List of named passenger trains of the United States (I–M)

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

I

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Idaho Express	Union Pacific Railroad	Salt Lake City, Utah – Boise, Idaho [1932]	1911-1913; 1919-1924; 1932-1933; 1942-1946
Idahoan	Union Pacific Railroad	Cheyenne, Wyoming – Portland, Oregon [1948]	1947-1954
Illini	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois – Champaign, Illinois [1942]	1942-1949; 1969-1971
Illini	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Carbondale, Illinois [2014]	1974–present
Illinois Zephyr	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Quincy, Illinois [2015]	1971–present
Illmo Limited	Illinois Terminal Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Peoria, Illinois [1941]	1929-1948
Imperial	Southern Pacific	Los Angeles, California – Calexico, California [1931]	1931-1941
Imperial	Southern Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California [1948]	1947-1958
Independence	Amtrak	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1985]	1982-1995
Indian Head	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, Illinois – Drummond, Wisconsin [1948]	1948-1952
Indiana Connection			see Calumet
Indiana Special	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Detroit, Michigan – Indianapolis, Indiana [1920]	1919-1921; 1925-1939
Indianapolis Express	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan – St. Louis, Missouri (with many different endpoints over the years) [1952]	1917-1920; 1931-1957
Indianapolis Limited	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Cincinnati, Ohio – Indianapolis, Indiana [1923]	1921-1929
Indianapolis Limited	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – Indianapolis, Indiana [1950]	1950; 1953-1957
Indianapolis Midnight Special	Pennsylvania	Chicago, Illinois – Louisville, Kentucky [1908]	1906-1910
Indianapolis Special	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Cleveland, Ohio – Indianapolis, Indiana [1920]	1919-1924; 1929-1932
Inter-American	Amtrak	St. Louis, Missouri – Laredo, Texas [1975]	1973-1981
Inter-City Express	New York Central	Buffalo, New York – Syracuse, New York [1927]	1927-1931
Inter-City Limited[2]	Grand Trunk Western and Canadian National	Chicago, Illinois – Montreal, Quebec [1948]	1927-c.1965
Inter-State Limited	Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1929]	1929-1933
International (group of trains)	Great Northern	Seattle, Washington – Vancouver, British Columbia	1950-1971
International Express	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1930]	1913-1937
International Limited[2]	Grand Trunk Western and Canadian National	Chicago, Illinois – Toronto, Ontario [1955]	1901-1910; 1919-1971
International Limited	Amtrak and Via	Chicago, Illinois – Toronto, Ontario [1990]	1982-2004
International Limited	Great Northern	Portland, Oregon – Vancouver, British Columbia [1935]	1911-1924; 1931-1946
Interstate Express	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois – Boston, Massachusetts [1952]	1921-1958
Interstate Express	Reading–CNJ–Lackawanna	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Syracuse, New York [1950]	1929-1957
Iowa and Dakota Express	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, Illinois – Hawarden, Iowa [1916]	1897; 1914-1924
Iowa Express	Chicago Great Western	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1912]	1912-1930
Iowa-Nebraska Limited	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Lincoln, Nebraska [1930]	1925-1946
Iowan	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois – Sioux City, Iowa[3] [1948]	1931-1952
Iron and Copper Country Express	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, Illinois – Ishpeming, Michigan [1948]	1914-1958
Iron City Express	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1913]	1909-1953
Iron Country Limited	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Iron River, Michigan [1933]	1931-1938
Iron Range Express	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, Illinois Menomonie, Wisconsin [1915]	1900-1901; 1914-1936
Iroquois	New York Central	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts – Chicago, Illinois [1948]	1926-1967
Irvin S. Cobb	Illinois Central	Louisville, Kentucky – Memphis, Tennessee [1952]	1949-1955
Islander	New York, New Haven & Hartford	Boston, Massachusetts, then New York, New York – Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1931]	1937-1942

J

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
James River	Amtrak	Richmond, Virginia – Newport News, Virginia [1995]	1995-1998
James Whitcomb Riley	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois – Cincinnati, Ohio [1948]	1941-1971
	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Washington, DC [1975]	1971-1977
Jeffersonian	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – St Louis, Missouri [1948]	1941-1953
Jeffersonian	Amtrak	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1985]	1982-1990
Jet Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois – Peoria, Illinois [1956]	1956-1957
Joe Wheeler	Southern	Oakdale, Tennessee – Tuscumbia, Alabama [1940]	c.1940-c.1946
John Adams	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1977]	1977
John Quincy Adams	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts	1957-?
