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]

N

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Namakagon
Omaha Road
Minneapolis, MinnesotaAshland, Wisconsin 1939–1950
Nancy Hanks II
Central of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia–Savannah, Georgia
[1953]
1947–1971
Napa Valley Wine Train
Napa Valley Railroad
Napa, CaliforniaSt. Helena, California [2016] 1989–present
Narragansett
New Haven Railroad
PhiladelphiaBoston [1948] 1925–1957
Narragansett Amtrak
Boston, Massachusetts
[1972]
1971–1972; 1976; 1984–1994; 1997–1998
Nashville-Chicago Limited Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Chicago, IllinoisNashville, TennesseeJacksonville, Florida [1924] 1892–1903 (called Nashville and Chicago Limited); 1907–1913; 1919–1925
Nathan Hale
New Haven
New York, New YorkSpringfield, Massachusetts [1970] 1942–1971
Nathan Hale Amtrak [1985] 1984–1987
National Limited
Baltimore & Ohio
St. Louis, Missouri
[1948]
1925–1971
National Limited Amtrak New York, New YorkKansas City, Missouri [1973] 1971–1979
National Limited West Shore Railroad, Wabash Railroad
Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois
[1904]
1904–1910
National Parks Special
Chicago & Northwestern, Union Pacific Railroad
Denver, Colorado–West Yellowstone, Montana
[1940]
1940–1941; 1950–1955
Naugatuk
New York, New Haven, & Hartford
New York, New YorkWinsted, Connecticut [1949] 1947–1953
Navajo Santa Fe
Los Angeles, California
[1934]
1915–1939
Nebraska Limited
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1921] 1916–1952
Nebraska Limited
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, IllinoisLincoln, Nebraska [1923] 1917; 1923–1928
Nebraska Zephyr
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, IllinoisLincoln, Nebraska [1955] 1947–1971
Nebraska-Chicago Limited
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, IllinoisOmaha, Nebraska [1910] 1910–1916
Nellie Bly
Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
New York CityAtlantic City, New JerseyWashington, D.C.Atlantic City, New Jersey [1928] 1926–1942; 1950–1961
Neptune New Haven New York CityWoods Hole, Massachusetts [1940] 1937–1942; 1946–1958; 1960-1964
New England Express
New York Central
and its affiliates
New York CityBostonChicago [1904] 1901–1909; 1921–1928
New England Express
New Haven Railroad
PittsburghBoston [1925] 1920–1930
New England Express Amtrak New York CityBoston [1991] 1991–1995
New England Express
Boston and Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal, Quebec
[1903]
1903–1910
New England Special
New York Central
and its affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts
[1913]
1901–1925
New England States
Penn Central
Boston, Massachusetts
[1942]
1938–1967
New England States Limited
Boston, Massachusetts
[1916]
1906–1917
New England Wolverine
New York Central
Boston, Massachusetts
(endpoints varied by year) [1952]
1911–1933; 1942–1956
New England Zip Amtrak BostonWashington, D.C. [1982] 1982–1983
New Englander
Boston and Maine, Canadian National Railway
Montreal, Quebec
[1948]
1927–1953
New Englander
New Haven Railroad
PittsburghBoston [1930] 1929–1961
New Englander Amtrak BostonPhiladelphia [1974] 1974–1975
New Mexico, Utah and California Express
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Denver, Colorado–Ogden, Utah
[1901]
1901–1905
New Orleans and Chicago Limited
Illinois Central
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1906]
1897–1910
New Orleans and Memphis Express
Illinois Central
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1914]
1912–1917
New Orleans and St. Louis Limited
Illinois Central
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1904]
1897–1910
New Orleans Limited Queen and Crescent Route (Southern Railway from 1917)
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1925]
1895; 1911–1919; 1923–1926
New Orleans Limited Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1930]
1917–1936
New Orleans Limited
Illinois Central
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1922]
1913; 1917–1930
New Orleans Limited
Southern Pacific
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1925]
1923–1934
New Orleans Special
Illinois Central
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1922]
1900–1930
New Orleans Special Southern Railway
New Orleans, Louisiana
(with through cars to other points) [1928]
1925–1930
New Orleans Special Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans, Louisiana
(with through cars to other points) [1916]
1902–1903; 1906–1931
New Orleans-Florida Express Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad
New Orleans, Louisiana–Jacksonville, Florida
[1948]
ca. 1930s–1949
New Orleans-Florida Limited Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad
New Orleans, Louisiana–Jacksonville, Florida
[1926]
1925–1931; 1937–1949
New Royal Palm
Miami, Florida
[1952]
1949–1955
New York and Atlanta Express Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway
Atlanta, Georgia
[1903]
1901–1908
New York and Boston Express
New York Central
and its affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois
[1904]
1899–1913
New York and Boston Special
Michigan Central
and its affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts–New York, New York
[1909]
1898–1910; 1918–1932
New York and Chicago Express Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad New York CityPhiladelphiaChicago [1916] 1908–1916
New York and Florida Special Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway
Key West, Florida
1888–1920
New York and Memphis Limited Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway New York, New YorkMemphis, Tennessee [1906] 1902–1909
New York and New England Express
New York Central
and its affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois
[1904]
1901–1925
New York and New England Special
New York Central
and its affiliates
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1912]
1910–1930
New York and New Orleans Limited Pennsylvania Railroad, Southern Railway, Atlanta and West Point Railroad
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1910]
1907–1925
New York and Norfolk Express Pennsylvania New York, New YorkCape Charles, Virginia [1913] 1894–1917
