List of named passenger trains of the United States (S–Z)

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

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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–Sacramento, California [1922] 1921–1924
Sacramento Daylight Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–Sacramento, California [1953] 1946–1971
Chessie System   1980–1981
Pennsylvania Railroad Cape Charles, Virginia-New York, New York [1946] c. 1946
Santa Fe Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California–San Diego, California [1911] 1911–1917
St. Clair Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan [1972] 1971–1980
Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–St. Joseph, Missouri [1905] 1903–1907
New York Central New York, New York–Utica, New York ?
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–St. Louis, Missouri–Chicago, Illinois [1925] 1920–1927
Rock Island St. Louis, Missouri–Denver, Colorado (with through cars to Los Angeles) [1930] 1919–1934
Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–Denver, Colorado [1905] 1900–1910
Illinois Central St. Louis, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1905] 1897–1910
Illinois Central St. Louis, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1905] 1900–1910
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1926] 1923–1931
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1905] 1897–1899; 1903–1916
Pennsylvania New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1905] 1900–1913
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–San Antonio, Texas–Houston, Texas [1906] 1903–1910
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1910] 1907–1913
Wabash St. Louis, Missouri–Denver, Colorado (earlier years had through trains to the West Coast] (1932) 1921–1933
Wabash Detroit, Michigan–St. Louis, Missouri [1950] 1939–1968
Frisco St. Louis, Missouri–Galveston, Texas [1922] 1896–1908; 1917–1926
Pennsylvania New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1905] 1903–1911
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1910] 1907–1913
Wabash St. Louis, Missouri–Omaha, Nebraska [1911] 1908–1918; 1927
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy St. Louis, Missouri–Denver, Colorado [1937] 1910–1916; 1932–1940
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Cleveland, Ohio [1928] 1925–1930
Frisco St. Louis, Missouri–Dallas, Texas [1906] 1890–1908
St. Louis Mule Amtrak St. Louis, Missouri–Kansas City, Missouri [1984] 1980–2009
[2]: 235  Southern Asheville, North Carolina–St. Louis, Missouri [1914] 1912–1917
Wabash (Wabash renamed train Wabash Cannon Ball 4/50) Detroit, Michigan–St. Louis, Missouri [1944] 1937–1950
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–St. Louis, Missouri [1908] 1904–1913
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1910] 1907–1913
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Cleveland, Ohio–Cincinnati, Ohio [1920] 1919–1948
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1926] 1925–1930
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1920] 1919–1924
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Cincinnati, Ohio [1922] 1915–1928
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Cincinnati, Ohio [1922] 1913–1917
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Cincinnati, Ohio [1922] 1913–1917
Union Pacific, Wabash Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Denver, Colorado (earlier cars went through to West Coast) [1930] 1910–1916; 1925–1940
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Jacksonville, Florida [1926] 1919–1938
Rock Island St. Louis, Missouri–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1918] 1911–1936
Rock Island St. Louis, Missouri–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1918] 1911–1936
Rock Island, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Southern Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–Los Angeles, California [1916] 1911–1918
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Cleveland, Ohio–Cincinnati, Ohio [1905] 1902–1910
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Cincinnati, Ohio [1905] 1903–1910
Pennsylvania New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri (with though cars to different points in different years) [1948] 1913–1967
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1911] 1906–1916
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway Minneapolis, Minnesota–Montreal, Quebec [1919] 1918–1925
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway Minneapolis, Minnesota–Montreal, Quebec [1903] 1903–1910
Great Northern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Yankton, South Dakota [1925] 1922–1929
Amtrak New York, New York–Syracuse, New York [1975] 1974–1980
Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Portland, Oregon [1915] 1910; 1914–1918
Union Pacific Butte, Montana–Salt Lake City, Utah [1943] 1911–1946
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad Denver, Colorado–San Francisco, California [1930] 1918–1930
Saluki Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Carbondale, Illinois [2016] 2007–present
Sam Houston Zephyr Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Fort Worth, Texas–Houston, Texas [1940] 1936–1966
San Diegan (group of trains)
  • Santa Fe
  • Amtrak
 Los Angeles, California–San Diego, California (1948) 1938–2000 (Amtrak from 1971)
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, San Francisco Denver, Colorado–San Francisco, California (with through cars to Chicago) [1903] 1900–1914
San Francisco Challenger Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California [1939] 1936–1948
San Francisco Chief Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California [1968] 1954–1971
