List of named passenger trains of the United States (N–R)

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

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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Omaha Road Minneapolis, Minnesota–Ashland, Wisconsin 1939–1950
Nancy Hanks II Central of Georgia Atlanta, Georgia–Savannah, Georgia [1953] 1947–1971
Napa Valley Wine Train Napa Valley Railroad Napa, California–St. Helena, California [2016] 1989–present
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Haven Railroad 		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Boston, Massachusetts [1948] 1925–1957
Amtrak New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1972] 1971–1972; 1976; 1984–1994; 1997–1998
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Nashville, Tennessee–Jacksonville, Florida [1924] 1892–1903 (called Nashville and Chicago Limited); 1907–1913; 1919–1925
New Haven New York, New York–Springfield, Massachusetts [1970] 1942–1971
Amtrak Washington, DC–Springfield, Massachusetts [1985] 1984–1987
National Limited Baltimore & Ohio New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1948] 1925–1971
National Limited Amtrak New York, New York–Kansas City, Missouri [1973] 1971–1979
West Shore Railroad, Wabash Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1904] 1904–1910
Chicago & Northwestern, Union Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Denver, Colorado–West Yellowstone, Montana [1940] 1940–1941; 1950–1955
New York, New Haven, & Hartford New York, New York–Winsted, Connecticut [1949] 1947–1953
Navajo Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California [1934] 1915–1939
Chicago Great Western Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1921] 1916–1952
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Lincoln, Nebraska [1923] 1917; 1923–1928
Nebraska Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Lincoln, Nebraska [1955] 1947–1971
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Omaha, Nebraska [1910] 1910–1916
Pennsylvania–Pennsylvania��Reading Seashore Lines New York, New York–Atlantic City, New Jersey–Washington, DC–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1928] 1926–1942; 1950–1961
New Haven New York, New York–Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1940] 1937–1942; 1946–1958; 1960-1964
New England Express New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1904] 1901–1909; 1921–1928
Pennsylvania Railroad–New Haven Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Boston, Massachusetts [1925] 1920–1930
Amtrak New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1991] 1991–1995
Boston and Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec [1903] 1903–1910
New York Central and its affiliates Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts [1913] 1901–1925
New England States New York Central
Penn Central 		Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts [1942] 1938–1967
New England States Limited Central Vermont Railway, Boston and Maine, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec–Boston, Massachusetts [1916] 1906–1917
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts (endpoints varied by year) [1952] 1911–1933; 1942–1956
Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Washington, DC [1982] 1982–1983
Central Vermont Railway, Boston and Maine, Canadian National Railway Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec [1948] 1927–1953
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Haven Railroad 		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Boston, Massachusetts [1930] 1929–1961
Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1974] 1974–1975
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Denver, Colorado–Ogden, Utah [1901] 1901–1905
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–New Orleans, Louisiana [1906] 1897–1910
Illinois Central St. Louis, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1914] 1912–1917
Illinois Central St. Louis, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1904] 1897–1910
Queen and Crescent Route (Southern Railway from 1917) Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana [1925] 1895; 1911–1919; 1923–1926
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana [1930] 1917–1936
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1922] 1913; 1917–1930
Southern Pacific Houston, Texas–New Orleans, Louisiana [1925] 1923–1934
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1922] 1900–1930
Southern Railway Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana (with through cars to other points) [1928] 1925–1930
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Chicago, Illinois–New Orleans, Louisiana (with through cars to other points) [1916] 1902–1903; 1906–1931
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New Orleans, Louisiana–Jacksonville, Florida [1948] ca. 1930s–1949
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New Orleans, Louisiana–Jacksonville, Florida [1926] 1925–1931; 1937–1949
Southern Railway
Florida East Coast Railway, New York Central Railroad 		Chicago, Illinois–Miami, Florida [1952] 1949–1955
Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway New York, New York–Atlanta, Georgia [1903] 1901–1908
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1904] 1899–1913
Michigan Central and its affiliates Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts–New York, New York [1909] 1898–1910; 1918–1932
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Chicago, Illinois [1916] 1908–1916
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway New York, New York–Key West, Florida 1888–1920
Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway New York, New York–Memphis, Tennessee [1906] 1902–1909
