| Train Name
|
Railroad
|
Train Endpoints in a typical [year]
|
Operated
|
| Cabana
|
New Haven
|
New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1951]
|
1932–1940; 1950–1954; 1962
|
| California and Mexico Express
|
Santa Fe
|
Kansas City, Missouri - Los Angeles, California [1904]
|
1886-1907
|
| California Express
|
Texas and Pacific
|
Texarkana, Texas - El Paso, Texas (with through sleepers to Los Angeles, St. Louis and other points) [1913]
|
1893-1899; 1911-1918
|
| California Express
|
Southern Pacific
|
San Francisco, California - Portland, Oregon [1922]
|
1921-1924
|
| California Express
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California [1905]
|
1886-1915
|
| California Express
|
Union Pacific
|
Salt Lake City, Utah - Los Angeles, California [1926]
|
1923-1930
|
| California Fast Mail
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California [1905]
|
1904-1916
|
| California Limited
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1927]
|
1892-1954
|
| California Mail
|
Chicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1917]
|
1913-1928
|
| California Mail
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1915]
|
1914-1918
|
| California Special
|
Santa Fe
|
Temple, Texas - Clovis, New Mexico (with through trains to Los Angeles and New Orleans) [1937]
|
1915-1918; 1928-1967
|
| California Zephyr
|
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [2013]
|
1983–present
|
| California Zephyr
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Western Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Oakland, California [1952]
|
1949-1970
|
| Californian
|
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1937]
|
1910-1930; 1937-1946
|
| Calumet
|
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois - Valparaiso, Indiana [1981]
|
1980-1989
|
| Camellia
|
Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Seaboard Air Line
|
New York, New York - Venice, Florida - Miami, Florida [1952]
|
1947-1952 (possibly earlier and later)
|
| Campus
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Carbondale, Illinois [1967]
|
1967-1968
|
| Campus
|
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois - Champaign, Illinois [1971]
|
1971-1972
|
| Canadian
|
Great Northern
|
Seattle, Washington - Vancouver, British Columbia [1930]
|
1919-1946
|
| Canadian
|
Canadian Pacific, Via Rail (from 1977)
|
Toronto, Ontario - Vancouver, British Columbia [1955]
|
1955-1997; 2017
|
| Canadian
|
Michigan Central, later, New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec [1921], from 1934: to Toronto, Ontario
|
1914-1942, 1961
|
| Canadian-Niagara
|
New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Toronto, Ontario [1952]
|
1946-1961
|
| Cannon Ball
|
Texas and Pacific Railway, Wabash Railroad,
|
Chicago, Illinois - El Paso, Texas [1915]
|
1898-1918
|
| Cannon Ball
|
Boston & Maine
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Plymouth, New Hampshire [1941]
|
1938-1952
|
| Cannon Ball[2]
|
Pennsylvania Railroad,
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad,
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
New York, New York - Norfolk, Virginia [1948]
|
1947-1964
|
| Cannonball
|
Long Island
|
New York, New York - Montauk, New York [1952]
|
1899–present
|
| Cape Ann
|
Boston & Maine
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Rockport, Maine [1952]
|
1948-1958
|
| Cape Codder (later named, Day Cape Codder)
|
New York, New Haven, & Hartford
|
New York, New York - Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1928]
|
1925-1936
|
| Cape Codder
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Hyannis, Massachusetts [1990]
|
1987-1996
|
| CapeFLYER
|
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority using Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority equipment
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Hyannis, Massachusetts
|
2013–present
|
| Capital City
|
Amtrak
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Washington, DC [1993]
|
1993-1994
|
| Capital City Express
|
Alton Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Springfield, Illinois [1921]
|
1921-1924
|
| Capital City Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1925]
|
1925-1928
|
| Capital City Express
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Albany, New York [1988]
|
1985-1990
|
| Capital City Special
|
New York Central
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Columbus, Ohio (with through trains to Norfolk, VA) [1930]
|
1929-1958
|
| Capital Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - St. Louis, Missouri [1906]
|
1904-1927
|
| Capitol
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Washington, DC [1982]
|
1981-1982; 1988
|
| Capitol (group of trains)
|
Amtrak
|
Oakland, California - Roseville, California [1992]
|
1992-2000
|
| Capitol 400
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin [1948]
|
1942-1950
|
| Capitol City Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Columbus, Ohio [1920]
|
1916-1924
|
| Capitol Corridor (group of trains)
|
Amtrak
|
Auburn, California - San Jose, California
|
1992–present
|
| Capitol Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Indianapolis, Indiana [1928]
|
1925-1929
|
