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

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

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

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

1974–1976 as the Empire State Express; 1976–1979; 1994–1995
Nickel Plate Limited Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1930]1929–1954
Nicollete Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1980]1980–1989
Nieuw Amsterdam Amtrak New York, New York–Albany, New York [1991]1991; 1995
Night Cap Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1971]1971–1975
Night Cape Codder New Haven New York, New York–Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1940]1937–1941; 1948–1958
Night Diamond Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1950]1947–1958
Night Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 		Detroit, Michigan–Cincinnati, Ohio [1966]1960–1967
Night Express Central Vermont, Boston and Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec [1916]1911–1918
Night Express Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1921]1921–1922
Night Express Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Peoria, Illinois–Indianapolis, Indiana [1918]1915–1941
Night Express Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1923]1923–1930
Night Express Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1904]1904–1918
Night Express Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Chicago, Illinois–Cleveland, Ohio [1903]1901–1914
Night Express Milwaukee Road Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1905]1883–1886; 1904–1910
Night Express New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1922]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) [1903]1900–1912
Night Express Northern Pacific Railway Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Duluth, Minnesota [1901]1901–1905
Night Express Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois–Traverse 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 Chicago and Alton, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad from 1947 St. Louis, Missouri–Kansas City, Missouri [1948]1906–1949
Night Owl Amtrak Washington, DC–Boston, Massachusetts [1980]1972; 1997
Night Special New York Central Cincinnati, Ohio-Cleveland, Ohio– [1955]1953–1967
Night White Mountains New Haven, Boston and Maine New York, New York–Bretton Woods, New Hampshire [1952]1926–1940; 1950–1955
Nightingale Chicago and Alton Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri [1911]1909–1918
Nightingale Chicago & Northwestern Omaha, Nebraska–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1952]1931–1956
Noon Daylight Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–San Francisco, California [1941]1940–1941; 1947–1949
Noon Flyer Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1912]1904–1918
North Adams and Pittsfield Express New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts [1915]1914–1921
North Adams Express New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts [1908]1907–1914
North Adams Special New York Central New York, New York–North Adams, Massachusetts [1908]1902–1914
North American Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul (several different endpoints over the years) [1916]1916–1959
North Coast Hiawatha Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington [1973]1971–1979
North Coast Limited Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Tacoma, Washington [1948]1900–1971
North Michigan Special Michigan Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1922]1918–1930
North Penn Reading Railroad Philadelphia–Bethlehem, Pennsylvania [1963]1961–1968
North Shore Limited New York Central New York City–Chicago; Toronto, Ontario-Chicago [1948]1884–1897; 1902–1905; 1921–1963
North Star Amtrak Chicago–Duluth, Minnesota [1978]1978–1986
North Star New York Central New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario-Cleveland, Ohio–Lake Placid, New York [1952]1947–1962
North Star Pennsylvania, Michigan Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1930]1930–1932
North Star Limited Illinois Central Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–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, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1932]1932–1937
North Western Limited Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1914]1914–1958
North Western Mail Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1914]1909–1933
North Wind Boston and Maine, New Haven, Central Vermont Railway, Canadian National Railway New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec [1955]1950–1955
North Woods Fisherman Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Ashland, Wisconsin [1960]1958–1963
North Woods Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Minocqua, Wisconsin ?
Northeast Regional (group of trains) Amtrak various destinations in the Northeast-present
Northeastern Limited Illinois Central Shreveport, Louisiana–Meridian, Mississippi [1935]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 [1910]1908–1912
Northern Arrow Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1935]1935–1942; 1946–1961
Northern Express New York Central, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Central Vermont Railway New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec [1892]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) [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, Michigan–Cheboygan, Michigan [1933]1919–1935
Northern Michigan Special Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Calumet, Michigan [1915]1913–1921
Northern New York Express New York Central New York, New York–Ogdensburg, New York–Oswego, New York [1902]1902–1907
Northern Pacific Express Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1911]1910–1920
Northerner New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Mackinaw 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, Montana–Spokane, Washington [1952]1947–1958
Northwestern Limited Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1910]1892–1912
Number Eighteen New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio–Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1935]1936–1946
Number Fifty-Five New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts [1937]1937–1940
Number Forty-Five New York Central New York, New York–Utica, New York [1935]1934–1945
Number Forty-Four New York Central New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio [1935]1933–1941
Number Forty-One New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1916]1911–1934
Number Four New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1918]1916–1928
Number Seven New York Central New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio–Toronto, Ontario [1935]1932–1941
Number Six New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio [1911]1911–1920
Number Thirty-One New York Central New York, New York–Plattsburgh, New York [1935]1933–1937
Number Thirty-Two Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1925]1922–1928
Number Twenty-Three New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1933]1932–1936
Number Twenty-Three New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1933]1932–1936
Nutmeg New York, New Haven and Hartford Boston–Waterbury, Connecticut [1955]1950-1955
Nutmeg State Amtrak Washington, DC–Springfield, Massachusetts [1995]1993–1998

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

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

Norfolk and Western Railway

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

Missouri Pacific

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

Galesburg, Illinois–Springfield, Missouri

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

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

1929–1962
Potomac Amtrak New York, New York–Washington, DC [1982]1982–1988
Potomac Turbo Amtrak New York, New York–Parkersburg, West Virginia [1971]1971–1972
Powhatan Arrow [9] Norfolk and Western Railway Norfolk, Virginia–Cincinnati, Ohio [1948]1946–1969
Prairie Marksman Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–East Peoria, Illinois [1980]1980–1981
Prairie State New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Cleveland, Ohio [1930]1929–1956
Prairie State Amtrak Milwaukee, Wisconsin–St. Louis, Missouri [1971]1971–1972
Prairie State Express Alton Railroad, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad from 1947 Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri [1950]1900–1958
Prairie State Special Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1930]1929–1933
President Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, DC [1948]1931–1971
Prospector Rio Grande Denver, Colorado–Salt Lake City, Utah–Ogden, Utah 1941–1942; 1945–1967
Puget Sound Northern Pacific Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon different Midwestern cities in different years1902–1907; 1911–1936
Puget Sound Amtrak Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon 1971–1976
Puritan New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts [1948]1925–1968

Q

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

R

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

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

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

References

  1. ↑ The primary source for American passenger train names is the Official Guide of the Railways , which has been published since 1868, under the following titles: 1868–1869 Travelers’ Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1870–1896 Travelers' Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1897–1900 Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1901–1973 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1974–1989 The Official Railway Guide North American Passenger Travel Edition: United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1989–2016 Amtrak National Train Timetables.
  2. ↑ Maiken, Peter T. (1989). Night Trains. Beloit, Wisconsin: Lakme Press. ISBN   0-9621480-0-8 OCLC 20461978; Kratville, William W. (1967). Steam, Steel & Limiteds. Omaha, Nebraska: Kratville Publications. OCLC 1301983; Official Guide of the Railways, August 1954, p. 888. Trains 5–17 and 18-2.
  3. ↑ Maiken (1989); Kratville (1967); Official Guide, August 1954, p. 895. Trains 57 and 58. This is a rare (perhaps unique) instance of a railroad operating identically-named trains on two completely separate routes at the same time.
  4. ↑ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 9.
  5. ↑ see Prairie Marksman
  6. ↑ Welsh, Joe (2006). Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited. Saint Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN   978-0-7603-2302-1. OL   8011594M.
  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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