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1904] 1901–1925
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Boston, Massachusetts–Cincinnati, Ohio [1912] 1910–1930
Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway, Atlanta and West Point Railroad New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1910] 1907–1925
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Cape Charles, Virginia [1913] 1894–1917
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Reading Railroad New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1908] 1908–1916
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Chicago, Illinois [1903] 1894–1916
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1930] 1974-1905; 1909; 1913–1949
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1913] 1896; 1910–1924
(group of trains) Central Railroad of New Jersey Allentown, Pennsylvania–Jersey City, New Jersey [1955] 1954–1963
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1915] 1906–1927
Boston and Albany Railroad, New Haven Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1922] 1910; 1919–1931
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New York–Scranton, Pennsylvania 1919–1927; 1934
New York Executive Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1984] 1984–1986
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1926] 1877–1894; 1901–1918; 1926–1928; 1933–1941
Erie Railroad Jersey City, New Jersey–Chicago, Illinois [1930] 1929–1933
Boston and Albany Railroad, New Haven Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1940] 1882–1886; 1926–1946
Pennsylvania New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1915] 1903–1928
New York Central, Rutland Railroad New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec [1916] 1913–1918
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New York–Buffalo, New York (with through cars to other New York destinations) [1920] 1919–1924; 1933–1936
New York Express New York Central North Adams, Massachusetts--New York, New York [1922] 1919–1932
Long Island Rail Road New York, New York–Montauk, New York [1940] 1929–1941; 1947–1949
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Cincinnati, Ohio–St. Louis, Missouri [1904] 1904–1910
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio–Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1924] 1910; 1921–1941
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1920] 1919–1924
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1925] 1923–1931
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1901] 1874–1904
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Chicago, Illinois-New York, New York [1938]; Buffalo, New York-Hoboken, New Jersey [1958] 1937–1968
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1915] 1913–1920
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading Railroad 		New York, New York–Washington, DC [1940] 1938–1952
Erie Railroad Jersey City, New Jersey–Chicago, Illinois [1925] 1922–1928
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1952] 1910–1967
Erie Railroad Jersey City, New Jersey–Akron, Ohio [1903] 1897–1915
New York Central and its affiliates Boston, Massachusetts–Buffalo, New York [1930] 1927–1941
New York Central New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts–Albany, New York [1943] 1942–1952
Boston and Albany Railroad, New Haven Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1940] 1923–1952
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1925] 1919–1934
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1915] 1913–1936
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1915] 1913–1936
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1928] 1925–1930
Erie Railroad Jersey City, New Jersey–Cleveland, Missouri [1925] 1922–1927
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–Miami, Florida–St. Petersburg, Florida [1930] 1927–1941
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1932] 1913–1914; 1931–1934; 1939–1944
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1914] 1912–1918
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway, Atlanta and West Point Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1934] 1920–1943
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1934] 1931–1935
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1910] 1910–1915
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1912] 1895–1900; 1912–1916
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1911] 1911–1916
New Yorker Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1991] 1973–1976; 1980–1982; 1991–1998
Lackawanna Railroad
Nickel Plate 		Chicago, Illinois–Hoboken, New Jersey [1938] 1936–1961
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois (with sections to other cities) [1937] 1916–1927; 1930–1947
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1911] 1904–1928
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway New York, New York–Atlanta, Georgia [1948] 1948–1953
New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1940] 1925–1971
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1928] 1925–1932
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan–Alpena, Michigan [1938] 1936–1946
Central Railroad of New Jersey New York, New York–Bay Head, New Jersey [1942] 1942–1949
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Williamsport, Pennsylvania [1920] 1919–1923
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Buffalo, New York [1948] 1926–1949
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Niagara Falls, New York [1922] 1920–1932
Michigan Central Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts–New York, New York [1906] 1906–1934
Niagara Rainbow Amtrak New York, New York–Detroit, Michigan [1976]