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California (with through cars to other California cities) [1908] 1905–1915
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon [1918] 1911–1927
Chicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California–Los Angeles, California [1930] 1914–1918; 1929–1931
San Francisco Overland see 'Overland Limited' for details
San Francisco Zephyr Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Oakland, California [1975] 1972–1983
San Joaquin Southern Pacific, Amtrak group of trains from 1974 Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1940] 1928–1941; 1974–present
San Joaquin Daylight Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1948] 1941–1971
Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1914] 1913–1918
San Juan Express Denver & Rio Grande Western Alamosa, Colorado–Durango, Colorado 1937–1951
New York, New Haven and Hartford Boston–Hyannis and to Woods Hole [1955] 1949-1958
Pennsylvania Columbus, Ohio–Sandusky, Ohio [1905] 1903–1909
Sangamon Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Peoria, Illinois [1952] 1950–1956
Santa Fe De Luxe Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California [1912] 1911–1918
Santa Fe different California and Midwestern endpoints in different years 1916–1930
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville, Florida–Tampa, Florida [1933] 1925–1928; 1933–1938
[3] Denver & Rio Grande Western, Missouri Pacific Railroad, and Western Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–San Francisco, California [1940] 1915–1946
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Hazleton, Pennsylvania [1925] 1920–1931
Reading Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pottsville, Pennsylvania [1952] 1949–1962
Scout Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California [1948] 1916–1931; 1936–1953
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New York–Scranton, Pennsylvania [1922] 1919–1927; 1936
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Company New York, New York–Scranton, Pennsylvania [1930] 1922–1932
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Scranton, Pennsylvania [1948] 1910–1949
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New York–Scranton, Pennsylvania [1945] 1942–1960
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Long Branch, New Jersey [1940] 1932–1942
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1958] 1952–1961
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1940] 1937–1942
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1940] 1937–1942
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–Jacksonville, Florida [1910] 1903–1911
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1910] 1910–1935
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–Jacksonville, Florida [1910] 1901–1933
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–Miami, Florida [1930] 1903–1932
Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad New Orleans, Louisiana–Jacksonville, Florida [1945] 1930–1931; 1937–1948
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1908] 1906–1910
Southern Pacific different California and Midwestern endpoints in different years 1915–1924
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad New York, New York–Providence, Rhode Island [1953] 1921; 1940; 1950–1955; 1962–1963
Santa Fe San Bernardino, California–Redlands, California [1910] 1901–1919
Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Portland, Maine [1952] 1952–1954
New York Central New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1907] 1906–1910
Seminole Illinois Central Railroad, Central of Georgia Railroad, and Atlantic Coast Line Chicago, Illinois–Jacksonville, Florida (different southern and midwestern endpoints in different years; 'Seminole Limited' before 1923) [1910] 1909–1969
Pennsylvania Railroad and New Haven Railroad; from 1971 Amtrak Washington, DC–Boston, Massachusetts [1965] 1929–1958; 1962–1981; 1985–1998
Southern Pacific Oakland, California–Sacramento, California ?
New York Central New York, New York–Buffalo, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1930] 1929–1934; 1940–1948
Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1930] 1928–1942
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Company New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1941] 1935–1942
Southern Pacific Oakland, California–Portland, Oregon [1930] 1921–1941; 1946–1948
Shasta Daylight Southern Pacific Oakland, California–Portland, Oregon [1952] 1949–1967
Southern Pacific Oakland, California–Portland, Oregon [1903] 1900–1907
Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Railroad Oakland, California–Portland, Oregon–Seattle, Washington [1911] 1910–1918
Shavano Denver & Rio Grande Western Salida, Colorado–Gunnison, Colorado [1938] 1937–1940
Shawnee Illinois Central, Amtrak from 1971 Chicago, Illinois–Carbondale, Illinois [1971] 1969–1986
Long Island Rail Road Long Island City, New York–Greenport, New York [1940] 1901–1903; 1923–1942
Shenandoah Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Washington, DC–Cincinnati, Ohio (different endpoints in different years) [1960] 1937–1971
Shenandoah Amtrak Washington, DC–Cincinnati, Ohio [1978] 1976–1981
Pennsylvania, Norfolk and Western Railway New York, New York–Bristol, Virginia [1905] 1904–1909
Long Island Rail Road Long Island City, New York–Montauk, New York [1938] 1926–1950
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway New York, New York–Paterson, New Jersey [1952] 1950–1957
Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1930] 1928–1936
Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1911] 1906; 1910–1931
Great Northern Portland, Oregon–Vancouver, British Columbia [1915] 1911–1918
New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts ('Shore Line Flyer' until 1936) [1938] 1892–1921; 1931–1939