New York and Philadelphia Day Express
Reading Railroad
New York CityPhiladelphia [1908] 1908–1916
New York and Philadelphia Express Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad New York CityPhiladelphiaChicago, Illinois [1903] 1894–1916
New York and Washington Express Pennsylvania
Washington, DC
[1930]
1974-1905; 1909; 1913–1949
New York Central Limited
New York Central
and its affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois
[1913]
1896; 1910–1924
New York Clocker (group of trains) Central Railroad of New Jersey Allentown, PennsylvaniaJersey City, New Jersey [1955] 1954–1963
New York Day Express Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1915]
1906–1927
New York Day Express
New Haven Railroad
Boston, Massachusetts
[1922]
1910; 1919–1931
New York Day Express Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New YorkScranton, Pennsylvania 1919–1927; 1934
New York Executive
Amtrak
Washington, DC
[1984]
1984–1986
New York Express
New York Central
and its affiliates
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1926] 1877–1894; 1901–1918; 1926–1928; 1933–1941
New York Express Erie Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyChicago, Illinois [1930] 1929–1933
New York Express
New Haven Railroad
Boston, Massachusetts
[1940]
1882–1886; 1926–1946
New York Express Pennsylvania
St. Louis, Missouri
[1915]
1903–1928
New York Express
New York Central, Rutland Railroad
Montreal, Quebec
[1916]
1913–1918
New York Express Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New YorkBuffalo, 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
New York Express Long Island Rail Road New York, New YorkMontauk, New York [1940] 1929–1941; 1947–1949
New York Limited Pennsylvania
St. Louis, Missouri
[1904]
1904–1910
New York Limited
New York Central
and its affiliates
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1924]
1910; 1921–1941
New York Limited Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New York, New YorkBuffalo, New York [1920] 1919–1924
New York Limited Pennsylvania New York, New YorkAtlantic City, New Jersey [1925] 1923–1931
New York Limited Express Pennsylvania New York, New YorkWashington, D.C. [1901] 1874–1904
New York Mail
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Chicago, Illinois-New York City [1938]; Buffalo, New York-Hoboken, New Jersey [1958] 1937–1968
New York Mail Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1915]
1913–1920
New York Night Express
Reading Railroad
Jersey City, New JerseyWashington, D.C. [1940] 1938–1952
New York Scenic Express Erie Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyChicago, Illinois [1925] 1922–1928
New York Special
New York Central
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1952] 1910–1967
New York Special Erie Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyAkron, Ohio [1903] 1897–1915
New York State Express
New York Central
and its affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts–Buffalo, New York
[1930]
1927–1941
New York-Berkshire Express
New York Central
Boston, Massachusetts–Albany, New York
[1943]
1942–1952
New York-Boston Express
New Haven Railroad
Boston, Massachusetts
[1940]
1923–1952
New York-Chicago Special Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyChicago, Illinois [1925] 1919–1934
New York-Cincinnati-St. Louis Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri
[1915]
1913–1936
New York-Cincinnati-St. Louis Limited Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri
[1915]
1913–1936
New York-Cincinnati-St. Louis Special Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri
[1928]
1925–1930
New York-Cleveland Express Erie Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyCleveland, Missouri [1925] 1922–1927
New York-Florida Limited Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Miami, Florida–St. Petersburg, Florida
[1930]
1927–1941
New York-Pittsburgh-Chicago Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyChicago, Illinois [1932] 1913–1914; 1931–1934; 1939–1944
New York-Richmond Express Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad New York, New YorkRichmond, Virginia [1914] 1912–1918
New York-Washington-Atlanta-New Orleans Express Pennsylvania, Southern Railway, Atlanta and West Point Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1934]
1920–1943
New York-Washington-New Orleans Express Pennsylvania, Southern Railway
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1934]
1931–1935
New York, Atlanta and New Orleans Limited Pennsylvania, Southern Railway
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1910]
1910–1915
New York, Boston and Chicago Special
New York Central
and its affiliates
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1912]
1895–1900; 1912–1916
New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Limited Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyChicago, Illinois [1911] 1911–1916
New Yorker
Amtrak
Washington, DC
[1991]
1973–1976; 1980–1982; 1991–1998
New Yorker
Nickel Plate
Chicago, IllinoisHoboken, New Jersey [1938] 1936–1961
New Yorker Pennsylvania New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois (with sections to other cities) [1937] 1916–1927; 1930–1947
New Yorker
New York Central
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1911] 1904–1928
New Yorker Pennsylvania, Southern Railway
Atlanta, Georgia
[1948]
1948–1953
New Yorker New Haven
Boston, Massachusetts
[1940]
1925–1971
New Yorker Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1928] 1925–1932
New Yorker Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, MichiganAlpena, Michigan [1938] 1936–1946
Newarker Central Railroad of New Jersey New York, New YorkBay Head, New Jersey [1942] 1942–1949
Newspaper Special Pennsylvania New York, New YorkWilliamsport, Pennsylvania [1920] 1919–1923
Niagara
New York Central
Detroit, Michigan
[1948]
1926–1949
Niagara-Canadian
New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway
Detroit, Michigan
[1948]
1942–1946
Niagara Pennsylvania PhiladelphiaNiagara Falls, New York [1922] 1920–1932
Niagara Falls and Eastern Express
Michigan Central
ChicagoBostonNew York City [1906] 1906–1934
Niagara Rainbow Amtrak New York, New YorkDetroit, Michigan [1976]

