List of named passenger trains of the United States (D–H)

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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning D through H.[1]

D[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Dakota 400 Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois - Rapid City, South Dakota [1952] 1950-1960
Chicago & North Western St. Paul, Minnesota - Pierre, South Dakota [1919] 1897-1901; 1911-1913; 1919-1923
Great Northern St. Paul, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1907] 1903-1909
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad St. Paul, Minnesota - Bismarck, North Dakota [1915] 1911-1918
Great Northern Williston, North Dakota - St. Paul, Minnesota [1950] 1947-1971
Katy Railroad Dallas, Texas - Shreveport, Louisiana [1910] 1903-1920
Dan'l Webster New Haven New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts 1957-?
New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont - Berlin, New Hampshire [1937] 1928-1944; 1956
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway San Antonio, Texas - Houston, Texas [1912] 1903-1915
Day Cape Codder New Haven New York, New York - Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1937] 1937-1944; 1946-1958; 1960-1964
New York Central New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1930] 1929-1935
New York Central New York, New York - Rochester, New York [1915] 1890-1916
Pennsylvania New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1924] 1874-1942
Erie Railroad New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1913] 1868-1870; 1874-1879; 1885-1915
New Haven New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1910] 1881-1911
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1917] 1910-1938
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Indianapolis, Indiana - Peoria, Illinois [1932] 1917-1941
Illinois Central, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri - Nashville, Tennessee [1909] 1900-1914 (the Illinois Central had many trains with this name and many destinations)
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1915] 1903-1904; 1913-1918
Chicago Great Western Railway Saint Paul, Minnesota - Omaha, Nebraska [1905] 1904-1910
Great Northern Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Duluth, Minnesota [1915] 1910-1918
New Haven and Boston & Maine New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont [1937] 1936-1940; 1943-1956 (pre-1947 called the 'Day White Mountains Express')
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Kansas City, Missouri - Memphis, Tennessee [1905] 1902-1906
Florida East Coast Railway Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida [1948] 1941-1959
Alton Railroad St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1908] 1908-1927
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri [1915] 1914-1918; 1923-1927
Daylight Limited Southern Pacific San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California [1925] 1922-1939 (after 1928 called the 'Daylight')
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1950] 1897-1958 (pre-1931 called the 'Daylight Special')
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1914] 1911-1918; 1924-1932
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1958] 1957-1962
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Cincinnati, Ohio [1907] 1906-1916
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio [1930] 1928-1933
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio [1947] 1946-1948
De Luxe Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California 1911-1917
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1928] 1925-1933
Del Monte Southern Pacific Monterey, California - San Francisco, California [1922] 1919-1971
Del-Mar-Va Express Pennsylvania New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia [1943] 1926-1957
Pennsylvania (and successor lines) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Trenton, New Jersey [1965] 1962-1978
Missouri Pacific Memphis, Tennessee - Tallulah, Louisiana [1948] 1941-1954
Illinois Central Memphis, Tennessee - Greenville, Mississippi[2][1952] 1927-1933; 1950-1964
Denali Star Alaska Railroad Anchorage, Alaska - Fairbanks, Alaska ?-present
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad San Francisco, California - Denver, Colorado [1921] 1918-1930
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Denver, Colorado - Alamosa, Colorado [1913] 1900-1901; 1912-1914
Colorado Midland Railway Denver, Colorado - Ogden, Utah [1913] 1913-1918
Wabash, Union Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado - Cheyenne, Wyoming [1918] 1916-1933
Santa Fe Denver, Colorado - La Junta, Colorado [1910] 1906-1915
Union Pacific Railroad Kansas City, Missouri - Cheyenne, Wyoming [1910] 1910-1915
Union Pacific Railroad Denver, Colorado - St. Louis, Missouri [1938] 1935-1941
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1910] 1910-1917; 1929-1930
Union Pacific Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1916] 1911-1917; 1921-1930