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Manitowoc, Wisconsin [1936] 1936–1941
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Green Bay, Wisconsin [1942] 1942–1968
Shoreliner New Haven, Amtrak group of trains from 1980 New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1930] 1925–1932; 1940–1952; 1980–1990
Rock Island Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN–Kansas City, Missouri[4] [1925]
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway New York, New York–Paterson, New Jersey [1952] 1950–1957
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Dallas, Texas–Shreveport, Louisiana [1903] 1903–1910
Louisiana and Arkansas, Missouri Pacific Railroad; Kansas City Southern Railway from around 1940 Hope, Arkansas–Shreveport, Louisiana [1948] 1928–1961
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1938] 1937–1949
Silver Comet Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–Birmingham, Alabama [1947] 1947–1969
Silver Meteor Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad; Amtrak from 1971 New York, New York–Tampa, Florida–Miami, Florida (many different endpoints over the years) [1952] 1939–present
Silver Palm Amtrak Miami – Tampa, Florida (1983–1984) [1983]

New York, New York–Miami, Florida (1997–2001) [2000]

1983–1984; 1997–2001
Silver Star Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad; Amtrak from 1971 New York, New York–\Miami, Florida (many different endpoints over the years) [1947] 1947–present
Silver Streak Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas City, Missouri–Lincoln, Nebraska [1942] 1940–1959
Silverliner Service (group of trains)   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania  
Denver & Rio Grande Western Durango, Colorado–Silverton, Colorado [1952] 1951–1955; 1963–1966
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–Fort Dodge, Iowa [1931] 1931–1948
Sioux Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Rapid City, South Dakota [1930] 1928–1971
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–Sioux City, Iowa [1903] 1901–1905
Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–Sioux City, Iowa [1915] 1913–1918
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Sioux City, Iowa [1920] 1916–1927
Boston and Maine Bangor, Maine-Boston, Massachusetts [1956] 1951–1958
Skunk California Western Railroad Fort Bragg, California–Willits, California 1926–1973
Skyland Special Southern Asheville, North Carolina–Charlotte, North Carolina–Jacksonville, Florida [1952] 1927–1958
Amtrak Albany, New York–Schenectady, New York [1984] 1984–1995
Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail, New Jersey Transit Hoboken, New Jersey–Gladstone, New Jersey 1940s–2001
Soo Line and Canadian Pacific Montreal, Quebec–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1915] 1911–1918; 1929–1933
Soo Line and Canadian Pacific Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN–Vancouver, British Columbia [1948] 1932–1960
Soo Line and Canadian Pacific Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Moose Jaw, SK [1920] 1919–1931
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Kansas City, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1948] 1927–1951
Pennsylvania, Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Central of Georgia Railway Chicago, Illinois–Jacksonville, Florida (different endpoints in different years) [1915] 1909–1915
New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois (different endpoints in different years) [1948] 1928–1960
Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1920] 1920–1927
Long Island Rail Road New York, New York–Montauk, New York [1930] 1928–1941; 1947–1949
South Wind Florida East Coast, Pennsylvania, Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Line Chicago, Illinois–Miami, Florida [1942] 1940–1971
Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Seattle, Washington–Kansas City, Missouri (aka 'Southeast Express') [1910] 1909–1929
Frisco and connecting lines in the South Kansas City, Missouri, various southern cities 1900–1908
Pennsylvania, Southern New York, New York–Jacksonville, Florida [1910] 1910–1915
Southern Belle Kansas City Southern Kansas City, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana [1942] 1940–1969
Pennsylvania, Southern; Amtrak from 1971 Boston, Massachusetts–New Orleans, Louisiana [1975] 1970–1979
Frisco, Southern Kansas City, Missouri–Atlanta, Georgia [1902] 1902–1908
Illinois Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois–New Orleans, Louisiana (different endpoints in different years) [1950] 1897–1918; 1922–1931; 1947–1966
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio–Louisville, Kentucky [1910] 1905–1914
Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania–Washington, D.C. [1964] c.1893-c.1900, 1914–1968
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Danville, Illinois–Thebes, Illinois [1902] 1901–1906
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan–Cheboygan, Michigan [1919] 1919
Missouri Pacific Memphis, Tennessee–Kansas City, Missouri [1938] 1931–1952
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–St. Petersburg, Florida [1930] 1929–1941
Erie Railroad New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1925] 1911–1915; 1923–1928; 1932–1952
Pennsylvania, Southern New York, New York–St. Augustine, Florida [1903] 1902–1910
Southerner Pennsylvania and Southern New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1945] 1941–1970
Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific Kansas City, Missouri–New Orleans, Louisiana (many different endpoints over the years) 1925–1963
Southland Pennsylvania, Louisville & Nashville, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line Chicago, Illinois–St. Petersburg, Florida and other endpoints: Sarasota, Florida and Miami, Florida [1946; 1954] 1915–1957