John Wilkes	Lehigh Valley	New York, New York – Coxton, Pennsylvania – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1942]	1939-1961
Judiciary	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1952]	1933-1955
Judith Special	Great Northern	Lewiston, Idaho – Great Falls, Montana [1920]	1919-1924
Juniata	Pennsylvania Railroad; Penn Central	New York, New York – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1952]	1927-1934; 1938-1971

K

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Detroit Express	Michigan Central Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Grand Rapids, Michigan [1916]	1916-1920
Kansas City and Chicago Fast Mail	Santa Fe	Kansas City, Missouri – Galveston, Texas [1911]	1906-1916
Kansas City and St. Louis Express	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, Missouri – Denver, Colorado [1903]	1900-1910
Kansas City Chief	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri [1950]	1950-1968
Kansas City Day Express	Alton Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1892]	1892-1900
Kansas City Express	St. Louis-San Francisco	Kansas City, Missouri – Memphis, Tennessee [1905]	1902-1908
Kansas City Express	Missouri-Kansas-Texas	Kansas City, Missouri – Galveston, Texas [1908]	1904-1910; 1915-1916; 1921-1926
Kansas City Express	Union Pacific Railroad	Kansas City, Missouri – Cheyenne, Wyoming [1922]	1921-1934
Kansas City Express	Kansas City Southern Railway	Kansas City, Missouri – Port Arthur, Texas [1930]	1929-1932
Kansas City Express	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri [1932]	1932-1936
Kansas City Express	Wabash Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1940]	1937-1947
Kansas City Flyer	Santa Fe	Kansas City, Missouri – Galveston, Texas [1912]	1910-1916
Kansas City Limited	Chicago Great Western	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1922]	1896-1901; 1922-1926
Kansas City Mail	St. Louis-San Francisco	Kansas City, Missouri – Dallas, Texas [1902]	1898-1908
Kansas City Mule	Amtrak	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1983]	1980-2009
Kansas City Rocket	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1960]	1957-1962
Kansas City Special	Chicago Great Western	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1916]	1898-1909; 1912-1918
Kansas City Vestibuled Limited	Alton Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1901]	1892-1904
Kansas City Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri	1953-1968
Kansas City - Florida Special	St. Louis-San Francisco – Southern – Atlantic Coast Line – Florida East Coast	Kansas City, Missouri – Miami, Florida (endpoints differed over the years) [1948]	1902-1965
Kansas City - Hot Springs Express	Missouri Pacific	Hot Springs, Arkansas – Kansas City, Missouri	?
Kansas Cityan	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1952]	1915-1933; 1938-1968
Kansas Fast Mail	Santa Fe	Kansas City, Missouri – Purcell, Oklahoma [1910]	1910-1918
Kansas Limited	St. Louis-San Francisco	St. Louis, Missouri – Galveston, Texas [1925]	1905; 1917-1928
Kansas Mail	St. Louis-San Francisco	St. Louis, Missouri – Wichita, Kansas [1922]	1921-1927
Katahdin	Boston and Maine, Maine Central Railroad Company	Boston, Massachusetts – Bangor, Maine [1953]	1951-1958
Kate Shelley 400	Chicago and North Western	Chicago, Illinois – Cedar Rapids, Iowa [1955]	1955-1971
Katy Flyer	Missouri-Kansas-Texas	St. Louis, Missouri – San Antonio, Texas (various endpoints over the years) [1948]	1896; 1900-1959
Katy Limited	Missouri-Kansas-Texas	Kansas City, Missouri – Fort Worth, Texas [1948]	1910-1951
Kay-See Flyer	Missouri Pacific Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri	?
