I grew up in a little community about twenty miles east of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, the ‘Railroad Capital of Canada.’ I loved to watch the trains on the Wabash Railroad, which ran through there. As I watched the names on the various types of cars on the freight trains, I became familiar with the names of many railroads in Canada and the United States. My train traveling was done between 1945 and 1955. I hope that this will bring back some pleasant memories for those who traveled by train in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and some transportation history for all.
This list includes trains from North America only. This gives an idea of the number of passenger trains operating in Canada and the United States in 1948.
The emphasis of this page is on the names of trains. The two terminal cities are listed. When two cities for a terminal are listed, it indicates connecting trains on the line are involved. When two or more railroads are listed, it indicates one of three possibilities: the complete passenger equipment traveled over those lines; the Pullman equipment only traveled over those lines; or, connecting trains from the lines were involved. In the case of the latter, the trains may have had different names on their own lines.
- Abraham Lincoln: (GM&O) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Acadian: (SP) New Orleans, LA – Houston, TX
- Admiral: (PRR) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Afternoon Hiawatha: (CMSP&P) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Aiken-Augusta Special: (SR) Washington, DC – Augusta, GA
- Ak-Sar-Ben: (CB&Q) Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE
- Akronite: (PRR) New York, NY – Akron, OH
- Alamo: (SP) New Orleans, LA – Houston, TX
- Alaskan: (CB&Q, NP) Chicago, IL – Tacoma, WA
- Alouette: (B&M, CPR) Boston, MA – Montreal, QC
- Alton Limited: (GM&O) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Ambassador: (B&O) Baltimore, MD – Detroit, MI
- Ambassador: (CNR, CV, B&M) Montreal, QC – Boston, MA
- American: (PRR) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- American Royal: (CB&Q) Chicago, IL – Kansas City, MO
- Ann Rutledge: (GM&O) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Antelope: (AT&SF) Kansas City, MO – Oklahoma City, OK
- Argonaut: (SP) New Orleans, LA – Los Angeles, CA
- Arrowhead Limited: (C&NW) Madison, WI – Minneapolis, MN
- Asa Packer: (LV) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Ashland Limited: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Ashland, WI
- Ashland Mail: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Green Bay, WI
- Asheville Special: (SR) Washington, DC – Asheville, NC
- Atlantic Express: (Erie) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- Azalean: (PRR, L&N) New York, NY – New Orleans, LA
- Badger: (GN) St. Paul, MN – Duluth, MN
- Bankers: (NH) Boston, MA – New York, NY
- Banner Blue: (WRR) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Beaver: (SP) San Francisco, CA – Seattle, WA
- Berkshire: (NYC) Albany, NY – Boston, MA
- Birmingham Special: (PRR, N&W, SR) New York, NY – Birmingham, AL
- Black Diamond: (LV) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Black Gold: (SLSF) Tulsa, OK – Fort Worth, TX
- Black Hawk: (CB&Q) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Blue Bird: (WRR) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Bluebonnet: (MKT) Kansas City, MO – San Antonio, TX
- Bluegrass: (CI&L) Chicago, IL – French Lick, IN; Louisville, KY
- Booth Tarkington: (NYC) Cincinnati, OH – Chicago, IL
- Border Limited: (SP) Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX – Brownsville, TX
- Broadway Limited: (PRR) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Buffalo-Pittsburgh Express: (NYC, P&LE) Buffalo, NY – Pittsburgh, PA
