LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN NAMED PASSENGER TRAINS (0-C)

:''For a list of named passenger trains in areas other than North America, see List of named passenger trains.''

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Trains in North America (0-C)

Trains in North America (0-C)

The following is a 'list of named passenger trains that operate or operated in North America'. The trains listed here begin with a number or a letter from A through C (inclusive). Trains crossing the international border are listed in both countries.

Canada
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Acadian	Canadian National	Montreal, QC-Halifax, NS	1927-?
Adirondack	Amtrak	New York, NY-Montreal, PQ
Afternoon Puget Sounder	Great Northern	Seattle, Washington-Vancouver, BC
Alouette	Boston & Maine	Boston, MA-Montreal, PQ
Ambassador	Boston & Maine Canadian National Central Vermont	Boston, Massachusetts-Montreal, PQ
Ambassador	joint VIA Rail/Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Toronto, ON	Cancelled
Atlantic	VIA Rail	Halifax, NS-Montreal, QC	1979-1981;1985-1994
Atlantic Express	Canadian Pacific	Vancouver, BC-Montreal, PQ one-way	June 1886-June 1911
Atlantic Limited	Canadian Pacific VIA	Saint John, NB-Montreal, QC	CPR 1955-1978;VIA 1978-1979
Bluenose	Canadian National	Edmonton, AB-Halifax, NS	1956-?
Boston Express	Canadian Pacific	Sault Ste. Marie, MI-Montreal, PQ
Bras d'Or	VIA	Halifax, NS-Sydney, NS
Cabot	Canadian National	Montreal, QC-Sydney, NS	1967-1978?
Canadian	Canadian Pacific New York Central	Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ
Canadian	Canadian Pacific VIA Rail	Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON-Vancouver, BC	CPR 1955-1978;VIA 1978-present
Canadian Niagara	New York Central	Detroit, MI-Buffalo, NY through Ontario
Cariboo Dayliner	Pacific Great Eastern Railway	Vancouver, BC-Prince George, BC
Caribou	Canadian National Railway	Port aux Basques, NL-St. John's, NL	1950-1968
Cascades	Amtrak	Eugene, OR-Vancouver, BC	1993-
Cavalier	Canadian National VIA Rail	Toronto, ON-Montreal, QC
Cavalier	Canadian National VIA Rail	Toronto, ON-Ottawa, ON
Chaleur	VIA Rail	Montreal, QC-Gaspe, QC	-present
Chicago Express	Canadian Pacific New York Central	Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ
Mexico
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Autovia	Nacionales de Mexico	Chihuahua, Chihuahua-Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Aztec Eagle (Águila Azteca)	Nacionales de Mexico Missouri Pacific	Mexico City-Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas-San Antonio, Texas
El ChePe	Chihuahua al Pacífico, Ferrocarril Mexicano	Chihuahua, Chihuahua-Los Mochis, Sinaloa	1961-present
El Presidente Juárez	Nacionales de Mexico	Mexico City - El Paso, Texas
United States
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
20th Century Limited	New York Central	New York, NY-Chicago, IL	1902-1967
Abraham Lincoln	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO
Acadian	Southern Pacific	Houston, TX-New Orleans, LA
Acela Express	Amtrak	Boston, MA-Washington, DC
Adirondack	Amtrak	New York, NY-Montreal, PQ
Admiral	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Advance Commodore Vanderbilt	New York Central	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Advance Empire State Express	New York Central	New York, NY-Buffalo, NY
Advance Gilt Edge	New Haven	New York, NY-Boston, MA
Advance Knickerbocker	New York Central	St. Louis, MO-Boston, MA
Advance Midnight Special	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO
Advance Wolverine	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Advanced Denver Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Adventureland	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Kansas City, MO-Billings, MT
Afternoon Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN	1939-
Afternoon Puget Sounder	Great Northern	Seattle, Washington-Vancouver, BC
Afternoon Twin Cities Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, IL-St. Paul, Minnesota
Aiken-Augusta Special	Pennsylvania Southern	New York, NY-Augusta, GA
Akronite	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Akron, OH
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, IL-Lincoln, Nebraska
Alamo	Southern Pacific	New Orleans, LA-San Antonio, Texas
Alaskan	Northern Pacific Spokane, Portland & Seattle	St. Paul, Minnesota-Tacoma, Washington
Albany Mail	New York Central	New York, NY-Utica, NY
Alburgh Express	Rutland Railroad	Ogdensburg, NY-Alburgh, VT
Alexandrian	Great Northern	St. Paul, Minnesota-Grand Forks, North Dakota
Alouette	Boston & Maine	Boston, MA-Montreal, PQ
Alton Limited	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, Missouri
Ambassador	Baltimore & Ohio New York Central	Detroit, Michigan-Baltimore, Maryland
Ambassador	Boston & Maine Canadian National Central Vermont	Boston, Massachusetts-Montreal, PQ
Ambassador	joint VIA Rail/Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Toronto, ON	Cancelled