Southwest Chief Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California [1986] 1984–present
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–St Louis, Missouri–Cincinnati, Ohio [1910] 1909–1916
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri [1943] 1943–1950
Southwest Limited Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California [1975] 1974–1984
Southwest Limited Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin–Kansas City, Missouri [1914] 1903–1958
Frisco St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas [1918] 1911–1931
Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri [1911] 1896–1914
New York Central and its affiliates Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1905] 1888–1891; 1900–1908; 1913–1924
Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri [1930] 1915–1931
Southwestern Limited Illinois Central Meridian, Mississippi–Shreveport, Louisiana[5] (eastbound counterpart is the Northeastern Limited) [1960] 1934–1967
Southwestern Limited New York Central New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1952] 1889–1967
Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Des Moines, Iowa (different endpoints in different years) [1931] 1896–1921; 1931–1932
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1925] 1910–1928
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri–Cincinnati, Ohio [1903] 1902–1907
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1945] 1941–1952
Boston and Albany Railroad, New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1902] 1888–1909
Speed Merchant Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Portland, Maine ?-1964
Spirit of California Amtrak Sacramento, California–Los Angeles, California [1982] 1981–1983
Spirit of St. Louis Pennsylvania, Amtrak in 1971 New York, New York–St Louis, Missouri [1935] 1927–1971
Union Pacific Portland, Oregon–Spokane, Washington [1935] 1931–1964
Union Pacific Portland, Oregon–Spokane, Washington [1903] 1901–1909
Northern Pacific Railway Seattle, Washington–Spokane, Washington [1922] 1921–1928
Union Pacific Portland, Oregon–Spokane, Washington [1922] 1915–1930
Soo Line, Canadian Pacific, and connecting lines Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Portland, Oregon [1912] 1910–1914
Sportsman Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad Detroit, Michigan–Washington, D.C. and Phoebus, Virginia (many different endpoints over the years) [1941] 1930–1968
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway New York, New York–Paterson, New Jersey [1952] 1950–1957
Boston and Albany Railroad Boston, Massachusetts–Springfield, Massachusetts [1914] 1913–1922; 1929–1931
Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1992] 1991–1994
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Nickel Plate New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1903] 1897–1905
Lehigh Valley Railroad New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1948] 1927–1958
Missouri Pacific Fort Worth, Texas–Galveston, Texas [1926] 1926–1936
Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1953] 1950–1957
State House Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1980] 1974–2006
State of Maine Express New York, New Haven & Hartford and Boston & Maine New York, New York–Portland, Maine [1952] 1913–1960
New York Central Cincinnati, Ohio–Cleveland, Ohio [1960] 1957–1961
Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Washington, DC [1973] 1973–1976
Pennsylvania Washington, DC–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1935] 1931–1957
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1920] 1915–1934
Erie Railroad (1960-1963: Erie Lackawanna), Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Cleveland, Ohio [1950] 1950–1952; 1959–1963
Steeler Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Cleveland, Ohio [1948] 1948–1950
Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1992] 1981–1995
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Spokane, Washington–Portland, Oregon −1970
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1945] 1935–1946; 1951–1968
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New York–St. Petersburg, Florida–Miami, Florida [1945] 1941–1947
Sunbeam Texas and New Orleans (subsidiary of Southern Pacific) Houston, Texas–Dallas, Texas [1948] 1925–1955
Illinois Central, Central of Georgia, Florida East Coast Railway Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri–Miami, Florida [1948] 1941–1949
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Mackinaw City, Michigan–Soo Junction, Michigan [1906] 1905–1913
New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1948] 1942–1952; 1959–1968
Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Washington, DC [1973] 1973–1977
Sunflower Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–Wichita, Kansas [1928] 1924–1954
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Seaboard Air Line, New Haven Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad Boston, Massachusetts–Fort Myers, Florida (many different endpoints over the years) [1948] 1948–1968
Frisco and Southern Memphis, Tennessee–Pensacola, Florida–Atlanta, Georgia (many different endpoints over the years) [1948] 1925–1964
Long Island Rail Road New York, New York–Montauk, New York [1936] 1922–1942
Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan–Alpena, Michigan [1940] 1936–1949
Sunset Limited Southern Pacific, from 1971 Amtrak Los Angeles, California–New Orleans, Louisiana (some years have different endpoints) [1948] 1894–present
Southern Pacific New Orleans, Louisiana–Houston, Texas–Dallas, Texas [1930] 1923–1935
Sunshine Special Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–San Antonio, Texas (some years have different endpoints) [1918] 1915–1960
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Santa Cruz, California ?
