List of named passenger trains of the United States (D–H)

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

D

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Dakota 400	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois - Rapid City, South Dakota [1952]	1950-1960
Dakota Express	Chicago & North Western	St. Paul, Minnesota - Pierre, South Dakota [1919]	1897-1901; 1911-1913; 1919-1923
Dakota Express	Great Northern	St. Paul, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1907]	1903-1909
Dakota Express	Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad	St. Paul, Minnesota - Bismarck, North Dakota [1915]	1911-1918
Dakotan	Great Northern	Williston, North Dakota - St. Paul, Minnesota [1950]	1947-1971
Dallas Express	Katy Railroad	Dallas, Texas - Shreveport, Louisiana [1910]	1903-1920
Dan'l Webster	New Haven	New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts	1957-?
Dartmouth	New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont	New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont - Berlin, New Hampshire [1937]	1928-1944; 1956
Davy Crockett	San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway	San Antonio, Texas - Houston, Texas [1912]	1903-1915
Day Cape Codder	New Haven	New York, New York - Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1937]	1937-1944; 1946-1958; 1960-1964
Day Coach De Luxe	New York Central	New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1930]	1929-1935
Day Express	New York Central	New York, New York - Rochester, New York [1915]	1890-1916
Day Express	Pennsylvania	New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1924]	1874-1942
Day Express	Erie Railroad	New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1913]	1868-1870; 1874-1879; 1885-1915
Day Express	New Haven	New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1910]	1881-1911
Day Express	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1917]	1910-1938
Day Express	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Indianapolis, Indiana - Peoria, Illinois [1932]	1917-1941
Day Express	Illinois Central, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway	St. Louis, Missouri - Nashville, Tennessee [1909]	1900-1914 (the Illinois Central had many trains with this name and many destinations)
Day Express	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1915]	1903-1904; 1913-1918
Day Express	Chicago Great Western Railway	Saint Paul, Minnesota - Omaha, Nebraska [1905]	1904-1910
Day Express	Great Northern Railway	Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Duluth, Minnesota [1915]	1910-1918
Day White Mountains	New Haven and Boston & Maine	New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont [1926]	1926-1940; 1943-1956 (pre-1947 called the 'Day White Mountains Express')
Daylight Express	St. Louis–San Francisco Railway	Kansas City, Missouri - Memphis, Tennessee [1905]	1902-1906
Daylight Express	Florida East Coast Railway	Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida [1948]	1941-1959
Daylight Flyer	Alton Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1908]	1908-1927
Daylight Flyer	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri [1915]	1914-1918; 1923-1927
Daylight Limited	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California [1925]	1922-1939 (after 1928 called the 'Daylight')
Daylight Limited	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1950]	1897-1958 (pre-1931 called the 'Daylight Special')
Daylight Limited	Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville	Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1914]	1911-1918; 1924-1932
Daylight Speedliner	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1958]	1957-1962
Daylight Train	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Cincinnati, Ohio [1907]	1906-1916
Dayton Express	Pennsylvania	Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio [1930]	1928-1933
Daytonian	Pennsylvania	Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio [1947]	1946-1948
De Luxe	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California	1911-1917
Dearborn	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1928]	1925-1933
Del Monte	Southern Pacific	Monterey, California - San Francisco, California [1922]	1919-1971
Del-Mar-Va Express	Pennsylvania	New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia [1943]	1926-1957
Delaware Valley Express	Pennsylvania (and successor lines)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Trenton, New Jersey [1965]	1962-1978
Delta Eagle	Missouri Pacific	Memphis, Tennessee - Tallulah, Louisiana [1948]	1941-1954
Delta Express	Illinois Central	Memphis, Tennessee - Greenville, Mississippi[2][1952]	1927-1933; 1950-1964
Denali Star	Alaska Railroad	Anchorage, Alaska - Fairbanks, Alaska	?-present
Denver and Eastern Express	Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad	San Francisco, California - Denver, Colorado [1921]	1918-1930
Denver Express	Denver and Rio Grande Railroad	Denver, Colorado - Alamosa, Colorado [1913]	1900-1901; 1912-1914
Denver Express	Colorado Midland Railway	Denver, Colorado - Ogden, Utah [1913]	1913-1918
Denver Express	Wabash, Union Pacific Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado - Cheyenne, Wyoming [1918]	1916-1933
Denver Express	Santa Fe	Denver, Colorado - La Junta, Colorado [1910]	1906-1915
Denver Limited	Union Pacific Railroad	Kansas City, Missouri - Cheyenne, Wyoming [1910]	1910-1915
Denver Limited	Union Pacific Railroad	Denver, Colorado - St. Louis, Missouri [1938]	1935-1941
Denver Limited	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1910]	1910-1917; 1929-1930
Denver Special	Union Pacific Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern	Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1916]	1911-1917; 1921-1930