- Butte Special: (UP) Ogden, UT – Butte, MT
- California Limited: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- California Special: (GC&SF, AT&SF) New Orleans, LA – Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA
- California Zephyr: (CB&Q, D&RGW, WP) Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA
- Canadian: (CPR, NYC) Montreal, QC; Ottawa, ON – Chicago, IL
- Cannon Ball: (PRR, RF&P, N&W) New York, NY – Norfolk, VA
- Capitol 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Madison, WI
- Capitol Limited: (B&O) Washington, DC – Chicago, IL
- Cardinal: (C&EI) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Carolina Special: (SR) Cincinnati, OH – Charleston, SC
- Cascade: (UP) San Francisco, CA – Seattle, WA
- Cascadian: (GN) Spokane, WA – Seattle, WA
- Cavalier: (N&W) Norfolk, VA – Cincinnati, OH
- Cavern: (AT&SF) Clovis, NM – Carlsbad, NM
- Centennial State: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Denver, CO
- Champion (East Coast): (NH, PRR, RF&P, ACL, FEC) Boston, MA – Miami, FL
- Champion (West Coast): (NH, PRR, RF&P, ACL) Boston, MA – St. Petersburg, FL
- Chicago Arrow: (WRR, PRR) Detroit, MI – Chicago, IL
- Chicago Daylight Express: (PRR, N&W) Chicago, IL – Norfolk, VA
- Chicago Express: (CPR, NYC) Montreal, QC – Chicago, IL
- Chicago Limited: (C&NW) Duluth, MN – Chicago, IL
- Chicago Mercury: (NYC) Detroit, MI – Chicago, IL
- Chicago Night Express: (PRR, N&W) Chicago, IL – Norfolk, VA
- Chicagoan: (AT&SF) Kansas City, MO – Chicago, IL
- Chicagoan: (DL&W, NYC&SL) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Chicagoan: (NYC) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Chickasaw: (IC) St. Louis, MO – Memphis, TN
- Chief: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Chinook: (CPR) Calgary, AB – Edmonton, AB
- Chippewa: (CMSP&P) Chicago, IL – Ontonagon, MI
- Choctaw Rocket: (CRI&P) Minneapolis, MN – St. Louis, MO
- Cincinnati Daylight Express: (N&W, PRR) Norfolk, VA – Chicago, IL
- Cincinnati Limited: (PRR) New York, NY – Cincinnati, OH
- Cincinnati Night Express: (N&W, PRR) Norfolk, VA – Chicago, IL
- Cincinnati Special: (NYC) Chicago, IL – Cincinnati, OH
- Cincinnatian: (B&O) Cincinnati, OH – Detroit, MI
- City of Denver: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Denver, CO
- City of Kansas City: (WRR) St. Louis, MO – Kansas City, MO
- City of Los Angeles: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- City of Miami: (IC, CG, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL – Miami, FL
- City of Milwaukee 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI
- City of New Orleans: (IC) Chicago, IL – New Orleans, LA
- City of Portland: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Portland OR
- City of San Francisco: (C&NW, UP, SP) Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA
- City of St. Louis: (WRR, UP) St. Louis, MO – Portland, OR; Los Angeles, CA
- Cleveland Limited: (NYC) New York, NY – Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Mercury: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – Chicago, IL
- Cleveland Night Express: (B&O) Baltimore – Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland-Columbus Special: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – Columbus, OH
- Clevelander: (PRR) New York, NY – Cleveland, OH
- Coaster: (SP) Los Angeles, CA – San Francisco, CA
- Colonial: (NH, PRR) Boston, MA – Washington, DC
- Colorado Eagle: (MP, D&RGW) St. Louis, MO – Denver, CO
- Columbian: (B&O) Washington, DC – Chicago, IL
- Columbine: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Denver, CO
- Columbus-Cleveland Special: (NYC) Columbus, OH – Cleveland, OH
- Commodore Vanderbilt: (NYC) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Commuter 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI
- Congressional: (PRR) New York, NY – Washington, DC
- Continental Limited: (CNR) Montreal, QC; Toronto, ON – Vancouver, BC
- Corn Belt Rocket: (CRI&P) Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE
- Cotton Blossom: (NH, PRR, RF&P, SAL) Boston, MA – Atlanta, GA
- Crescent: (PRR, SR, A&WP, WRA, L&N) New York, NY – New Orleans, LA
- Dakotan: (GN) St. Paul, MN – Minot, ND
- Day Express: (M&SL) St. Paul, MN – Albert Lea, MN
- Daylight: (IC) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Del Monte: (SP) San Francisco, CA – Pacific Grove, CA
- Denver Zephyr: (CB&Q) Chicago, IL – Denver, CO
- Des Moines~Chicago Rocket: (CRI&P) Chicago, IL – Des Moines, IA
- Des Moines~Omaha Limited: (CRI&P) Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE
- Detroit Arrow: (PRR, WRR) Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI
- Detroit Limited: (WRR) St. Louis, MO – Detroit, MI
- Detroiter: (NYC) New York, NY – Detroit, MI
- DeWitt Clinton: (NYC) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Diplomat: (B&O) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- Dixie Flagler: (C&EI, L&N, NC&SL, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO – Miami, FL
- Dixie Flyer: (C&EI, L&N, NC&SL, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL – Miami, FL; Sarasota, FL
- Dixie Limited: (C&EI, L&N, NC&SL, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL – Miami, FL; Sarasota, FL
- Dixie Mail: (C&EI) Chicago, IL – Evansville, IN
- Dominion: (CPR) Toronto, ON; Montreal, QC – Vancouver, BC
- Duluth-Superior Limited: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Duluth, MN
- Duquesne: (PRR) New York, NY – Cleveland, OH; St. Louis, MO
- Easterner: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – New York, NY
- El Capitan: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- El Pasoan: (AT&SF) Albuquerque, NM – El Paso, TX
- Empire Builder: (CB&Q, GN) Chicago, IL – Tacoma, WA
- Empire State Express: (NYC) New York, NY – Detroit, MI
- Erie Limited: (Erie) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Everglades: (NH, PRR, RF&P, ACL, FEC) Boston, MA – Miami, FL
- Exposition Flyer: (CB&Q, D&RGW, WP) Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA
- F. F. V.: (PRR, C&O) New York, NY – Louisville, KY
- F. F. V.: (C&O) Norfolk, VA – Cincinnati, OH
- Fast Mail: (GN) St. Paul, MN – Minot, ND
- Fast Mail Express: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA; Oakland, CA
- Federal: (NH, PRR) Boston, MA – Washington, DC
- Fifth Avenue Special: (NYC) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- Firefly: (SLSF) Kansas City, MO – Joplin, MO; Oklahoma City, OK
- Flambeau 400: (C&NW) Ashland, WI – Chicago, IL
- Flamingo: (L&N, CG, FEC, ACL) Cincinnati, OH – Miami, FL; St. Petersburg, FL; Fort Meyers, FL
- Florida Special: (SLSF, SR, FEC) Kansas City, MO – Miami, FL
- Flying Crow: (KCS) Kansas City, MO – Port Arthur, TX; New Orleans, LA
- Flying Yankee: (B&M) Boston, MA – Portland, ME
- Forest City: (NYC) Buffalo, NY – Chicago, IL
- Fort Pitt: (PRR) Chicago, IL – Pittsburgh, PA
- Frontenac: (CPR) Montreal, QC – Quebec City, QC
- Gateway: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – St. Louis, MO
- General: (PRR) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- George Washington, DC: (PRR, C&O) New York, NY – Louisville, KY
- George Washington, DC: (C&O) Norfolk, VA – Ashland, KY
- Georgian: (C&EI, L&N, NC&SL, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL – Miami, FL
- Gold Coast: (C&NW, UP, SP) Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA
- Golden Gate: (AT&SF) Bakersfield CA – San Francisco, CA
- Golden State: (CRI&P, SP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Golden Triangle: (PRR) Chicago, IL – Pittsburgh, PA