Super Chief Santa Fe, from1971 Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California [1948] 1936–1974
Super Skunk California Western Railroad Fort Bragg, California–Willits, California [1970] 1967–1973
Amtrak New York, New York–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1985] 1982–1994
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Williamsport, Pennsylvania [1935] 1938–1960
Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway St. Petersburg, Florida (various Midwestern cities-different in different years) [1930] 1923–1930
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1948] 1923–1957, 1959-1966

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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
New Haven New York, New York–Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1955] 1954–1958
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway New York, New York–Miami, Florida–Tampa, Florida [1935] 1930–1940
Tamiami Champion Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway New York, New York–Miami, Florida–Tampa, Florida [1942] 1941–1943
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville, Florida–Tampa, Florida (with through cars to New York, Chicago, and many other cities) [1930] 1918; 1923–1941
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad New York, New York and additional branch from Norfolk, Virginia–Wilmington, North Carolina [1932] 1927–1937
Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1928] 1921–1942
Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–Memphis, Tennessee[1930] 1927–1948
Tennessean[6] Southern, Pennsylvania Railroad,
Norfolk and Western, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 		New York, New York–Memphis, Tennessee, and NCStL branch from Chattanooga to Nashville [1948, 1954] 1941–1968
Texan Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas–Houston, Texas [1952] 1928–1960
Frisco Chicago, Illinois–Galveston, Texas [1916] 1911–1921
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California–Houston, Texas–Oakland, California [1948] 1915–1918; 1931; 1936–1954
Texas and Pacific Railway Texarkana, Texas–El Paso, Texas (with through cars between St. Louis and Los Angeles) [1908] 1905–1910
Texas Chief
  • Santa Fe
  • Amtrak
(from 1971) 		Chicago, Illinois–Galveston, Texas [1948] 1948–1974
Texas Eagle Missouri Pacific St. Louis, Missouri–Galveston, Texas–St. Louis, Missouri–San Antonio, Texas–St. Louis, Missouri–El Paso, Texas (different years had different endpoints, with some years New York and Los Angeles on other railroads) [1948] 1948–1971
Texas Eagle Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Houston, Texas (through to Los Angeles in later years via San Antonio) (1989) 1989–present
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Galveston, Texas (different endpoints in different years) [1930] 1911–1934
Katy St. Louis, Missouri–San Antonio, Texas [1903] 1903–1910
Kansas City Southern Railway Kansas City, Missouri–Port Arthur, Texas [1930] 1925–1932
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Galveston, Texas [1918] 1910–1927
Katy St. Louis, Missouri–Galveston, Texas [1936] 1898–1931; 1936–1937
Southern Pacific New Orleans, Louisiana–San Antonio, Texas (with through cars to Chicago) [1930] 1923–1934
Santa Fe Denver, Colorado–Galveston, Texas (different endpoints in different years) [1920] 1906–1925
Texas and Pacific Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–El Paso, Texas [1930] 1923–1946
Texas Rocket Rock Island Kansas City, Missouri–Dallas, Texas [1948] 1937–1955
Texas Special Katy–Frisco St. Louis, Missouri–Houston, Texas [1952] 1915–1965
Missouri Pacific Houston, Texas–Fort Worth, Texas (with through cars to other destinations) [1945] 1936–1947
Texas Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Denver, Colorado–Houston, Texas [1948] 1940–1967
Texas and Pacific Railway New Orleans, Louisiana–Fort Worth, Texas [1915] 1913–1918; 1923–1927; 1936–1946
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Dallas, Texas [1920] 1919–1924
Texas Mexican Railway Corpus Christi, Texas–Laredo, Texas ?
Thoroughbred Monon Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Louisville, Kentucky [1950] 1948;1967
Three Rivers Amtrak New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1999] 1995;2005
Illinois Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois–New Orleans, Louisiana [1915] 1915–1921
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Jacksonville, Florida–Portsmouth, Virginia [1955] 1954–1968
Tidewater Amtrak New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1981] 1981–1988
New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1955] 1951–1962
Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1996] 1981–1982; 1995–1998
Monon Railroad Chicago, Illinois-Indianapolis, Indiana [1948] 1924–1940; 1947–1958
Florida East Coast Railway Jacksonville, Florida–Miami, Florida [1945] 1942–1946
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Chicago, Illinois–Toledo, Ohio [1903] 1903–1909
New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Toledo, Ohio [1945] 1922–1928; 1942–1951
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Cincinnati, Ohio–Indianapolis, Indiana–Detroit, Michigan [1920] 1917–1926
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Detroit, Michigan–Indianapolis, Indiana [1920] 1917–1924; 1929–1932
Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail, New Jersey Transit Hoboken, New Jersey–Dover, New Jersey 1940s–1996
Tomahawk[7] Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Woodruff, Wisconsin [1952] 1931–1964
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Goldfield, Nevada [1922] 1919–1927
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Canadian National Railway New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario [1933] 1931–1936
New York Central, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario (with through cars to other destinations) [1930] 1925–1931
New York Central, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario (1952] 1943–1963
Ann Arbor Frankfort, Michigan–Toledo, Ohio ?
