Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
Cabana |
New Haven |
New York, NY – Boston, MA |
|
California Limited |
Santa Fe |
Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA |
1892–1954 |
California Special |
Santa Fe |
Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA |
|
California Zephyr |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA |
1983–present |
California Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Western Pacific |
Chicago, IL – Oakland, CA |
1949–1970 |
Californian |
Rock Island Southern Pacific |
Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA |
|
Camellia |
Pennsylvania Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Seaboard Air Line |
New York, NY – Venice, FL |
|
Campus |
Amtrak |
Chicago - Champaign, IL |
1971-1972 |
Canadian |
Canadian Pacific New York Central |
Chicago, IL– Montreal, QC |
|
Canadian Niagara |
New York Central |
Detroit, MI – Buffalo, NY |
|
Cannon Ball |
Boston & Maine |
Boston, MA – Plymouth, NH |
|
Cannon Ball |
Long Island |
New York, NY – Montauk, NY |
1899–present |
Cannon Ball[1] |
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Norfolk and Western Railway |
New York, NY – Norfolk, VA |
|
Capital |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
Detroit, MI – Baltimore, MD |
|
Cape Codder |
New York, New Haven, & Hartford |
New York, NY – Woods Hole, MA |
|
Cape Codder |
Amtrak |
New York, NY – Hyannis, MA |
Capital City Special |
New York Central |
Cleveland, OH – Columbus, OH |
|
Capitol 400 |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago, IL – Madison, WI |
1942–1950 |
Capitol Corridor |
Amtrak |
Auburn, CA – San Jose, CA |
|
Capitol Limited |
Baltimore & Ohio Central of New Jersey Reading |
New York, NY – Chicago, IL via Washington, DC |
1923–1971 |
Capitol Limited |
Illinois Terminal Railroad |
St. Louis, MO – Peoria, IL |
|
Capitol Limited |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL – Washington, DC |
1981–present |
Cardinal |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad |
Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO |
|
Cardinal |
Amtrak |
New York, NY – Chicago, IL |
1977-1981; 1982–present |
Carolina Golfer |
Pennsylvania Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Seaboard Air Line |
New York, NY – Pinehurst, NC |
c. 1930 |
Carolina Special |
Southern |
Chicago, IL – Charleston, SC |
1911–1968 |
Carolinian |
Amtrak |
New York, NY – Charlotte, NC |
|
Cascade |
Southern Pacific |
Oakland, CA – Portland, OR |
1950– |
Cascades |
Amtrak |
Eugene, OR – Vancouver, BC |
1993– |
Cascadian |
Great Northern |
Seattle, WA – Portland, OR |
|
Cavalier[2] |
Norfolk & Western |
Norfolk, VA – Cincinnati, OH (reduced to Petersburg, VA – Portsmouth, OH by October 1957). |
|
Cavalier |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY – Cape Charles, VA |
|
Cayuga |
New York Central |
New York, NY – Buffalo, NY |
|
Centennial State |
Santa Fe |
Denver, CO – Kansas City, MO |
|
Central States Limited |
Wabash |
Detroit, MI – Kansas City, MO |
c. 1930 |
Challenger |
Union Pacific |
Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA |
1935–1971 |
Champion |
Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast |
New York, NY – Miami, FL New York, NY – St. Petersburg, FL |
1939–1979 |
Cherokee |
Rock Island Southern Pacific |
Memphis, TN – Tucumcari, NM – Los Angeles |
|
Chesapeake |
Amtrak |
Washington, DC – Philadelphia, PA |
|
Cheshire |
Boston & Maine |
Boston, MA – White River Junction, VT |
|
Chicago – Des Moines Rocket |
Rock Island |
Chicago, IL – Des Moines, IA |
|
Chicago Arrow |
Pennsylvania Wabash |
Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI |
|
Chicago Daylight Express |
Pennsylvania |
Chicago, IL – Louisville, KY |
|
Chicago Express |
Canadian Pacific New York Central |
Chicago, IL – Montreal, QC |
|
Chicago Express |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad |
Chicago, IL – Evansville, IN |
|
Chicago Express |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE |
|
Chicago Express |
Santa Fe |
Chicago, IL – Galveston, TX |
|
Chicago Limited |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago, IL – Duluth, MN |
|
Chicago Limited |
Monon Railroad |
Chicago, IL – Indianapolis, IN |
|
Chicago Limited |
Pennsylvania Railroad |
New York – Chicago, IL |
–1913 |
Chicago Limited |
Pere Marquette |
Chicago, IL – Grand Rapids, MI |
|
Chicago Mail |
Monon Railroad |
Chicago, IL – Louisville, KY |
|
Chicago Mail |
New York Central |
Cleveland, OH – Chicago, IL |
|
Chicago Night Express |
Baltimore & Ohio |
Chicago, IL – Wheeling, WV |
|
Chicago Night Express |
New York Central |
St. Louis, MO – Cincinnati, OH |
|
Chicago Night Express |
Pennsylvania |
Chicago, IL – Cincinnati, OH |
|
Chicago Northwestern Limited |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago, IL – Duluth, MN |
|
Chicago Special |
Michigan Central |
New York, NY – Chicago, IL |
|
Chicagoan |
Santa Fe |
Chicago, IL – Kansas City, MO |
1938–1968 |
Chicagoan |
New York Central |
New York, NY – Chicago, IL |
|
Chief |
Santa Fe |
Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA |
1926–1968 |
Chippewa |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, IL – Channing, MI |
1937–1960 |
Choctaw Rocket |
Rock Island |
Memphis, TN – Amarillo, TX |
1940–1952 |
Choctaw Rockette |
Rock Island |
Memphis, TN – Amarillo, TX |
1953–1964 |
Cigar Valley |
New Haven |
New York, NY – Springfield, MA |
c. 1953 |
Cincinnati Limited |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY – Cincinnati, OH |
|
Cincinnati Mercury |
New York Central |
Cincinnati, OH – Cleveland, OH |
c. 1953 |
Cincinnatian |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
Cincinnati, OH – Baltimore, MD Cincinnati, OH – Detroit, MI |
1947–1950 1950– |
Cincinnatian |
Monon Railroad |
Chicago, IL – Cincinnati, OH |
|
City of Cleveland |
Nickel Plate |
Chicago, IL – Buffalo, NY |
1954-1965 |
City of Chicago |
Nickel Plate |
Buffalo, NY – Chicago, IL |
1954-1965 |
City of Decatur |
Illinois Terminal Railroad |
St. Louis, MO – Decatur, IL |
|
City of Decatur |
Norfolk and Western Railway |
Chicago, IL–Decatur, IL |
1968–1971 |
City of Denver |
Chicago and North Western Railway (until 1955), Milwaukee Road (from 1955), Union Pacific |
Chicago, IL – Denver, CO |
1936–1971 |
City of Kansas City |
Wabash |
St. Louis, MO – Kansas City, MO |
1947– |
City of Las Vegas |
Union Pacific |
Los Angeles, CA – Las Vegas, NV |
1956–1957 |
City of Los Angeles |
Chicago and North Western Railway (until 1955), Milwaukee Road (from 1955), Union Pacific |
Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA |
1936–1971 |
City of Memphis |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis |
Nashville, TN – Memphis, TN |
1947–1958 |
City of Mexico |
Missouri Pacific |
St. Louis, MO – Mexico City |
1937–1940 |
City of Miami |
Atlantic Coast Line Central of Georgia Florida East Coast Illinois Central |
Chicago, IL – Miami, FL |
1940–1971 |
City of Milwaukee 400 |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI |
|
City of New Orleans |
Illinois Central Amtrak |
Chicago, IL – New Orleans, LA |
1947–1971 (IC); 1971–present (Amtrak) |
City of Portland |
Chicago and North Western Railway Union Pacific |
Chicago, IL – Portland, OR |
1935–1971 |
City of Salina |
Union Pacific |
Salina, KS – Kansas City, MO |
1934–1940 |
City of San Francisco |
Chicago and North Western Railway (until 1955), Milwaukee Road (from 1955), Union Pacific Southern Pacific |
Chicago, IL – San Francisco, CA |
1936–1971 |
“City of Seattle” (unofficial name) |
Union Pacific |
Portland, OR – Seattle, WA |
1942– |
City of St. Louis |
Union Pacific Wabash |
St. Louis, MO – Cheyenne, WY St. Louis, MO – Los Angeles, CA |
1946–1951 1951– |
Clamdigger |
New Haven Railroad |
New Haven, CT – Providence, RI |
|
Cleveland – Chicago Express |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL – Cleveland, OH |
|
Cleveland – Cincinnati Night Special |
New York Central |
St. Louis, MO – Cincinnati, OH |
|
