List of named passenger trains of the United States (C)

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States with names beginning with C.[1]

List

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)
New York Central
Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec - New York, New York [1948] 1915-1997; 2017
Canadian New York Central, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway New York, New York - Toronto, Ontario [1916] 1913-1942
Canadian New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway Chicago, Illinois - Toronto, Ontario [1963] 1961-1964
Canadian Niagara New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec [1952] 1946-1960
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 Long Island New York, New York - Montauk, New York [1952] 1928-1941; 1947-1971 (possibly earlier and later)
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
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
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 of New Jersey
Reading
New York, New York - 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
Cental 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 - New York, New York [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 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 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1930] 1917-1941
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 New York, New York - 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 New York, New YorkChicago, 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 New York, New York - 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 - New York, New York [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] 1952-1956
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 New York, New York - 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] 1950-1958
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] 1942-1966
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 - Birmingham, Alabama [1942] 1934-1947
Coyote Colorado Midland Railway Denver, Colorado - Grand Junction, Colorado [1900] 1900-1908
Cracker Southern Railway Atlanta, Georgia - Brunswick, Georgia [1945] 1940-1948
Cranberry New Haven Boston, Massachusetts - Woods Hole, Massachusetts c. 1949 - c. 1958
Cream City Special Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1930] 1929-1933
Creole Illinois Central Chicago, Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky - New Orleans, Louisiana [1938] 1931-1946; 1954-1967
Crescent Southern Railway
Amtrak
New York, New York - New Orleans, Louisiana (also called 'Southern Crescent' and 'Crescent Limited' for many years) [2014] 1891-1979 (Southern);
1979-present (Amtrak)
Crescent City Special Southern Railway Cincinnati, Ohio - New Orleans, Louisiana [1920] 1917-1924
Crescent City Special Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Danville, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1935] 1931-1938
Cross Florida Night Limited Seaboard Air Line Miami, Florida - St. Petersburg, Florida [1925] 1925-1930
Crusader Reading; Conrail from 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Jersey City, New Jersey [1940] 1937–1968; 1973-1980
Cumberland Boston & Maine Portland, Maine - Boston, Massachusetts [1952] 1951-1956
Curfew Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1925] 1925-1930

See also

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. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 11.
  3. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 14–15
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