Kennebec Limited	Boston and Maine, Maine Central Railroad Company	Boston, Massachusetts – Bangor, Maine [1953]	1937-1958
Kentuckian	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri – Washington, DC – Newport News, Virginia [1930]	1929-1933
Kentuckian	Pennsylvania	Chicago, Illinois – Louisville, Kentucky [1935]	1935-1968
Kentucky Cardinal	Illinois Central	Louisville, Kentucky – Fulton, Kentucky [1952]	1950-1953
Kentucky Cardinal	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Louisville, Kentucky [2000]	1999-2003
Key West Express	Florida East Coast Railway	Jacksonville, Florida – Key West, Florida [1924]	1910-1926
Keystone (group of trains)	Amtrak	New York, New York – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1980)	1971-1972; 1980-1981; 1991-2007
Keystone Executive	Amtrak	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1984]	1983-1988
Keystone Express	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	Scranton, Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1939)	1936-1949
Keystone Express	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – St. Louis, Missouri (various endpoints over the years) [1914]	1891-1896; 1904-1931; 1937-1940
Keystone Express	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	Scranton, Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1939)	c.1936-c.1947
Keystone State Express	Amtrak	New York, New York – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1980)	1991-1995
King Coal	Reading	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Shamokin, Pennsylvania [1951]	1950-1964
Klamath	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, California – Portland, Oregon [1952]	1929-1955
Knickerbocker	New York Central	New York, New York – St. Louis, Missouri (various endpoints over the years) [1948]	1895-1967
Knickerbocker	Amtrak	New York, New York – Albany, New York [1991]	1974-1976; 1991-1994
Knickerbocker Limited	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1925]	1902-1932

L

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
La Salle	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri [1928]	1925-1933
La Salle[2]	Grand Trunk Western and Canadian National	Chicago, Illinois – Toronto, Ontario – Montreal, Quebec [1938]	1937-c.1965
La Salle Street Limited	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Omaha, Nebraska [1942]	1935-1953
Lackawanna Limited	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	Hoboken, New Jersey – Buffalo, New York [1948]	1901-1949
Lackawanna Special	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	Hoboken, New Jersey – Buffalo, New York [1926]	1925-1936
Lake Cities	Erie Railroad, later Erie Lackawanna	Chicago, Illinois – Hoboken, New Jersey [1952]	1929-1970
Lake Cities	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Toledo, Ohio (1980–1995) [1980] Chicago, Illinois – Pontiac, Michigan (1995–2004) [1995]	1980-2004
Lake Cities Special	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1935]	1926-1952
Lake Country Limited	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Janesville, Wisconsin [2000]	2000-2001
Lake Erie	New York Central	Albany, New York – Buffalo, New York [1930]	1927-1931
Lake Shore	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York [1971]	1971-1972
Lake Shore Limited	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1980]	1975-present
Lake Shore Limited	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York [1948]	1897-1956
Lake Superior Limited	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Houghton, Michigan – St. Ignace, Michigan (with through trains to many other destinations) [1900]	1893-1900
Lake Superior Limited	Northern Pacific Railway	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Duluth, Minnesota [1928]	1901-1905; 1921-1930
The Laker	Soo Line	Chicago, Illinois – Duluth, Minnesota [1952]	1951-1965
Land O'Corn	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois – Waterloo, Iowa [1960]	1941-1967
Lark	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, California – Los Angeles, California [1948]	1911-1968
Las Vegas Holiday Special	Union Pacific Railroad	Los Angeles, California – Las Vegas, Nevada [1965]	1962-1967
Las Vegas Limited	Amtrak	Los Angeles, California – Las Vegas, Nevada [1976]	1976
LaSalle	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1984]	1980-1989
Laurentian	Delaware & Hudson, New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway	New York, New York – Montreal, Quebec [1948]	1923-1971