Denver Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1936–1971)
Amtrak (1971–1973) 		Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1937] 1936-1973
Colorado Midland Railway Denver, Colorado - Cripple Creek, Colorado [1913] 1913-1916
Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1925] 1923-1930
Wabash St. Louis, Missouri - Des Moines, Iowa [1948] 1940-1959
Des Moines Rocket Rock Island Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1952] 1950-1967
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1945] 1941-1949
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1948] 1948-1952
Desert Wind Amtrak Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois [1982] 1979-1997
Michigan Central Railroad Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan [1916] 1914-1928
Grand Trunk Western, Lehigh Valley Railroad New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1908] 1902-1916
Pennsylvania and Wabash Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1940] 1935-1949
New York Central New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan  
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota [1916] 1890-1892; 1901-1916
Grand Trunk Western Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1916] 1903-1916
Pennsylvania Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1933] 1929-1958
Wabash, Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1940] 1939-1941
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1921] 1919-1935
New York Central Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1930] 1926-1931
Detroit Limited Wabash St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1940] 1939-1968
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1921] 1921-1935
Michigan Central Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan (with through cars to northern Michigan) [1916] 1893-1941
New York Central Detroit, Michigan - St. Louis, Missouri [1952] 1952-1958
New York Central Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1946] 1913-1931; 1936-1940; 1946-1948
Wabash (train renamed train Wabash Cannon Ball in 1950) St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1939] 1939-1949
New York Central Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1927] 1926-1931
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Detroit, Michigan - Cincinnati, Ohio [1923] 1917-1928
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1930] 1930-1935
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Detroit, Michigan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1928] 1925-1930
Michigan Central Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1901] 1895-1906; 1901-1913
New York Central New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan [1948] 1911-1958
New York Central New York, New York - Toronto, Ontario [1957] 1927-1946; 1949; 1957-1960
Amtrak New York, New York - Albany, New York [1991] 1974-1980; 1984; 1991
Illinois Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1918] 1892-1946
Diplomat Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey St. Louis, Missouri - Washington, DC - Jersey City, New Jersey [1930] 1930-1961
Diplomat Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Washington, D.C. [1965] 1964-1968
Maine Central Railroad Company, Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts - Bangor, Maine [1951] 1951-1955
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1942] 1942
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Louisville & Nashville Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1945] 1925-1927; 1932-1933; 1943-1946
Dixie Flagler Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida 1940-1954
Dixie Flyer Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line Chicago, Illinois - Jacksonville, Florida (with through trains to southern Florida many years) [1930] 1892-1969
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1948] 1923-1953; 1958
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1948] 1932-1949
Dixieland Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida - Tampa, Florida [1938] 1938-1942; 1947-1949; 1955-1957
Canadian Pacific, Michigan Central Railroad Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Chicago [1916] 1915-1920
Dominion Express Pennsylvania Washington, DC - Buffalo, New York [1940] 1913-1958
Michigan Central Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec [1937] 1923-1942
(group of trains) New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National New York, New York - Portland, Maine (with through cars to Halifax, Nova Scotia, [1927] and through cars to Plymouth, New Hampshire 1927-1942; 1949-1950
Downeaster Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts - Brunswick, Maine [2014] 2002-present
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - Waterloo, Iowa [1906] 1906-2909; 1919-1931
Chicago & North Western Minneapolis, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota [1911] 1910-1915
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Duluth, Minnesota - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ?