Denver Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1936–1971) Amtrak (1971–1973)	Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1937]	1936-1973
Denver - Cripple Creek Express	Colorado Midland Railway	Denver, Colorado - Cripple Creek, Colorado [1913]	1913-1916
Des Moines Express	Chicago Great Western Railway	Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1925]	1923-1930
Des Moines Limited	Wabash	St. Louis, Missouri - Des Moines, Iowa [1948]	1940-1959
Des Moines Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1952]	1950-1967
Des Moines - Chicago Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1945]	1941-1949
Des Moines - Omaha Limited	Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1948]	1948-1952
Desert Wind	Amtrak	Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois [1982]	1979-1997
Detroit and Kalamazoo Express	Michigan Central Railroad	Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan [1916]	1914-1928
Detroit and New York Express	Grand Trunk Western, Lehigh Valley Railroad	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1908]	1902-1916
Detroit Arrow	Pennsylvania and Wabash	Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1940]	1935-1949
Detroiter	New York Central	New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Express	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota [1916]	1890-1892; 1901-1916
Detroit Express	Grand Trunk Western	Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1916]	1903-1916
Detroit Express	Pennsylvania	Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1933]	1929-1958
Detroit Express	Wabash, Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1940]	1939-1941
Detroit Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1921]	1919-1935
Detroit Express	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1930]	1926-1931
Detroit Limited	Wabash	St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1940]	1939-1968
Detroit Mail and Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1921]	1921-1935
Detroit Night Express	Michigan Central	Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan (with through cars to northern Michigan) [1916]	1893-1941
Detroit Night Express	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan - St. Louis, Missouri [1952]	1952-1958
Detroit Special	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1946]	1913-1931; 1936-1940; 1946-1948
Detroit Special	Wabash (train renamed train Wabash Cannon Ball in 1950)	St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1939]	1939-1949
Detroit - Cleveland Special	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1927]	1926-1931
Detroit - Toledo Express	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Detroit, Michigan - Cincinnati, Ohio [1923]	1917-1928
Detroit - Toledo Special	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1930]	1930-1935
Detroit - Washington Limited	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Detroit, Michigan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1928]	1925-1930
Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo Express	Michigan Central	Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1901]	1895-1906; 1901-1913
Detroiter	New York Central	New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan [1948]	1911-1958
DeWitt Clinton	New York Central	New York, New York - Toronto, Ontario [1957]	1927-1946; 1949; 1957-1960
DeWitt Clinton	Amtrak	New York, New York - Albany, New York [1991]	1974-1980; 1984; 1991
Diamond	Illinois Central Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1918]	1892-1946
Diplomat	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey	St. Louis, Missouri - Washington, DC - Jersey City, New Jersey [1930]	1930-1961
Diplomat	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Washington, D.C. [1965]	1964-1968
Dirigo	Maine Central Railroad Company, Boston and Maine	Boston, Massachusetts - Bangor, Maine [1951]	1951-1955
Dixiana	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1942]	1942
Dixie Express	Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Louisville & Nashville	Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1945]	1925-1927; 1932-1933; 1943-1946
Dixie Flagler	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida	1940-1954
Dixie Flyer	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line	Chicago, Illinois - Jacksonville, Florida (with through trains to southern Florida many years) [1930]	1892-1969
Dixie Limited	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1948]	1923-1953; 1958
Dixie Mail	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1948]	1932-1949
Dixieland	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida - Tampa, Florida [1938]	1938-1942; 1947-1949; 1955-1957
Dominion	Canadian Pacific, Michigan Central Railroad	Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Chicago [1916]	1915-1920
Dominion Express	Pennsylvania	Washington, DC - Buffalo, New York [1940]	1913-1958
Dominion-Overseas	Michigan Central Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway	Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec [1937]	1923-1942
Down Easter (group of trains)	New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National	New York, New York - Portland, Maine (with through cars to Halifax, Nova Scotia, [1927] and through cars to Plymouth, New Hampshire	1927-1942; 1949-1950
Downeaster	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts - Brunswick, Maine [2014]	2002–present
Dubuque Express	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - Waterloo, Iowa [1906]	1906-2909; 1919-1931
Duluth and Ashland Express	Chicago & North Western	Minneapolis, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota [1911]	1910-1915
Duluth and Boston Express	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Duluth, Minnesota - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	?