American	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-St. Louis, Missouri
American Royal Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, IL-Kansas City, Missouri	1953-1971;
Angel	Santa Fe	San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA
Angelo	Santa Fe	Fort Worth, TX-San Angelo, TX
Ann Rutledge	Amtrak Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	Chicago, IL-Kansas City, MO
Antelope	Santa Fe	Kansas City, MO-Fort Worth, TX
Argonaut	Southern Pacific	Los Angeles, CA-New Orleans, LA
Arizona Limited	Rock Island Southern Pacific	Chicago, IL-Phoenix, AZ	1940-1942
Arlington	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Washington, DC
Aroostook Flyer	Bangor & Aroostook	Bangor, ME-Van Buren, ME
Arrow	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-Sioux Falls, SD
Arrowhead Limited	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN
Arundel	Maine Central	Portland, ME-Bangor, ME	circa 1953;
Asa Packer	Lehigh Valley	New York, NY-Coxton, PA
Ashland Limited	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Ashland, WI
Ashland Mail	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Ashland, WI
Ashville Special	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Asheville, NC
Atlantic Express	Erie	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Atlantic Express	Grand Trunk Western	Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ
Atlantic Express	Michigan Central	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Atlantic Highlands Express	Central of New Jersey	New York, NY-Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Atlanta Limited	Illinois Central	Shreveport, LA-Meridian, MS
Atlantic Limited	Soo Line	Minneapolis, MN-Sault Ste Marie, MI
Auto Train	Auto-Train Corporation (1971-1981) Amtrak (1983-present)	Lorton, VA-Sanford, FL Louisville, KY-Sanford, FL	1971-1981, 1983-present 1974-1977
Azalean	Louisville & Nashville	Cincinnati, OH-New Orleans, LA
Aztec Eagle (Aguila Azteca)	Nacionales de Mexico Missouri Pacific	Mexico City-Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas-San Antonio, Texas
Badger Express	Great Northern	St. Paul, MN-Duluth, MN
Bankers	New Haven	Washington, DC-Springfield, MA
Banner Blue	Wabash	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO
Bar Harbor	New Haven Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Springfield, MA
Bay Shore Special	Central of New Jersey	Washington, DC-Ellingsworth, PA
Bay State	New Haven	New York, NY-Boston, MA
Beach Special	Boston & Maine	Boston, MA-Portland, ME
Beachcomber	Boston & Maine	Boston, MA-Portland, ME
Beaver	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, CA-Portland, OR
Berkshire	New Haven	New York, NY-Pittsburgh, PA
Bicentennial		Boston, MA-Philadelphia, PA
Birmingham Special	Norfolk & Western Pennsylvania Southern	New York, NY-Birmingham, AL Chattanooga, TN-Memphis, TN
Black Diamond	Lehigh Valley Reading	New York, NY-Buffalo, NY
Black Gold	Frisco	Tulsa, OK-Fort Worth, TX
Black Hawk	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, IL-Minneapolis, MN Chicago, IL-Dubuque, IA
Bloomington - Louisville Local	Monon Railroad	Bloomington, IN-Louisville, KY
Blue Arrow	Nickel Plate	Cleveland, OH-St. Louis, MO
Blue Dart	Nickel Plate	St. Louis, MO-Cleveland, OH
Blue Bird	Wabash	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO
Blue Ridge		Washington, DC-Cumberland, VA
Blue Ridge Limited	Baltimore & Ohio	Chicago, IL-Washington, DC
Blue Water	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Port Huron, MI
Bluebonnet	Frisco Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	St. Louis, MO-Fort Worth, TX
Bluegrass	Monon Railroad	Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY
Border Limited	Southern Pacific	Houston, TX-Corpus Christi, TX
Boston Express	New York Central	Buffalo, NY-Boston, MA
Boston - New York Express	New Haven New York Central	New York, NY-Boston, MA New York, NY-Springfield, MA
Bostonian	New Haven	New York, NY-Boston, MA
Broadway Limited	Pennsylvania	Chicago, IL-Washington, DC Chicago, IL-New York, NY
Buckeye	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, PA-Cleveland, OH
Buffalo - Pittsburgh Express	New York Central	Buffalo, NY-Pittsburgh, PA
Buffalo - Toronto Express	New York Central	New York, NY-Toronto, ON
Buffalo and Chicago Express	Grand Trunk Western	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Buffalo Day Express	Pennsylvania	Washington, DC-Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Local	New York Central	Cincinnati, OH-Buffalo, NY
Business Man's Special	Pere Marquette	Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI
Butte Special	Union Pacific	Salt Lake City, UT-Butte, MT
Cabana	New Haven	New York, NY-Boston, MA
California Limited	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA
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, Rio Grande & Western 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
Canadian	Canadian Pacific New York Central	Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ
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
Cannon Ball	Norfolk & Western	Richmond, VA-Norfolk, VA
Capital	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Detroit, MI-Baltimore, MD
Capital City Special	New York Central	Cleveland, OH-Columbus, OH
Capital Limited	Baltimore & Ohio Central of New Jersey Reading	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Capital Limited	Illinois Terminal Railroad	St. Louis, MO-Peoria, IL
Capitol 400	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Madison, WI
Capitol Corridor	Amtrak	Auburn, CA-San Jose, CA
Capitol Limited	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Washington, DC
Capitol Limited	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Chicago, IL-Washington, DC
Cardinal	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO
Cardinal	Amtrak	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Carolina Golfer	Pennsylvania Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Seaboard Air Line	New York, NY-Pinehurst, NC	circa 1930;
Carolina Special	New York Central Southern	Chicago, IL-Goldsboro, NC
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	Norfolk & Western	Cincinnati, OH-Norfolk, VA
Cavalier	Norfolk & Western	New York, NY-Cape Charles, VA
Cayuga	New York Central	New York, NY-Buffalo, NY
Centennial State	Santa Fe	Denver, CO-Newton, KS
Central States Limited	Wabash	Detroit, MI-Kansas City, MO	circa 1930
Challenger	Union Pacific	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA	1935-1971
Champion	Atlantic Coast Line Florida East Coast Pennsylvania Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac	New York, NY-Miami, FL New York, NY-St. Petersburg, FL	1939- 1939-
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, PQ
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	Pere Marquette	Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI
Chicago Mail	Monon Railroad	Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY
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-
Chief	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA	1938-
Chippewa	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-
Choctaw Rocket	Rock Island	Memphis, TN-Amarillo, TX	1940-1952
Cigar Valley	New Haven	New York, NY-Springfield, MA	circa 1953;
Cincinnati Mercury	New York Central	Cincinnati, OH-Cleveland, OH	circa 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
City of Chicago	Nickel Plate	Buffalo, NY-Chicago, IL
City of Decatur	Illinois Terminal Railroad	St. Louis, MO-Decatur, IL
City of Denver	Chicago and North Western Railway 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 Union Pacific	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA	1936-1971
City of Memphis	Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis	Nashville, TN-Memphis, TN	1947-
City of Miami	Atlantic Coast Line Central of Georgia Florida East Coast Illinois Central	Chicago, IL-Miami, FL	1940-
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
City of Salina	Union Pacific	Salina, KS-Kansas City, MO	1934-1940
City of San Francisco	Chicago and North Western Railway Union Pacific Western 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 & Ohio	Baltimore, MD-Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Special	New York Central	Cincinnati, OH-Cleveland, OH
Clevelander	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Cleveland, OH
Coast Daylight	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA	1937-1971
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
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
Colorado Eagle	Missouri Pacific Texas and Pacific	St. Louis, MO-Denver, CO	1942-
Colorado Express	Rock Island	Kansas City, MO-Denver, CO
Columbia River Express	Spokane, Portland & Seattle	Portland, OR-Pasco, WA
Columbian	Baltimore & Ohio	Chicago, IL-Jersey City, NJ	1931–
Columbian	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-Tacoma, WA	1911-1930; 1947-1955
Comet see Comet (train)	New Haven	Boston, Massachusetts - Providence, Rhode Island	1935 to circa 1942
Commander	New Haven	New York, NY-Boston, MA	circa 1953;
Commercial Traveler	Toledo, St. Louis & Western	St. Louis, MO-Toledo, OH	circa 1916;
Commodore Vanderbilt	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH
Commuter 400	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI
Congressional	Pennsylvania Railroad
Connecticut Yankee		Springfield, MA-Philadelphia, PA Springfield, MA-Washington, DC
Continental Limited	Wabash	Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NY	circa 1916;
Copper Country Limited	Milwaukee Road Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Chicago, IL-Calumet, MI
Crescent	Southern Railway Amtrak	New York, NY-New Orleans, LA	-1979 (Southern); 1979-Present (Amtrak)
Cross Florida Night Limited	Seaboard Air Line	Miami, FL-St. Petersburg, FL	circa 1930;
Crusader	Reading		1937-?
Cumberland	Boston & Maine	Portland, ME-Boston, MA	circa 1953;
Curfew	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO	circa 1930;