New York, New York–Albany, New York–Niagara Falls, Ontario–Toronto, Ontario [1994]

1974–1976 as the Empire State Express; 1976–1979; 1994–1995
Nickel Plate Limited Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1930] 1929–1954
Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1980] 1980–1989
Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1991] 1991; 1995
Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1971] 1971–1975
Night Cape Codder New Haven New York, New York–Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1940] 1937–1941; 1948–1958
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1950] 1947–1958
Night Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 		Detroit, Michigan–Cincinnati, Ohio [1966] 1960–1967
Central Vermont, Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec [1916] 1911–1918
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1921] 1921–1922
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Peoria, Illinois–Indianapolis, Indiana [1918] 1915–1941
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1923] 1923–1930
Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1904] 1904–1918
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cleveland, Ohio [1903] 1901–1914
Milwaukee Road Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1905] 1883–1886; 1904–1910
New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1922] 1881–1909; 1919–1934
New York Central, Rutland Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway New York, New York–Montreal, QC (with through cars to Ottawa, ON) [1903] 1900–1912
Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Duluth, Minnesota [1901] 1901–1905
Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois–Traverse City, Michigan and Muskegon, Michigan [1930] 1920–1946
Texas and Pacific Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas (with through cars to other destinations) [1916] 1900–1918
Chicago and Alton, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad from 1947 St. Louis, Missouri–Kansas City, Missouri [1948] 1906–1949
Night Owl Amtrak Washington, DC–Boston, Massachusetts [1980] 1972; 1997
New York Central Buffalo, New York–Cincinnati, Ohio [1955] 1954–1965
New Haven, Boston and Maine New York, New York–Bretton Woods, New Hampshire [1952] 1936–1940; 1950–1955
Chicago and Alton Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri [1911] 1909–1918
Nightingale Chicago & Northwestern Omaha, Nebraska–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1952] 1931–1956
Noon Daylight Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1941] 1940–1941; 1947–1949
Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1912] 1904–1918
New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts [1915] 1914–1921
New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts [1908] 1907–1914
New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts [1908] 1902–1914
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul (several different endpoints over the years) [1916] 1916–1959
North Coast Hiawatha Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington [1973] 1971–1979
North Coast Limited Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Tacoma, Washington [1948] 1900–1971
Michigan Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1922] 1918–1930
Reading Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Bethlehem, Pennsylvania [1963] 1961–1968
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois; Toronto, Ontario-Chicago, Illinois [1948] 1884–1897; 1902–1905; 1921–1963
North Star Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Duluth, Minnesota [1978] 1978–1986
North Star New York Central New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario-Cleveland, Ohio–Lake Placid, New York [1952] 1947–1962
Pennsylvania, Michigan Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1930] 1930–1932
Illinois Central Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1912] 1903–1918
Wabash Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1912] 1907–1918
Texas and Pacific Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas (with though cars to other destinations) [1916] 1914–1918
Santa Fe Dallas, Texas–Cleburne, Texas [1906] 1906–1910
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1932] 1932–1937
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1914] 1914–1958
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1914] 1909–1933
Boston and Maine, New Haven, Central Vermont Railway, Canadian National Railway New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec [1955] 1950–1955
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Ashland, Wisconsin [1960] 1958–1963
North Woods Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Minocqua, Wisconsin ?
Northeast Regional (group of trains) Amtrak various destinations in the Northeast -present
Illinois Central Shreveport, Louisiana–Meridian, Mississippi [1935] 1934–1967; westbound counterpart is the Southwestern Limited
New York Central New York, New York–Ogdensburg, New York–Watertown, New York [1910] 1908–1912
Northern Arrow Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1935] 1935–1942; 1946–1961
New York Central, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Central Vermont Railway New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec [1892] 1890–1901
Pennsylvania Washington, DC–Philadelphia–Erie, Pennsylvania (several different endpoints over the years; terminus shifted from Erie to Buffalo, NY in latter years) [1952] 1892–1968
Illinois Central New Orleans, Louisiana–Chicago, Illinois [1948] 1922–1931; 1943–1952
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan–Cheboygan, Michigan [1933] 1919–1935
Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Calumet, Michigan [1915] 1913–1921
New York Central New York, New York–Ogdensburg, New York–Oswego, New York [1902] 1902–1907
Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1911] 1910–1920
New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1952] 1952–1962
Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan (in some years just called 'Northland' [1924] 1901–1903; 1923–1935
Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Portland, Oregon [1935] 1919–1931; 1935–1946
Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Butte, Montana–Spokane, Washington [1952] 1947–1958
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1910] 1892–1912
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio–Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1935] 1936–1946
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts [1937] 1937–1940
New York Central New York, New York–Utica, New York [1935] 1934–1945
New York Central New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio [1935] 1933–1941
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1916] 1911–1934
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1918] 1916–1928
New York Central New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio–Toronto, Ontario [1935] 1932–1941
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1911] 1911–1920
New York Central New York, New York–Plattsburgh, New York [1935] 1933–1937
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1925] 1922–1928
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1933] 1932–1936
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1933] 1932–1936
Nutmeg New York, New Haven and Hartford Boston–Waterbury, Connecticut [1955] 1950-1955
Amtrak Washington, DC–Springfield, Massachusetts [1995] 1993–1998