Legion	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York – Washington, D.C. [1948]	1944-1952
Legionnaire[4]	Chicago Great Western	Minneapolis–St. Paul – Chicago, – Kansas City, Missouri [1930]	1925-1930 (renamed "The Minnesotan")
Legislator	Pennsylvania Railroad	Washington, DC – New York, New York [1952]	1932-1971
Lehigh Express	Grand Trunk Western, Lehigh Valley Railroad	New York, New York – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Chicago, Illinois [1912]	1894-1914
Lehigh Limited	Lehigh Valley Railroad	New York, New York – Buffalo, New York (with through trains to many other cities) [1930]	1917-1936
Lehigh-Pennsylvania Express	Lehigh Valley Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Phillipsburg, New Jersey [1918]	1916-1932
Lexington Special	Louisville and Nashville Railroad	Cincinnati, Ohio – Lexington, Kentucky [1922]	1921-1935
Liberty Bell	Amtrak	Washington, DC – New York, New York [1995]	1995-1998
Liberty Express	Amtrak	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Boston, Massachusetts [1980]	1979-1982
Liberty Limited	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Washington, DC [1948]	1925-1957
Lincoln Limited	Chicago and Alton	Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri [1930]	1925-1935
Lincoln Service	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri	2006-present
Litchfield	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1960]	1956-1968
Lock Haven Express	Pennsylvania Railroad	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Williamsport, Pennsylvania [1923]	1923-1933
Lone Star	St. Louis Southwestern	Memphis, Tennessee – Dallas, Texas [1948]	1928-1952
Lone Star	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Dallas, Texas Chicago, Illinois – Houston, Texas [1974]	1974-1979
Lone Star Limited	Texas Midland Railroad	Paris, Texas – Ennis, Texas (with through cars to St. Louis and Galveston) [1902]	1902-1912
Lookout	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway	Nashville, Tennessee – Chattanooga, Tennessee (with through cars to New York) [1933]	1932-1946
Loop	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Springfield, Illinois [1990]	1986-1996
Los Angeles Challenger	Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California [1938]	1938-1948
Los Angeles Express	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California [1910]	1905-1916
Los Angeles Limited	Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California [1948]	1906-1953
Louisiana Daylight	Texas and Pacific	New Orleans, Louisiana – Fort Worth, Texas [1950]	1949-1963
Louisiana Eagle	Texas and Pacific	New Orleans, Louisiana – Fort Worth, Texas [1950]	1949-1963
Louisiana Limited	Texas and Pacific	New Orleans, Louisiana – Fort Worth, Texas (with through cars to other points) [1930]	1913-1949
Louisiana Sunshine Special	Missouri Pacific	Little Rock, Arkansas – Lake Charles, Louisiana [1948]	1925-1930; 1948-1960
Louisiane	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky – New Orleans, Louisiana [1952]	1931-1967
Louisville and Cincinnati Limited	Illinois Central	Cincinnati, Ohio – New Orleans, Louisiana [1902]	1897-1910; 1917-1918
Louisville Daylight Express	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Louisville, Kentucky [1930]	1911-1953
Louisville Express	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Chicago, Illinois – Louisville, Kentucky [1940]	1931-1941
Louisville Limited	Illinois Central	New Orleans, Louisiana – Louisville, Kentucky [1922]	1919-1930
Louisville Night Express	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Louisville, Kentucky [1920]	1914-1920; 1934-1935
Louisville Special	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Louisville, Kentucky [1904]	1904-1910

M

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints in a typical [year]	Operated
Mackinaw Island Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway, Michigan Central Railroad	Detroit, Michigan – Alpena, Michigan [1930]	1919-1935
Mahaiwe	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1960]	1956-1960
Mahkeenac	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1960]	1954-1960
Mail and Express	Missouri-Kansas-Texas	Kansas City, Missouri – Dallas, Texas [1916]	1903-1911; 1915-1916; 1920
Mail and Express	Texas Midland Railroad	Paris, Texas – Ennis, Texas (with through cars to Galveston) [1903]	1902-1911
Mail and Express	Wabash Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Toledo, Ohio [1910]	1909-1915
