List of named passenger trains of the United States (A–B)

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning A through B.

A

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated
Abraham Lincoln[1][2]:75–76 Alton Railroad (1935–1947)
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1971)
Amtrak (1971–1978)		 Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri 1935–1978
Acadian[3] Southern Pacific Houston, Texas–New Orleans, Louisiana ?–1956
Acela Express[4] Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Washington, D.C. 2000–present
Adirondack[5] Amtrak New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec 1974–present
Admiral Pennsylvania New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois 1941–1971
Advance Commodore Vanderbilt New York Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois 1929–1955
Advance Empire State Express New York Central New York, New York–Buffalo, New York  
Advance Gilt Edge New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts  
Advance Knickerbocker New York Central St. Louis, Missouri–Boston, Massachusetts  
Advance Midnight Special Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri  
Advance Wolverine New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Detroit, Michigan  
Advanced Denver Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Denver, Colorado  
Adventureland Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas City, Missouri–Billings, Montana  
Afternoon Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–St. Paul, Minnesota 1939–1970
Afternoon Puget Sounder Great Northern Seattle, Washington–Vancouver, British Columbia  
Afternoon Steeler Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA–Cleveland, OH 1950–1958
Afternoon Twin Cities Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–St. Paul, Minnesota  
Aiken-Augusta Special Pennsylvania
Southern		 New York, New York–Augusta, Georgia  
Airway Limited Pennsylvania
Transcontinental Air Transport		 New York, New York–Los Angeles  
Akronite Pennsylvania New York, New York–Akron, Ohio  
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Lincoln, Nebraska 1940–1947; 1953–1970
Alamo Southern Pacific New Orleans, Louisiana–San Antonio, Texas  
Alamo Special Missouri-Kansas-Texas Houston, Texas–San Antonio, Texas  
Alaskan Northern Pacific
Spokane, Portland & Seattle		 St. Paul, Minnesota–Tacoma, Washington  
Albany Mail New York Central New York, New York–Utica, New York  
Alburgh Express Rutland Railroad Ogdensburg, New York–Alburgh, Vermont  
Alexandrian Great Northern St. Paul, Minnesota–Grand Forks, North Dakota  
Allegheny Pennsylvania St. Louis, Missouri–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alouette Boston & Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec 1926–1956
Alton Limited Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri  
Ambassador Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central		 Detroit, Michigan–Baltimore, Maryland  
Ambassador[6] New Haven,
Boston & Maine,
Central Vermont, and
Canadian National		 New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec  
American Pennsylvania New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri 1925–1956
American Royal Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri 1953–1971
Angel Santa Fe San Francisco, California–Los Angeles, California  
Angelo Santa Fe Fort Worth, Texas–San Angelo, Texas  
Ann Rutledge Alton Railroad (1937–1947),
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1958)		 Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri 1937–1958
Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Kansas City, Missouri 1976–2009
Antelope[7] Santa Fe Kansas City, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas (–1948)
Kansas City, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1948–?)		  
Argonaut Southern Pacific Los Angeles, California–New Orleans, Louisiana 1926–1932; 1936–1958
Aristocrat Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Denver, Colorado–Chicago 1930–?
Arizona Limited Rock Island and Southern Pacific Chicago, Illinois–Phoenix, Arizona 1940–1942
Arlington Pennsylvania New York, New York–Washington, D.C.  
Aroostook Flyer Bangor & Aroostook Bangor, Maine–Van Buren, Maine 1937–1957
Arrow Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois–Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1926–1967
Arrowhead Limited Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois–Duluth, Minnesota  
Arundel Maine Central Portland, Maine–Bangor, Maine circa 1953
Asa Packer Lehigh Valley New York, New York–Coxton, Pennsylvania 1939–1958
Asheville Special Pennsylvania
Southern		 New York, New York–Asheville, North Carolina  
Ashland Limited Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois–Ashland, Wisconsin  
Ashland Mail Chicago & North Western Chicago, Illinois–Ashland, Wisconsin  
Atlantic City Express Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey  
Atlantic Express Erie New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois  
Atlantic Express Grand Trunk Western Chicago, Illinois–Montreal, Quebec  
Atlantic Express Michigan Central New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois  
Atlantic Highlands Express Central of New Jersey New York, New York–Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey  
Atlanta Limited Illinois Central Shreveport, Louisiana–Meridian, Mississippi  
Atlantic Limited Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Minneapolis, Minnesota–Sault Ste Marie, Michigan  
Atlantic Limited Canadian Pacific (1955–1978)
Via (1978–1979)
via Maine Central Railroad Mattawamkeag to Vanceboro		 Saint John, New Brunswick–Montreal, Quebec  
Aurora Winter Train Alaska Railroad (1947–present) Anchorage, Alaska–Fairbanks, Alaska  
Auto Train Auto-Train Corporation (1971–1981)
Amtrak (1983–present)		 Lorton, Virginia–Sanford, Florida (1971–1981, 1983–present)
Louisville, Kentucky–Sanford, Florida (1974–1977)		  
Azalean Louisville & Nashville Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana  
Aztec Eagle (Aguila Azteca) Nacionales de Mexico
Missouri Pacific		 Mexico City–Nuevo Laredo, TAM–San Antonio, Texas  

