List of named passenger trains of the United States (D–H)

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

D

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Dakota 400	Chicago & North Western	Chicago - Rapid City, SD	1950–1960
Dakotan	Great Northern	Williston, ND - St. Paul, MN
Dan'l Webster	New Haven	New York, NY – Boston, MA	1957–
Day Express	New York Central	New York, NY – Niagara Falls, NY
Day White Mountains	New Haven and Boston & Maine	New York, NY – White River Junction, VT
Daylight Limited	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, CA – Los Angeles, CA	1922–1937
Daylight Limited	Illinois Central	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO	1950
De Luxe	Santa Fe	Chicago - Los Angeles	1911–1917
Del Monte	Southern Pacific	Monterey, California – San Francisco, California	1890s–1971
Delta Eagle	Missouri Pacific	Memphis, Tennessee – Tallulah, LA	1941–1954
Denali Star	Alaska Railroad	Anchorage, Alaska – Fairbanks, Alaska	?–present
Denver Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1936–1971) Amtrak (1971–1973)	Chicago, IL – Denver, CO	1936–1973
Des Moines Limited	Wabash	St. Louis, MO - Des Moines, IA
Des Moines Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, IL – Des Moines, IA	1937–?
Des Moines-Omaha Limited	Rock Island	Chicago - Omaha, NE
Desert Wind	Amtrak	Los Angeles, CA – Chicago, IL	October 28, 1979 – May 12, 1997
Detroit & New York Express	Grand Trunk Western	New York, NY – Chicago, IL
Detroit Arrow	Pennsylvania and Wabash	Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI
Detroiter	New York Central	New York, NY – Detroit, MI
Detroit Express	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Mackinaw City, MI – Houghton, MI
Detroit Express	Grand Trunk Western	Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI
Detroit Express	Pennsylvania	New York, NY – Detroit, MI
Detroit Express	Wabash	Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI
Detroit – Grand Rapids – Kalamazoo Express	Michigan Central	Detroit, MI – Kalamazoo, MI
Detroit Limited	Wabash	St. Louis, MO – Detroit, MI
Detroit Night Express	Michigan Central	Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI
Detroit Night Express	New York Central	Indianapolis, IN – Detroit, MI
Detroit Special	New York Central	Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI
Detroit Special	Wabash (Wabash renamed train Wabash Cannon Ball 4/50)	St. Louis, MO-Detroit, MI	1940s & 1960s
Detroiter	New York Central	New York - Detroit	1911-?
DeWitt Clinton	New York Central	Chicago, IL – Toledo, OH
DeWitt Clinton		New York, NY – Albany, NY
Diplomat	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey	St. Louis, MO – Washington, DC – New York, NY	1930–1961
Dixiana	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Chicago, IL – Miami, FL	1942–1942
Dixie Express	Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Louisville & Nashville	Chicago, IL – New Orleans, LA
Dixie Flagler	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Chicago, IL – Miami, FL	1940–1954
Dixie Flyer	Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line	Chicago - Jacksonville, FL	1892-1966
Dixieland (the renamed Dixie Flagler)	Louisville & Nashville		1954–1957
Dominion Express	Pennsylvania	Washington, D.C. - Buffalo, NY
Down Easter	New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National	New York, NY – Halifax, NS	1929
Downeaster	Amtrak	Boston, MA – Brunswick, ME
Duluth & Boston Express	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Duluth, MN – Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Duluth-Superior Limited	Chicago & North Western	Chicago - Madison, WI - Duluth, MN	-1961
Duquesne	Pennsylvania Railroad, later Penn Central, later Amtrak	New York City – Pittsburgh, PA