Santa Fe San Francisco, California–Chicago, Illinois [1915] 1911–1916
Trail Blazer Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois–New York, New York [1940] 1939–1959
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–New York, New York [1925] 1924–1927; 1933–1941
Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1945] 1943–1968
Illinois Central Railroad Memphis, Tennessee–Jackson, Mississippi [1930] 1927–1933
Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, Illinois–San Francisco, California [1940] 1939–1940
New York Central Cleveland, Ohio–Detroit, Michigan [1933] 1929–1935
Chicago Great Western Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Kansas City, Missouri [1930] 1927–1933
Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Troy, New York [1952] 1952–1956
New York Central New York, New York–Troy, New York [1922] 1891; 1896–1909; 1919–1932
Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois–Tulsa, Oklahoma [1952] 1939–1971
Turbo (family of trains) USDOT, New Haven Railroad, Penn Central, Amtrak New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts 1968–
Turboliner (family of trains) Amtrak New York, New York–upstate New York (various endpoints)
Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan 		1970s–1995
mid-1970s–early 1980s
New York Central New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1948] 1938–1958
Erie Railroad New York, New York–Port Jervis, New York [1940] 1931–1960
Twentieth Century Limited New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1948] 1902–1967
Pennsylvania New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1909] 1909–1913
Pennsylvania New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri [1909] 1909–1913
Lackawanna Hoboken, New Jersey–Buffalo, New York [1963] 1950–1965
Boston and Albany Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1940] 1918–1938
Twilight Limited New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan [1935] 1927–1971
Twilight Limited Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan [1978] 1976–2004
Chicago & North Western Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Duluth, Minnesota [1908] 1906–1915; 1919–1930
Twilight Shoreliner Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Newport News, Virginia [2000] 1997–2003
Twin Cities 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1944] 1935–1963
Twin Cities Hiawatha Milwaukee Road (Amtrak in 1977) Chicago, Illinois–St Paul, Minnesota [1956] 1935–1971; 1977
Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1925] 1921–1928
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1925] 1921–1936
Rock Island Minneapolis–Saint Paul–St. Louis, Missouri [1920] 1919–1928; 1932–1933
Soo Line Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1912] 1911–1916
Rock Island Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1905] 1903–1910
Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis��Saint Paul–Portland, Oregon [1903] 1902–1905; 1910–1914
Chicago Great Western Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Kansas City, Missouri [1930] 1910–1932; 1948–1949
Chicago Great Western Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1948] 1896–1907; 1912–1952
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Minneapolis–Saint Paul–St. Louis, Missouri [1916] 1915–1918; 1936–1940
Chicago Great Western Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Kansas City, Missouri [1903] 1896–1914
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1915] 1913–1918
Chicago and North Western Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Omaha, Nebraska [1915] 1910–1918
Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Duluth, Minnesota [1930] 1921–1966
Twin Star Rocket Rock Island, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Minneapolis, Minnesota–Houston, Texas [1948] 1945–1967[8]

U, V[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
New Haven New York, New York–Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1955] 1955–1960
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio & Louisville, Kentucky branch via Indianapolis, Indiana [1950] 1933–1960
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1918] 1893–1919; 1923–1932
New York Central New York, New York–Utica, New York [1952] 1925–1931; 1935–1957
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Denver, Colorado–Ogden, Utah [1906] 1900; 1906–1910
Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Boise, Idaho [1930] 1911–1913; 1919–1931; 1936–1946
Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Cedar City, Utah [1930] 1927–1932; 1954–1960
Union Pacific Los Angeles, California–Cheyenne, Wyoming [1947] 1947–1951
Colorado Midland Railway Denver, Colorado–Grand Junction, Colorado (with through cars to California) [1903] 1900–1908
Vacationer Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway[9] New York, New York–Miami, Florida [1940] 1938–1942; 1946–1955
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Green Bay, Wisconsin [1936] 1936–1941
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Green Bay, Wisconsin [1945] 1942–1968
Valley Eagle Missouri Pacific Brownsville, Texas–Corpus Christi, Texas–Houston, Texas [1948] 1948–1962
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan [1947] 1943–1948
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Los Angeles, California [1910] 1907–1917
New Haven, Boston and Maine, Central Vermont Railway New York, New York–White River Junction, Vermont [1948] 1948–1957
Valley Flyer Santa Fe Oakland, California–Bakersfield, California 1939–1942
Southern Pacific Oakland, California–Fresno, California [1921] 1921–1927
Valley Forge Amtrak New York, New York–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1989] 1971–1990
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1948] 1936–1940; 1947–1949
Valpo Local Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Valparaiso, Indiana 1869–1991
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Madison, Wisconsin [1935] 1929–1971
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Chicago, Illinois–Bloomington, Indiana [1950] 1950–1953
Central Vermont Railway St. Albans, Vermont–White River Junction, Vermont (other endpoints with other railroads in other years) [1948] 1940–1965
Vermonter Amtrak Washington, DC–St. Albans, Vermont [1998] 1995–present
Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1984] 1982–1990
Erie Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1911] 1892–1915
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1938] 1931–1955
Chicago & North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota–St Paul, Minnesota [1938] 1923–1955
Amtrak New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1985] 1984–1994; 1997–1998
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Nashville, Tennessee–Memphis, Tennessee [1932] 1932–1934

W[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Wabash Cannonball Wabash Railroad; Norfolk and Western Railway from 1964 Detroit, Michigan–St. Louis, Missouri [1962] 1948–1971
Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Greenfield, Massachusetts [1954] 1952–1956
Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1997] 1991; 1997–1998
Reading and Jersey Central Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Jersey City, New Jersey (called 'Wall Street Special' before 1948) [1950] 1935–1942; 1948–1968; 1973–1980
Long Island Rail Road New York, New York–Montauk, New York [1965] 1963–1966
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway New York, New York–Jacksonville, Florida [1905] 1903–1908
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC (with through cars to other points at different times) [1930] 1885–1905; 1909–1936; 1940–1946
Washington and Philadelphia Express Pennsylvania Washington, DC–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Buffalo, New York [1930] 1910–1951
Pennsylvania Washington, DC–Buffalo, New York [1908] 1906–1914
Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1984] 1984–1986
Washington Express Pennsylvania Washington, DC–Buffalo, New York (The Pennsylvania Railroad has several trains with this name with different destinations) [1951] 1877–1891; 1900–1906; 1910–1913; 1918–1927; 1951–1958
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Washington, DC [1945] 1942–1948
Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1978] 1975–1980; 1991–1993
Reading, Jersey Central, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Jersey City, New Jersey–Washington, DC [1952] 1947–1952
Southern Railway Washington, DC–Atlanta, Georgia [1964] 1954-c.1965
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1950] 1929; 1936–1938; 1942–1943; 1950–1954
Pennsylvania, Southern Railway New York, New York–New Orleans, Louisiana [1924] 1917–1932
Washington–Chicago Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington, DC–Chicago, Illinois [1960] 1935–1936; 1960–1967
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington, DC–Cleveland, Ohio [1945] 1942–1946
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Detroit, Michigan–Baltimore, Maryland [1930] 1928–1930
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Richmond, Virginia [1937] 1931–1940
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore, Maryland–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1938] 1935–1941
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington, DC–Chicago, Illinois [1950] 1945–1959
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1911] 1911–1918
Washingtonian Amtrak Montreal, Quebec–New York, New York [1972] 1972–1974
Boston and Maine Railroad, New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad, Canadian National Railway, Central Vermont Railway Montreal, Quebec–Washington, DC [1948] 1924–1966
Washingtonian Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Baltimore, Maryland–Cleveland, Ohio [1948] 1942–c.1956
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Washington, DC [1945] 1914–1927; 1933–1956
Great Northern Railway Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1920] 1919–1924
Amtrak New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1975] 1974–1977; 1989–1998
New York Central New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois [1936] 1936–1949
Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Waterloo, Iowa [1917] 1914–1924
Maine Central Railroad Company, Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Bangor, Maine [1954] 1953–1958
Long Island Rail Road New York, New York–Montauk, New York [1963] 1963–1964
Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Seattle, Washington (different endpoints in different years) [1948] 1928–1960
West Coast Champion Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad New York, New York–St. Petersburg, Florida [1953] 1949–1967
West Shore Railroad New York, New York–Albany, New York [1924] 1917; 1923–1928
West Shore Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Albany, New York [1916] 1894–1918; 1928–1930
West Virginia Night Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Wheeling, West Virginia [1948] 1929–1959
West Virginian Amtrak Washington, DC–Parkersburg, West Virginia [1971] 1971;1972
West Virginian Baltimore & Ohio Parkersburg, West Virginia–Chicago, Illinois [1948] 1915–1916; 1929–1962
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Washington, DC–Richmond, Virginia–Cincinnati, Ohio [1925] 1923–1931
New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan (many different endpoints over the years) [1943] 1894–1946
Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois (many different endpoints over the years) [1920] 1878–1932
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Toledo, Ohio–St. Louis, Missouri [1903] 1902–1908
Rock Island Little Rock, Arkansas–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (many different endpoints over the years) [1916] 1906–1923
Southern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri–San Francisco, California [1908] 1907–1914
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1924] 1921–1926
Rock Island Memphis, Tennessee–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1906] 1906–1909; 1919–1924
New York Central New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1910] 1906–1925
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Chicago, Illinois [1930] 1928–1938
Western Star Great Northern Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1951] 1951–1971
New York Central and its affiliates New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio (endpoints varied over the years) [1915] 1913–1931; 1957