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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Oakland Lark Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–Oakland, California [1945] 1932–1960
New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Cincinnati, Ohio (in its earlier years the train had many other northern and southern endpoints) [1945] 1913–1933, 1942–1958
Ohio State Limited New York Central New York, New York–Cincinnati, Ohio [1948] 1924–1967
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois–Columbus, Ohio [1936] 1935–1958
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Oil City, Pennsylvania [1945] 1938–1950
Texas and Pacific Railway Dallas, Texas–Breckenridge, Texas [1921] 1921–1924
Frisco Railroad Kansas City, Missouri–Dallas, Texas [1930] 1921–1939
Santa Fe Kansas City, Missouri–Tulsa, Oklahoma [1948] 1925–1968
Rock Island Lines Chicago, Illinois–Amarillo, Texas [1927] 1927��1932
Missouri Pacific Little Rock, Arkansas–El Dorado, Arkansas [1923] 1921–1928
Katy Railroad Kansas City, Missouri–Muskogee, Oklahoma [1922] 1921–1926
Rock Island Lines Kansas City, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1950] 1950–1952
Frisco, Alton Railroad, Rock Island Rail Road Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma–Amarillo, Texas [1930] 1925–1932
Frisco St. Louis, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1965] 1933–1958; 1965–1967
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Washington, DC–Richmond, Virginia (with through cars to New York and Birmingham) [1948] 1947–1948
Amtrak New York, New York–Newport News, Virginia [1993] 1992–1998
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Chicago, Illinois–Huntington, West Virginia [1911] 1911–1914
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio–Washington, DC–Newport News, Virginia [1923] 1923–1928
Olympian Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington [1930] 1911–1947
Olympian Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington [1952] 1947–1961
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1900] 1900–1904
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1900] 1900–1904
Chicago Great Western Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1914] 1911–1921
Chicago Great Western Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1948] 1911–1932; 1948–1949
Chicago & Northwestern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1924] 1919–1930
Chicago Great Western Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1912] 1911–1915
Chicago & Northwestern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1920] 1919–1928
Wabash Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Omaha, Nebraska [1948] 1939–1960
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–Omaha, Nebraska [1915] 1900–1901; 1913–1917
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–Omaha, Nebraska [1900] 1900–1911
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Omaha, Nebraska [1922] 1897–1899; 1915–1927
Chicago & Northwestern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska–Kansas City, Missouri [1915] 1913–1918
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, Illinois Central Railroad Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1904] 1900–1910
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, Illinois Central Railroad Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1904] 1900–1910
Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Omaha, Nebraska [1956] 1956–1958
Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Madison, Wisconsin [1930] 1929–1954
Amtrak New York, New York–Syracuse, New York [1997] 1997–1998
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Reading Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Syracuse, New York [1938] 1932–1943
New York Central New York, New York–Syracuse, New York [1945] 1934–1936; 1945–1949
New York Central, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario [1966] 1938–1960; 1964–1967
New York Central, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario–Cleveland, Ohio [1942] 1942–1946
Orange Blossom Special Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–Miami, Florida–Fort Myers, Florida (different Florida endpoints in different years) [1948] 1925–1953
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon [1911] 1900–1906; 1910–1918
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon [1920] 1898–1899; 1907–1909; 1919–1927
Union Pacific Portland, Oregon–Pocatello, Idaho [1927] 1927–1932
Union Pacific Portland, Oregon–Green River, Wyoming [1916] 1914–1920
Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–Portland, Oregon [1916] 1910–1922
Oregon & California
Southern Pacific 		San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon [1930] 1918–1932; 1937–1946
Great Northern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1910] 1910–1915
Oriental Limited Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington [1948] 1905–1931; 1947–1951
Missouri Pacific, Gulf Coast Lines New Orleans, Louisiana–Houston, Texas [1948] 1923–1964
Florida East Coast Railway Jacksonville, Florida–Key West, Florida [1916] 1910–1916
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Denver, Colorado (with through cars to Pacific endpoints) [1916] 1910–1918; 1922–1941
Overland Flyer Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California [1887] 1887–1896
Overland Limited Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California (aka San Francisco Overland Limited) [1938] 1896–1963
Maine Central, Boston and Maine, New Haven New York, New York–Woodsville, New Hampshire–Berlin, New Hampshire [1952] 1947–1958
New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway Montreal, Quebec–Detroit, Michigan [1952] 1929–1960
Lackawanna Hoboken, New Jersey–Buffalo, New York [1940] 1919–1926; 1936–1968
New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1965] 1911–1913, 1919–1968
Southern Pacific Dallas, Texas–Houston, Texas[2] [1955] 1923–1958
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Los Angeles, California[3] [1955] 1900–1964
Great Northern Vancouver, British Columbia–Portland, Oregon [1925] 1910–1930
Union Pacific Denver, Colorado–San Francisco, California–Los Angeles, California [1923] 1912–1918; 1922–1933
Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Peoria, Illinois [1925] 1925–1940
Frisco St. Louis, Missouri–Little Rock, Arkansas [1928] 1925–1931
Ozark State Zephyr Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Alton St. Louis, Missouri–Kansas City, Missouri [1938] 1936–1939
Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–Little Rock, Arkansas [1948] 1937–1955