E

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
East Coast Flyer	Pere Marquette	Chicago, IL – Grand Rapids, MI
East Wind	Pennsylvania, New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine	Washington, DC – Portland, ME	1940–1942, 1946–1955[1]
Easterner	Missouri Pacific Railroad	Kansas City, MO – St. Louis, MO
Easterner	New York Central	Cleveland, OH - New York
Edison	Pennsylvania	Washington, D.C. - New York
Egyptian Zipper	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Danville, IL – Cypress, IL	1937–
El Capitan	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA	1938–1971
Electroliner	Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee	Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI	1941–1963
Embassy	Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, NY – Washington, DC
Empire Builder	Burlington and Great Northern (1929–1970) Burlington Northern (1970 - 1971) Amtrak (1971–present)	Chicago, IL – Seattle, Washington Chicago, IL – Portland, OR	1929–present
Empire State Express	New York Central	New York, NY – Chicago, IL
Erie Limited	Erie	New York - Chicago	1929–1963
Ethan Allen Express	Amtrak	New York, NY – Rutland, VT	1996–present
Everglades	New Haven, Pennsylvania, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	Boston, MA – Miami, FL	1920s–1930s
Exposition Flyer	New York Central	New York City – Chicago, IL	1893-1893
Exposition Flyer	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific	Chicago, IL – Oakland, CA	1939–1949(?)

F

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Fast Flying Virginian (later FFV)	Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio	New York City, NY – Cincinnati, OH	1889–1968
Fast Mail	Chicago & North Western	Cedar Rapids, IA - Chicago, IL
Fast Mail	Great Northern	Seattle, WA - Minneapolis, MN
Fast Mail	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN
Fast Mail	Michigan Central	New York City, NY – Chicago, IL
Fast Mail	New York Central	Chicago, IL – Toledo, OH
Fast Mail	New York Central	New York City, NY – Detroit, MI
Federal Express	New Haven Pennsylvania	Washington, D.C. - Boston, MA
Fifth Avenue Special	New York Central	Chicago, IL – New York City, NY
Fireball	Ann Arbor	Toledo, OH – Frankfort, MI
Firefly	Frisco	Kansas City, MO – Oklahoma City, OK	1939–1960
Fisherman's Special	Long Island Rail Road	Jamaica, Queens, New York City, NY - Canoe Place, Hampton Bays, NY or Montauk, NY	1932–1973
Fisherman's Special	Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	Philadelphia, PA - Cape May Harbor, NJ
Flambeau 400	Chicago and North Western	Chicago, IL - Green Bay, WI - Ashland, WI	1950-1971
Flamingo	New York Central Pennsylvania Louisville & Nashville Central of Georgia Atlantic Coast Line Florida East Coast	Cincinnati, OH - Jacksonville, FL
Florida Arrow	Pennsylvania Louisville & Nashville Atlantic Coast Line Florida East Coast	Chicago, IL – Miami, FL
Florida Special	Atlantic Coast Line	New York City, NY – St. Petersburg, FL Chicago, IL – Miami, FL	1888–1972
Floridian	Amtrak	Chicago, IL – St. Petersburg, FL/Miami, FL	1971–1979
Flying Crow	Kansas City Southern	Kansas City, MO – Port Arthur, TX	1928–1968
Flying Yankee	Boston & Maine, Maine Central	Bangor, ME – Boston, MA	1935–1957(?)
Forest City	New York Central	Chicago, IL – Toledo, OH
Fort Crevecouer	Illinois Terminal Railroad	St. Louis, MO – Peoria, IL	1949–1956
Fort Dearborn	Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio	New York City, NY – Detroit, MI
Fort Pitt	Pennsylvania Railroad	Chicago, IL – Pittsburgh, PA
Fort Pitt	Amtrak	Pittsburgh, PA – Altoona, PA	1981–1983
Forty-Niner	Union Pacific		1937–1941
FrontRunner	Utah Transit Authority	Provo, UT - Salt Lake City, UT - Pleasant View, UT	2008-
Furniture City Special	Pere Marquette	Chicago, IL – Muskegon, MI