Duluth and Crookston Night Express	Great Northern	Duluth, Minnesota - Crookston, Minnesota [1906]	1906-1914
Duluth and Grand Forks Day Express	Great Northern	Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1910]	1906-1924
Duluth and Grand Forks Night Express	Great Northern	Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1923]	1906-1909; 1915-1946
Duluth Express	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota [1916]	1890-1902; 1905-1916
Duluth - Superior Express	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota [1911]	1909-1915
Duluth-Superior Limited	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota [1948]	1900; 1906-1961
Duquesne	Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1968 Penn Central, in 1971 Amtrak	New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1952]	1921-1971
Duquesne Limited (later Duquesne Express)	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Jersey City, New Jersey - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1942]	1900-1917

E

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Eagle	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1989]	1982-1990; 1997-1999
Early Bird	Alton Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1908]	1907-1915
East Coast Champion	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway	New York, New York - Miami, Florida [1952]	1949-1967
East Coast Express	Florida East Coast Railway	Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida [1944]	1943-1953
East Coast Flyer	Pere Marquette	Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1930]	1928-1932
East Wind	Pennsylvania, New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine	Washington, DC - Bangor, Maine [1945]	1940-1942; 1946-1955[3]
East Wind	Amtrak	New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1971]	1971-1975
Eastern Express	New York Central (and affiliated lines)	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois (with through cars to several other points) [1916]	1894-1931
Eastern Express	Pennsylvania	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois (with through cars to several other points) [1916]	1885-1942
Eastern Express	Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri - Toledo, Ohio [1908]	1902-1908
Eastern Express	Colorado Midland Railway	Denver, Colorado - Grand Junction, Colorado (with through cars to Los Angeles and Chicago) [1908]	1901-1908; 1914-1916
Eastern Express	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois - Pueblo, Colorado [1906]	1902-1914
Eastern Express	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - Cairo, Illinois [1905]	1904-1908
Eastern Express	Santa Fe	Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California - Chicago, Illinois [1911]	1911-1915
Eastern Express	Louisville and Nashville Railroad	Nashville, Tennessee - Birmingham, Alabama (with through cars to New York) [1924]	1919-1928
Eastern Express	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1922]	1921-1924
Eastern Express	Northern Pacific Railway	Minneapolis, Minnesota - Fargo, North Dakota [1924]	1921-1931
Eastern Limited	Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1930]	1929-1933
Eastern Mail	Pennsylvania	St. Louis, Missouri - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1924]	1909-1914; 1921-1924
Eastern Mail	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1917]	1917-1918; 1925-1928
Easterner	Missouri Pacific Railroad	Kansas City, Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri [1936]	1936
Easterner	New York Central	Cleveland, Ohio - New York, New York [1948]	1929-1931; 1942-1960
Ebb Tide	Long Island Rail Road	New York, New York - Montauk, New York [1965]	1963-1966
Edison	Pennsylvania	Washington, DC - New York, New York [1948]	1931-1968
Edison	Amtrak	New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980]	1980-1981
Egypitan	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1933]	1930-1942
Egypitan	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois - Harrisburg, Illinois [1955]	1952-1957
Egyptian Zipper	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Danville, Illinois - Cypress, Illinois [1948]	1937-1946
El Capitan	Santa Fe (Amtrak 1971-1972)	Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1940]	1938-1972
El Paso Express	Southern Pacific (and connecting lines)	Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California - St. Louis, Missouri [1907]	1907-1913
El Pasoan	Santa Fe	Albuquerque, New Mexico - El Paso, Texas [1948]	1948-1968
El Yaqui	Southern Pacific	Nogales, Arizona - Guadalajara, Mexico [1955]	1952-1964
Electric City Express	Amtrak	New York, New York - Schenectady, New York [1982]	1981-1994
Electroliner	Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee	Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1945]	1941–1963
Eleven Come Seven	Colorado Midland Railway	Denver, Colorado - Cripple Creek, Colorado [1901]	1900-1904
Eleven O'Clock Katy	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad	Dallas, Texas - San Antonio, Texas [1925]	1922-1935
Embassy	Pennsylvania Railroad Penn Central (1969-1971) (Amtrak from 1971)	New York, New York - Washington, DC [1948]	1933-1971; 1976-1981; 1986-1994; 1997-1998