| Capitol Hill Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Washington, DC [1994] (called the 'Capitol Express' from 1995)
|
1992-1998
|
| Capitol Limited
|
Baltimore & Ohio
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading
|
Jersey City, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois via Washington, DC [1930]
|
1923-1971
|
| Capitol Limited
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Peoria, Illinois [1926]
|
1925-1948
|
| Capitol Limited
|
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois - Washington, DC
|
1981–present
|
| Capitol Sunrise
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Washington, DC [1997]
|
1997-1998
|
| Capitol-Detroit
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Baltimore, Maryland - Detroit, Michigan [1965]
|
1964-1968
|
| Cardinal
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1947]
|
1947-1949
|
| Cardinal
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1981]
|
1977–1981; 1982–present
|
| Carl Sandburg
|
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois - Quincy, Illinois [2008]
|
2008–present
|
| Carolina Golfer
|
Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Seaboard Air Line
|
New York, New York - Pinehurst, North Carolina [1929]
|
1929-1930
|
| Carolina Special
|
Southern, New York Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Charleston, South Carolina [1948]
|
1911-1968
|
| Carolina-Florida Special
|
Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Seaboard Air Line
|
New York, New York - Tampa, Florida - Miami, Florida [1926]
|
1923-1929
|
| Carolinian
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Charlotte, North Carolina [1992]
|
1991–present
|
| Carpenter Express
|
Pennsylvania and its successor lines
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1965]
|
1962-1978
|
| Cascade
|
Southern Pacific
|
Oakland, California - Portland, Oregon [1952]
|
1928-1971
|
| Cascades (group of trains)
|
Amtrak
|
Eugene, Oregon - Vancouver, British Columbia|1999–present
|
| Cascadia
|
Amtrak
|
Seattle, Washington - Eugene, Oregon [1996]
|
1996-1997
|
| Cascadian
|
Great Northern
|
Seattle, Washington - Portland, Oregon [1930]
|
1929-1958
|
| Catskill
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Albany, New York [1993]
|
1992-1995
|
| Cavalier[3]
|
Norfolk & Western
|
Norfolk, Virginia - Cincinnati, Ohio [1948]
(reduced to Petersburg, Virginia - Portsmouth, Ohio by October 1957)
|
1928-1966
|
| Cavalier
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia [1941]
|
1927-1956
|
| Cavern
|
Santa Fe
|
Clovis, New Mexico - Carlsbad, New Mexico [1948]
|
1940-1954
|
| Cayuga
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1952]
|
1929-1953; 1965-1967
|
| Cayuga
|
Amtrak
|
Albany, New York - Schenectady, New York [1984]
|
1984
|
| Centennial State
|
Santa Fe
|
Denver, Colorado - Kansas City, Missouri [1948]
|
1940-1950
|
| Central Express
|
New York Central
|
Buffalo, New York - Detroit, Michigan [1930]
|
1927-1933
|
| Central New York Express
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Oswego, New York - Watertown, New York [1922]
|
1919-1927
|
| Central Park
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Washington, DC [1994]
|
1993-1995
|
| Central States Limited
|
Wabash
|
Detroit, Michigan - Kansas City, Missouri [1930]
|
1929-1933
|
| Central Texas Express
|
Santa Fe
|
Lubbock, Texas - Sweetwater, Texas [1948]
|
1947-1950
|
| Century of Progress
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1935]
|
1936-1936
|
| Challenger
|
Union Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1954]
|
1935-1971
|
| Champion
|
Pennsylvania, then Penn Central (1968-1971)
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac,
Atlantic Coast Line,
Florida East Coast until 1963,
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, replacing ACL, 1967-1971
Amtrak from 1971
|
New York, New York - Miami, Florida [1942]
New York, New York - St. Petersburg, Florida
|
1939-1979
|
| Charter Oak
|
Amtrak
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Washington, DC [1971]
|
1971-1972; 1984; 1988–1990; 1995-1997
|
| Cherokee
|
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
|
Memphis, Tennessee - Tucumcari, New Mexico - Los Angeles, California [1951]
|
1950-1958
|
| Chesapeake
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1993]
|
1973-1983; 1991-1995
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Cincinnati, Ohio - Louisville, Kentucky [1895]
|
1895-1917; 1923-1935
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Limited
|
Pennsylvania, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|
New York, New York - Memphis, Tennessee [1906]
|
1906-1917
|
| Chesapeake and Ohio Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio - St. Louis, Missouri [1906]
|
1906-1912
|
| Cheshire
|
Boston & Maine
|
Boston, Massachusetts - White River Junction, Vermont [1952]
|
1946-1958
|
| Chicago and Boston Special
|
New York Central and its affiliates
|
Chicago, Illinois - Boston, Massachusetts [1910]
|
1892-1894; 1910-1920
|
| Chicago and Buffalo Special
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Buffalo, New York [1922]
|
1918-1931
|
| Chicago and Evansville Express
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1904]
|
1902-1906
|
| Chicago and Florida Limited