New York, New YorkAlbany, New YorkNiagara Falls, OntarioToronto, Ontario [1994]

1974–1976 as the Empire State Express; 1976–1979; 1994–1995
Nickel Plate Limited
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1930] 1929–1954
Nicollete Amtrak
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[1980]
1980–1989
Nieuw Amsterdam Amtrak New York, New YorkAlbany, New York [1991] 1991; 1995
Night Cap Amtrak
Washington, DC
[1971]
1971–1975
Night Cape Codder
New Haven New York, New YorkWoods Hole, Massachusetts [1940] 1937–1941; 1948–1958
Night Diamond
Illinois Central
St. Louis, Missouri
[1950]
1947–1958
Night Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1966]
1960–1967
Night Express
Boston and Maine
Montreal, Quebec
[1916]
1911–1918
Night Express
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1921]
1921–1922
Night Express Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Indianapolis, Indiana
[1918]
1915–1941
Night Express Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1923]
1923–1930
Night Express
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Chicago, IllinoisGrand Rapids, Michigan [1904] 1904–1918
Night Express Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Cleveland, Ohio
[1903]
1901–1914
Night Express
Milwaukee Road Railroad
Chicago, IllinoisMinneapolis–Saint Paul [1905] 1883–1886; 1904–1910
Night Express New Haven
Boston, Massachusetts
[1922]
1881–1909; 1919–1934
Night Express
Ottawa, ON
) [1903]
1900–1912
Night Express Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis–Saint PaulDuluth, Minnesota [1901] 1901–1905
Night Express
Pere Marquette
Chicago, IllinoisTraverse City, Michigan and Muskegon, Michigan [1930] 1920–1946
Night Express Texas and Pacific Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas
(with through cars to other destinations) [1916]
1900–1918
Night Hawk from 1947
St. Louis, Missouri–Kansas City, Missouri
[1948]
1906–1949
Night Owl Amtrak
Boston, Massachusetts
[1980]
1972; 1997
Night Special
New York Central
Cleveland, Ohio
– [1955]
1953–1967
Night White Mountains Express
Boston and Maine
New York, New YorkBretton Woods, New Hampshire [1952] 1936–1940; 1950–1955
Nightingale
Chicago and Alton
Chicago, IllinoisKansas City, Missouri [1911] 1909–1918
Nightingale
Chicago & Northwestern
Omaha, NebraskaMinneapolis–Saint Paul [1952] 1931–1956
Noon Daylight
Southern Pacific
San Francisco, California
[1941]
1940–1941; 1947–1949
Noon Flyer
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Chicago, IllinoisGrand Rapids, Michigan [1912] 1904–1918
North Adams and Pittsfield Express
New York Central
New York, New YorkNorth Adams, Massachusetts [1915] 1914–1921
North Adams Express
New York Central
New York, New YorkNorth Adams, Massachusetts [1908] 1907–1914
North Adams Special
New York Central
New York, New YorkNorth Adams, Massachusetts [1908] 1902–1914
North American
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisMinneapolis–Saint Paul (several different endpoints over the years) [1916] 1916–1959
North Coast Hiawatha Amtrak
Seattle, Washington
[1973]
1971–1979
North Coast Limited Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Seattle, Washington–Tacoma, Washington
[1948]
1900–1971
North Michigan Special Michigan Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, IllinoisMackinaw City, Michigan [1922] 1918–1930
North Penn
Reading Railroad
PhiladelphiaBethlehem, Pennsylvania [1963] 1961–1968
North Shore Limited
New York Central
Toronto, Ontario-Chicago
[1948]
1884–1897; 1902–1905; 1921–1963
North Star
Amtrak ChicagoDuluth, Minnesota [1978] 1978–1986
North Star
New York Central
Cleveland, Ohio–Lake Placid, New York
[1952]
1947–1962
North Star Pennsylvania, Michigan Central Railroad Chicago, IllinoisMackinaw City, Michigan [1930] 1930–1932
North Star Limited Illinois Central Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Chicago, IllinoisMinneapolis–Saint Paul [1912] 1903–1918
North Star Limited Wabash Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
St. Louis, Missouri–Minneapolis–Saint Paul
[1912]
1907–1918
North Texas Limited Texas and Pacific Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas
(with though cars to other destinations) [1916]
1914–1918
North Texas Mail Santa Fe
Dallas, Texas–Cleburne, Texas
[1906]
1906–1910
North Western Fast Mail
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisMinneapolis–Saint Paul [1932] 1932–1937
North Western Limited
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisMinneapolis–Saint Paul [1914] 1914–1958
North Western Mail
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisMinneapolis–Saint Paul [1914] 1909–1933
North Wind
Montreal, Quebec
[1955]
1950–1955
North Woods Fisherman
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisAshland, Wisconsin [1960] 1958–1963
North Woods Hiawatha
Milwaukee Road Chicago, IllinoisMinocqua, Wisconsin ?
Northeast Regional (group of trains) Amtrak various destinations in the Northeast -present
Northeastern Limited
Illinois Central
Shreveport, LouisianaMeridian, Mississippi [1935] 1934–1967; westbound counterpart is the Southwestern Limited
Northern and Western Express
New York Central
Watertown, New York
[1910]
1908–1912
Northern Arrow Pennsylvania
Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan
[1935]
1935–1942; 1946–1961
Northern Express
Montreal, Quebec
[1892]
1890–1901
Northern Express Pennsylvania
Washington, DC–PhiladelphiaErie, Pennsylvania
(several different endpoints over the years; terminus shifted from Erie to Buffalo, NY in latter years) [1952]
1892–1968
Northern Express
Illinois Central
New Orleans, Louisiana–Chicago, Illinois
[1948]
1922–1931; 1943–1952
Northern Michigan Express Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, MichiganCheboygan, Michigan [1933] 1919–1935
Northern Michigan Special Milwaukee Road Chicago, IllinoisCalumet, Michigan [1915] 1913–1921
Northern New York Express
New York Central
New York, New YorkOgdensburg, New YorkOswego, New York [1902] 1902–1907
Northern Pacific Express Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon
[1911]
1910–1920
Northerner
New York Central
Detroit, MichiganMackinaw City, Michigan [1952] 1952–1962
Northland Express Pennsylvania
Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan
(in some years just called 'Northland' [1924]
1901–1903; 1923–1935
Northwest Express Union Pacific
Salt Lake City, Utah–Portland, Oregon
[1935]
1919–1931; 1935–1946
Northwest Special Union Pacific
Salt Lake City, Utah–Butte, MontanaSpokane, Washington
[1952]
1947–1958
Northwestern Limited
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisMinneapolis–Saint Paul [1910] 1892–1912
Number Eighteen
New York Central
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1935]
1936–1946
Number Fifty-Five
New York Central
Boston, Massachusetts
[1937]
1937–1940
Number Forty-Five
New York Central
New York, New YorkUtica, New York [1935] 1934–1945
Number Forty-Four
New York Central
Cleveland, Ohio
[1935]
1933–1941
Number Forty-One
New York Central
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1916] 1911–1934
Number Four
New York Central
St. Louis, Missouri
[1918]
1916–1928
Number Seven
New York Central
Toronto, Ontario
[1935]
1932–1941
Number Six
New York Central
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1911]
1911–1920
Number Thirty-One
New York Central
Plattsburgh, New York
[1935]
1933–1937
Number Thirty-Two Pennsylvania
Washington, DC
[1925]
1922–1928
Number Twenty-Three
New York Central
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1933] 1932–1936
Number Twenty-Three
New York Central
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1933] 1932–1936
Nutmeg
New York, New Haven and Hartford
BostonWaterbury, Connecticut [1955] 1950-1955
Nutmeg State Amtrak [1995] 1993–1998