Empire Builder	Burlington and Great Northern (1929–1970) Burlington Northern (1970 - 1971) Amtrak (1971–present)	Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington - Tacoma, Washington - Portland, Oregon [1948]	1929–present
Empire Express	New York Central, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Massena, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1955]	1931-1955
Empire Limited	Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Buffalo, New York [1920]	1910-1930
Empire State Express	New York Central	New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan [1948]	1892-1967
Empire State Express	Amtrak	New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1982]	1974-1998
Erie Express	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Erie, Pennsylvania [1933]	1919-1948
Erie Limited	Erie	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1930]	1929-1961
Erie-Lackawanna Limited	Erie Lackawanna	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1962]	1961-1963
Ethan Allen Express	Amtrak	New York, New York - Rutland, Vermont [2012]	1996–present
Evansville-Chicago Express	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1922]	1919-1924
Evening Keystone	Pennsylvania Penn Central (1969-1971)	New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1962]	1956-1971
Evening Liberty Express	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1978]	1978-1979
Evening Metropolitan	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts - Washington, DC [1997]	1997-1998
Evening Steel King	Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Baltimore, Maryland - Cleveland, Ohio [1953]	1953-1962
Everglades	New Haven, Pennsylvania, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Boston, Massachusetts - Miami, Florida (Everglades Limited 1920-1925; many other destinations over its history) [1948]	1920-1932; 1938; 1946-1971
Executive	Pennsylvania Penn Central (1969-1971)	New York, New York - Washington, DC [1944]	1941-1971
Executive	Amtrak	New York, New York - Washington, DC [1988]	1987-1994
Exposition Flyer	New York Central	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1903]	1893; 1903; 1933-1934
Exposition Flyer	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific	Chicago, Illinois - Oakland, California [1942]	1939-1949

F

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Fairfield	Amtrak	New York, New York - New Haven, Connecticut [1992]	1992-1995
Fall River Line Special	New Haven Railroad	Boston, Massachusetts – New Bedford, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island [1931]	c.1929-c. 1938
Fargo Fast Mail and Express	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1918]	1915-1922
Fast Fifteen	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois - Galveston, Texas [1938]	1932-1948
Fast Flying Virginian (later FFV)	Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio	New York, New York - Cincinnati, Ohio - Norfolk, Virginia - Louisville, Kentucky [1952]	1889-1968
Fast Mail	Chicago & North Western	Council Bluffs, Iowa - Chicago, Illinois [1959]	1959-1960
Fast Mail	Great Northern	Seattle, Washington - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1910]	1906-1960
Fast Mail	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1913]	1904-1919; 1927-1971
Fast Mail	Michigan Central	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1904]	1904-1908
Fast Mail	New York Central	Many different trains and destinations over the years, one example being New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois - Massena, New York - Watertown (city), New York [1945]	1888-1946
Fast Mail	Pennsylvania	Many different trains and destinations over the years, one example being New York, New York - St. Louis, Missouri [1932]	1896-1932
Fast Mail	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1945]	1897-1914; 1922-1940; 1943-1946
Fast Mail	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Jersey City, New Jersey - St. Louis, Missouri [1915]	1900-1916
Fast Mail	Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville	Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1912]	1899-1914
Fast Mail	Rock Island	Memphis, Tennessee - Amarillo, Texas [1911]	1911-1918; 1932
Fast Mail	Union Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Portland, Oregon [1914]	1914-1920
Fast Mail	Missouri Pacific Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1917]	1916-1924
Fast Mail	Alton Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1924]	1922-1925; 1936-1945
Fast Mail	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri [1925]	1902-1910; 1916-1942
Fast Mail	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Lincoln, Nebraska [1932]	1930-1953
Fast Mail	Amtrak	Washington, DC - Boston, Massachusetts [1985]	1984-1998
Fast Pittsfield and North Adams Special	New York Central	New York, New York - North Adams, Massachusetts [1902]	1901-1906
Fast Western Express	Michigan Central Railroad and affiliated lines	Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1890]	1885-1905
Feather River Express	Western Pacific Railroad	San Francisco, California - Portola, California [1931]	1931-1932; 1939-1948
Federal / Federal Express	New Haven Pennsylvania Penn Central (1969-1971)	Washington, DC - Boston, Massachusestts	1894-1971; 2003 (Amtrak)
Fifth Avenue Special	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1952]	1921-1967
Fireball	Ann Arbor	Toledo, Ohio - Frankfort, Michigan	?