- Gopher: (GN) St. Paul, MN – Duluth, MN
- Gotham Limited: (PRR) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- Grand Canyon: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Great Lakes: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – Buffalo, NY
- Great West: (CPR) Winnipeg, MB – Edmonton, AB
- Green Bay 400: (C&NW) Green Bay, WI – Chicago, IL
- Green Diamond: (IC) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Green Mountain: (B&M) Boston, MA – Fitchburg, MA
- Gulf Coast Rebel: (GM&O) St. Louis, MO – Mobile, AL
- Gull: (B&M, MC, CPR, DA) Boston, MA – Halifax, NS
- Gull: (CNR) Moncton, NB – St. John, NB
- Havana Special (East Coast): (NH, PRR, RF&P, ACL, FEC) Boston, MA – Miami, FL
- Havana Special (West Coast): (NH, PRR, RF&P, ACL) Boston, MA – St. Petersburg, FL
- Hawkeye: (IC) Chicago, IL – Sioux City, IA
- Hendrick Hudson: (NYC) New York, NY – Utica, NY
- Hoosier: (CI&L) Chicago, IL – Indianapolis, IN
- Hot Springs Limited: (CRI&P) Memphis, TN – Hot Springs, AR
- Houstonian: (MP) New Orleans, LA – Houston, TX
- Hummingbird: (PRR, L&N) New York, NY – New Orleans, LA
- Hustler: (SP) Houston, TX – Dallas, TX
- Idahoan: (UP) Cheyenne, WY – Pocatello, ID; Portland, OR
- Illini: (IC) Chicago, IL – Carbondale, IL
- Imperial: (CRI&P, SP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Inter-City Limited: (CNR, GTW) Montreal, QC – Chicago, IL
- International: (GN) Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC
- International Limited: (CNR, GTW) Montreal, QC – Chicago, IL
- Interstate Express: (NYC) Boston, MA – Buffalo, NY
- Iowan: (IC) Chicago, IL – Sioux City, IA
- Iron and Copper Country Express: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Ishpeming, MI
- Iron City Express: (PRR) New York, NY – Pittsburgh, PA
- Iroquois: (NYC) New York, NY; Boston, MA – Chicago, IL
- James Whitcomb Riley: (NYC) Chicago, IL – Cincinnati, OH
- Jeffersonian: (PRR) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- John Wilkes: (LV) New York, NY – Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Juanita: (WRR, PRR) Detroit, MI – New York, NY
- Kansas City-Florida Special: (SLSF, SR, FEC) Kansas City, MO – Miami, FL
- Kansas Cityan: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Kansas City, MO
- Kate Shelly 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Boone, IA
- Katy Flyer: (MKT) St. Louis, MO – San Antonio, TX
- Katy Limited: (MKT) Kansas City, MO – Fort Worth, TX
- Kennebec: (B&M) Boston, MA – Portland, ME
- Kettle Valley Express: (CPR) Vancouver, BC – Calgary, AB
- Keystone Express: (PRR, DL&W) Pittsburgh, PA – Scranton, PA
- Klamath: (SP, UP) San Francisco, CA – Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA
- Knickerbocker: (NYC) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- Kootenay Express: (CPR) Calgary, AB – Vancouver, BC
- Lackawanna Limited: (DL&W) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Lake Cities: (Erie) New York, NY – Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL
- Laker: (MSP&SSM) Chicago, IL – Duluth, MN
- Land O’Corn: (IC) Chicago, IL – Waterloo IA
- Lark: (SP) Los Angeles, CA – San Francisco, CA
- LaSalle: (CNR, GTW) Montreal, QC – Chicago, IL
- LaSalle Street Limited: (CRI&P) Omaha, NE – Chicago, IL
- Laurentian: (NYC, D&H, CPR) New York, NY – Montreal, QC
- Liberty Limited: (PRR) Chicago, IL – Washington, DC
- Lone Star: (SLSW) Memphis, TN – Dallas, TX
- Los Angeles Challenger: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles Limited: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Louisiana Sunshine Special: (MP) Little Rock, AR – Lake Charles, LA
- Louisiane: (IC) Chicago, IL – Memphis, TN
- Madisonian: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Madison, WI
