York [1925] | 1925-1928 | |
New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Boston [1930] | 1888–1948 | |
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | Duluth, Minnesota–Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (with through trains to many eastern cities) [1908] | 1890–1916 | |
Pennsylvania, New Haven | Washington, D.C.–Boston [1895] | 1892–1900 | |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, Canadian Pacific Railway | Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Montreal [1908] | 1898–1910 | |
Boston & Albany, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1894] | 1894–1909 | |
Boston & Albany | Boston–Albany, New York [1920] | 1913–1922 | |
Boston & Albany, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1892] | 1892–1909 | |
New York Central | Boston–Chicago (with through trains to Toronto and Montreal) [1945] | 1942–1946 | |
New Haven New York Central |
New York City–Boston [1938] New York City–Springfield, Massachusetts |
1925–1951 | |
New Haven (until 1968) Penn Central (1969-1971) Amtrak (since 1971) |
New York City–Boston [1953] | 1919–1977 | |
Amtrak | New York City–Washington, D.C. [1997] | 1997–1998 | |
Northern Pacific Railway | Saint Paul, Minnesota–International Falls, Minnesota [1928] | 1921–1946 | |
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville | Chicago–Terre Haute, Indiana [1905] | 1902–1906 | |
Broadway Limited | Pennsylvania (1912–1969) Penn Central (1969–1971) Amtrak (1971–1995) |
Chicago–Washington, D.C. [1930] Chicago–New York City |
1912–1995 |
Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh–Cleveland (Buckeye Limited 1916–1936) [1939] | 1916-1948 | |
Pennsylvania Penn Central (1969–1971) |
Chicago–Cincinnati (with through cars to Norfolk) [1960] | 1957-1969 | |
Pere Marquette Railway | Detroit–Columbus, Ohio [1930] | 1928–1931 | |
Boston and Maine | Boston–Albany, New York [1955] | 1952-1958 | |
New York Central | Chicago–Buffalo, New York [1925] | 1921–1927 | |
New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Cincinnati (with through trains to the south) [1934] | 1934–1946 | |
New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh–Detroit [1925] | 1922–1934 | |
New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh–Toledo, Ohio [1938] | 1935–1940 | |
New York Central and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad | Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh [1942] (aka Buffalo and Pittsburgh Express) | 1904–1917; 1929–1930; 1935–1961 | |
New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway | New York City–Toronto [1945] | 1943–1963 | |
Grand Trunk Western | New York, New York-Chicago, Illinois [1903] | 1900–1907 | |
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | Buffalo, New York–Chicago [1910] | 1906–1913 | |
Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1915] | 1913–1920 | |
Buffalo Day Express | Pennsylvania | Washington, D.C.–Buffalo, New York [1933] | 1900–1968 |
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad | Toronto–Buffalo, New York [1905] | 1902–1914 | |
New York Central | Chicago–Buffalo, New York [1933] | 1912–1943 | |
New York Central | New York, New York-Buffalo, New York [1903] | 1902-1906 | |
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1920] | 1919–1926 | |
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad | Pittsburgh–Buffalo, New York [1930] | 1919–1931 | |
New York Central | Cincinnati–Buffalo, New York | ? | |
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1930] | 1919–1935 | |
New York Central | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1908] | 1892–1893; 1902–1914; 1919–1925 | |
Pennsylvania Railroad | Pittsburgh–Buffalo, New York [1911] | 1906–1916 | |
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad | New York City–Chicago [1907] | 1902–1914 | |
West Shore Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York (with sleeping cars to Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston) [1915] | 1910–1925 | |
New York Central | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1924] | 1915–1932 | |
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1940] | 1936–1941 | |
Central Railroad of New Jersey | Jersey City, New Jersey-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1930] | 1929–1931 | |
Pennsylvania Railroad | Wilmington, Delaware-Easton, Maryland [1938] | 1937-c.1946 | |
New Haven (until 1946), Amtrak (since 1971) | New York City–Boston [1972] | 1940-1946; 1971-1975 | |
Pere Marquette | Chicago–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1930] | 1928–1932 | |
Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Portland, Oregon [1915] | 1911–1920 | |
Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Boise, Idaho [1938] | 1894–1895; 1915–1931; 1935–1941 | |
Butte Special | Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana [1952] | 1921–1971 |
Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Spokane, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1935] | 1932–1941 | |
Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Portland, Oregon [1912] | 1911–1914 |
Notes[]
- ^ The primary source for American passenger train names is the Official Guide of the Railways, which has been published since 1868, under the following titles: 1868-1869 Travelers’ Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1870-1896 Travelers' Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1897-1900 Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1901-1973 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1974-1989 The Official Railway Guide North American Passenger Travel Edition: United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1989-2016 Amtrak National Train Timetables.
- ^ Schafer (1997), 19–20; Schafer (2000), 58–59
- ^ Goldberg, Bruce (1981). Amtrak--the first decade. Silver Spring, MD: Alan Books. OCLC 7925036.
- ^ Solomon (1999), 66.
- ^ "U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater celebrates inaugural run of Acela Express high-speed rail service". M2 Presswire. November 17, 2000. Retrieved 2009-11-07.[dead link]
- ^ Schafer (2000), 39.
- ^ Yenne (2005), 47.
- ^ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957, timetable, pp. 5, 8.
- ^ Dubin, Arthur D. 1974. More Classic Trains (Milwaukee: Kalmbach)
- ^ Reynolds (2000), 126–127.
References[]
- Reynolds, Kirk; Oroszi, Dave (2000). Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Osceola, WI: MBI. ISBN 0760307466. OCLC 42764520.
- Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (1997). Classic American Streamliners. Osceola, Wisconsin: MotorBooks International. ISBN 978-0-7603-0377-1.
- Schafer, Mike (2000). More Classic American Railroads. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-7603-0758-8. OCLC 44089438.
- Solomon, Brian (1999). Southern Pacific Railroad. MBI Publishing Co. ISBN 0-7603-0614-1.
- Yenne, Bill (2005). Santa Fe Chiefs. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI. ISBN 978-0-7603-1848-5.
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