Firefly	Frisco	Kansas City, Missouri - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1952]	1939-1960
Firefly	Rock Island	Kansas City, Missouri - Dallas, Texas [1915]	1911-1938
First State	Amtrak	New York, New York - Wilmington, Delaware [1984]	1984-1994
Fisherman	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Star Lake, Wisconsin [1936]	1936-1940
Fisherman's Special	Long Island Rail Road	Jamaica, Queens, New York - Canoe Place, Hampton Bays, New York or Montauk, New York	1932-1973
Fisherman's Special	Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Cape May Harbor, New Jersey [1940]	1940-c.1941
Fisherman's Special	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1943]	1943-1949
Five Hour Train	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Jersey City, New Jersey - Washington, DC [1910]	1904-1910
Flambeau 400	Chicago and North Western	Chicago, Illinois - Green Bay, Wisconsin - Ashland, Wisconsin (1936-1950 just the Flambeau)	1936-1971
Flamingo	New York Central Pennsylvania Louisville & Nashville Central of Georgia Atlantic Coast Line Florida East Coast	Cincinnati, Ohio - Miami, Florida (but many other destinations over the years) [1952]	1925-1962
Flamingo	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Seaboard Air Line Railroad	New York, New York - Miami, Florida [1910]	1909-1918
Florida Arrow	Pennsylvania Louisville & Nashville Atlantic Coast Line Florida East Coast	Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida - St. Petersburg, Florida [1935]	1935-1942; 1948-1949
Florida Limited	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Queen and Crescent Route, Southern Railway, Florida East Coast Railway	Chicago, Illinois - St. Augustine, Florida (this train was perhaps also called 'Florida Special') [1909]	1901-1910
Florida Mail	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	New York, New York - Jacksonville, Florida [1911]	1911-1918
Florida Mail	Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	Washington, DC - Jacksonville, Florida [1952]	1943-1957
Florida Special	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway (Amtrak 1971-1972)	New York, New York - Miami, Florida [1923]	1888-1972
Florida Sunbeam	Southern Railway; Seaboard Air Line Railroad	Cincinnati, Ohio - St. Petersburg, Florida and Miami, Florida [1940]	1936-1949
Florida-Cuba Special	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Seaboard Air Line Railroad	New York, New York - Tampa, Florida [1912]	1911-1923
Floridan	Illinois Central Railroad, Central Railroad of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway	Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1928]	1923-1941
Floridian	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois - St. Petersburg, Florida - Miami, Florida [1973]	1971-1979
Floridian	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida	2024 (planned
Flyer			see Katy Flyer
Flying Crow	Kansas City Southern	Kansas City, Missouri - Port Arthur, Texas - New Orleans, Louisiana [1948]	1928-1968
Flying Spray	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York - Atlantic City, New Jersey [1937]	1937-1942
Flying Yankee	Boston & Maine, Maine Central	Bangor, Maine - Boston, Massachusetts [1952]	1927-1958
Flying Yankee	Amtrak	New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1975]	1974-1977
Foggy Bottom	Amtrak	New York, New York - Washington, DC [1997]	1997-1998
Forest City	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois - Buffalo, New York [1948]	1928-1964
Forest City Limited	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Columbus, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio - Detroit, Michigan [1917]	1917-1918; 1923-1929
Fort Crevecouer	Illinois Terminal Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri - Peoria, Illinois [1950]	1949-1956
Fort Dearborn	Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois (with sections to Cincinnati, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan) [1933]	1932-1938
Fort Dodge Day Express	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - Fort Dodge, Iowa [1908]	1906-1911
Fort Dodge Express	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - Fort Dodge, Iowa [1929]	1919-1930
Fort Dodge-Chicago Day Express	Chicago Great Western Railway	Chicago, Illinois - Fort Dodge, Iowa [1914]	1913-1917
