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

List of named passenger trains in the United States

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

New York, New York–Albany, New York–Niagara Falls, Ontario–Toronto, Ontario

1974–1976 as the Empire State Express; 1976–1979; 1994–1995
Nickel Plate Limited Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois 1929–1954
Nicollete Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1980–1989
Nieuw Amsterdam Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York 1991; 1995
Night Cap Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC 1971–1975
Night Cape Codder New Haven New York, New York–Woods Hole, Massachusetts 1937–1941; 1948–1958
Night Diamond Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri 1947–1958
Night Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 		Detroit, Michigan–Cincinnati, Ohio 1960–1967
Night Express Central Vermont, Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec 1911–1918
Night Express Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio 1921–1922
Night Express Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Peoria, Illinois–Indianapolis, Indiana 1915–1941
Night Express Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio 1923–1930
Night Express Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan 1904–1918
Night Express Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cleveland, Ohio 1901–1914
Night Express Milwaukee Road Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1883–1886; 1904–1910
Night Express New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts 1881–1909; 1919–1934
Night Express New York Central, Rutland Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway New York, New York–Montreal, QC (with through cars to Ottawa, ON) 1900–1912
Night Express Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Duluth, Minnesota 1901–1905
Night Express Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois–Traverse City, Michigan and Muskegon, Michigan 1920–1946
Night Express Texas and Pacific Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas (with through cars to other destinations) 1900–1918
Night Hawk Chicago and Alton, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad from 1947 St. Louis, Missouri–Kansas City, Missouri 1906–1949
Night Owl Amtrak Washington, DC–Boston, Massachusetts 1972; 1997
Night Special New York Central Cincinnati, Ohio-Cleveland, Ohio– 1953–1967
Night White Mountains New Haven, Boston and Maine New York, New York–Bretton Woods, New Hampshire 1926–1940; 1950–1955
Nightingale Chicago and Alton Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri 1909–1918
Nightingale Chicago & Northwestern Omaha, Nebraska–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1931–1956
Noon Daylight Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California 1940–1941; 1947–1949
Noon Flyer Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan 1904–1918
North Adams and Pittsfield Express New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts 1914–1921
North Adams Express New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts 1907–1914
North Adams Special New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts 1902–1914
North American Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul (several different endpoints over the years) 1916–1959
North Coast Hiawatha Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington 1971–1979
North Coast Limited Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Tacoma, Washington 1900–1971
North Michigan Special Michigan Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Mackinaw City, Michigan 1918–1930
North Penn Reading Railroad Philadelphia–Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1961–1968
North Shore Limited New York Central New York City–Chicago; Toronto, Ontario-Chicago 1884–1897; 1902–1905; 1921–1963
North Star Amtrak Chicago–Duluth, Minnesota 1978–1986
North Star New York Central New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario-Cleveland, Ohio–Lake Placid, New York 1947–1962
North Star Pennsylvania, Michigan Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Mackinaw City, Michigan 1930–1932
North Star Limited Illinois Central Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1903–1918
North Star Limited Wabash Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway St. Louis, Missouri–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1907–1918
North Texas Limited Texas and Pacific Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas (with though cars to other destinations) 1914–1918
North Texas Mail Santa Fe Dallas, Texas–Cleburne, Texas 1906–1910
North Western Fast Mail Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1932–1937
North Western Limited Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1914–1958
North Western Mail Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1909–1933
North Wind Boston and Maine, New Haven, Central Vermont Railway, Canadian National Railway New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec 1950–1955
North Woods Fisherman Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Ashland, Wisconsin 1958–1963
North Woods Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Minocqua, Wisconsin ?
Northeast Regional (group of trains) Amtrak various destinations in the Northeast -present
Northeastern Limited Illinois Central Shreveport, Louisiana–Meridian, Mississippi 1934–1967; westbound counterpart is the Southwestern Limited
Northern and Western Express New York Central New York, New York–Ogdensburg, New York–Watertown, New York 1908–1912
Northern Arrow Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan 1935–1942; 1946–1961
Northern Express New York Central, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Central Vermont Railway New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec 1890–1901
Northern Express Pennsylvania Washington, DC–Philadelphia–Erie, Pennsylvania (several different endpoints over the years; terminus shifted from Erie to Buffalo, NY in latter years) 1892–1968
Northern Express Illinois Central New Orleans, Louisiana–Chicago, Illinois 1922–1931; 1943–1952
Northern Michigan Express Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, Michigan–Cheboygan, Michigan 1919–1935
Northern Michigan Special Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Calumet, Michigan 1913–1921
Northern New York Express New York Central New York, New York–Ogdensburg, New York–Oswego, New York 1902–1907
Northern Pacific Express Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon 1910–1920
Northerner New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Mackinaw City, Michigan 1952–1962
Northland Express Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan (in some years just called 'Northland' 1901–1903; 1923–1935
Northwest Express Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Portland, Oregon 1919–1931; 1935–1946
Northwest Special Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Butte, Montana–Spokane, Washington 1947–1958
Northwestern Limited Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1892–1912
Number Eighteen New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio–Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1936–1946
Number Fifty-Five New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts 1937–1940
Number Forty-Five New York Central New York, New York–Utica, New York 1934–1945
Number Forty-Four New York Central New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio 1933–1941
Number Forty-One New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois 1911–1934
Number Four New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri 1916–1928
Number Seven New York Central New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio–Toronto, Ontario 1932–1941
Number Six New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio 1911–1920
Number Thirty-One New York Central New York, New York–Plattsburgh, New York 1933–1937
Number Thirty-Two Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC 1922–1928
Number Twenty-Three New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois 1932–1936
Number Twenty-Three New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois 1932–1936
Nutmeg New York, New Haven and Hartford Boston–Waterbury, Connecticut 1950-1955
Nutmeg State Amtrak Washington, DC–Springfield, Massachusetts 1993–1998