Great Northern Duluth, Minnesota - Crookston, Minnesota [1906] 1906-1914
Great Northern Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1910] 1906-1924
Great Northern Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1923] 1906-1909; 1915-1946
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota [1916] 1890-1902; 1905-1916
Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota [1911] 1909-1915
Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota [1948] 1900; 1906-1961
Duquesne Pennsylvania Railroad,
in 1968 Penn Central,
in 1971 Amtrak 		New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1952] 1921-1971
(later Duquesne Express) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1942] 1900-1917

E[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Amtrak Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1989] 1982-1990; 1997-1999
Alton Railroad St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1908] 1907-1915
East Coast Champion Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway New York, New York - Miami, Florida [1952] 1949-1967
Florida East Coast Railway Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida [1944] 1943-1953
Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1930] 1928-1932
East Wind Pennsylvania,
New York, New Haven & Hartford,
Boston & Maine 		Washington, DC - Bangor, Maine [1945] 1940-1942; 1946-1955[3]
Amtrak New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1971] 1971-1975
New York Central (and affiliated lines) New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois (with through cars to several other points) [1916] 1894-1931
Pennsylvania New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois (with through cars to several other points) [1916] 1885-1942
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad St. Louis, Missouri - Toledo, Ohio [1908] 1902-1908
Colorado Midland Railway Denver, Colorado - Grand Junction, Colorado (with through cars to Los Angeles and Chicago) [1908] 1901-1908; 1914-1916
Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois - Pueblo, Colorado [1906] 1902-1914
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - Cairo, Illinois [1905] 1904-1908
Santa Fe Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California - Chicago, Illinois [1911] 1911-1915
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Nashville, Tennessee - Birmingham, Alabama (with through cars to New York) [1924] 1919-1928
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1922] 1921-1924
Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis, Minnesota - Fargo, North Dakota [1924] 1921-1931
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1930] 1929-1933
Pennsylvania St. Louis, Missouri - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1924] 1909-1914; 1921-1924
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1917] 1917-1918; 1925-1928
Missouri Pacific Railroad Kansas City, Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri [1936] 1936
New York Central Cleveland, Ohio - New York, New York [1948] 1929-1931; 1942-1960
Long Island Rail Road New York, New York - Montauk, New York [1965] 1963-1966
Pennsylvania Washington, DC - New York, New York [1948] 1931-1968
Amtrak New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980-1981
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1933] 1930-1942
New York Central Chicago, Illinois - Harrisburg, Illinois [1955] 1952-1957
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Danville, Illinois - Cypress, Illinois [1948] 1937-1946
El Capitan Santa Fe (Amtrak 1971-1972) Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1940] 1938-1972
Southern Pacific (and connecting lines) Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California - St. Louis, Missouri [1907] 1907-1913
Santa Fe Albuquerque, New Mexico - El Paso, Texas [1948] 1948-1968
Southern Pacific Nogales, Arizona - Guadalajara, Mexico [1955] 1952-1964
Amtrak New York, New York - Schenectady, New York [1982] 1981-1994
Electroliner Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1945] 1941–1963
Colorado Midland Railway Denver, Colorado - Cripple Creek, Colorado [1901] 1900-1904
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Dallas, Texas - San Antonio, Texas [1925] 1922-1935
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Central (1969-1971)
(Amtrak from 1971) 		New York, New York - Washington, DC [1948] 1933-1971; 1976-1981; 1986-1994; 1997-1998
Empire Builder Burlington and Great Northern (1929–1970)
Burlington Northern (1970 - 1971)
Amtrak (1971–present) 		Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington - Tacoma, Washington - Portland, Oregon [1948]
 1929-present
New York Central, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Massena, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1955] 1931-1955
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Buffalo, New York [1920] 1910-1930
Empire State Express New York Central New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan [1948] 1892-1967
Amtrak New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1982] 1974-1998
Erie Express Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Erie, Pennsylvania [1933] 1919-1948
Erie Limited Erie New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1930] 1929-1961
Erie-Lackawanna Limited Erie Lackawanna New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1962] 1961-1963