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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1952] 1939–1966
Chicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Portland, Oregon–Los Angeles, California [1947] 1947–1952
Soo Line Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway Chicago, Illinois–Vancouver, British Columbia [1916] 1911–1916
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Rock Island Rail Road, Southern Pacific Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California [1903] 1892–1915
Pacific Express Erie Jersey City, New Jersey–Chicago, Illinois [1948] 1874–1879; 1892–1915; 1922–1964
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1925] 1870; 1879–1906; 1910–1926
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Chicago, Illinois (the train had many different endpoints over the years) [1915] 1870–1934
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Portland, Oregon [1924] 1902–1905; 1921–1930
Michigan Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Buffalo, New York [1930] 1928–1934
Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–Portland, Oregon [1903] 1901–1909
Western Pacific Railroad Salt Lake City, Utah–San Francisco, California [1930] 1916–1931
Pacific International Amtrak Seattle, Washington–Vancouver, British Columbia [1975] 1972–1981
Pacific Limited Grand Trunk Western Chicago, Illinois–Montreal, Quebec ?
Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1916] 1890–1894; 1914–1946
Pacific Surfliner (group of trains) Amtrak San Diego, California–Paso Robles, California [2014] 2000–present
Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–Oakland, California [1930] 1923–1931
Alton Railroad Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1918] 1901–1927
Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1991] 1991–1995
Florida East Coast Railway Jacksonville, Florida–Miami, Florida [1910] 1910–1914
Palmetto Amtrak New York, New York–Savannah, Georgia [1980] 1976–1995; 2002–present
Palmetto Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (Seaboard Coast Line replacing ACL, 1967) New York, New York–Augusta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia and Wilmington, North Carolina [1949]; Washington, D.C.-Augusta, Georgia [1967] 1944–1968
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad New York, New York–Augusta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia and Wilmington, North Carolina [1939] 1910–1944
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad Boston, Massachusetts–Miami, Florida–Fort Myers, Florida (different endpoints in different years) [1948] 1941–1971
Pan-American Louisville & Nashville Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana (some years there were through trains to New York) [1925] 1921–1971
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1931] 1915–1935
Panama Limited Illinois Central until 1971; Amtrak from 1971 Chicago, Illinois–New Orleans, Louisiana 1908–1980
Santa Fe Albuquerque, New Mexico–Belen, New Mexico (many different endpoints over the years) [1925] 1920–1950
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Denver, Colorado–Salt Lake City, Utah [1927] 1926–1931; 1935–1938
New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1945] 1940–1946; 1959–1960
Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Victor, Idaho [1962] 1961–1965
Southern Pacific
Rock Island 		–Chicago, Illinois [1947] 1940s–1950s
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway New York, New York–Paterson, New Jersey [1952] 1950–1957
New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad; Amtrak from 1971 Boston, Massachusetts–Washington, DC [1937] 1937–1972; 1977–1998
Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1995] 1992–1997
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts [1952] 1945–1955
New Haven, Boston and Albany Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1920] 1919–1924
New York Central New York, New York–Pawling, New York [1911] 1904; 1911–1915
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad 		New York, New York–Atlanta, Georgia [1952] 1947–1970
Peconic Bay Express Long Island Rail Road Long Island City, New York–Greenport, New York [1936] 1926–1950
Pelican[4] Southern Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad

Norfolk and Western Railway

New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1948] 1946–1970
Peninsula 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Ishpeming, Michigan [1945] 1942–1971
Pere Marquette Detroit, Michigan–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1926] 1925–1935
Penn Texas Pennsylvania New York, New York–St Louis, Missouri[1952] 1948–1970
New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad Boston, Massachusetts–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1944] 1941–1946
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–New York, New York [1956] 1956–1957
Pennsylvania, Penn Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois (endpoints varied over the years) [1948] 1887–1971
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1903] 1902–1912
Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Phillipsburg, New Jersey [1928] 1919–1931
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1941] 1941–1949
Pennsylvanian Amtrak New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1982] 1980–2016
Boston and Maine
Maine Central 		Boston, Massachusetts–Bangor, Maine [1946] 1943–1959
Peoria Rocket Rock Island; Amtrak from 1971 Chicago, Illinois–Peoria, Illinois [1952] 1937–1978[5]
New York Central Peoria, Illinois–Indianapolis, Indiana [1940] 1929–1941
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Peoria, Illinois [1942] 1940–1949
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Peoria, Illinois [1923] 1920–1936
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Peoria, Illinois [1930] 1929–1937; 1969–1971
Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Peoria, Illinois [1932] 1931–1935
New York Central Peoria, Illinois–Indianapolis, Indiana [1952] 1951–1955
Pere Marquette (group of trains) Pere Marquette, Chesapeake and Ohio Detroit, Michigan–Grand Rapids, Michigan–Chicago, Illinois [1948] 1946–1971
Pere Marquette Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan [2008] 1984–1995; 2004–present
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Boston, Massachusetts–New York, New York [1942] 1940–1966
Reading, Lehigh Valley Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Buffalo, New York [1916] 1908–1916
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Washington, DC [1945] 1900–1910; 1915–1950
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (endpoints varied over the years) [1952] 1868–1870; 1874–1932; 1939–1953
Reading, Lehigh Valley Railroad, New York Central Railroad Detroit, Michigan–New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1922] 1922–1927
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading Railroad 		New York, New York–Cincinnati, Ohio [1938] 1936–1948
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading Railroad 		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Scranton, Pennsylvania [1928] 1910–1949
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (endpoints varied over the years) [1948] 1909–1961
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1903] 1903–1909
Reading, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–New York, New York–Port Huron, Michigan [1916] 1897–1907; 1911–1916; 1920–1930
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Richmond, Virginia [1920] 1919–1924
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Washington, DC [1918] 1914–1921; 1933–1934
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pottsville, Pennsylvania [1924] 1922–1930
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading Railroad 		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Syracuse, New York [1922] 1922–1928
Amtrak New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980–1981
Phoebe Snow Lackawanna, Nickel Plate Road
Erie Lackawanna, Nickel Plate Road 		Hoboken, New Jersey–Buffalo, New York as Delaware Lackawanna & Western [1950]
Hoboken, New Jersey–Chicago, Illinois as Erie Lackawanna [1964] 		1949–1961; reinstated 1963–1966
Santa Fe Los Angeles, California–Oakland, California–Phoenix, Arizona [1930] 1910–1933
Southern Washington, DC–New Orleans, Louisiana [1970] 1970–1976
Piedmont Amtrak Raleigh, North Carolina–Charlotte, North Carolina (group of trains from 2010) [1995] 1993–present
Piedmont Limited Southern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Atlanta and West Point Railroad, Western Railway of Alabama, Louisville and Nashville Railroad New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1948] 1923–1967
New Haven, Boston and Albany Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1922] 1919–1924
New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad Boston, Massachusetts–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1937] 1937–1949; 1953–1967
Amtrak New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1975] 1974–1977
Boston & Maine
Maine Central 		Boston, Massachusetts–Bangor, Maine (called 'Pine Tree' from 1946) [1946] 1925–1958
Pinellas Atlantic Coast Line St. Petersburg, Florida–Jacksonville, Florida [1920] 1918–1927
Pioneer Gulf Coast Lines, later

Missouri Pacific

Houston, Texas–Brownsville, Texas [1933] 1929–1964
Pioneer Amtrak Salt Lake City, Utah–Seattle, Washington [1980] 1977–1996
Pioneer Limited Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota [1940] 1898–1971
Pioneer Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas City, Missouri–Omaha, Nebraska–Lincoln, Nebraska [1940]