O

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Oakland Lark
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles, California–Oakland, California
[1945]
1932–1960
Ohio Special
New York Central
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
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1948]
1924–1967
Ohioan Pennsylvania Chicago, IllinoisColumbus, Ohio [1936] 1935–1958
Oil City Express Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Oil City, Pennsylvania
[1945]
1938–1950
Oil Field Special Texas and Pacific Railway
Dallas, Texas–Breckenridge, Texas
[1921]
1921–1924
Oil Fields Special
Frisco Railroad
Dallas, Texas
[1930]
1921–1939
Oil Flyer Santa Fe Kansas City, MissouriTulsa, Oklahoma [1948] 1925–1968
Oil Special
Rock Island Lines
Chicago, IllinoisAmarillo, Texas [1927] 1927–1932
Oiler
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock, ArkansasEl Dorado, Arkansas [1923] 1921–1928
Oklahoma Express
Katy Railroad
Kansas City, MissouriMuskogee, Oklahoma [1922] 1921–1926
Oklahoma Rocket
Rock Island Lines
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
[1950]
1950–1952
Oklahoma Special
Rock Island Rail Road
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma–Amarillo, Texas
[1930]
1925–1932
Oklahoman Frisco
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
[1965]
1933–1958; 1965–1967
Old Dominion
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Washington, DC–Richmond, Virginia
(with through cars to New York and Birmingham) [1948]
1947–1948
Old Dominion Amtrak New York, New YorkNewport News, Virginia [1993] 1992–1998
Old Dominion Express Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Chicago, IllinoisHuntington, West Virginia [1911] 1911–1914
Old Dominion Limited Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Washington, DC–Newport News, Virginia
[1923]
1923–1928
Olympian
Milwaukee Road
Seattle, Washington
[1930]
1911–1947
Olympian Hiawatha
Milwaukee Road
Seattle, Washington
[1952]
1947–1961
Omaha and Des Moines Daylight Express Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1900] 1900–1904
Omaha and Des Moines Limited Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1900] 1900–1904
Omaha Day Express
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1914] 1911–1921
Omaha Express
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1948] 1911–1932; 1948–1949
Omaha Express
Chicago & Northwestern
Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1924] 1919–1930
Omaha Limited
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1912] 1911–1915
Omaha Limited
Chicago & Northwestern
Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1920] 1919–1928
Omaha Limited Wabash Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri–Omaha, Nebraska
[1948]
1939–1960
Omaha-Chicago Express
Illinois Central
Chicago, IllinoisOmaha, Nebraska [1915] 1900–1901; 1913–1917
Omaha-Chicago Limited
Illinois Central
Chicago, IllinoisOmaha, Nebraska [1900] 1900–1911
Omaha-Chicago Special
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisOmaha, Nebraska [1922] 1897–1899; 1915–1927
Omaha-Kansas Express
Chicago & Northwestern
Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, NebraskaKansas City, Missouri [1915] 1913–1918
Omaha, Minneapolis and St. Paul Express Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, Illinois Central Railroad Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1904] 1900–1910
Omaha, Minneapolis and St. Paul Limited Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, Illinois Central Railroad Minneapolis–Saint PaulOmaha, Nebraska [1904] 1900–1910
Omahan
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, IllinoisOmaha, Nebraska [1956] 1956–1958
On Wisconsin
Milwaukee Road
Chicago, IllinoisMadison, Wisconsin [1930] 1929–1954
Oneida Amtrak New York, New YorkSyracuse, New York [1997] 1997–1998
Onondaga
Reading Railroad
PhiladelphiaSyracuse, New York [1938] 1932–1943
Onondaga
New York Central
New York CitySyracuse, New York [1945] 1934–1936; 1945–1949
Ontarian New York CityToronto [1966] 1938–1960; 1964–1967
Ontarian-Lake Erie
Cleveland, Ohio
[1942]
1942–1946
Orange Blossom Special Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Miami, Florida–Fort Myers, Florida
(different Florida endpoints in different years) [1948]
1925–1953
Oregon and California Express
Southern Pacific
San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon
[1911]
1900–1906; 1910–1918
Oregon Express
Southern Pacific
San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon
[1920]
1898–1899; 1907–1909; 1919–1927
Oregon Trail Express Union Pacific Portland, OregonPocatello, Idaho [1927] 1927–1932
Oregon-Washington Express Union Pacific Portland, OregonGreen River, Wyoming [1916] 1914–1920
Oregon-Washington Limited Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, IllinoisPortland, Oregon [1916] 1910–1922
Oregonian Oregon & California
Southern Pacific
San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon
[1930]
1918–1932; 1937–1946
Oregonian Great Northern
Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon
[1910]
1910–1915
Oriental Limited Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Seattle, Washington
[1948]
1905–1931; 1947–1951
Orleanean
Missouri Pacific, Gulf Coast Lines
Houston, Texas
[1948]
1923–1964
Over-Sea Limited Florida East Coast Railway
Key West, Florida
[1916]
1910–1916
Overland Express
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Denver, Colorado
(with through cars to Pacific endpoints) [1916]
1910–1918; 1922–1941
Overland Flyer
San Francisco, California
[1887]
1887–1896
Overland Limited
San Francisco, California
(aka San Francisco Overland Limited) [1938]
1896–1963
Overnighter
New Haven
New York, New YorkWoodsville, New HampshireBerlin, New Hampshire [1952] 1947–1958
Overseas
New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal, Quebec–Detroit, Michigan
[1952]
1929–1960
Owl Lackawanna Hoboken, New JerseyBuffalo, New York [1940] 1919–1926; 1936–1968
Owl
New Haven
Boston, Massachusetts
[1965]
1911–1913, 1919–1968
Owl
Southern Pacific
Houston, Texas[2]
[1955]
1923–1958
Owl
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles, California[3]
[1955]
1900–1964
Owl Great Northern
Vancouver, British Columbia–Portland, Oregon
[1925]
1910–1930
Owl Union Pacific
Los Angeles, California
[1923]
1912–1918; 1922–1933
Owl Illinois Terminal Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri–Peoria, Illinois
[1925]
1925–1940
Ozark Limited 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
Ozarker
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis, Missouri–Little Rock, Arkansas
[1948]
1937–1955