Fort Hayes	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Columbus, Ohio [1952]	1935-1956
Fort Orange	New York Central	New York, New York - Syracuse, New York [1930]	1926-1939
Fort Pitt	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1948]	1947-1968
Fort Pitt	Amtrak	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Altoona, Pennsylvania [1981]	1981-1983
Fort Pitt Limited	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey	Jersey City, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois [1937]	1928-1940
Forty-Niner	Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western	Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1940]	1937-1941
Forty-Second Street Express	New Haven	New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1944]	1938-1968
FrontRunner	Utah Transit Authority	Provo, Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah - Pleasant View, Utah [2014]	2008–present
Furlough	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia [1947]	1944-1955
Furniture City Special	Pere Marquette	Chicago, Illinois - Muskegon, Michigan (and other points in Northern Michigan) [1920]	1920-1936

G

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Garden State	Amtrak	New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980]	1980-1981; 1955
Garden State Limited	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1927]	1927-1933
Garden State Special	Amtrak	New York, New York - Washington, DC [1984]	1983-1990
Gateway	Baltimore & Ohio	Chicago, Illinois - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1969]	1969
Gateway	New York Central	Cleveland, Ohio - St. Louis, Missouri [1948]	1930-1959
General	Pennsylvania	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1937]	1937-1967
General Custer	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific Railway	Kansas City, Missouri - Seattle, Washington - Portland, Oregon [1938]	1936-1942
General Pershing Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1941]	1939-1942; 1948
General Wood		St. Louis, Missouri - San Francisco, California	?
Genesee	New York Central	Buffalo, New York - New York, New York [1952]	1927-1952
George Washington	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad	Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky - Washington, DC - New York, New York - Phoebus, Virginia (with through trains to other destinations) [1952]	1932-1971
George Washington	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts - Cincinnati, Ohio - Chicago, Illinois [1971]	1971-1973
George Washington	Amtrak	New York, New York - Washington, DC [1982]	1982
Georgetown	Amtrak	New York, New York - Washington, DC [1997]	1997-1998
Georgia Cannonball	Georgia Railroad	Atlanta, Georgia - Augusta, Georgia	?-1983[4][5]
Georgian	Louisville & Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway	Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Illinois - Atlanta, Georgia (but many other destinations over the years) [1949]	1929-1931; 1947-1968
Gilt Edge	New Haven	New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1944]	1891-1968
Glacier Discovery	Alaska Railroad	Anchorage, Alaska - Whittier, Alaska [2012]	-present
Glacier Park Limited	Great Northern Railway	Minneapolis, Minnesota - St. Paul, Minnesota - Seattle, Washington [1928]
Gold Coast	Chicago & North Western Union Pacific Southern Pacific	Chicago, Illinois - Oakland, California (aka Gold Coast Limited; many different destinations over the years) [1929]	1927-1932; 1947-1954
Golden Arrow	Pennsylvania	New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1930]	1929-1946
Golden Gate	Santa Fe	Oakland, California - Bakersfield, California [1953]	1948-1964
Golden Gate Special	Union Pacific	Omaha, Nebraska - San Francisco, California	?
Golden Rocket	Rock Island and Southern Pacific	Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California	(cancelled before it could start in 1948)
Golden Special	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1915]	1914-1928
Golden State	Southern Pacific and Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1950]	1947-1968
Golden State Limited	Southern Pacific and Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1921]	1902-1947 then renamed Golden State (see above entry).