Mail and Express	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1953]	1951-1961
Mail Express	Amtrak	Washington, DC – Boston, Massachusetts [1985]	1984-1990
Main Line Express	Pennsylvania Railroad	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1925]	1893-1930
Maine Coast Special	Canadian National	Montreal, Quebec – Berlin, New Hampshire -- Portland, Maine [1938]	c.1938
Mainstreeter	Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (1952–1970); Burlington Northern (1970–1971)	Chicago, Illinois – Seattle, Washington (1952–1970); St. Paul, Minnesota – Seattle, Washington (1970–1971)	1952-1971
Major	Lehigh Valley Railroad	New York, New York – Buffalo, New York [1955]	1954-1958
Man O' War	Central of Georgia	Atlanta, Georgia – Columbus, Georgia [1953]	1947-1971
Manhattan	Amtrak	Washington, DC – New York, New York [1991]	1991
Manhattan Limited	Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central	Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York [1958]	1903-1971
Manhattan Limited	Amtrak	New York, New York – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1982]	1981-1984
Manitoba Express	Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway	St. Paul, Minnesota – Winnipeg, Manitoba [1905]	1904-1918
Manitoba Limited	Northern Pacific Railway	St. Paul, Minnesota – Winnipeg, Manitoba [1930]	1914-1915, 1921-1946
Maple Leaf[2]	Grand Trunk Western Railroad and Canadian National	Chicago, Illinois (Dearborn Station) – Toronto, Ontario – Montreal, Quebec (with through cars to New York) [1938]	1927-1971
Maple Leaf	Via/Amtrak	New York, New York – Toronto, Ontario [1985]	1981-present
Maple Leaf	Lehigh Valley, Reading Company Canadian National	New York, New York – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Toronto, Ontario [1940]	1937-1961
Marathon	Missouri Pacific	Kansas City, Missouri – Omaha, Nebraska [1935]	1935-1939
Mariner	Pennsylvania Railroad	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Cape Charles, Virginia [1944]	1944-1947
Mark Twain Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	St. Louis, Missouri – Burlington, Iowa [1948]	1936-1952
Marquette	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois – Mason City, Iowa [1940]	1938-1950
Marquette	Pere Marquette	Chicago, Illinois – Grand Rapids, Michigan
Marquette	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1982]	1980-1983
Marylander	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, and Central Railroad of New Jersey	Washington, DC – Jersey City, New Jersey [1940]	1938-1956
Matinee	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway	New York, New York – Paterson, New Jersey [1953]	1950-1957
Maumee	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois – Toledo, Ohio (with through cars to other points) [1930]	1928-1948
Mayflower	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	Boston, Massachusetts – New York, New York [1954]	1906-1907; 1925-1948; 1952-1968
Mayflower	Amtrak	Washington, DC – Boston, Massachusetts [1995]	1974; 1992-1998
Meadowlark	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	Chicago, Illinois – Cypress, Illinois [1950]	1946-1962
Memphian	St. Louis-San Francisco	St. Louis, Missouri – Birmingham, Alabama (endpoints varied widely by year) [1952]	1923-1958
Memphis and New Orleans Limited	Illinois Central	Cincinnati, Ohio – New Orleans, Louisiana (with sleeping cars to the west coast) [1903]	1902-1910
Memphis Express	St. Louis-San Francisco	St. Louis, Missouri – Memphis, Tennessee [1907]	1906-1908; 1917-1921; 1925
Memphis Mail	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Memphis, Tennessee – Amarillo, Texas [1921]	1906-1910; 1921-1924
Memphis Special	Pennsylvania Railroad, Norfolk and Western Railway, Southern Railway	New York, New York – Memphis, Tennessee [1938]	1909-1941
Memphis-Atlanta Express	St. Louis-San Francisco, Southern Railway	Memphis, Tennessee – Atlanta, Georgia [1920]	1917-1924; 1933-1935
Memphis-Californian	Rock Island, Southern Pacific	Memphis, Tennessee – Los Angeles, California [1948]	1923-1949
Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans Express	Illinois Central, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway	St. Louis, Missouri – Nashville, Tennessee – New Orleans, Louisiana [1903]	1902-1910
Mercantile Express	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York – Washington, DC – Cleveland, Ohio – Chicago, Illinois [1930]	1913-1942