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Jacksonville, Florida - Tampa, Florida - New Orleans, Louisiana - St. Louis, Missouri [1901]
|
1901-1906
|
| Chicago and Florida Special
|
Queen and Crescent Route, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Augustine, Florida [1901]
|
1901-1906
|
| Chicago and Minneapolis and St. Paul Limited
|
Illinois Central Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1905]
|
1903-1917
|
| Chicago and New York Express
|
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Wabash Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1930]
|
1900-1901; 1919-1932
|
| Chicago and New York Special
|
New York Central and its affiliates
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1925]
|
1910-1928
|
| Chicago and San Francisco Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - Ogden, Utah (with through trains to Chicago and Los Angeles) [1914]
|
1911-1917
|
| Chicago and Southwestern Special
|
Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1912]
|
1912-1920
|
| Chicago and St. Louis Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1908]
|
1893-1912
|
| Chicago and Toledo Special
|
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Toledo, Ohio [1913]
|
1909-1917
|
| Chicago Arrow
|
Pennsylvania
Wabash
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1945]
|
1942-1948
|
| Chicago Arrowhead
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1928]
|
1927-1930
|
| Chicago Day Express
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1913]
|
1896-1914
|
| Chicago Day Express
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1908]
|
1902-1909
|
| Chicago Daylight Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Louisville, Kentucky - Cincinnati, Ohio [1952]
|
1906-1952
|
| Chicago Express
|
Canadian Pacific
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec [1938]
|
1903-1910; 1931-1960
|
| Chicago Express
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1912]
|
1902-1913
|
| Chicago Express
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1952]
|
?
|
| Chicago Express
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Galveston, Texas [1922]
|
1886-1996; 1901-1960
|
| Chicago Express
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Duluth, Minnesota [1922]
|
1909-1915; 1919-1926
|
| Chicago Express
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Louisville, Kentucky - Cincinnati, Ohio [1914]
|
1906-1914
|
| Chicago Express
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1940]
|
1929-1942
|
| Chicago Express
|
Erie Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1930]
|
1885-1888; 1891; 1914–1915; 1922-1933
|
| Chicago Express
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois - Toronto, Ontario [1923]
|
1884-1896; 1903–1905; 1911–1917; 1922-1924
|
| Chicago Express
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Jersey City, New Jersey [1915]
|
1913-1917
|
| Chicago Express
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1913]
|
1903-1918
|
| Chicago Express
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1930]
|
1903-1932
|
| Chicago Express
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - Omaha, Nebraska (with through trains to Chicago) [1914]
|
1914-1918
|
| Chicago Express
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1923]
|
1912-1933
|
| Chicago Express
|
Michigan Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Detroit, Michigan [1914]
|
1914-1920
|
| Chicago Fast Mail
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1908]
|
1897-1911
|
| Chicago Fast Mail
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1906]
|
1900-1913
|
| Chicago Fast Mail
|
Santa Fe
|
Denver, Colorado - Kansas City, Missouri [1910]
|
1910-1915
|
| Chicago Flyer
|
Santa Fe
|
Denver, Colorado - Kansas City, Missouri [1920]
|
1915-1924
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Duluth, Minnesota [1952]
|
1941-1958
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
Hoboken, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois [1930]
|
1917-1941
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Monon Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Indianapolis, Indiana [1928]
|
1906-1909; 1924-1930
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois
|
1903-1913
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Pere Marquette
|
Chicago, Illinois - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1931]
|
1920-1936
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa - Kansas City, Missouri [1914]
|
1896-1918
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1905]
|
1897-1908
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1928]
|
1917-1930
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1910]
|
1908-1913
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1923]
|
1909-1916; 1923–1924; 1928-1931
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1910]
|
1910-1918
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio (with through trains to St. Louis, Richmond, Washington, and other cities) [1926]
|
1925-1929
|
| Chicago Limited
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1942]
|
1942-1947
|
| Chicago Mail
|
Monon Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Louisville, Kentucky
|
?