Golden Triangle	Pennsylvania	Chicago, Illinois - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1944]	1938-1966
Goldenrod	Southern Railway	Birmingham, Alabama - Mobile, Alabama [1952]	1939-1958
Gopher	Great Northern	Minneapolis, Minnesota - St. Paul, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota - Superior, Wisconsin [1933]	1925-1971
Gopher State Express	Great Northern	Minneapolis, Minnesota - St. Paul, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota - Superior, Wisconsin [1920]	1904-1924
Gotham	Amtrak	New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980]	1980-1981
Gotham Limited	Amtrak	New York, New York - Newport News, Virginia [1997]	1997-1998
Gotham Limited	Pennsylvania	Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1922]	1922-1956
Government Fast Mail	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1900]	1897-1905
Governor	St. Louis-San Francisco	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Joplin, Missouri [1921]	1914-1918; 1921-1931
Governor	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1952]	1937-1956
Governor's Special	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - Springfield, Illinois [1970]	1968-1971
Grand Canyon	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - Oakland, California [1952]	1929-1971
Grand Forks and Duluth Night Express	Great Northern	Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1933]	1928-1946
Grand Rapids and Chicago Express	Michigan Central, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1916]	1901-1918
Grand Rapids and Chicago Night Express	Michigan Central	Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1908]	1906-1914
Grand Rapids Express	Michigan Central	Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1918]	1890-1918
Grand Rapids Limited	Pere Marquette Railway	Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1923]	1920-1926
Grand Rapids- Detroit Express	Michigan Central	Detroit, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1914]	1913-1918
Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Detroit Express	Michigan Central	Detroit, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan [1902]	1895-1912
Great Lakes Aerotrain	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois - Cleveland, Ohio [1956]	1956
Great Lakes Limited	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Detroit, Michigan - Cincinnati, Ohio [1937]; Detroit - Louisville, Kentucky (1949)	1929-1934; 1937-1950
Great Northern Express	Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	Kansas City, Missouri - Seattle, Washington [1914]	1909-1929
Great Northern Flyer	Great Northern	Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Seattle, Washington [1903]	1899-1905
Great Valley Flyer	SEPTA	Thorndale, Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Unknown-
Great Western Limited	Chicago Great Western	Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1913]	1898-1924
Great Western Special	Chicago Great Western	Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1916]	1914-1922
Green Bay 400	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois - Green Bay, Wisconsin [1960]	1959-1968
Green Diamond	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri	1936-1968
Green Mountain Flyer	Boston & Maine, New York Central Railroad Rutland, and Canadian National	Boston, Massachusetts/New York City - Montreal, Quebec [1930]	1892-1896; 1900-1917; 1928-1953
Greylock	Boston and Maine	Boston, Massachusetts - Troy, New York [1952]	1951-1956
Gulf Breeze	Amtrak	Birmingham, Alabama - Mobile, Alabama [1994]	1991-1994
Gulf Coast Express	Kansas City Southern Railway	Kansas City, Missouri - Port Arthur, Texas [1925]	1925-1928
Gulf Coast Limited	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	New York, New York - St. Petersburg, Florida [1930]	1927-1939
Gulf Coast Limited	Amtrak	Mobile, Alabama - New Orleans, Louisiana [1984]	1984-1985
Gulf Coast Rebel	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	St. Louis, Missouri - Mobile, Alabama [1943]	1940-1958
Gulf Coast Special	Colorado and Southern	Denver, Colorado - Dallas, Texas [1940]	1940-1948
Gulf Coast Special	Mobile & Ohio	St. Louis, Missouri - Mobile, Alabama [1928]	1927-1940
Gulf Coast Special	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (1967-1971: as Seaboard Coast Line)	New York, New York - Tampa, Florida [1964]	1964-1971
Gulf Stream	Florida East Coast Railway	Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida (many more destinations in earlier years) [1952]	1929-1932; 1938; 1941-1942; 1947-1953
Gulf Wind	Louisville and Nashville, Seaboard Air Line (1967-1971: as Seaboard Coast Line)	New Orleans, Louisiana - Jacksonville, Florida [1953]	1949-1971
The Gull[6]	Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National	Boston, Massachusetts - Halifax, Nova Scotia [1933]	1929-1960

H

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Half Moon	Amtrak	New York, New York – Albany, New York [1994]	1994-1995
Hampton Express	Long Island Rail Road	New York, New York – Montauk, New York [1930]	1928-1941; 1947-1949