Cleveland – Cincinnati Special |
New York Central |
Cleveland, OH – Cincinnati, OH |
|
Cleveland – St. Louis Special |
New York Central |
Cleveland, OH – St. Louis, MO |
|
Cleveland Express |
New York Central |
Cleveland, OH – Indianapolis, IN Cleveland, OH – Columbus, OH |
|
Cleveland Limited |
New York Central |
New York, NY – Cleveland, OH |
|
Cleveland Mail |
New York Central |
Cleveland, OH – Toronto, ON |
|
Cleveland Mercury |
New York Central |
Detroit, MI – Cleveland, OH |
|
Cleveland Night Express |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
Baltimore, MD – Cleveland, OH |
1942–1962 |
Cleveland Special |
New York Central |
Cincinnati, OH – Cleveland, OH |
|
Clevelander |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY – Cleveland, OH |
|
Coast Daylight |
Southern Pacific Amtrak |
San Francisco, CA – Los Angeles, CA |
1937–1974 |
Coast Line Florida Mail |
Atlantic Coast Line Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac |
Washington, DC – Jacksonville, FL |
|
Coast Starlight |
Amtrak |
Los Angeles, CA – Seattle, WA |
1971–present |
Coastal Classic |
Alaska Railroad |
Anchorage, AK – Seward, AK |
–present |
Coaster |
Southern Pacific |
Los Angeles, CA – San Francisco, CA |
|
Colonial |
Pennsylvania Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad |
Washington, DC – New York, NY – Boston, MA |
1892–1971 (PRR-NH) 1971–1973 (Amtrak) |
Colorado Eagle |
Denver and Rio Grande Western, Missouri Pacific |
St. Louis, MO – Denver, CO |
1942–1966 |
Colorado Express |
Rock Island |
Kansas City, MO – Denver, CO |
|
Coloradoan |
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy |
Chicago, IL – Denver, CO |
|
Columbia River Express |
Spokane, Portland & Seattle |
Portland, OR – Pasco, WA |
|
Columbian |
Baltimore and Ohio |
Jersey City, NJ–Washington, D.C. |
1931–1941 |
Jersey City, NJ–Chicago, IL |
1941–1958 |
Baltimore, MD–Chicago, IL |
1958–1964 |
Columbian |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, IL – Tacoma, WA |
1911–1930; 1947–1955 |
Columbine |
Chicago & North Western Union Pacific |
Chicago – Denver, CO |
1927–? |
Comet |
New Haven |
Boston, MA – Providence, RI |
1935 to c. 1942 |
Commander |
New Haven |
New York, NY – Boston, MA |
c. 1953 |
Commercial Traveler |
Clover Leaf |
St. Louis, MO – Toledo, OH |
c. 1916 |
Commodore Vanderbilt |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL – Toledo, OH |
|
Commuter 400 |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI |
|
Congressional |
Pennsylvania Railroad |
Washington, D.C. – New York, NY |
1885–? |
Connecticut Yankee |
|
Springfield, MA – Philadelphia, PA Springfield, MA – Washington, DC |
|
Continental Limited |
Wabash |
St. Louis, MO/Chicago, IL – New York, NY/Boston, MA |
1898–? (at least 1916) |
Continental Limited |
Wabash |
Chicago, IL – Buffalo, NY |
c. 1916 |
Copper Country Limited |
Milwaukee Road, Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (until December 1960) Soo Line (after December 1960) |
Chicago, IL – Champion, MI – Calumet, MI |
–May 1968 |
Corn Belt Limited |
Peoria and Eastern Railway |
Indianapolis, IN – Peoria, IL |
|
Corn Belt Rocket |
Rock Island |
Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE |
|
Corn King |
Chicago & North Western |
Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE |
|
Cotton Belter |
St. Louis Southwestern |
St. Louis, MO – Dallas, TX |
–1941 |
Cotton States Special |
Seaboard Air Line |
New York, NY – Birmingham, AL |
–1947 |
Creole |
Illinois Central |
Chicago, IL – New Orleans, LA |
|
Crescent |
Southern Railway Amtrak |
New York, NY – New Orleans, LA |
1891–1979 (Southern); 1979–present (Amtrak) |
Cross Florida Night Limited |
Seaboard Air Line |
Miami, FL – St. Petersburg, FL |
circa 1930 |
Crusader |
Reading |
Philadelphia, PA – Jersey City, NJ |
1937–1983 |
Cumberland |
Boston & Maine |
Portland, ME – Boston, MA |
circa 1953 |
Curfew |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad |
Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO |
c. 1930 |