P

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Pacemaker
New York Central
New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1952] 1939–1966
Pacific
Chicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles, California
[1947]
1947–1952
Pacific Coast Express Soo Line Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver, British Columbia
[1916]
1911–1916
Pacific Coast Limited
Rock Island Rail Road, Southern Pacific
San Francisco, California
[1903]
1892–1915
Pacific Express
Erie Jersey City, New JerseyChicago, Illinois [1948] 1874–1879; 1892–1915; 1922–1964
Pacific Express
New York Central
and its affiliates
Boston, Massachusetts–Chicago, Illinois
[1925]
1870; 1879–1906; 1910–1926
Pacific Express Pennsylvania PhiladelphiaChicago (the train had many different endpoints over the years) [1915] 1870–1934
Pacific Express
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific Railway
Minneapolis–Saint PaulPortland, Oregon [1924] 1902–1905; 1921–1930
Pacific Express Michigan Central Railroad ChicagoBuffalo, New York [1930] 1928–1934
Pacific Express Chicago, IllinoisPortland, Oregon [1903] 1901–1909
Pacific Express Western Pacific Railroad
San Francisco, California
[1930]
1916–1931
Pacific International Amtrak
Vancouver, British Columbia
[1975]
1972–1981
Pacific Limited
Grand Trunk Western
Montreal, Quebec
?
Pacific Limited Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific
San Francisco, California
[1916]
1890–1894; 1914–1946
Pacific Surfliner (group of trains) Amtrak
San Diego, California–Paso Robles, California
[2014]
2000–present
Padre Southern Pacific
Los Angeles, California–Oakland, California
[1930]
1923–1931
Palace Express Alton Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri
[1918]
1901–1927
Palisades Amtrak New York, New YorkAlbany, New York [1991] 1991–1995
Palm Beach Limited Florida East Coast Railway
Miami, Florida
[1910]
1910–1914
Palmetto
Amtrak New York, New YorkSavannah, Georgia [1980] 1976–1995; 2002–present
Palmetto
Seaboard Coast Line
replacing ACL, 1967)
New York, New YorkAugusta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia and Wilmington, North Carolina [1949]; Washington, D.C.-Augusta, Georgia [1967] 1944–1968
Palmetto Limited Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad New York, New YorkAugusta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia and Wilmington, North Carolina [1939] 1910–1944
Palmland Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Miami, Florida–Fort Myers, Florida
(different endpoints in different years) [1948]
1941–1971
Pan-American
Louisville & Nashville
New Orleans, Louisiana
(some years there were through trains to New York) [1925]
1921–1971
Pan-Handle Express Pennsylvania New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1931] 1915–1935
Panama Limited
Illinois Central until 1971; Amtrak
from 1971
New Orleans, Louisiana
1908–1980
Panhandle Express Santa Fe Albuquerque, New MexicoBelen, New Mexico (many different endpoints over the years) [1925] 1920–1950
Panoramic Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Salt Lake City, Utah
[1927]
1926–1931; 1935–1938
Park Avenue
New Haven
Boston, Massachusetts
[1945]
1940–1946; 1959–1960
Park Special Union Pacific
Salt Lake City, Utah–Victor, Idaho
[1962]
1961–1965
Passenger Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Chicago, Illinois
[1947]
1940s–1950s
Patersonian New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway New York, New YorkPaterson, New Jersey [1952] 1950–1957
Patriot New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad; Amtrak from 1971
Washington, DC
[1937]
1937–1972; 1977–1998
Patroon Amtrak New York, New YorkAlbany, New York [1995] 1992–1997
Paul Revere
New York Central
Boston, Massachusetts
[1952]
1945–1955
Paul Revere Express
Boston, Massachusetts
[1920]
1919–1924
Pawling Express
New York Central
New York, New YorkPawling, New York [1911] 1904; 1911–1915
Peach Queen
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
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 Orleans, Louisiana
[1948]
1946–1970
Peninsula 400
Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago, IllinoisIshpeming, Michigan [1945] 1942–1971
Peninsular
Pere Marquette
Detroit, MichiganGrand Rapids, Michigan [1926] 1925–1935
Penn Texas Pennsylvania
St Louis, Missouri
[1952]
1948–1970
Penn-Bay State New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad BostonPhiladelphia [1944] 1941–1946