G

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Gateway	New York Central	Cleveland, OH – St. Louis, MO
General Pershing Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	St. Louis, MO - Kansas City, MO
General	Pennsylvania	New York, NY/Washington, DC -- Chicago, IL
General Wood	St. Louis-San Francisco
Genesee	New York Central	Buffalo, NY - New York
George Washington	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Cincinnati, OH – Washington, DC	1932–1971
Georgian	Louisville & Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis	St. Louis, MO – Atlanta, GA	1946–
Glacier Discovery	Alaska Railroad	Anchorage, AK – Whittier, AK	–present
Gold Coast	Chicago & North Western Union Pacific Southern Pacific	Chicago - San Francisco	1926-?
Golden Arrow	Pennsylvania	New York - Chicago	1929-?
Golden Gate	Santa Fe		1938–
Golden Gate Special	Union Pacific	Omaha, NE - San Francisco
Golden Rocket	Rock Island and Southern Pacific	Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA	(cancelled before it could start in 1948)
Golden State	Southern Pacific and Rock Island	Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA	1947–1968
Golden State Limited	Southern Pacific	Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA	1902–1947 then renamed Golden State (see above entry).
Golden Triangle	Pennsylvania	Chicago - Pittsburgh, PA
Gopher	Great Northern	Minneapolis, MN/St. Paul, MN – Duluth, MN/Superior, WI
Gotham Limited	Amtrak	New York - Newport News, VA
Gotham Limited	Pennsylvania	Chicago - New York
Governor's Special	Illinois Central	Chicago, IL – Springfield, IL	1968–1971
Grand Canyon	Santa Fe
Grand Rapids and Chicago Night Express	Michigan Central	Chicago, IL – Grand Rapids, MI
Great Lakes Aerotrain	New York Central		1956–1956
Great Valley Flyer	SEPTA	Thorndale, PA - Philadelphia, PA
Great Western Limited	Chicago & North Western	Chicago - Minneapolis
Green Diamond	Illinois Central	Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO	1936–1968
Green Mountain Flyer	New York Central, Boston & Maine, Rutland, and Canadian National	New York, NY – Montreal, PQ	ca. 1900–1953
Gulf Breeze	Amtrak	Birmingham, AL – Mobile, AL	1991–1994
Gulf Coast Limited	Amtrak	Mobile, AL – New Orleans, LA	1985
Gulf Coast Rebel	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	St. Louis, MO – Mobile, AL	1940–1958
Gulf Coast Special	Colorado and Southern	Denver, CO-Dallas, TX
Gulf Coast Special	Mobile & Ohio	St. Louis, MO - Mobile, AL	–1940
Gulf Wind	Louisville and Nashville, Seaboard Air Line	New Orleans, LA – Jacksonville, FL	1949–1971
The Gull[2]	Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National	Boston, MA – Halifax, NS	1930–1959

H

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Harrisburger	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Harrisburg-Jersey City
Havana Special	Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast	New York, NY – Key West, FL (to 1935) New York, NY – Miami, FL
Hawkeye	Illinois Central	Chicago - Sioux City, IA
Heartland Flyer	Amtrak	Oklahoma City, OK – Fort Worth, TX	June 14, 1999 –
Hendrick Hudson	New York Central	Albany-New York City
Henry Hudson		New York, NY – Albany, NY
Henry M. Flagler	Florida East Coast	Jacksonville, FL – Miami, FL	1939–1940
Hiawatha	Amtrak	Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI
Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Various
Hoosier	Monon Railroad	Chicago, IL – Indianapolis, IN	1947–
Hoosier Limited	Monon Railroad	Chicago, IL – French Lick, IN
Hoosier State	Amtrak	Chicago, IL – Indianapolis, IN
Hopi	Santa Fe	Chicago - Los Angeles
Hot Springs Limited	Rock Island	St. Louis, MO – Hot Springs, AR	?–1948
Hot Springs-Panama Limited	Rock Island	St. Louis, MO – Hot Springs, AR
Hot Springs Special	Missouri Pacific	Memphis, TN – Hot Springs, AR	?–1949
Houstonian	Missouri Pacific	New Orleans, LA-Houston, TX
Hummer	Alton	Chicago - Kansas City, MO	1880-?
Humming Bird	Louisville & Nashville, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, IL/St. Louis, MO (originally Cincinnati, OH) – New Orleans, LA	1946–1969
Huron Shore Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Bay City, MI – Alpena, MI
Hurricane Turn	Alaska Railroad	Talkeetna, Alaska – Hurricane Gulch
Hustler	Southern Pacific	Dallas, TX – Houston, TX

References

1. Johnson (1985) p.112
2. Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables: April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 7