B

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated
Badger Express Great Northern St. Paul, Minnesota–Duluth, Minnesota  
Bankers New Haven Washington, D.C.–Springfield, Massachusetts  
Banner Blue Wabash Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri  
Bar Harbor New Haven
Pennsylvania		 New York, New York–Springfield, Massachusetts  
Bar Harbor Express Maine Central
Boston and Maine
New Haven		 Washington, D.C.–Ellsworth, Maine 1902–1960
Bay Shore Special Central of New Jersey Washington, D.C.–Ellingsworth, Pennsylvania  
Bay State New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts  
Beach Special Boston & Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Portland, Maine  
Beachcomber Boston & Maine Boston, Massachusetts–Portland, Maine  
Beaver Southern Pacific San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon 1940–1949
Beeliner New York Central Detroit, Michigan–Mackinaw City, Michigan –1962
Berkshire New Haven New York, New York–Pittsfield, Massachusetts  
Bicentennial Amtrak Boston, Massachusetts–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976–1977
Birmingham Special[8] Pennsylvania,
Norfolk & Western
and Southern		 New York, New York–Birmingham, Alabama, with a Chattanooga, Tennessee–Memphis, Tennessee segment  
Black Diamond Lehigh Valley
Reading		 New York, New York–Buffalo, New York 1896–1959
Black Gold Frisco Tulsa, Oklahoma–Fort Worth, Texas 1938–1959
Black Hawk Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (–1970)
Burlington Northern (6 weeks in 1970)		 Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota –1970
Black Hawk Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Dubuque, Iowa 1974–1981
Blue Arrow Nickel Plate Cleveland, Ohio–St. Louis, Missouri 1956–1959
Blue Comet Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey–Atlantic City, New Jersey 1929–1941
Blue Dart Nickel Plate St. Louis, Missouri–Cleveland, Ohio 1956–1959
Blue Bird Wabash Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri 1938–1968
Blue Ridge[9] Amtrak Washington, D.C.–Martinsburg, West Virginia 1973–1986
Blue Ridge Limited Baltimore & Ohio Chicago, Illinois–Washington, D.C. 1934–1949
Blue Water Amtrak Chicago, Illinois–Port Huron, Michigan  
Bluebonnet Frisco and
Missouri–Kansas–Texas		 St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas  
Bluegrass Monon Railroad Chicago, Illinois–Louisville, Kentucky  
Boardwalk Flyer Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey  
Bon-Air Special Georgia & Florida Augusta, Georgia–Jacksonville, Florida 1920–?
Booth Tarkington New York Central Chicago, Illinois–Cincinnati, Ohio  
Border Limited Southern Pacific Houston, Texas–Corpus Christi, Texas  
Boston Express New York Central Buffalo, New York–Boston, Massachusetts  
Boston – New York Express New Haven
New York Central		 New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts
New York, New York–Springfield, Massachusetts		  
Bostonian New Haven New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts  
Broadway Limited Pennsylvania (1912–1971)
Amtrak (1971–1995)		 Chicago, Illinois–Washington, D.C.
Chicago, Illinois–New York, New York		 1912–1995
Buckeye Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–Cleveland, Ohio  
Buffalo – Pittsburgh Express New York Central Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  
Buffalo – Toronto Express New York Central New York, New York–Toronto, Ontario  
Buffalo and Chicago Express Grand Trunk Western New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois 1900–1907
Buffalo Day Express Pennsylvania Washington, D.C.–Buffalo, New York –1971
Buffalo Local New York Central Cincinnati, Ohio–Buffalo, New York  
Bullet Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City–Wilkes-Barre 1929–1931
Business Man's Special Pere Marquette Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan  
Butte Special Union Pacific Salt Lake City, Utah–Butte, Montana  

Notes

  1. ↑ Schafer (1997), 19–20; Schafer (2000), 58–59
  2. ↑ Goldberg, Bruce (1981). Amtrak--the first decade. Silver Spring, MD: Alan Books. OCLC 7925036.
  3. ↑ Solomon (1999), 66.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater celebrates inaugural run of Acela Express high-speed rail service". M2 Presswire. November 17, 2000. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. ↑ Schafer (2000), 39.
  6. ↑ Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 26
  7. ↑ Yenne (2005), 47.
  8. ↑ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957, timetable, pp. 5, 8.
  9. ↑ Reynolds (2000), 126–127.

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