|
| Chicago Mail
|
New York Central
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Chicago, Illinois [1952]
|
1949-1958
|
| Chicago Mail
|
Santa Fe
|
El Paso, Texas - Albuquerque, New Mexico [1911]
|
1906-1916
|
| Chicago Mail and Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1923]
|
1923-1930
|
| Chicago Mail Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1914]
|
1911-1914
|
| Chicago Mercury
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1951]
|
1948-1958
|
| Chicago Midnight Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Louisville, Kentucky - Cincinnati, Ohio [1914]
|
1906-1916
|
| Chicago Night Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Chicago, Illinois - Wheeling, West Virginia [1952]
|
1917-1922; 1928-1959
|
| Chicago Night Express
|
New York Central
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Cincinnati, Ohio - Chicago, Illinois [1952]
|
1921-1952
|
| Chicago Night Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio (with through trains to Norfolk) [1915]
|
1915-1950
|
| Chicago Night Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1926]
|
1917-1932
|
| Chicago Northwestern Limited
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Duluth, Minnesota
|
?
|
| Chicago Special
|
Michigan Central and affiliated lines
|
New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois [1940]
|
1906-1943
|
| Chicago Special
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1908]
|
1902-1910
|
| Chicago Special
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1926]
|
1898-1918; 1921-1932
|
| Chicago Special
|
Chicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1908]
|
1903-1910
|
| Chicago Special
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1925]
|
1923-1928
|
| Chicago Special
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1910]
|
1908-1913
|
| Chicago Special
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1925]
|
1925-1930
|
| Chicago Special
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1952]
|
1930-1957
|
| Chicago Vestibule Express
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1904]
|
1897-1907
|
| Chicago Vestibuled Limited
|
Alton Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri [1900]
|
1892-1904
|
| Chicago - Baltimore Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Jersey City, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois [1932]
|
1931-1934
|
| Chicago - Boston Special
|
Boston and Albany Railroad and affiliated lines
|
Chicago, Illinois - Boston, Massachusetts [1918]
|
1913-1920
|
| Chicago - Buffalo Express
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Buffalo, New York [1921]
|
1921-1931
|
| Chicago - Cedar Rapids Express
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cedar Rapids, Iowa [1912]
|
1911-1915
|
| Chicago - Cleveland Special
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cleveland, Ohio [1922]
|
1918-1927
|
| Chicago – Des Moines Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1948]
|
1941-1949
|
| Chicago - Duluth - Superior Express
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Duluth, Minnesota [1915]
|
1913-1917
|
| Chicago - Hot Springs Limited
|
Rock Island, Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Hot Springs, Arkansas (Chicago - Hot Springs Special 1919-1924) [1930]
|
1919-1941
|
| Chicago - Milwaukee - Sault Ste. Marie Express
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan [1920]
|
1911-1925; 1929-1935
|
| Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul Limited
|
|
|
|
| Chicago - Nashville Limited
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Jacksonville, Florida [1908]
|
1907-1928
|
| Chicago - Nebraska Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1914]
|
1910-1918
|
| Chicago - Nebraska Limited
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Lincoln, Nebraska [1912]
|
1912-1918
|
| Chicago - New York Express
|
Reading
|
New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1939]
|
1938-1941
|
| Chicago - Omaha Express
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska (the Illinois Central Railroad also had a Chicago - Omaha Limited around this time) [1914]
|
1900-1901; 1913-1917
|
| Chicago - Omaha Special
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1919]
|
1919-1927
|
| Chicago - Peoria Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Peoria, Illinois (the Chicago - Peoria Special 1919-1939) [1941]
|
1919-1949
|
| Chicago - Pittsburgh - New York Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Jersey City, New Jersey – Chicago, Illinois [1933]
|
1913-1914; 1933-1944
|
| Chicago - Pittsburgh - Washington Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Chicago, Illinois - Washington, DC [1946]
|
1919-1932; 1945-1959
|
| Chicago - Pittsburgh - Washington - Baltimore Express
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1925]
|
Chicago, Illinois - Baltimore, Maryland [1922]
|
1919-1931
|
| Chicago - Portland Special
|
Chicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Portland, Oregon [1910]
|
1901-1910
|
| Chicago - Sioux City Special
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Sioux City, Iowa [1924]
|
1921-1927
|
| Chicago - St. Louis Express
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1922]
|
1921-1927
|
| Chicago - St. Louis Limited
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1915]
|
1914-1924
|
| Chicago - St. Louis Special
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1915]
|
1914-1922
|
| Chicago - Toronto Express
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|