- Mail: (GM&O) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Mail: (PRR) Cleveland, OH – Pittsburgh, PA
- Mail: (SP) Ogden UT – San Francisco, CA
- Mainstreeter: (CB&Q, NP) Chicago, IL – Tacoma, WA
- Major: (LV) Buffalo, NY – New York, NY
- Manhattan Limited: (PRR) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Maple Leaf: (CNR) Detroit, MI – Montreal, QC
- Maple Leaf: (CNR, LV, PRR) Toronto, ON – Philadelphia, PA
- Maritime Express: (CNR) Montreal, QC – Halifax, NS
- Mark Twain Zephyr: (CB&Q) Burlington, IA – St. Louis, MO
- Marylander: (B&O) New York, NY – Washington, DC
- Meadowlark: (C&EI) Chicago, IL – Cypress IL
- Memphian: (SLSF, SR, FEC) St. Louis, MO – Miami, FL
- Memphis-Californian: (CRI&P, SP) Memphis, TN – El Paso TX
- Merchants Express: (DL&W) Scranton, PA – New York, NY
- Merchants Limited: (NH) Boston, MA – New York, NY
- Meteor: (SLSF) St. Louis, MO – Oklahoma City, OK
- Metropolitan Special: (B&O) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- Miamian: (NH, PRR, RF&P, ACL, FEC) Boston, MA – Miami, FL
- Michigan: (CPR, NYC) Toronto, ON – Chicago, IL
- Michigan Special: (NYC) Cincinnati, OH – Detroit, MI
- Mid-City Express: (WRR, PRR) Detroit, MI – Chicago, IL
- Mid-Continental Special: (CRI&P) Minneapolis, MN – Kansas City, MO
- Midnight: (WRR) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Midnight Special: (GM&O) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Midnight Special: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – Cincinnati, OH
- Midnight Special: (WRR) St. Louis, MO – Kansas City, MO
- Midwestern: (NYC) Chicago, IL – Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH
- Mill Cities Limited: (CGW) Minneapolis, MN – Kansas City, MO
- Minnesota 400: (C&NW) Mankato, MN – Wyeville, MN
- Minnesotan: (CGW) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Minute Man: (B&M, NYC) Boston, MA – Troy, NY
- Miss Lou: (IC) Jackson, MS – New Orleans, LA
- Missouri River Eagle: (MP) Omaha, NE – St. Louis, MO
- Missourian: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – St. Louis, MO
- Missourian: (MP) St. Louis, MO – Kansas City, MO
- Mohawk: (NYC) Buffalo, NY – New York, NY
- Monadnoch: (B&M) Boston, MA – Fitchburg MA
- Mondamin: (C&NW) Minneapolis, MN – Sioux City, IA
- Montreal Limited: (NYC, D&H, CPR) New York, NY – Montreal, QC
- Montrealer: (PRR, NH, B&M, CV, CNR) Washington, DC – Montreal, QC
- Morning Daylight: (SP) Los Angeles, CA – San Francisco, CA
- Morning Hiawatha: (CMSP&P) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Morning Star: (SLSW) St. Louis, MO – Dallas, TX
- Motor City Special: (NYC) Detroit, MI – Chicago, IL
- Mount Royal: (B&M) Boston, MA – Fitchburg, MA
- Mountain Express: (Erie) New York, NY – Hornell, NY
- Mountain Express: (NYC, D&H) New York, NY – Fort Edward, NY
- Mountaineer: (B&M) Boston, MA – Littleton, NH
- Mountaineer: (D&RGW) Denver, CO – Montrose, CO
- Nancy Hanks: (CG) Atlanta, GA – Savannah, GA
- National: (B&O) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- Nebraska Limited: (CGW) Minneapolis, MN – Omaha, NE
- Nebraska Zephyr: (CB&Q ) Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE
- New England States: (NYC) Boston, MA – Chicago, IL
- New Englander: (B&M, CV, CNR) Boston, MA – Montreal, QC
- New York Express: (GTW, CN, LV) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- New York Mail: (NYC&SL, DL&W) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- New York Special: (NYC ) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- New Yorker: (NYC&SL, DL&W) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- Niagara: (NYC) Chicago, IL – Buffalo, NY
- Nickel Plate Limited: (NYC&SL, DL&W ) Chicago, IL – New York, NY
- Night Diamond: (IC) Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO
- Night Express: (M&SL) St. Paul, MN – Des Moines, IA
- Night Hawk: (GM&O) St. Louis, MO – Kansas City, MO
- Nightingale: (C&NW, UP) Minneapolis, MN – Los Angeles, CA
- Noon Daylight: (SP) Los Angeles, CA – San Francisco, CA
- North American: (C&NW, UP) Minneapolis, MN – Los Angeles, CA
- North Coast Limited: (CB&Q, NP) Chicago, IL – Tacoma, WA
- North Shore Limited: (NYC) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- North Star: (NYC) New York, NY – Cleveland, OH
- Northern Arrow: (PRR) St. Louis, MO – Mackinac City, MI
- Northern Express: (IC) New Orleans, LA – Chicago, IL
- Northerner: (NYC) Detroit, MI – Mackinac City, MI
- Northland: (CNR) Toronto, ON – Kapuskasing, ON; Noranda, QC; Timmins, ON
- Northwest Special: (UP) Salt Lake City, UT – Butte, MT
- Northwestern Limited: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Northwestern Limited: (IC) Shreveport, LA – Meridan, MS
- Oakland Lark: (SP) Los Angeles, CA – San Francisco, CA
- Ocean Limited: (CNR) Montreal, QC – Halifax, NS
- Ohio Special: (NYC) Detroit, MI – Cincinnati, OH
- Ohio State Limited: (NYC) New York, NY – Cincinnati, OH
- Oil Flyer: (AT&SF) Kansas City, MO – Tulsa, OK
- Oklahoman: (SLSF) Kansas City, MO – Tulsa, OK
- Olympian Hiawatha: (CMSP&P) Chicago, IL – Seattle, WA
- Omaha Express: (CGW) Minneapolis, MN – Omaha, NE
- Omaha Limited: (WRR) St. Louis, MO – Omaha, NE
- Ontarian: (TH&B, NYC) Toronto, ON – New York, NY
- Orange Blossom Special: (PRR, RF&P, SAL, FEC) New York, NY – Miami, FL; Fort Myers, FL
- Oriental Limited: (CB&Q, GN) Chicago, IL – Tacoma, WA
- Orleanean: (MP) New Orleans, LA – Houston, TX
- Overseas: (NYC, CPR) Chicago, IL – Montreal, QC
- Owl: (SP) Houston, TX – Dallas, TX
- Owl: (SP) ??, CA – ??, CA
- Owl: (DL&W) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Owl: (CNR) Regina, SK – Prince Albert, SK
- Ozarkan: (MP) St. Louis, MO – Little Rock, AR
- Pacemaker: (NYC) Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO – New York, NY
- Pacific: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA; Portland, OR
- Pacific Coast Line: (GN) Seattle, WA – Portland, OR
- Pacific Express: (Erie) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Palmetto: (NH, PRR, RF&P, ACL) Boston, MA – Savannah GA
- Palmland: (NH, PRR, RF&P, SAL, FEC) Boston, MA – Miami, FL; Fort Meyers, FL
- Pan American: (PRR, L&N) New York, NY – Memphis, TN
- Panama Limited: (IC) Chicago, IL – New Orleans, LA
- Passenger: (CRI&P, SP) Memphis, TN – Los Angeles, CA
- Passenger: (SP) Ogden, UT – San Francisco, CA
- Patriot: (NH, PRR) Boston, MA – Washington, DC
- Peach Queen: (NH, PRR, SR) Boston, MA – Atlanta, GA
- Pelican: (PRR, SR, N&W, SR) New York, NY – New Orleans, LA
- Peninsula 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Ishpeming, MI
- Pennsylvania Limited: (PRR) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Pennsylvanian: (PRR) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Penobscot: (B&M) Boston, MA – Portland, ME
- Peoria-Chicago Rocket: (CRI&P) Chicago, IL – Peoria, IL
- Philadelphia Express: (PRR) Philadelphia, PA – Pittsburgh, PA
- Philadelphia Night Express: (PRR) Pittsburgh, PA – Washington, DC
- Phoebe Snow: (DL&W) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Piedmont Limited: (PRR, SR, A&WP, WRA, L&N) New York, NY – New Orleans, LA
- Pilgrim: (NH, PRR) Boston, MA – Philadelphia, PA
- Pine Tree: (B&M) Boston, MA – Portland, ME
- Pioneer: (MP) Houston, TX – Brownsville TX
- Pioneer Limited: (CMSP&P) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Pittsburgh-Buffalo Express: (NYC, P&LE) Buffalo, NY – Pittsburgh, PA
- Pittsburgh Express: (DL&W, PRR) Scranton, PA – Pittsburgh, PA
- Pittsburgh Night Express: (PRR) Philadelphia, PA, – Pittsburgh, PA
- Pittsburgher: (PRR) New York, NY – Pittsburgh, PA