Pennsy Aerotrain Pennsylvania PittsburghNew York City [1956] 1956–1957
Pennsylvania Limited
Penn Central
New York CityChicago (endpoints varied over the years) [1948] 1887–1971
Pennsylvania Special Pennsylvania New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1903] 1902–1912
Pennsylvania-Lehigh Express Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Phillipsburg, New Jersey
[1928]
1919–1931
Pennsylvanian Pennsylvania New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1941] 1941–1949
Pennsylvanian Amtrak
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1982]
1980–2016
Penobscot
Maine Central
Boston, Massachusetts–Bangor, Maine
[1946]
1943–1959
Peoria Rocket
Rock Island; Amtrak
from 1971
Chicago, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois [1952] 1937–1978[5]
Peoria Special
New York Central
Indianapolis, Indiana
[1940]
1929–1941
Peoria-Chicago Rocket
Rock Island
Chicago, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois [1942] 1940–1949
Peoria-Chicago Special
Rock Island
Chicago, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois [1923] 1920–1936
Peorian
Rock Island
Chicago, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois [1930] 1929–1937; 1969–1971
Peorian Illinois Terminal Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri–Peoria, Illinois
[1932]
1931–1935
Peorian
New York Central
Indianapolis, Indiana
[1952]
1951–1955
Pere Marquette (group of trains)
Pere Marquette, Chesapeake and Ohio
Detroit, MichiganGrand Rapids, MichiganChicago, Illinois [1948] 1946–1971
Pere Marquette Amtrak Chicago, IllinoisGrand Rapids, Michigan [2008] 1984–1995; 2004–present
Pershing Square New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Boston, Massachusetts–New York, New York
[1942]
1940–1966
Philadelphia and Buffalo Express Reading, Lehigh Valley Railroad PhiladelphiaBuffalo, New York [1916] 1908–1916
Philadelphia and Washington Express Pennsylvania PhiladelphiaWashington, D.C. [1945] 1900–1910; 1915–1950
Philadelphia Express Pennsylvania PhiladelphiaPittsburgh (endpoints varied over the years) [1952] 1868–1870; 1874–1932; 1939–1953
Philadelphia Express Reading, Lehigh Valley Railroad, New York Central Railroad DetroitNew York CityPhiladelphia [1922] 1922–1927
Philadelphia Express
Reading Railroad
Jersey City, New JerseyCincinnati [1938] 1936–1948
Philadelphia Flyer
Reading Railroad
PhiladelphiaScranton, Pennsylvania [1928] 1910–1949
Philadelphia Night Express Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(endpoints varied over the years) [1948]
1909–1961
Philadelphia Special Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1903]
1903–1909
Philadelphia-New York Express Reading, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–New York, New YorkPort Huron, Michigan
[1916]
1897–1907; 1911–1916; 1920–1930
Philadelphia, Washington and Richmond Express Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Richmond, Virginia
[1920]
1919–1924
Philadelphian Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington, DC
[1918]
1914–1921; 1933–1934
Philadelphian Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pottsville, Pennsylvania
[1924]
1922–1930
Philadelphian
Reading Railroad
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Syracuse, New York
[1922]
1922–1928
Philadelphian Amtrak
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[1980]
1980–1981
Phoebe Snow
Erie Lackawanna, Nickel Plate Road
Hoboken, New JerseyBuffalo, New York as Delaware Lackawanna & Western [1950]
Hoboken, New JerseyChicago, Illinois as Erie Lackawanna [1964]
1949–1961; reinstated 1963–1966
Phoenix Santa Fe
Los Angeles, California–Oakland, CaliforniaPhoenix, Arizona
[1930]
1910–1933
Piedmont Southern
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1970]
1970–1976
Piedmont Amtrak Raleigh, North CarolinaCharlotte, 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 Orleans, Louisiana
[1948]
1923–1967
Pilgrim
Boston, Massachusetts
[1922]
1919–1924
Pilgrim New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1937]
1937–1949; 1953–1967
Pilgrim Amtrak
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[1975]
1974–1977
Pine Tree Limited Boston & Maine
Maine Central
Boston, Massachusetts–Bangor, Maine
(called 'Pine Tree' from 1946) [1946]
1925–1958
Pinellas Atlantic Coast Line St. Petersburg, FloridaJacksonville, Florida [1920] 1918–1927
Pioneer Gulf Coast Lines, later