New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Toronto, Ontario - Chicago, Illinois [1908]
|
1908-1915; 1925-1928
|
| Chicago - Twin Cities Express
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1925]
|
1911-1936
|
| Chicago - Washington - New York Special
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Jersey City, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois [1925]
|
1920-1930
|
| Chicago - Wheeling Night Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Chicago, Illinois - Wheeling, West Virginia [1924]
|
1913-1916; 1923-1927
|
| Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Express
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Dallas, Texas [1914]
|
1910-1930
|
| Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1912]
|
1903-1914
|
| Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul Limited
|
Illinois Central Railroad, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1916]
|
1903; 1912-1918
|
| Chicago, New York and Boston Special
|
New York Central and affiliated lines
|
New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois [1900]
|
|
| Chicago, Omaha, Sioux City and Sioux Falls Limited
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska - Sioux City, Iowa [1915]
|
1912-1918
|
| Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York Limited
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1915]
|
1912-1916
|
| Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington and New York Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Chicago, Illinois - Jersey City, New Jersey [1911]
|
1911-1916
|
| Chicago, Tri Cities-Des Moines Mail
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1930]
|
1922-1931
|
| Chicagoan
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1952]
|
1916–1929; 1938-1968
|
| Chicagoan
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1947]
|
1932-1938; 1947-1967
|
| Chicagoan
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Washington, DC [1925]
|
1923-1928
|
| Chicagoan
|
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1948]
|
1925-1928; 1943-1949
|
| Chickasaw
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - New Orleans, Louisiana [1925]
|
1924-1968
|
| Chief
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1960]
|
1926-1968
|
| China and Japan Fast Mail
|
Chicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California - Portland, Oregon [1908]
|
1906-1913
|
| Chippewa
|
Milwaukee Road
|
Chicago, Illinois - Ontonagon, Michigan [1948]
|
1937-1960 (Chippewa Hiawatha 1949-1957)
|
| Choctaw Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Memphis, Tennessee - Amarillo, Texas [1948]
|
1925-1958 (Choctaw Limited 1925-1941)
|
| Cigar Valley
|
New Haven
|
New York, New York - Springfield, Massachusetts [1953]
|
1952-1954
|
| Cincinnati and New Orleans Limited
|
Queen and Crescent Route
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - New Orleans, Louisiana - Shreveport, Louisiana [1900]
|
1896-1906
|
| Cincinnati and New York Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Cincinnati, Ohio [1906]
|
1906-1913
|
| Cincinnati Commercial Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Cincinnati, Ohio [1918]
|
1916-1932
|
| Cincinnati Daylight Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1910]
|
1906-1952
|
| Cincinnati Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Cincinnati, Ohio (the Pennsylvania Railroad had several short-lived trains with this name serving different destinations [1920]
|
1919-1930
|
| Cincinnati Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Cincinnati, Ohio - Chicago, Illinois [1921]
|
1916-1922
|
| Cincinnati Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Cincinnati, Ohio [1900]
|
1897-1903
|
| Cincinnati Limited
|
Pennsylvania
Penn Central (1968-1971)
|
New York, New York - Cincinnati, Ohio [1965]
|
1920-1971
|
| Cincinnati Limited
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Detroit, Michigan [1918]
|
1917-1929
|
| Cincinnati Limited
|
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1906]
|
1906-1909
|
| Cincinnati Mail
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio [1928]
|
1925-1934
|
| Cincinnati Mail and Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1923]
|
1923-1930
|
| Cincinnati Mercury
|
New York Central
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio [1952]
|
1941, 1951-1957
|
| Cincinnati Midnight Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1922]
|
1915-1918; 1922-1926
|
| Cincinnati Midnight Special
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1908]
|
1906-1914
|
| Cincinnati Midnight Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio [1922]
|
1913-1933
|
| Cincinnati Night Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1918]
|
1914-1924; 1928-1952
|
| Cincinnati Night Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio - Louisville, Kentucky [1935]
|
1916-1918; 1933-1952
|
| Cincinnati Night Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio - Louisville, Kentucky [1917]
|
1917-1935
|
| Cincinnati Special
|
New York Central and its affiliates
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1948]
|
1911-1916; 1928-1957, 1959-1964
|
| Cincinnati-Washington-New York Express
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
Jersey City, New Jersey - Cincinnati, Ohio [1925]
|
1919-1928
|
| Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio - Louisville, Kentucky [1907]
|
1902; 1906-1910
|
| Cincinnatian
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Detroit, Michigan [1948]
|
1947-1971
|
| Cincinnatian
|
Monon Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio
|
?