- Planter: (IC) Memphis, TN – New Orleans, LA
- Pocahantas: (N&W) Norfolk, VA – Cincinnati, OH
- Pocono Express: (DL&W) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Ponce de Leon: (SR) Cincinnati, OH – Chattanooga, TN
- Pony Express: (UP) Ogden, UT – Los Angeles, CA
- Portland Rose: (UP) Denver, CO – Portland, OR
- Powhatan Arrow: (N&W) Norfolk, VA – Cincinnati, OH
- Prairie State Express: (GM&O) St. Louis, MO – Chicago, IL
- Prospector: (D&RGW) Denver, CO – Salt Lake City, UT
- Quaker: (NH, PRR) Boston, MA – Pittsburgh, PA
- Rainbow: (PRR) Pittsburgh, PA – New York, NY
- Rainbow Special: (MP) Kansas City, MO – Little Rock, AR
- Ranger: (AT&SF, GC&SF) Newton, KS – Galveston, TX
- Rebel: (GM&O) St. Louis, MO – New Orleans, LA
- Red Arrow: (PRR, WRR) New York, NY – Detroit, MI
- Red Bird: (WRR, PRR) Detroit, MI – Chicago, IL
- Red River: (GN) St. Paul, MN – Grand Forks, ND
- Red Wing: (B&M, CPR) Boston, MA – Montreal, QC
- Resort Special: (C&O) Chicago, IL – Bay View, MI
- Resort Special: (C&O) Detroit, MI – Grand Rapids, MI
- Rocky Mountain Rocket: (CRI&P) Chicago, IL – Denver, CO
- Rouge River: (SP) Portland, OR – Ashland, OR
- Royal Blue: (B&O) New York, NY – Washington, DC
- Royal Gorge: (MP, D&RGW, WP) St. Louis, MO; Denver, CO – San Francisco, CA
- Royal Palm: (SR) Cincinnati, OH – Chattanooga, TN
- Royal York: (CPR, NYC) Montreal, QC – Chicago, IL
- Sam Houston Zephyr: (CB&Q) Fort Worth, TX – Houston, TX
- San Diegan: (AT&SF) Los Angeles, CA – San Diego, CA
- San Francisco Challenger: (C&NW, UP, SP) Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA
- San Francisco Overland: (C&NW, UP, SP) Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA
- Scotian: (CNR) Montreal, QC – Halifax, NS
- Scout: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Seminole: (IC, CG, ACL) Chicago, IL – Jacksonville, FL
- Senator: (NH, PRR) Boston, MA – Washington, DC
- Shenandoah: (B&O) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Shoreline 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI
- Short Line Express: (CRI&P) Kansas City, MO – Minneapolis, MN
- Shreveporter: (KCS) Shreveport, LA – Hope, LA
- Silent Knight: (C&EI) Chicago, IL – Thebes, IL
- Silver Comet: (PRR, RF&P, SAL) New York, NY – Birmingham, AL
- Silver Meteor: (NH, PRR, RF&P, SAL) Boston, MA – Miami, FL; Fort Meyers, FL
- Silver Star: (NH, PRR, RF&P, SAL) Boston, MA – Miami, FL; Fort Meyers, FL
- Silver Streak Zephyr: (CB&Q) Omaha, NE – Kansas City, MO
- Soo Dominion: (MSP&SSM, CPR) St. Paul, MN – Vancouver, BC
- Sooner: (MKT) Kansas City, MO – Oklahoma City, OK
- South Shore: (NYC) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- South Wind: (PRR, L&N, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL – Miami, FL
- Southern Belle: (KCS) Kansas City, MO – New Orleans, LA
- Southern Express: (IC) Chicago, IL – New Orleans, LA
- Southern Tier Express: (Erie) Hornell, NY – New York, NY
- Southerner: (MP) Kansas City, MO – Little Rock, LA
- Southerner: (PRR, SR, N&W, SR) New York, NY – New Orleans, LA
- Southerner: (MP) St. Louis, MO – Houston, TX; Laredo, TX
- Southland: (PRR, WAB, L&N, CG, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL; Grand Rapids, MI; Detroit, MI; Cleveland, OH; Louisville, KY – Miami, FL; Fort Meyers, FL
- Southwest Express: (CRI&P, SP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Southwest Limited: (CMSP&P) Milwaukee, WI; Chicago, IL – Sioux Falls SD; Kansas City, MO
- Southwestern: (NYC) Cleveland, OH – St. Louis, MO
- Southwestern Limited: (IC) Meridan, MS – Shreveport, LA
- Spirit of St. Louis, MO: (PRR) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- Spokane: (UP) Portland, OR – Spokane, WA
- Sportsman: (PRR, C&O) New York, NY – Louisville, KY
- St. Louis Limited: (WRR) Omaha, NE; Des Moines, IA – St. Louis, MO