Ethan Allen Express Amtrak New York, New York - Rutland, Vermont [2012] 1996-present
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1922] 1919-1924
Pennsylvania
Penn Central (1969-1971) 		New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1962] 1956-1971
Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1978] 1978-1979
Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts - Washington, DC [1997] 1997-1998
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore, Maryland - Cleveland, Ohio [1953] 1953-1962
New Haven, Pennsylvania, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast Boston, Massachusetts - Miami, Florida (Everglades Limited 1920-1925; many other destinations over its history) [1948] 1920-1932; 1938; 1946-1971
Pennsylvania
Penn Central (1969-1971) 		New York, New York - Washington, DC [1944] 1941-1971
Amtrak New York, New York - Washington, DC [1988] 1987-1994
New York Central New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1903] 1893; 1903; 1933-1934
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific Chicago, Illinois - Oakland, California [1942] 1939-1949

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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Amtrak New York, New York - New Haven, Connecticut [1992] 1992-1995
New Haven Railroad Boston, Massachusetts – New Bedford, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island [1931] c.1929-c. 1938
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1918] 1915-1922
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois - Galveston, Texas [1938] 1932-1948
Fast Flying Virginian (later FFV) Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio New York, New York - Cincinnati, Ohio - Norfolk, Virginia - Louisville, Kentucky [1952] 1889-1968
Chicago & North Western Council Bluffs, Iowa - Chicago, Illinois [1959] 1959-1960
Great Northern Seattle, Washington - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1910] 1906-1960
Fast Mail Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1913] 1904-1919; 1927-1971
Michigan Central New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1904] 1904-1908
New York Central Many different trains and destinations over the years, one example being New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois - Massena, New York - Watertown (city), New York [1945] 1888-1946
Pennsylvania Many different trains and destinations over the years, one example being New York, New York - St. Louis, Missouri [1932] 1896-1932
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1945] 1897-1914; 1922-1940; 1943-1946
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York - St. Louis, Missouri [1915] 1900-1916
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1912] 1899-1914
Rock Island Memphis, Tennessee - Amarillo, Texas [1911] 1911-1918; 1932
Union Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Portland, Oregon [1914] 1914-1920
Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1917] 1916-1924
Alton Railroad Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1924] 1922-1925; 1936-1945
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri [1925] 1902-1910; 1916-1942
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Lincoln, Nebraska [1932] 1930-1953
Fast Mail Amtrak Washington, DC - Boston, Massachusetts [1985] 1984-1998
New York Central New York, New York - North Adams, Massachusetts [1902] 1901-1906
Michigan Central Railroad and affiliated lines Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1890] 1885-1905
Western Pacific Railroad San Francisco, California - Portola, California [1931] 1931-1932; 1939-1948
Federal / Federal Express New Haven
Pennsylvania
Penn Central (1969-1971) 		Washington, DC - Boston, Massachusestts 1894-1971; 2003 (Amtrak)
New York Central Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1952] 1921-1967
Ann Arbor Toledo, Ohio - Frankfort, Michigan ?
Firefly Frisco Kansas City, Missouri - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1952] 1939-1960
Rock Island Kansas City, Missouri - Dallas, Texas [1915] 1911-1938
Amtrak New York, New York - Wilmington, Delaware [1984] 1984-1994
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Star Lake, Wisconsin [1936] 1936-1940
Long Island Rail Road Jamaica, Queens, New York - Canoe Place, Hampton Bays, New York
or Montauk, New York 		1932-1973
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Cape May Harbor, New Jersey [1940] 1940-c.1941
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1943] 1943-1949
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York - Washington, DC [1910] 1904-1910
Flambeau 400 Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois - Green Bay, Wisconsin - Ashland, Wisconsin (1936-1950 just the Flambeau) 1936-1971
Flamingo New York Central
Pennsylvania
Louisville & Nashville
Central of Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast 		Cincinnati, Ohio - Miami, Florida (but many other destinations over the years) [1952] 1925-1962
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York - Miami, Florida [1910] 1909-1918
Pennsylvania
Louisville & Nashville
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast 		Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida - St. Petersburg, Florida [1935] 1935-1942; 1948-1949