Missouri Pacific

Houston, Texas–Brownsville, Texas
[1933]
1929–1964
Pioneer Amtrak
Seattle, Washington
[1980]
1977–1996
Pioneer Limited
Milwaukee Road
Minneapolis, Minnesota
[1940]
1898–1971
Pioneer Zephyr
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Kansas City, MissouriOmaha, NebraskaLincoln, Nebraska [1940]

Galesburg, IllinoisSpringfield, Missouri

1934–1960
Pittsburgh and Buffalo Limited Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Buffalo, New York
[1914]
1911–1932
Pittsburgh and Chicago Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyChicago, Illinois [1920] 1917–1930
Pittsburgh and Chicago Express Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Chicago, Illinois
[1923]
1923–1929
Pittsburgh and Northern Express Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1910]
1909–1914
Pittsburgh Day Express Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1907]
1906–1914
Pittsburgh Express Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(with through cars to the west) [1920]
1870–1881; 1896–1924
Pittsburgh Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[1920]
1917–1928
Pittsburgh Express New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad
Boston, Massachusetts–Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania [1930]
1921–1937
Pittsburgh Express
New York Central
Detroit, MichiganPittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1927] 1927–1936
Pittsburgh Express Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Scranton, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1939) 1936-1949
Pittsburgh Limited Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Jersey City, New JerseyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1907] 1900–1912
Pittsburgh Limited Buffalo, New YorkPittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1908] 1906–1910; 1921–1931
Pittsburgh Night Express Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania [1948]
1907–1961
Pittsburgh Special Pennsylvania New York, New YorkPittsburgh, Pennsylvania–St. Louis, Missouri [1904] 1904–1914; 1928–1929
Pittsburgh Special
New York Central
Detroit, MichiganPittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1930] 1927–1952
Pittsburgh-Buffalo Express
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Buffalo, New York
(with through cars to other cities in some years) [1952]
1917–1918; 1922; 1927–1962
Pittsburgh-Cleveland Express
New York Central
Buffalo, New YorkPittsburgh, Pennsylvania–St. Louis, Missouri [1942] 1942–1953
Pittsburgh-Cleveland-Detroit Special Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Buffalo, New YorkPittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1915] 1914–1918
Pittsburgher[6]: 137–139  Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–New York City [1948] 1916–1917; 1924–1964
Pittsfield and North Adams Special
New York Central
New York CityNorth Adams, Massachusetts (aka 'Pittsfield and North Adams Express' [1908] 1907–1909; 1914–1921
Pittsfield Special
New York Central
New York, New YorkPittsfield, Massachusetts (aka 'Pittsfield Express) [1904] 1901–1910
Plainsman Frisco Oklahoma CityFloydada, Texas [1930] 1929–1935
Planter
Illinois Central
New Orleans, Louisiana via Vicksburg & Baton Rouge[7]
[1938]
1931–1952
Pocahontas[8]
Norfolk and Western Railway
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1948]
1927–1971
Pocono Express Lackawanna
Erie–Lackawanna
Buffalo, New YorkHoboken, New Jersey (for New York) [1948] 1936–1965
Pocono Limited Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
[1916]
1915–1935
Ponce de Leon (many different endpoints over the years) [1952] 1925–1966
Pony Express
New Jersey Transit
Hoboken, New JerseyMonmouth Park Racetrack, New Jersey [1983] 1980–2006
Pony Express Union Pacific
Los Angeles, California
(many different endpoints over the years) [1952]
1927–1954
Portland and Puget Sound Express Union Pacific; Chicago and North Western Chicago, IllinoisPortland, Oregon [1916]
1911–1918
Portland Flyer Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Portland, OregonUmatilla, Oregon (with through cars to Midwestern cities) [1903] 1901–1909
Portland Limited
Union Pacific; Chicago and North Western Chicago, IllinoisPortland, Oregon [1925]
1923–1930
Portland Rose Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western 1930–1971
Portland-Chicago Special Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western Chicago, IllinoisPortland, Oregon [1906]
1905–1909
Portland-Spokane Limited Union Pacific Portland, OregonSpokane, Washington [1918] 1915–1930
Potatoland Special Bangor & Aroostook Bangor, MaineMadawaska, Maine [1955] 1943–1959
Potomac Pennsylvania
Washington, DC–Detroit, MichiganChicago, Illinois
(with through cars for western points) [1930]