Harpooner	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – New Bedford, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island [1931]	c.1929-c. 1931
Harrisburg Express	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1926]	1906-1910; 1919-1930
Harrisburg Special	Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Jersey City, New Jersey [1918]	1910-1953
Harrisburg-New Yorker	Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Jersey City, New Jersey [1924]	1919-1953
Harrisburger	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Jersey City, New Jersey [1955]	1954-1963
Hartford Line Express	New Haven	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1901]	1901-1913
Havana Special	Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	New York, New York – Key West, Florida (to 1935) [1918] New York, New York – Miami, Florida (destinations vary considerably by year)	1917-1963
Hawkeye	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois – Sioux City, Iowa [1963]	1922-1971
Heartland Flyer	Amtrak	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Fort Worth, Texas [2010]	1999–present
HeartToHub	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Boston, Massachusetts – Worcester, Massachusetts [2019]	2016-2020; 2022-2023[7]
Hell Gate	New Haven	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts (Hell Gate Express, 1926-1937; 1942-1949) [1953]	1959-1969
Hendrick Hudson	New York Central, Amtrak (from 1989)	Albany, New York – New York, New York [1960]	1957-1966; 1989-1994
Hendrik Hudson	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Jersey City, New Jersey – Washington, DC [1933]	1931-1935
Henry Hudson	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York (endpoints vary by year) [1945]	1939-1942; 1945-1946
Henry Hudson	Amtrak	New York, New York – Albany, New York [1976]	1974-1980
Henry M. Flagler	Florida East Coast	Jacksonville, Florida – Miami, Florida [1940]	1939-1940
Herald Square	Amtrak	New York, New York – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1980]	1980-1982; 1995
Hiawatha	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis, Minnesota [1971]	1971-1973
Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis, Minnesota [1943]	1936-1955
Hilltopper	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts – Catlettsburg, Kentucky [1977]	1977-1979
Hoosier	Monon Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Indianapolis, Indiana (at times called the Hoosier Limited) [1912]	1911-1958
Hoosier State	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Indianapolis, Indiana [2010]	1980-1985; 1988-1995; 1999; 2004-2019
Hopi	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California [1929]	1929-1932
Hot Springs Limited	Rock Island	St. Louis, Missouri – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1925]	1924-1948
Hot Springs Limited	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1916]	1913-1918
Hot Springs Special	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, Missouri – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1936]	1902-1907; 1917-1926; 1929-1949
Hot Springs-Panama Limited	Rock Island	Memphis, Tennessee – Hot Springs, Arkansas [1925]	1925-1932
Housatonic Express	New Haven	New York, New York – Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1952]	1940; 1949-1955
Houstonian	Missouri Pacific	New Orleans, Louisiana – Houston, Texas [1952]	1925-1963
Hub	New Haven	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1944]	1925-1931; 1942-1951; 1957
Hudson Highlander	Amtrak	New York, New York – Albany, New York [1988]	1981-1995
Hudson River and Mohawk Express	West Shore Railroad	New York, New York – Albany, New York [1916]	1897-1916
Hudson River Express	West Shore Railroad (later New York Central Railroad)	New York, New York – Albany, New York (different endpoints in earlier years) [1924]	1892-1914; 1917; 1923-1942; 1951-1956
Hudson River Express	Amtrak	New York, New York – Albany, New York [1988]	1986-1990
Hudson River Limited	New York Central and its affiliated lines	New York, New York – Cincinnati, Ohio [1925]	1923-1928
Hudson River Special	New York Central	New York, New York – Syracuse, New York (the name might be a variant of 'Hudson River Express') [1937]	1906-1914; 1927-1941; 1957
Hummer	Alton	Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri [1923]	1906-1946
Humming Bird	Louisville & Nashville, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri (originally Cincinnati, Ohio) – New Orleans, Louisiana (endpoints differ considerably by year) [1951]	1946-1969
Hunterdon Hills Express	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Jersey City, New Jersey – Hampton, New Jersey [1948]	1947-1953
Huron Shore Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Bay City, Michigan – Alpena, Michigan	?
Hurricane Turn	Alaska Railroad	Talkeetna, Alaska – Hurricane Gulch, Alaska
Hustler	Southern Pacific	Dallas, Texas – Houston, Texas [1938]	1923-1931; 1938-1954
Hustler	Louisiana and Arkansas Railway	New Orleans, Louisiana – Shreveport, Louisiana [1935]	1933-1939