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Queen and Crescent Route, Southern Railway, Florida East Coast Railway Chicago, Illinois - St. Augustine, Florida (this train was perhaps also called 'Florida Special') [1909] 1901-1910
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad New York, New York - Jacksonville, Florida [1911] 1911-1918
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Washington, DC - Jacksonville, Florida [1952] 1943-1957
Florida Special Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway (Amtrak 1971-1972) New York, New York - Miami, Florida [1923] 1888-1972
Southern Railway; Seaboard Air Line Railroad Cincinnati, Ohio - St. Petersburg, Florida and Miami, Florida [1940] 1936-1949
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York - Tampa, Florida [1912] 1911-1923
Illinois Central Railroad, Central Railroad of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1928] 1923-1941
Floridian Amtrak Chicago, Illinois - St. Petersburg, Florida - Miami, Florida [1973] 1971-1979
see Katy Flyer
Kansas City Southern Kansas City, Missouri - Port Arthur, Texas - New Orleans, Louisiana [1948] 1928-1968
Pennsylvania Railroad New York, New York - Atlantic City, New Jersey [1937] 1937-1942
Flying Yankee Boston & Maine, Maine Central Bangor, Maine - Boston, Massachusetts [1952] 1927-1958
Amtrak New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1975] 1974-1977
Amtrak New York, New York - Washington, DC [1997] 1997-1998
New York Central Chicago, Illinois - Buffalo, New York [1948] 1928-1964
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Columbus, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio - Detroit, Michigan [1917] 1917-1918; 1923-1929
Fort Crevecouer Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, Missouri - Peoria, Illinois [1950] 1949-1956
Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois (with sections to Cincinnati, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan) [1933] 1932-1938
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - Fort Dodge, Iowa [1908] 1906-1911
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - Fort Dodge, Iowa [1929] 1919-1930
Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Illinois - Fort Dodge, Iowa [1914] 1913-1917
Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Columbus, Ohio [1952] 1935-1956
New York Central New York, New York - Syracuse, New York [1930] 1926-1939
Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1948] 1947-1968
Fort Pitt Amtrak Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Altoona, Pennsylvania [1981] 1981-1983
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois [1937] 1928-1940
Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1940] 1937-1941
New Haven New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1944] 1938-1968
FrontRunner Utah Transit Authority Provo, Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah - Pleasant View, Utah [2014] 2008-present
Pennsylvania Railroad New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia [1947] 1944-1955
Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois - Muskegon, Michigan (and other points in Northern Michigan) [1920] 1920-1936

G[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Amtrak New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980-1981; 1955
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1927] 1927-1933
Amtrak New York, New York - Washington, DC [1984] 1983-1990
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago, Illinois - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1969] 1969
New York Central Cleveland, Ohio - St. Louis, Missouri [1948] 1930-1959
General Pennsylvania New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1937] 1937-1967
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific Railway Kansas City, Missouri - Seattle, Washington - Portland, Oregon [1938] 1936-1942
General Pershing Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1941] 1939-1942; 1948
St. Louis, Missouri - San Francisco, California ?
New York Central Buffalo, New York - New York, New York [1952] 1927-1952
George Washington Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky - Washington, DC - New York, New York - Phoebus, Virginia (with through trains to other destinations) [1952] 1932-1971
Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts - Cincinnati, Ohio - Chicago, Illinois [1971] 1971-1973
Amtrak New York, New York - Washington, DC [1982] 1982
Amtrak New York, New York - Washington, DC [1997] 1997-1998
Georgian Louisville & Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Illinois - Atlanta, Georgia (but many other destinations over the years) [1949] 1929-1931; 1947-1968
New Haven New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1944] 1891-1968
Glacier Discovery Alaska Railroad Anchorage, Alaska - Whittier, Alaska [2012] -present
Glacier Park Limited Great Northern Railway Minneapolis, Minnesota - St. Paul, Minnesota - Seattle, Washington [1928]
Gold Coast Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific 		Chicago, Illinois - Oakland, California (aka Gold Coast Limited; many different destinations over the years) [1929] 1927-1932; 1947-1954
Pennsylvania New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1930] 1929-1946
Golden Gate Santa Fe Oakland, California - Bakersfield, California [1953] 1948-1964
Union Pacific Omaha, Nebraska - San Francisco, California ?
