Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
Abraham Lincoln[1][2]:75–76 |
Alton Railroad (1935–1947) Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1971) Amtrak (1971–1978) |
Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri |
1935–1978 |
Acadian[3] |
Southern Pacific |
Houston, Texas–New Orleans, Louisiana |
?–1956 |
Acela Express[4] |
Amtrak |
Boston, Massachusetts–Washington, D.C. |
2000–present |
Adirondack[5] |
Amtrak |
New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec |
1974–present |
Admiral |
Pennsylvania |
New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois |
1941–1971 |
Advance Commodore Vanderbilt |
New York Central |
New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois |
1929–1955 |
Advance Empire State Express |
New York Central |
New York, New York–Buffalo, New York |
|
Advance Gilt Edge |
New Haven |
New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts |
|
Advance Knickerbocker |
New York Central |
St. Louis, Missouri–Boston, Massachusetts |
|
Advance Midnight Special |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio |
Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri |
|
Advance Wolverine |
New York Central |
Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan |
|
Advanced Denver Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Chicago, Illinois–Denver, Colorado |
|
Adventureland |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Kansas City, Missouri–Billings, Montana |
|
Afternoon Hiawatha |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, Illinois–St. Paul, Minnesota |
1939–1970 |
Afternoon Puget Sounder |
Great Northern |
Seattle, Washington–Vancouver, British Columbia |
|
Afternoon Steeler |
Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh, PA–Cleveland, OH |
1950–1958 |
Afternoon Twin Cities Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Chicago, Illinois–St. Paul, Minnesota |
|
Aiken-Augusta Special |
Pennsylvania Southern |
New York, New York–Augusta, Georgia |
|
Airway Limited |
Pennsylvania Transcontinental Air Transport |
New York, New York–Los Angeles |
|
Akronite |
Pennsylvania |
New York, New York–Akron, Ohio |
|
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Chicago, Illinois–Lincoln, Nebraska |
1940–1947; 1953–1970 |
Alamo |
Southern Pacific |
New Orleans, Louisiana–San Antonio, Texas |
|
Alamo Special |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas |
Houston, Texas–San Antonio, Texas |
|
Alaskan |
Northern Pacific Spokane, Portland & Seattle |
St. Paul, Minnesota–Tacoma, Washington |
|
Albany Mail |
New York Central |
New York, New York–Utica, New York |
|
Alburgh Express |
Rutland Railroad |
Ogdensburg, New York–Alburgh, Vermont |
|
Alexandrian |
Great Northern |
St. Paul, Minnesota–Grand Forks, North Dakota |
|
Allegheny |
Pennsylvania |
St. Louis, Missouri–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
|
Alouette |
Boston & Maine |
Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec |
1926–1956 |
Alton Limited |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio |
Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri |
|
Ambassador |
Baltimore & Ohio New York Central |
Detroit, Michigan–Baltimore, Maryland |
|
Ambassador[6] |
New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, and Canadian National |
New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec |
|
American |
Pennsylvania |
New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri |
1925–1956 |
American Royal Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri |
1953–1971 |
Angel |
Santa Fe |
San Francisco, California–Los Angeles, California |
|
Angelo |
Santa Fe |
Fort Worth, Texas–San Angelo, Texas |
|
Ann Rutledge |
Alton Railroad (1937–1947), Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1958) |
Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri |
1937–1958 |
Amtrak |
Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri |
1976–2009 |
Antelope[7] |
Santa Fe |
Kansas City, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas (–1948) Kansas City, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1948–?) |
|
Argonaut |
Southern Pacific |
Los Angeles, California–New Orleans, Louisiana |
1926–1932; 1936–1958 |
Aristocrat |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Denver, Colorado–Chicago |
1930–? |
Arizona Limited |
Rock Island and Southern Pacific |
Chicago, Illinois–Phoenix, Arizona |
1940–1942 |
Arlington |
Pennsylvania |
New York, New York–Washington, D.C. |
|
Aroostook Flyer |
Bangor & Aroostook |
Bangor, Maine–Van Buren, Maine |
1937–1957 |
Arrow |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, Illinois–Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
1926–1967 |
Arrowhead Limited |
Chicago & North Western |
Chicago, Illinois–Duluth, Minnesota |
|
Arundel |
Maine Central |
Portland, Maine–Bangor, Maine |
circa 1953 |
Asa Packer |
Lehigh Valley |
New York, New York–Coxton, Pennsylvania |
1939–1958 |
Asheville Special |
Pennsylvania Southern |
New York, New York–Asheville, North Carolina |
|
Ashland Limited |
Chicago & North Western |
Chicago, Illinois–Ashland, Wisconsin |
|
Ashland Mail |
Chicago & North Western |
Chicago, Illinois–Ashland, Wisconsin |
|
Atlantic City Express |
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey |
|
Atlantic Express |
Erie |
New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois |
|
Atlantic Express |
Grand Trunk Western |
Chicago, Illinois–Montreal, Quebec |
|
Atlantic Express |
Michigan Central |
New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois |
|
Atlantic Highlands Express |
Central of New Jersey |
New York, New York–Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey |
|
Atlanta Limited |
Illinois Central |
Shreveport, Louisiana–Meridian, Mississippi |
|
Atlantic Limited |
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie |
Minneapolis, Minnesota–Sault Ste Marie, Michigan |
|
Atlantic Limited |
Canadian Pacific (1955–1978) Via (1978–1979) via Maine Central Railroad Mattawamkeag to Vanceboro |
Saint John, New Brunswick–Montreal, Quebec |
|
Aurora Winter Train |
Alaska Railroad (1947–present) |
Anchorage, Alaska–Fairbanks, Alaska |
|
Auto Train |
Auto-Train Corporation (1971–1981) Amtrak (1983–present) |
Lorton, Virginia–Sanford, Florida (1971–1981, 1983–present) Louisville, Kentucky–Sanford, Florida (1974–1977) |
|
Azalean |
Louisville & Nashville |
Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana |
|
Aztec Eagle (Aguila Azteca) |
Nacionales de Mexico Missouri Pacific |
Mexico City–Nuevo Laredo, TAM–San Antonio, Texas |
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