Washington, DC
[1960]

1929–1962
Potomac
Amtrak
Washington, DC
[1982]
1982–1988
Potomac Turbo
Amtrak New York, New YorkParkersburg, West Virginia [1971] 1971–1972
Powhatan Arrow[9] Norfolk and Western Railway
Cincinnati, Ohio
[1948]
1946–1969
Prairie Marksman
Amtrak Chicago, IllinoisEast Peoria, Illinois [1980] 1980–1981
Prairie State
New York Central
Cleveland, Ohio
[1930]
1929–1956
Prairie State Amtrak
St. Louis, Missouri
[1971]
1971–1972
Prairie State Express Alton Railroad, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad from 1947
St. Louis, Missouri
[1950]
1900–1958
Prairie State Special Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[1930]
1929–1933
President Pennsylvania
Washington, DC
[1948]
1931–1971
Prospector
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City, Utah–Ogden, Utah
1941–1942; 1945–1967
Puget Sound 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
Boston, Massachusetts
[1948]
1925–1968

Q

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

R

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated
Radisson
Amtrak
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[1980]
1980–1989
Rainbow Pennsylvania New York, New YorkChicago, Illinois [1930] 1929–1949
Rainbow Special
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock, ArkansasKansas City, Missouri [1948] 1921–1954
Ranger Santa Fe Chicago, IllinoisGalveston, Texas (many different endpoints over the years) [1930] 1916–1949
Raritan Clocker (group of trains) Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, New JerseyAllentown, Pennsylvania [1960] 1954–1963
Rebel Gulf, Mobile & Northern; from 1941 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis, Missouri
[1948]
1935–1953
Red Arrow Pennsylvania New York, New YorkDetroit, Michigan [1952] 1925–1960
Red Bird[10]
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis, Minnesota–Rochester, Minnesota
[1930]
1927–1932
Red Bird Pennsylvania, Wabash Railroad Chicago, IllinoisDetroit, Michigan [1948] 1941–1949
Red Bird Pennsylvania
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
Red Wing
Boston and Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal, Quebec
[1953]
1927–1959
Redwood Northwestern Pacific San Rafael, CaliforniaEureka, California [1970] 1956–1971
Regional
(group of trains)
Amtrak
Boston, Massachusetts–Newport News, Virginia
 
Representative Pennsylvania
Washington, DC
[1948]
1931–1971
Resort Special )
Bay View, Michigan, with second Detroit, Michigan
-Bay View branch (different endpoints over the years) [1952]

(1963)

1904; 1916; 1921–1928; 1936–c.1941; c.1948–1957;
c.1963-c.1968
Resorter Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, MichiganAlpena, Michigan [1936] 1936–1942
Richmond-New York Express Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad New York, New YorkRichmond, Virginia [1914] 1913–1918
Richmond-Washington Limited Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad New York, New YorkRichmond, Virginia [1914] 1911–1918
Rio Grande Zephyr
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City, Utah
[1972]
1970–1983
Rip Van Winkle Amtrak New York, New YorkAlbany, New York [1982] 1981–1990
Rittenhouse Amtrak
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[1980]
1980–1981
River Cities Amtrak
New Orleans, Louisiana
[1985]
1984–1992
River Valley Express Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Pottsville, Pennsylvania
[1928]
1919–1930
Robert E. Lee Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York, New YorkBirmingham, Alabama [1938] 1935–1947
Rochester 400
Chicago & North Western Chicago, IllinoisRochester, Minnesota [1960] 1960–1963
Rochester Express
Chicago Great Western
Chicago, IllinoisRochester, Minnesota [1928] 1925–1930
Rochester Special Chicago & North Western Chicago, IllinoisMankato, Minnesota [1956] 1956–1960
Rochester-Minnesota Special Chicago & North Western Chicago, IllinoisMankato, Minnesota [1940] 1916–1917; 1921–1955
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Denver, Colorado
[1930]
1902–1939
Rocky Mountain Rocket
Rock Island
Kansas City, MissouriColorado Springs, Colorado [1952] 1939–1966
Roger Williams New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Boston, Massachusetts
1947–1949
Rogue River Southern Pacific Portland, OregonAshland, Oregon [1943] 1941–1956
Royal Blue
Reading Railroad
Washington, DC
[1952]
1890–1958
Royal Gorge
Missouri Pacific Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad
San Francisco, California
[1945]
1940–1967
Royal Limited Jersey City, New JerseyRichmond, Virginia [1900] 1899–1916
Royal Palm
Southern
Miami, Florida
(different northern and southern endpoints over the years) [1952]
1914–1970
Royal Poinciana Florida East Coast Railway
Miami, Florida
[1948] (northern endpoints in earlier years)
1925–1952
Royal Special
Reading Railroad
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. 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. .
  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)