Merchants Express	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	Hoboken, New Jersey – Scranton, Pennsylvania [1948]	1937-1959
Merchants Limited	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (to 1969), Penn Central (1969-1971), Amtrak (from 1971)	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts	1903-1998
Mercury	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan – Cleveland, Ohio (1936–1939) [1938] Detroit, Michigan – Chicago, Illinois (1939–1949) [1944]	1936-1949
Meteor	St. Louis-San Francisco Railway	St. Louis, Missouri – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1948]	1902-1965
Meteor	San Francisco - Sacramento Railroad	San Francisco, California – Chico, California [1924]	1924-1927
Metroliner (type of train)	Penn Central (1968–1971) Amtrak (1971–2006)	New York, New York – Washington, DC	1968-2006
Metropolitan	New York Central	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts – Chicago, Illinois [1907]	1905-1928
Metropolitan	Amtrak	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1981]	1981-1982
Metropolitan Express	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York [1913]	1913-1925
Metropolitan Express	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Jersey City, New Jersey – St. Louis, Missouri [1908]	1905-1916
Metropolitan Special	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Washington, DC – St. Louis, Missouri [1952]	1919-1971
Mexico Express	Santa Fe	Albuquerque, New Mexico – El Paso, Texas [1920]	1906-1932
Mexico Limited	Missouri Pacific Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – San Antonio, Texas (with through cars to Mexico) [1924]	1923-1927
Miamian	Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway	New York, New York – Miami, Florida [1941]	1927-1941; 1946-1962
Michigan	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan [1953]	1937-1938; 1946-1967
Michigan	Canadian Pacific Railway, New York Central Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Toronto, Ontario [1934]	1928-1957
Michigan Central Limited	Michigan Central	New York, New York – Chicago, Illinois [1922]	1905-1923
Michigan Executive	Amtrak	Detroit, Michigan – Jackson, Michigan [1980]	1975-1983
Michican Express	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Detroit, Michigan – Cincinnati, Ohio [1927]	1915-1928; 1939-1941
Michigan Express	Pere Marquette Railway	Chicago, Illinois – Traverse City, Michigan [1920]	1920-1926
Michigan Special	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan – Cincinnati, Ohio [1933]	1930-1958
Michigan Wolverine	New York Central and its affiliates	Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York (with through cars to many other points) [1924]	1923-1928
Mid-American	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri – Memphis, Tennessee [1970]	1968-1971
Mid-City Express	Pennsylvania and Wabash	Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan [1940]	1935-1949
Mid-Continent Special	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1948]	1925-1954
Mid-Day Limited	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	New York, New York – Cincinnati, Ohio [1913]	1910-1920
Mid-West Limited	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Washington, DC – St. Louis, Missouri [1925]	1923-1928
Midday Congressional	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1961]	1956-1971
Midday Keystone	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]	1956-1958
Middle West Express	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Jersey City, New Jersey – Chicago, Illinois [1922]	1917-1930
Midlander	Erie	Chicago, Illinois – Jersey City, New Jersey [1942]	1939-1947
Midnight	Wabash Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri [1945]	1942-1960
Midnight Express	New York Central	New York, New York – Albany, New York – Plattsburgh, New York (different endpoints in different years) [1916]	1893-1925
Midnight Express	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1914]	1891-1897; 1905-1918
Midnight Express	Reading Railroad, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Binghamton, New York [1924]	1923-1928
Midnight Keystone	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]	1956-1959
Midnight Limited (train)	Wabash Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1955]	1908-1914; 1927; 1937-1960
Midnight Special	Chicago & Alton, from 1947 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri [1955]	1901-1971
Midnight Special	New York Central and its affiliates	Cincinnati, Ohio – Cleveland, Ohio [1948]	1939-1958