|
| City of Chicago
|
Nickel Plate, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1955]
|
1954-1965
|
| City of Cleveland
|
Nickel Plate, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1955]
|
1954-1965
|
| City of Decatur
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Decatur, Illinois [1949]
|
1949-1950
|
| City of Decatur
|
Norfolk and Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Decatur, Illinois
|
1968-1971
|
| City of Denver
|
Chicago and North Western Railway (until 1955),
Milwaukee Road (from 1955),
Union Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1958]
|
1936-1971
|
| City of Kansas City
|
Wabash
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1949]
|
1947-1968
|
| City of Kansas City
|
Union Pacific
|
Kansas City, Missouri - Los Angeles, California [1969]
|
1969-1971
|
| City of Las Vegas
|
Union Pacific
|
Los Angeles, California - Las Vegas, Nevada [1958]
|
1956-1961
|
| City of Los Angeles
|
Chicago and North Western Railway (until 1955),
Milwaukee Road (from 1955),
Union Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California [1948]
|
1936-1971
|
| City of Memphis
|
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
|
Nashville, Tennessee - Memphis, Tennessee [1948]
|
1947-1958
|
| City of Mexico
|
Missouri Pacific
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Mexico City, Mexico [1940]
|
1937-1941
|
| City of Miami
|
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Florida East Coast
Illinois Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1948]
|
1940-1971
|
| City of Milwaukee 400
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1948]
|
1942-1958
|
| City of New Orleans
|
Illinois Central
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1952]
|
1947-1971 (IC);
1971-present (Amtrak)
|
| City of Portland
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Portland, Oregon [1940]
|
1935-1971
|
| City of Salina
|
Union Pacific
|
Salina, Kansas - Kansas City, Missouri
|
1934-1940
|
| City of San Francisco
|
Chicago and North Western Railway (until 1955),
Milwaukee Road (from 1955),
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1948]
|
1936-1972
|
| “City of Seattle” (unofficial name)
|
Union Pacific
|
Portland, Oregon - Seattle, Washington
|
1942-?
|
| City of St. Louis
|
Union Pacific
Wabash
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado - San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California [1948]
|
1946-1968
|
| Clamdigger
|
New Haven Railroad
|
New Haven, Connecticut - Providence, Rhode Island
|
?
|
| Clamdigger
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC - Providence, Rhode Island [1977]
|
1977; 1991
|
| Cleveland and Buffalo Special
|
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Buffalo, New York [1910]
|
1906-1935
|
| Cleveland and Cincinnati Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1900]
|
1900-1910
|
| Cleveland and Cincinnati Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1918]
|
1917-1918; 1925-1936
|
| Cleveland and Detroit Express
|
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1903]
|
1901-1913
|
| Cleveland and New York Special
|
New York Central and its affiliates
|
New York, New York - Cleveland, Ohio (with through cars to Boston and Toronto; aka Cleveland and New York Express) [1906]
|
1904-1917
|
| Cleveland Express
|
New York Central
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio (many trains with this name with various end points between 1877 and 1949) [1945]
|
1870s-1949
|
| Cleveland Limited
|
New York Central and its affiliates
|
New York, New York - Cleveland, Ohio [1962]
|
1910-1967
|
| Cleveland Mail
|
New York Central
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Toronto, Ontario [1945]
|
1942-1948
|
| Cleveland Mail
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1919]
|
1919-1927
|
| Cleveland Mercury
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1950]
|
1950-1959
|
| Cleveland Midnight Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio (with through trains to the south) [1915]
|
1913-1938
|
| Cleveland Night Express
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Baltimore, Maryland - Cleveland, Ohio [1948]
|
1942-1962
|
| Cleveland Special
|
New York Central
|
Cincinnati, Ohio - Cleveland, Ohio [1952]
|
1919-1924; 1932-1957
|
| Cleveland – Chicago Express
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cleveland, Ohio [1948]
|
1948-1949
|
| Cleveland - Chicago Special
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cleveland, Ohio [1921]
|
1918-1927
|
| Cleveland - Cincinnati Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1923]
|
1923-1928
|
| Cleveland – Cincinnati Night Special
|
New York Central
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Cincinnati, Ohio [1942]
|
1939-1948
|
| Cleveland – Cincinnati Special
|
New York Central
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1948]
|
1929-1930; 1937-1960
|
| Cleveland - Detroit Express
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1930]
|
1926-1937
|
| Cleveland - Detroit Special
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1930]
|
1926-1931
|
| Cleveland - Indianapolis Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio - Indianapolis, Indiana [1926]
|
1925-1930
|
| Cleveland - New York Express
|
Erie Railroad
|
New York, New York - Cleveland, Ohio - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1922]
|
1922-1927
|
| Cleveland – St. Louis Special
|
New York Central
|
Cleveland, Ohio - St. Louis, Missouri [1952]
|
1931-1956
|
| Cleveland - Washington Night Express
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Washington, DC [1945]
|
1942-1946
|
| Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois (with many different end points over the years) [1920]
|
1911-1930
|
| Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis Express
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Cleveland, Ohio - St. Louis, Missouri [1901]
|
1901-1906
|