- St. Louis Limited: (WRR) St. Louis, MO – Detroit, MI
- St. Louisan: (PRR) New York, NY – St. Louis, MO
- Star: (LV) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Star: (MP) Fort Worth – Houston, TX
- State of Maine: (B&M) Lawrence, MA – Portland, ME
- State Special: (NYC) Cincinnati, OH – Cleveland, OH
- Sunbeam: (SP) Houston, TX – Dallas, TX
- Sunland: (NH, PRR, RF&P, SAL) Boston, MA – Fort Meyers, FL
- Sunchaser: (IC, CG, ACL, FEC) Chicago, IL – Miami, FL
- Sunnyland: (SLSF, SR, SAL) Memphis, TN – Atlanta, GA
- Sunset Limited: (T&P, SP) Dallas, TX; New Orleans, LA – Los Angeles, CA
- Sunshine Special: (MP, NRM) San Antonio, TX – Mexico City, Mexico
- Super Chief: (AT&SF) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Sycamore: (NYC) Cincinnati, OH – Chicago, IL
- Tennessean: (PRR, SR, N&W, SR) New York, NY – Memphis, TN
- Texan: (MP) St. Louis, MO – Fort Worth, TX
- Texas Chief: (AT&SF, GC&SF) Chicago, IL – Galveston, TX
- Texas Eagle: (PRR, MP, T&P, SP) New York, NY – Houston, TX; Corpus Christi, TX; Los Angeles, CA
- Texas Rocket: (CRI&P) Kansas City, MO – Dallas, TX
- Texas Special: (NYC, PRR, B&O, SLSF) New York, NY; Washington, DC – San Antonio, TX
- Texas Special: (MKT) St. Louis, MO – Dallas, TX
- Texas Zephyr: (CB&Q) Denver, CO – Houston, TX
- Thoroughbred: (CI&L) Chicago, IL – Louisville, KY
- Tippecanoe: (CI&L) Chicago, IL – Indianapolis, IN
- Trailblazer: (PRR) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Tulsan: (AT&SF) Kansas City, MO – Tulsa, OK
- Tuscarora: (NYC) New York, NY – Buffalo, NY
- Twentieth Century Limited: (NYC) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Twilight Limited: (NYC) Detroit, MI – Chicago, IL
- Twin Cities 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Twin Cities Zephyrs (am, pm): (CB&Q) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Twin City Express: (CGW) Minneapolis, MN – Omaha, NE
- Twin City Limited: (CG) Minneapolis, MN – Omaha, NE
- Twin Star Rocket: (CRI&P) Minneapolis, MN – Houston, TX
- Union: (PRR, N&W) Chicago, IL – Norfolk, VA
- Utahn: (C&NW, UP) Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA
- Valley 400: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Green Bay, WI
- Valley Eagle: (T&P) Houston, TX – Brownsville, TX
- Valley Express: (NH, B&M) New York, NY – White River Junction, VT
- Valley Special: (PRR) Chicago, IL – Pittsburgh, PA
- Vermonter: (CV) St. Alban’s, VT – White River Junction, VT
- Victory: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Viger: (CPR) Montreal, QC – Quebec City, QC
- Viking: (C&NW) Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
- Wabash Cannon Ball: (WRR) Detroit, MI – St. Louis, MO
- Washingtonian: (CNR, CV, B&M, NH, PRR) Montreal, QC – Washington, DC
- Washingtonian: (B&O, P&LE, Erie) Baltimore, WA – Cleveland, OH
- West Coast: (SP) San Francisco, CA – Seattle, WA
- West Texas Express: (AT&SF) Amarillo, TX – Lubbock, TX
- West Virginian: (B&O) New York, NY – Parkersburg, WV
- Western Star: (CB&Q, GN) Chicago, IL – Tacoma, WA
- Westerner: (DL&W, NYC&SL) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- Whippoorwill: (C&EI) Chicago, IL – Evansville, IN
- Will Rogers: (SLSF) St. Louis, MO – Oklahoma City, OK
- William Penn: (NH, PRR) Boston, MA – Philadelphia, PA
- Winnipeg Limited: (GN, CNR) St. Paul, MN – Winnipeg, MB
- Winnipeger: (MSP&SSM, CPR) St. Paul, MN – Winnipeg, MB
- Winnipesaukee: (B&M) Boston, MA – Concord, NH
- Wolverine: (NYC) New York, NY – Chicago, IL
- WPC Express: (B&O) Washington, DC – Chicago, IL
- Yampa Valley Mail: (D&RGW) Denver, CO – Craig, CO
- Yellowstone Special: (UP) Pocatello, ID – West Yellowstone, MT
- Zephyr Rocket: (CRI&P, CB&Q) Minneapolis, MN – St. Louis, MO
- (no name): (NP, CNR) St. Paul, MN – Winnipeg, MB