Midnight Special	Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville	Chicago, Illinois – Cincinnati, Ohio [1943]	1921-1952
Midnight Special	Amtrak	Washington, DC – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1994]	1994
Midnight Sun	Alaska Railroad	Anchorage, Alaska – Fairbanks, Alaska [1960]	1960
Midwest Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois – Sioux Falls, South Dakota (various endpoints over the years)[1952]	1940-1956
Midwestern	New York Central Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Cincinnati, Ohio [1957]	1957-1959
Mill Cities Limited	Chicago Great Western	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1948]	1927-1952
Minneapolis-Kansas City Rocket	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1941]	1941-1944
Minneapolis-Sioux Falls-Yankton Night Express	Great Northern Railway	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Yankton, South Dakota [1935]	1935-1940
Minnesota 400	Chicago & North Western	Mankato, Minnesota – Wyeville, Wisconsin [1948]	1936-1952
Minnesota and Black Hills Express	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois – Rapid City, South Dakota [1918]	1914-1937; 1948-1955
Minnesota Limited	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1916]	1910-1918; 1922-1926
Minnesota Marquette	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1948]	1939-1950
Minnesotan[4]	Chicago Great Western	Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1933]	1930-1956 (name dropped in 1949)[5]
Minute Man	Boston and Maine	Boston, Massachusetts – Troy, New York [1948]	1927-1957
Minute Man	Amtrak[6]	Boston, Massachusetts – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1972–1973) Boston – Washington, DC (1973–1998)	1973-1998
Miss Lou	Illinois Central	Jackson, Mississippi – New Orleans, Louisiana [1944]	1942-1949
Missionary	Santa Fe	Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri (and points beyond in many years) [1935]	1915-1936
Mississippi Valley	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific Railway	St. Louis, Missouri – Portland, Oregon [1920]	1911-1936
Missouri Limited	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri [1930]	1909-1918; 1923-1931
Missouri River Eagle	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, Missouri – Omaha, Nebraska [1948]	1940-1971
Missouri River Express	Chicago & North Western	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Omaha, Nebraska [1924]	1913-1926
Missouri River Flyer	Santa Fe	Denver, Colorado – La Junta, Colorado [1913]	1902-1904; 1907-1915
Missouri River Runner	Amtrak	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [2010]	2009–present
Missouri State Express	Chicago and Alton	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1901]	1901-1905
Missourian	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1948]	1925-1963
Missourian	New York Central	St. Louis, Missouri – New York, New York [1928]	1928-1958
Mohawk	Grand Trunk Western	Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan	1967-1971
Mohawk	New York Central	New York, New York – Buffalo, New York (many different endpoints over the years) [1948]	1911-1963
Mohawk	Amtrak	New York, New York – Schenectady, New York [1991]	1981-1985; 1991-1998
Mohawk and Hudson River Express	West Shore Railroad	New York, New York – Albany, New York [1903]	1899-1916
Mondamin	Chicago & North Western	Minneapolis, Minnesota – Sioux City, Iowa [1948]	1931-1952
Monmouth Express	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Long Branch, New Jersey [1930]	1920-1932
Montreal and Boston Express	Soo Line Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway, Boston and Maine	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Boston, Massachusetts [1916]	1890-1893; 1903-1916
Montreal Express	New York Central, Rutland Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Railway	New York, New York – Montreal, Quebec [1916]	1902-1924
Montreal Express	Canadian Pacific Railway, Wabash Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Toronto, Ontario – Montreal, Quebec [1903]	1903-1909
Montreal Express	Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Boston and Maine	Chicago, Illinois – Montreal, Quebec – Boston, Massachusetts [1916]	1908-1917
Montreal Limited	Delaware & Hudson, New York Central	New York, New York – Montreal, Quebec [1948]	1925-1971
Montrealer[7]	Pennsylvania Railroad, New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, and Canadian National	Washington, DC – Montreal, Quebec [1952]	1924-1966
