List of named passenger trains of the United States (N–R)

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

N

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Nancy Hanks II	Central of Georgia	Atlanta, Georgia–Savannah, Georgia	1947–1971
Napa Valley Wine Train	Napa Valley Railroad	Napa, California–St. Helena, California	1989–
Narragansett	Pennsylvania Railroad New Haven Railroad	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Boston, Massachusetts
Narragansett	Amtrak	New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts	1971–?
National Limited	Baltimore & Ohio	New York, New York–St. Louis, Missouri	1925–1971
National Limited	Amtrak	New York, New York–Kansas City, Missouri	1971–1979
Naugatuk	New York, New Haven, & Hartford	New York, New York–Winsted, Connecticut
Navajo	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL–Los Angeles, CA
Nebraska Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, Illinois–Lincoln, Nebraska	1947–1971
Nellie Bly	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines	New York, New York–Atlantic City, New Jersey & Washington, D.C.–Atlantic City	–1961
Neptune	New Haven	New York, New York–Woods Hole, Massachusetts
New England States Limited	Central Vermont Railway	New York, New York–Montreal
New England States	New York Central Penn Central	Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts	1938–1967
New England Wolverine	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan–Boston, Massachusetts
New Royal Palm	Southern Railway Florida East Coast Railway	Cincinnati, Ohio–Miami, Florida	1949–1955
New York & Boston Special	Michigan Central	Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts
New York Clocker	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Allentown–Jersey City
New York Mail	Lackawanna Railroad	Chicago, Illinois via Buffalo, New York Hoboken, New Jersey
New York Special	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois–Toledo, Ohio Chicago, Illinois–Buffalo, New York
New Yorker	Amtrak	Various Northeast routes	Various
New Yorker	Lackawanna Railroad Nickel Plate	Chicago–Hoboken	–1963
New Yorker	Pennsylvania	New York, New York–Detroit, Michigan
Niagara Falls & Eastern Express	Michigan Central	Chicago, Illinois–Boston, Massachusetts
Niagara Rainbow	Amtrak	New York, New York–Detroit, Michigan	1976–1979
Nickel Plate Limited	Nickel Plate	Chicago–Buffalo	1929–1954
Nightingale	Chicago & Northwestern	Omaha, NE–St. Paul–Minneapolis, MN	1950
Night Diamond	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois–St. Louis, Missouri
Night Express	Central Vermont	New York, New York–Montreal, Quebec
Night Express	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Detroit, Michigan–Cincinnati, Ohio
Night Express	Grand Rapids & Indiana	Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan
Night Express	Pere Marquette	Chicago, Illinois–Traverse City, Michigan
Night Owl	Amtrak	Washington, D.C.–Boston, Massachusetts	1972–1997
Noon Daylight	Southern Pacific		1940–
Noon Flyer	Grand Rapids & Indiana	Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan
North Coast Hiawatha	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington	1971–1979
North Coast Limited	Northern Pacific	Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington	1900–1971
North Shore Limited	New York Central	New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois
North Star	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois–Duluth, Minnesota	1978–1986
North Star	New York Central	New York, New York–Cleveland, Ohio
North Star	Pennsylvania	Chicago, Illinois–Mackinaw City, Michigan
North Woods Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois–Minocqua, Wisconsin
Northeast Regional	Amtrak
Northern Arrow	Pennsylvania	Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan
Northern Michigan Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Detroit, Michigan–Cheboygan, Michigan
Northern Michigan Special	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois–
Northerner	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan–Mackinaw City, Michigan
Northland Express	Pennsylvania	Cincinnati, Ohio–Mackinaw City, Michigan

O

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Ohio Special	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan–Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio State Limited	New York Central	New York, New York–Cincinnati, Ohio	1924–1967
Oklahoma Rocket	Rock Island Lines	Kansas City, MO–Oklahoma City, OK	1950
Oklahoman	Frisco	St. Louis, Missouri–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1965–1967
Old Dominion	Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac	Washington, D.C.–Richmond, Virginia	1947–
Olympian	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington	1911–1947
Olympian Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington	1947–1961
Orange Blossom Special	Seaboard Air Line Railroad	New York City–Miami	1925–1953
Oregonian	Oregon & California Southern Pacific	San Francisco, California–Portland, Oregon–via Siskiyou Line	1887–1926
Oriental Limited	Great Northern	Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington	1905–1931; 1947–1951
Orleanean	Missouri Pacific, Gulf Coast Lines	New Orleans, Louisiana–Houston, Texas	1923–1964
Overland Flyer	Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Chicago and North Western	Chicago–San Francisco	1887–1896
Overland Limited	Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Chicago and North Western	Chicago–San Francisco	1896–1963
Owl	Lackawanna	Hoboken–Buffalo
Owl	New Haven	New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts
Owl	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, California–Los Angeles, California
Ozarker	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas
Ozark State Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Alton	St. Louis, Missouri–Kansas City, Missouri	1936–1939