Galesburg, Illinois–Springfield, Missouri

1934–1960
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Buffalo, New York [1914] 1911–1932
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1920] 1917–1930
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Chicago, Illinois [1923] 1923–1929
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Washington, DC–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1910] 1909–1914
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1907] 1906–1914
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (with through cars to the west) [1920] 1870–1881; 1896–1924
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1920] 1917–1928
New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad Boston, Massachusetts–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1930] 1921–1937
New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1927] 1927–1936
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Scranton, Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1939) 1936-1949
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1907] 1900–1912
New York Central, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1908] 1906–1910; 1921–1931
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1948] 1907–1961
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–St. Louis, Missouri [1904] 1904–1914; 1928–1929
New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1930] 1927–1952
New York Central, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Buffalo, New York (with through cars to other cities in some years) [1952] 1917–1918; 1922; 1927–1962
New York Central Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–St. Louis, Missouri [1942] 1942–1953
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1915] 1914–1918
Pittsburgher[6]: 137–139  Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–New York, New York [1948] 1916–1917; 1924–1964
New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts (aka 'Pittsfield and North Adams Express' [1908] 1907–1909; 1914–1921
New York Central New York, New York–Pittsfield, Massachusetts (aka 'Pittsfield Express) [1904] 1901–1910
Frisco Oklahoma City–Floydada, Texas [1930] 1929–1935
Illinois Central Memphis, Tennessee–New Orleans, Louisiana via Vicksburg & Baton Rouge[7] [1938] 1931–1952
Pocahontas[8] Norfolk and Western Railway Norfolk, Virginia–Cincinnati, Ohio [1948] 1927–1971
Lackawanna
Erie–Lackawanna 		Buffalo, New York–Hoboken, New Jersey (for New York) [1948] 1936–1965
Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania [1916] 1915–1935
Ponce de Leon New York Central, Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line Railroad Detroit, Michigan–Chicago, Illinois–Cleveland, Ohio–Jacksonville, Florida–St. Petersburg, Florida (many different endpoints over the years) [1952] 1925–1966
New Jersey Transit Hoboken, New Jersey–Monmouth Park Racetrack, New Jersey [1983] 1980–2006
Union Pacific Kansas City, Missouri–Los Angeles, California (many different endpoints over the years) [1952] 1927–1954
Union Pacific; Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–Portland, Oregon [1916]
 1911–1918
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Portland, Oregon–Umatilla, Oregon (with through cars to Midwestern cities) [1903] 1901–1909
Portland Limited Union Pacific; Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–Portland, Oregon [1925]
 1923–1930
Portland Rose Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–Portland, Oregon [1952]
Denver, Colorado–Portland, Oregon [1948]
Kansas City, Missouri–Portland, Oregon 		1930–1971
Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–Portland, Oregon [1906]
 1905–1909
Union Pacific Portland, Oregon–Spokane, Washington [1918] 1915–1930
Bangor & Aroostook Bangor, Maine–Madawaska, Maine [1955] 1943–1959
Pennsylvania Washington, DC–Detroit, Michigan–Chicago, Illinois (with through cars for western points) [1930]

New York, New York–Washington, DC [1960]

1929–1962
Potomac Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1982] 1982–1988
Potomac Turbo Amtrak New York, New York–Parkersburg, West Virginia [1971] 1971–1972
Powhatan Arrow[9] Norfolk and Western Railway Norfolk, Virginia–Cincinnati, Ohio [1948] 1946–1969
Prairie Marksman Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–East Peoria, Illinois [1980] 1980–1981
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Cleveland, Ohio [1930] 1929–1956
Amtrak Milwaukee, Wisconsin–St. Louis, Missouri [1971] 1971–1972
Alton Railroad, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad from 1947 Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1950] 1900–1958
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1930] 1929–1933
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1948] 1931–1971
Prospector Rio Grande Denver, Colorado–Salt Lake City, Utah–Ogden, Utah 1941–1942; 1945–1967
Northern Pacific Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon different Midwestern cities in different years 1902–1907; 1911–1936
Puget Sound Amtrak Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon 1971–1976
Puritan New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1948] 1925–1968

Q[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Quad Cities Rocket Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Rock Island, Illinois [1971] −1978
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad; Amtrak in 1973 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania--Boston, Massachusetts [1949] 1920–1958; 1973
Amtrak New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980–1981; 1995
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1934] 1934–1935
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1910] 1906–1929
Queen and Crescent Limited Southern Railway Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana (with through cars to Midwestern cities) [1930] 1926–1949
Queen and Crescent Route, Southern Railway Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana [1918] 1895–1913
New York Central Cincinnati, Ohio–Detroit, Michigan [1955] 1949–1957
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Cincinnati, Ohio [1910] 1905–1916
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Cincinnati, Ohio–Indianapolis, Indiana [1922] 1919–1930
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1910] 1906–1946
Southern Railway Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana [1918] 1917–1926
Queen of the Valley Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1948] 1911–1967
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Atlanta, Georgia (other endpoints over the years) [1903] 1893–1907