Montrealer	Amtrak	Washington, DC – Montreal, Quebec [1981]	1972-1995
Morning Congressional	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]	1950-1971
Morning Daylight	Southern Pacific	Los Angeles, California – San Francisco, California [1941]	1940-1952
Morning Executive	Amtrak	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1971]	1971-1972
Morning Express	Northern Pacific Railway	Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Duluth, Minnesota [1902]	1901-1905
Morning Express	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1912]	1905-1913
Morning Flyer	Grand Rapids & Indiana	Chicago, Illinois – Grand Rapids, Michigan [1905]	1904-1911
Morning Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois – St. Paul, Minnesota [1948]	1939-1971
Morning Keystone	Pennsylvania	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1957]	1956-1959
Morning Liberty Express	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1978]	1978-1979
Morning Puget Sounder	Great Northern Railway	Seattle, Washington – Vancouver, British Columbia [1947]	1946-1950
Morning Star	St. Louis Southwestern	St. Louis, Missouri – Dallas, Texas [1948] Memphis, Tennessee – Dallas, Texas [1952]	1941-1950
Morning Steel King	New York Central, Erie Railroad	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Cleveland, Ohio [1958]	1953-1962
Morning Steeler	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Cleveland, Ohio [1952] (earlier years New York endpoint)	1950-1957
Morning Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–St. Paul [1938]	1936-1971
Motor City Special	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan [1922]	1917-1965
Motor Queen	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan – Cincinnati, Ohio [1929]	1929
Mound City	Illinois Terminal Railroad	St. Louis, Missouri – Peoria, Illinois [1950]	1949-1956
Mound City Limited	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Cincinnati, Ohio – St. Louis, Missouri [1908]	1905-1916
Mound City Special	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	Cincinnati, Ohio – St. Louis, Missouri – Cleveland, Ohio [1935]	1925-1936
Mount Adams	Amtrak	Seattle, Washington – Portland, Oregon [1995]	1995-1997
Mount Baker International	Amtrak	Seattle, Washington – Vancouver, British Columbia [1996]	1996-1997
Mount Rainier	Amtrak	Seattle, Washington – Portland, Oregon [1978]	1974-1995
Mount Royal	New York Central, Boston & Maine, Rutland, and Canadian National	New York, New York and Boston, Massachusetts – Montreal, Quebec [1952]	1925-1953
Mount Vernon	Pennsylvania; Amtrak from 1976	New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]	1933-1971; 1976; 1980-1991; 1997-1998
Mountain Bluebird	Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Denver, Colorado [1933]	1931-1937
Mountain Express	Erie	Jersey City, New Jersey – Port Jervis, New York [1938]	1931; 1936-1953
Mountain Special	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	Hoboken, New Jersey – Scranton, Pennsylvania [1935]	1921; 1935-1952
Mountaineer	Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway	Chicago, Illinois – Vancouver, British Columbia [1948], later Minneapolis-St. Paul – Vancouver, British Columbia	1932-1955
Mountaineer (Boston and Maine)	Maine Central and Boston & Maine	Boston, Massachusetts – Littleton, New Hampshire [1948]	1947-1955
Mountaineer	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois – Norfolk, Virginia [1975]	1975-1976
Mountaineer	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1908]	1901-1934
Mountaineer	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	Denver, Colorado – Montrose, Colorado [1948]	1936-1959
Mudlavia and Brazil Express	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, Illinois – Terre Haute, Indiana [1902]	1902-1906
Murray Hill	New Haven Railroad	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1945]	1940-1971
Murray Hill	Amtrak	New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1975]	1973-1981

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. Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 31
3. Illinois Central timetable effective September 28, 1947; Official Guide, August 1954
4. Dubin, Arthur D. 1974. More Classic Trains (Milwaukee: Kalmbach)
5. Official Railway Guide, August 1954
6. O. S. Noack, Der große Atlas der Eisenbahnen, Cologne, Germany, November 1992, ISBN 3773550405
7. Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 26