Texas and Pacific Railway Dallas, Texas–El Paso, Texas (in some years though cars to California) [1952] 1949–1963
Missouri Pacific, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Los Angeles, California [1930] 1925–1934
Lackawanna Railroad, Nickel Plate Road Chicago, Illinois–Hoboken, New Jersey [1948] 1939–1961
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Wheeling, West Virginia [1918] 1917–1922; 1928
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore, Maryland–Wheeling, West Virginia [1922] 1913–1931
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Wheeling, West Virginia [1925] 1923–1927; 1960
Whippoorwill Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Evansville, Indiana [1948] 1946–1949
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1930] 1897–1948
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New York–Buffalo, New York [1930] 1927–1935
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Reading New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1905] 1904–1909; 1915–1938
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Reading New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1912] 1909–1931
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1948] 1937–1964
Willamette Valley Amtrak Portland, Oregon–Eugene, Oregon [1980] 1980–1982
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1938] 1931–1938
Pennsylvania, New Haven Boston, Massachusetts–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1949] 1940–1962
Amtrak New York, New York–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980] 1980–1981; 1995
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Williamsport, Pennsylvania [1915] 1904–1920
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Williamsport, Pennsylvania [1935] 1893–1910; 1919–1921; 1934–1938
Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey–Williamsport, Pennsylvania [1935] 1931–1944
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Green Bay, Wisconsin [1940] 1936–1941
Winnipeg Express Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and Canadian Pacific Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota–Winnipeg, Manitoba [1925] 1909–1928
Winnipeg Limited Great Northern Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota–Winnipeg, Manitoba [1948] 1906–1971
Winnipeger Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and Canadian Pacific (1928–1960)
Soo Line and Canadian Pacific (1961–1967) 		Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota–Winnipeg, Manitoba [1935] 1928–1967
Boston and Maine, New Haven New York, New York–Concord, New Hampshire [1950] 1948–1954
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Indianapolis, Indiana–South Bend, Indiana [1933] 1932–1936
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville, Florida–Fort Myers, Florida [1926] 1925–1928; 1933–1941
Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois–Watersmeet, Michigan [1952] 1932–1936; 1940; 1950–1955; 1963
Wolverine New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan–New York, New York [1948] 1906–1967
Wolverine (in later years group of trains) Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Pontiac, Michigan [2004] 1971–present
Lehigh Valley Railroad New York, New York–Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (many different endpoints over the years) [1905] 1902–1905; 1912–1924; 1935–1938

X, Y, & Z[]

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Xplorer New York Central Cleveland, Ohio–Cincinnati, Ohio 1956–1957
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Denver, Colorado–Craig, Colorado (called 'Yampa Valley Mail' before 1958 [1960] 1955–1968
Boston and Albany Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1920] 1919–1924
New Haven Railroad; Amtrak from 1971 New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts 1930–1976; 1980–1998
Great Northern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Yankton, South Dakota [1927] 1925–1929
Great Northern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Yankton, South Dakota [1933] 1930–1940
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific Railway Chicago, Illinois–Gardiner, Montana (called 'Yellowstone Park Comet until 1930) [1930] 1926–1932
Union Pacific Railroad, Wabash Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–West Yellowstone, Montana [1930] 1922–1942
Union Pacific Railroad Salt Lake City, Utah–West Yellowstone, Montana [1915] 1914–1917; 1921–1934; 1947–1960
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Washington, D.C.–Chicago, Illinois [1964] 1964
Great Northern Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Duluth, Minnesota [1921] 1919–1924
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Hannibal, Missouri [1950] 1949–1953
Zephyr Rocket Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Rock Island St. Louis, Missouri–Minneapolis, Minnesota [1945] 1941–1963
Zephyrette Western Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Oakland, California [1953] 1950–1960
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri[10] [1940] 1931; 1937–1946

Notes[]

  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. ^ Sanders, Craig (2003). Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34216-4.
  3. ^ Although operated with "through cars" the did not use through trains, so technically, each of the three railroads had its own train with the same name that operated in conjunction with the other two trains with the same name. In 1941 the Missouri Pacific Railroad renamed its Scenic Limited the Colorado Eagle.
  4. ^ Official Guide, August 1954
  5. ^ Illinois Central timetable effective 9/28/1947 <http://illinois-central.net/1947TT.pdf>; Official Guide, 8/1954
  6. ^ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, p. 8
  7. ^ Milwaukee Road, September 24, 1950 timetable, pp. 8, 11, 25
  8. ^ streamlinerschedules.com
  9. ^ Train is distinct from later Amtrak train of the name. 'American Rails: Vacationer' https://www.american-rails.com/vacationer.html
  10. ^ Kratville, William W. (1967). Steam, Steel & Limiteds. Omaha, Nebraska: Kratville Publications. OCLC 1301983

References[]

  • Maiken, Peter (1989). Night Trains: The Pullman System in the Golden Years of American Rail Travel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4503-3.
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