R[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Radisson Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1980] 1980–1989
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1930] 1929–1949
Rainbow Special Missouri Pacific Little Rock, Arkansas–Kansas City, Missouri [1948] 1921–1954
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Galveston, Texas (many different endpoints over the years) [1930] 1916–1949
(group of trains) Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey–Allentown, Pennsylvania [1960] 1954–1963
Gulf, Mobile & Northern; from 1941 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad New Orleans, Louisiana–St. Louis, Missouri [1948] 1935–1953
Red Arrow Pennsylvania New York, New York–Detroit, Michigan [1952] 1925–1960
[10] Chicago Great Western Minneapolis, Minnesota–Rochester, Minnesota [1930] 1927–1932
Pennsylvania, Wabash Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan [1948] 1941–1949
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1954] 1952–1959
Red River Great Northern St. Paul, Minnesota–Grand Forks, North Dakota (aka 'Red River Limited') [1930] 1916–1941; 1947–1968
Boston and Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec [1953] 1927–1959
Northwestern Pacific San Rafael, California–Eureka, California [1970] 1956–1971
Regional (group of trains) Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Newport News, Virginia  
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1948] 1931–1971
Resort Special Pere Marquette (at times Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad) Chicago, Illinois–Bay View, Michigan, with second Detroit, Michigan-Bay View branch (different endpoints over the years) [1952]

White Sulphur Springs, WV-New York City (1963)

1904; 1916; 1921–1928; 1936–c.1941; c.1948–1957;
c.1963-c.1968
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan–Alpena, Michigan [1936] 1936–1942
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1914] 1913–1918
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1914] 1911–1918
Rio Grande Zephyr Rio Grande Denver, Colorado–Salt Lake City, Utah [1972] 1970–1983
Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1982] 1981–1990
Amtrak New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980–1981
River Cities Amtrak Kansas City, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1985] 1984–1992
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pottsville, Pennsylvania [1928] 1919–1930
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–Birmingham, Alabama [1938] 1935–1947
Rochester 400 Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois–Rochester, Minnesota [1960] 1960–1963
Rochester Express Chicago Great Western Chicago, Illinois–Rochester, Minnesota [1928] 1925–1930
Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois–Mankato, Minnesota [1956] 1956–1960
Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois–Mankato, Minnesota [1940] 1916–1917; 1921–1955
Rocky Mountain Limited Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Denver, Colorado [1930] 1902–1939
Rocky Mountain Rocket Rock Island Kansas City, Missouri–Colorado Springs, Colorado [1952] 1939–1966
Roger Williams New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts 1947–1949
Southern Pacific Portland, Oregon–Ashland, Oregon [1943] 1941–1956
Royal Blue Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading Railroad 		Jersey City, New Jersey–Washington, DC [1952] 1890–1958
Royal Gorge Missouri Pacific Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–San Francisco, California [1945] 1940–1967
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad 		New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1900] 1899–1916
Royal Palm Southern Cincinnati, Ohio–Miami, Florida (different northern and southern endpoints over the years) [1952] 1914–1970
Florida East Coast Railway Jacksonville, Florida–Miami, Florida [1948] (northern endpoints in earlier years) 1925–1952
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading Railroad 		New York, New York–Washington, DC [1912] 1911–1916

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. ^ Maiken, Peter T. (1989). Night Trains. Beloit, Wisconsin: Lakme Press. ISBN 0-9621480-0-8 OCLC 20461978; Kratville, William W. (1967). Steam, Steel & Limiteds. Omaha, Nebraska: Kratville Publications. OCLC 1301983; Official Guide of the Railways, August 1954, p. 888. Trains 5–17 and 18-2.
  3. ^ Maiken (1989); Kratville (1967); Official Guide, August 1954, p. 895. Trains 57 and 58. This is a rare (perhaps unique) instance of a railroad operating identically-named trains on two completely separate routes at the same time.
  4. ^ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 9.
  5. ^ see Prairie Marksman
  6. ^ Welsh, Joe (2006). Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited. Saint Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-2302-1.
  7. ^ Illinois Central timetable effective 9/28/1947 (http://illinois-central.net/1947TT.pdf)
  8. ^ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 7.
  9. ^ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5–6.
  10. ^ Dubin, Arthur D. 1974. More Classic Trains (Milwaukee: Kalmbach)
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