Golden Rocket Rock Island and Southern Pacific Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California (cancelled before it could start in 1948)
Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1915] 1914-1928
Golden State Southern Pacific and Rock Island Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1950] 1947-1968
Golden State Limited Southern Pacific and Rock Island Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1921] 1902-1947 then renamed Golden State (see above entry).
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1944] 1938-1966
Southern Railway Birmingham, Alabama - Mobile, Alabama [1952] 1939-1958
Gopher Great Northern Minneapolis, Minnesota - St. Paul, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota - Superior, Wisconsin [1933] 1925-1971
Great Northern Minneapolis, Minnesota - St. Paul, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota - Superior, Wisconsin [1920] 1904-1924
Amtrak New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980-1981
Gotham Limited Amtrak New York, New York - Newport News, Virginia [1997] 1997-1998
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1922] 1922-1956
Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1900] 1897-1905
St. Louis-San Francisco Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Joplin, Missouri [1921] 1914-1918; 1921-1931
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1952] 1937-1956
Governor's Special Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - Springfield, Illinois [1970] 1968-1971
Grand Canyon Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - Oakland, California [1952] 1929-1971
Great Northern Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1933] 1928-1946
Michigan Central, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1916] 1901-1918
Michigan Central Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1908] 1906-1914
Michigan Central Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1918] 1890-1918
Pere Marquette Railway Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1923] 1920-1926
Michigan Central Detroit, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1914] 1913-1918
Michigan Central Detroit, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan [1902] 1895-1912
Great Lakes Aerotrain New York Central Chicago, Illinois - Cleveland, Ohio [1956] 1956
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Detroit, Michigan - Cincinnati, Ohio [1937]; Detroit - Louisville, Kentucky (1949) 1929-1934; 1937-1950
Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Kansas City, Missouri - Seattle, Washington [1914] 1909-1929
Great Northern Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Seattle, Washington [1903] 1899-1905
Great Valley Flyer SEPTA Thorndale, Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Unknown-
Chicago Great Western Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1913] 1898-1924
Chicago Great Western Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1916] 1914-1922
Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois - Green Bay, Wisconsin [1960] 1959-1968
Green Diamond Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri 1936-1968
Green Mountain Flyer Boston & Maine, New York Central Railroad
Rutland, and Canadian National 		Boston, Massachusetts/New York City - Montreal, Quebec [1930] 1892-1896; 1900-1917; 1928-1953
Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts - Troy, New York [1952] 1951-1956
Gulf Breeze Amtrak Birmingham, Alabama - Mobile, Alabama [1994] 1991-1994
Kansas City Southern Railway Kansas City, Missouri - Port Arthur, Texas [1925] 1925-1928
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad New York, New York - St. Petersburg, Florida [1930] 1927-1939
Gulf Coast Limited Amtrak Mobile, Alabama - New Orleans, Louisiana [1984] 1984-1985
Gulf Coast Rebel Gulf, Mobile & Ohio St. Louis, Missouri - Mobile, Alabama [1943] 1940-1958
Colorado and Southern Denver, Colorado - Dallas, Texas [1940] 1940-1948
Mobile & Ohio St. Louis, Missouri - Mobile, Alabama [1928] 1927-1940
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (1967-1971: as Seaboard Coast Line) New York, New York - Tampa, Florida [1964] 1964-1971
Florida East Coast Railway Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida (many more destinations in earlier years) [1952] 1929-1932; 1938; 1941-1942; 1947-1953
Gulf Wind Louisville and Nashville, Seaboard Air Line (1967-1971: as Seaboard Coast Line) New Orleans, Louisiana - Jacksonville, Florida [1953] 1949-1971
The Gull[4] Boston & Maine,
Maine Central,
Canadian Pacific, and
Canadian National 		Boston, Massachusetts - Halifax, Nova Scotia [1933] 1929-1960

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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Amtrak New York, New York – Albany, New York [1994] 1994-1995