| Cleveland, Oil City and Buffalo Express
|
Erie Railroad
|
New York, New York - Cleveland, Ohio [1911]
|
1911-1915
|
| Clevelander
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Cleveland, Ohio [1948]
|
1916-1964
|
| Clipper
|
Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1938]
|
1936-1942
|
| Clocker (group of trains)
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1993]
|
1991-2004
|
| Cloverland
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Ishpeming, Michigan [1939]
|
1931-1941
|
| Coast Daylight
|
Southern Pacific
Amtrak
|
San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California
|
1937-1974
|
| Coast Line Florida Mail
|
Atlantic Coast Line
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
|
New York, New York - Tampa, Florida [1941]
|
1921-1942
|
| Coast Starlight
|
Amtrak
|
Los Angeles, California - Seattle, Washington [2013]
|
1971-present
|
| Coast-to-Coast Limited
|
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
|
St. Petersburg, Florida - West Palm Beach, Florida [1925]
|
1925-1927
|
| Coastal Classic
|
Alaska Railroad
|
Anchorage, Alaska - Seward, Alaska
|
?-present
|
| Coaster
|
Southern Pacific
|
Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California [1948]
|
1905; 1908–1916; 1928-1949
|
| Colonial
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Penn Central
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC - New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1952]
|
1892-1971 (PRR-NH)
1971-1973; 1976–2992; 1998 (Amtrak)
|
| Colorado and California Express
|
Rock Island, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Southern Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1915]
|
1906-1918
|
| Colorado and New Mexico Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - Alamosa, Colorado (many other endpoints) [1929]
|
1896; 1901–1913; 1929-1936
|
| Colorado and St. Louis Express
|
Rock Island
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1919]
|
1919-1927; 1931-1934
|
| Colorado Eagle
|
Denver and Rio Grande Western,
Missouri Pacific
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1942]
|
1942-1964
|
| Colorado Express
|
Rock Island
|
Kansas City, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1948]
|
1919-1950
|
| Colorado Express
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1904]
|
1904-1905; 1915-1921
|
| Colorado Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - Salida, Colorado [1902]
|
1901-1914
|
| Colorado Express
|
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1912]
|
1908-1930
|
| Colorado Express
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1912]
|
1905-1931
|
| Colorado Fast Mail
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1912]
|
1910-1925
|
| Colorado Flyer
|
Rock Island
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Colorado Springs, Colorado [1911]
|
1903; 1911-1930
|
| Colorado Flyer
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1912]
|
1902-1934
|
| Colorado Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1923]
|
1911-1918; 1923-1938
|
| Colorado Special
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1916]
|
1898-1910; 1916-1927
|
| Colorado Special
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1916]
|
1899; 1906-1919
|
| Colorado Springs and Denver Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1921]
|
1918-1930
|
| Colorado Springs and Eastern Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1928]
|
1925-1930
|
| Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Eastern Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado [1915]
|
1915-1924
|
| Colorado, Utah and New Mexico Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - Salt Lake City, Utah [1915]
|
1915-1928
|
| Coloradoan
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1952]
|
1950-1963
|
| Columbia River Express
|
Spokane, Portland & Seattle
|
Portland, Oregon - Pasco, Washington [1952]
|
1929-1959
|
| Columbian
|
Baltimore and Ohio
|
Jersey City, New Jersey - Washington, DC [1935]
|
1931-1941
|
| Jersey City, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois [1952]
|
1941-1958
|
| Baltimore, Maryland - Chicago, Illinois [1958]
|
1958-1964
|
| Columbian
|
Milwaukee Road
|
Chicago, Illinois - Tacoma, Washington [1948]
|
1911–1930; 1947-1955
|
| Columbine
|
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1933]
|
1927-1950
|
| Columbus and Cincinnati Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway and affiliated lines
|
New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts - Cincinnati, Ohio [1902]
|
1902-1919
|
| Columbus - Cincinnati Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1922]
|
1917-1948
|
| Columbus - Cleveland Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cleveland, Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio [1922]
|
1917-1928
|
| Comet
|
New Haven
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Providence, Rhode Island
|
1935-c. 1942
|
| Commander
|
New Haven
|
New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1942]
|
1942-1950; 1954-1956
|
| Commercial Express
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
New York, New York - St. Louis, Missouri [1915]
|
1913-1933; 1936-1942
|
| Commercial Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1912]
|
1911-1914; 1927-1930
|
| Commercial Traveler
|
Clover Leaf (New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad from 1923)
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Toledo, Ohio [1913]
|
1902-1931
|
| Commodore
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Long Branch, New Jersey [1935]
|
1933-1938
|
| Commodore Vanderbilt
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York [1956]
|
1929-1960
|
| Commuter 400
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (called the 'Commuter' before 1942) [1948]
|
1936-1968
|
| Concord
|
Amtrak
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Washington, DC [1997]
|
1997-1998
|
| Congressional