O

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

P

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

Norfolk and Western Railway

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

Missouri Pacific

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

Galesburg, Illinois–Springfield, Missouri

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

New York, New York–Washington, DC

1929–1962
Potomac Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC 1982–1988
Potomac Turbo Amtrak New York, New York–Parkersburg, West Virginia 1971–1972
Powhatan Arrow Norfolk and Western Railway Norfolk, Virginia–Cincinnati, Ohio 1946–1969
Prairie Marksman Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–East Peoria, Illinois 1980–1981
Prairie State New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Cleveland, Ohio 1929–1956
Prairie State Amtrak Milwaukee, Wisconsin–St. Louis, Missouri 1971–1972
Prairie State Express Alton Railroad, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad from 1947 Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri 1900–1958
Prairie State Special Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1929–1933
President Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC 1931–1971
Prospector Rio Grande Denver, Colorado–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 New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts 1925–1968

Q

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

R

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

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

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

References

  1. The primary source for American passenger train names is the Official Guide of the Railways, which has been published since 1868, under the following titles: 1868–1869 Travelers’ Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1870–1896 Travelers' Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1897–1900 Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1901–1973 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1974–1989 The Official Railway Guide North American Passenger Travel Edition: United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1989–2016 Amtrak National Train Timetables.
  2. Maiken, Peter T. (1989). Night Trains. Beloit, Wisconsin: Lakme Press. ISBN 0-9621480-0-8 OCLC 20461978; Kratville, William W. (1967). Steam, Steel & Limiteds. Omaha, Nebraska: Kratville Publications. OCLC 1301983; Official Guide of the Railways, August 1954, p. 888. Trains 5–17 and 18-2.
  3. Maiken (1989); Kratville (1967); Official Guide, August 1954, p. 895. Trains 57 and 58. This is a rare (perhaps unique) instance of a railroad operating identically-named trains on two completely separate routes at the same time.
  4. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 9.
  5. see Prairie Marksman
  6. Welsh, Joe (2006). Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited. Saint Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-2302-1.
  7. Illinois Central timetable effective 9/28/1947 (http://illinois-central.net/1947TT.pdf)
  8. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 7.
  9. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5–6.
  10. Dubin, Arthur D. 1974. More Classic Trains (Milwaukee: Kalmbach)
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