Long Island Rail Road New York, New York – Montauk, New York [1930] 1928-1941; 1947-1949
New Haven Railroad New York, New York – New Bedford, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island [1931] c.1929-c. 1931
Pennsylvania New York, New York – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1926] 1906-1910; 1919-1930
Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Jersey City, New Jersey [1918] 1910-1953
Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Jersey City, New Jersey [1924] 1919-1953
Central Railroad of New Jersey Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Jersey City, New Jersey [1955] 1954-1963
New Haven New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1901] 1901-1913
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast New York, New York – Key West, Florida (to 1935) [1918]
New York, New York – Miami, Florida

(destinations vary considerably by year)

1917-1963
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois – Sioux City, Iowa [1963] 1922-1971
Heartland Flyer Amtrak Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Fort Worth, Texas [2010] 1999-present
New Haven New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts (Hell Gate Express, 1926-1937; 1942-1949) [1953] 1959-1969
New York Central, Amtrak (from 1989) Albany, New York – New York, New York [1960] 1957-1966; 1989-1994
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York – Washington, DC [1933] 1931-1935
New York Central Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York (endpoints vary by year) [1945] 1939-1942; 1945-1946
Amtrak New York, New York – Albany, New York [1976] 1974-1980
Henry M. Flagler Florida East Coast Jacksonville, Florida – Miami, Florida [1940] 1939-1940
Amtrak New York, New York – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980-1982; 1995
Hiawatha Amtrak Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis, Minnesota [1971] 1971-1973
Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis, Minnesota [1943] 1936-1955
Hilltopper Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts – Catlettsburg, Kentucky [1977] 1977-1979
Hoosier Monon Railroad Chicago, Illinois – Indianapolis, Indiana (at times called the Hoosier Limited) [1912] 1911-1958
Hoosier State Amtrak Chicago, Illinois – Indianapolis, Indiana [2010] 1980-1985; 1988-1995; 1999; 2004-2019
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California [1929] 1929-1932
Rock Island St. Louis, Missouri – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1925] 1924-1948
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1916] 1913-1918
Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1936] 1902-1907; 1917-1926; 1929-1949
Rock Island Memphis, Tennessee – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1925] 1925-1932
New Haven New York, New York – Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1952] 1940; 1949-1955
Missouri Pacific New Orleans, Louisiana – Houston, Texas [1952] 1925-1963
New Haven New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1944] 1925-1931; 1942-1951; 1957
Amtrak New York, New York – Albany, New York [1988] 1981-1995
West Shore Railroad New York, New York – Albany, New York [1916] 1897-1916
West Shore Railroad (later New York Central Railroad) New York, New York – Albany, New York (different endpoints in earlier years) [1924] 1892-1914; 1917; 1923-1942; 1951-1956
Amtrak New York, New York – Albany, New York [1988] 1986-1990
New York Central and its affiliated lines New York, New York – Cincinnati, Ohio [1925] 1923-1928
New York Central New York, New York – Syracuse, New York (the name might be a variant of 'Hudson River Express') [1937] 1906-1914; 1927-1941; 1957
Hummer Alton Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri [1923] 1906-1946
Humming Bird Louisville & Nashville, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri (originally Cincinnati, Ohio) – New Orleans, Louisiana (endpoints differ considerably by year) [1951] 1946-1969
Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey – Hampton, New Jersey [1948] 1947-1953
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Bay City, Michigan – Alpena, Michigan ?
Hurricane Turn Alaska Railroad Talkeetna, Alaska –  
Southern Pacific Dallas, Texas – Houston, Texas [1938] 1923-1931; 1938-1954
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway New Orleans, Louisiana – Shreveport, Louisiana [1935] 1933-1939

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ http://illinois-central.net/1947TT.pdf); Official Guide, 8/1954
  3. ^ Johnson (1985) p.112
  4. ^ Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables: April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 7
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