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Washington, DC - New York, New York [1948]
|
1882-1949
|
| Congressional
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC - New York, New York [1990]
|
1978-1994; 1997-1998
|
| Connecticut Yankee
|
Boston and Maine, New York, New Haven and Hartford (until 1968), Penn Central (1969-1971),
Amtrak (from 1971)
|
Boston & New York, New York - Quebec City, Quebec [1946] - Washington, DC - Springfield, Massachusetts [1983]
|
1936-1977; 1983-1995
|
| Constitution
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Washington, DC - New York, New York [1948]
|
1933-1956
|
| Continental Limited
|
Wabash (and connecting lines)
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Chicago, Illinois - New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1916]
|
1898-1917
|
| Continental Limited
|
Chicago & North Western, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific
|
Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1921]
|
1921-1931
|
| Copper Country Limited
|
Milwaukee Road,
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (until December 1960)
Soo Line (after December 1960)
|
Chicago, Illinois - Champion, Michigan - Calumet, Michigan [1925]
|
1908-1968
|
| Corn Belt Special
|
Peoria and Eastern Railway (operated by New York Central)
|
Indianapolis, Indiana - Pekin, Illinois
|
1955-1957
|
| Corn Belt Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1952]
|
1948-1967
|
| Corn King
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1933]
|
1929-1941
|
| Cotton Belter
|
St. Louis Southwestern
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Dallas, Texas [1939]
|
1939-1941
|
| Cotton Blossom
|
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad
|
Washington, DC - Birmingham, Alabama [1952]
|
1947-1955
|
| Cotton States Special
|
Seaboard Air Line, Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
|
New York, New York and Portsmouth, Virginia - Birmingham, Alabama [1942]
|
1934-1947
|
| Coyote
|
Colorado Midland Railway
|
Denver, Colorado - Grand Junction, Colorado [1900]
|
1900-1908
|
| Cracker
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Southern Railway
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Atlanta, Georgia - Brunswick, Georgia [1945]
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1940-1952
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| Cranberry
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New Haven
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Boston, Massachusetts - Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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c. 1949 - c. 1958
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| Cream City Special
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Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
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Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1930]
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1929-1933
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| Creole
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Illinois Central
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Chicago, Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky - New Orleans, Louisiana [1938]
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1931-1946; 1954-1967
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| Crescent
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Southern Railway
Amtrak
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New York, New York - New Orleans, Louisiana (also called 'Southern Crescent' and 'Crescent Limited' for many years) [2014]
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1891-1979 (Southern);
1979-present (Amtrak)
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| Crescent City Special
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Southern Railway
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Cincinnati, Ohio - New Orleans, Louisiana [1920]
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1917-1924
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| Crescent City Special
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
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Danville, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1935]
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1931-1938
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| Cross-Florida Limited
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Seaboard Air Line
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St. Petersburg, Florida - West Palm Beach, Florida [1926]
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c.1925-c.1930
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| Cross-Florida Night Limited
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Seaboard Air Line
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St. Petersburg, Florida - Miami, Florida
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1927-1930
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| Crusader
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Reading; Conrail from 1976
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Jersey City, New Jersey [1940]
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1937–1968; 1973-1980
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| Cumberland
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Boston & Maine
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Portland, Maine - Boston, Massachusetts [1952]
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1951-1956
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| Curfew
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
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Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1925]
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1925-1930
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