P

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Pacemaker	New York Central	New York City–Chicago, Illinois
Pacific Express	Erie	Hoboken, New Jersey–Chicago, Illinois	?
Pacific Express	Michigan Central	New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois
Pacific International	Northern Pacific Great Northern Union Pacific	Seattle, Washington–Vancouver, British Columbia
Pacific Limited	Grand Trunk Western	Chicago, Illinois–Montreal, Quebec
Pacific Surfliner	Amtrak	San Diego, California–Paso Robles, California	2000–
Palmetto	Amtrak	New York, New York–Savannah, Georgia	1976–present
Pan-American	Louisville & Nashville	Cincinnati, Ohio–New Orleans, Louisiana	1921–1971
Panama Limited	Illinois Central	Chicago, Illinois–New Orleans, Louisiana	1908–1971
Paul Revere	New York Central	Buffalo, New York–Boston, Massachusetts
Peach Queen	Southern Railway Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, New York–Atlanta, Georgia
Pelican[1]	Southern Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway	Washington, D.C.–New Orleans, Louisiana
Peconic Bay Express	Long Island Rail Road	Long Island City–Greenport, New York	1926–1950
Peninsula 400	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, Illinois–Ishpeming, Michigan	1942–1971
Peninsular	Pere Marquette	Detroit, Michigan–Grand Rapids, Michigan
Penn Texas	Pennsylvania	New York, New York–St Louis, Missouri
Pennsy Aerotrain	Pennsylvania		1956–1956
Pennsylvania Limited	Pennsylvania	New York, New York–Chicago
Pennsylvanian	Amtrak	New York, New York–Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1980–
Peoria Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois–Peoria, Illinois	1937–
Pere Marquette	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois–Grand Rapids, Michigan	1984–present
Pere Marquette	Pere Marquette, Chesapeake and Ohio	Detroit, Michigan–Grand Rapids, Michigan–Chicago	1946–1971
Pershing Square	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	Boston–New York City
Piedmont	Amtrak	Raleigh, North Carolina–Charlotte, North Carolina	1995–
Piedmont Limited	Southern	New York—New Orleans	1899–1976
Phoebe Snow	Lackawanna, Nickel Plate Road Erie Lackawanna, Nickel Plate Road	Hoboken, New Jersey–Buffalo, New York as DL&W Hoboken, New Jersey–Chicago, Illinois as EL	1949–1961, reinstated 1963–1966
Pilgrim		New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts
Pine Tree Acadian	Boston & Maine Maine Central Canadian Pacific Canadian National	Boston, Massachusetts–Halifax, Nova Scotia	1929
Pinellas	Atlantic Coast Line	St. Petersburg, Florida–Jacksonville, Florida
Pioneer	Gulf Coast Lines, later Missouri Pacific	Houston, Texas–Brownsville, Texas	? – 1964
Pioneer	Amtrak	Salt Lake City, UT–Portland, OR
Pioneer Limited	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois–Minneapolis, Minnesota	1898–1970;
Pioneer Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Kansas City, Missouri–Omaha, Nebraska–Lincoln, Nebraska Galesburg, Illinois–Springfield, Missouri	1934–1960
Pittsburgher[2]^:137–139	Pennsylvania Railroad	Pittsburgh–New York City	1924–1964
Pocahontas[3]	Norfolk and Western Railway	Norfolk, Virginia–Cincinnati, Ohio	–May 1971
Pocono Express	Lackawanna Erie–Lackawanna	Buffalo–Hoboken (for New York)	–1965
Ponce de Leon	New York Central	Detroit, Michigan–Cincinnati, Ohio
Ponce de Leon	Southern	Cincinnati–Jacksonville	1924–1960s
Pony Express	New Jersey Transit	Hoboken, New Jersey–Monmouth Park Racetrack	1980–2006
Portland Rose	Union Pacific	Chicago–Portland, Oregon Denver–Portland, Oregon Kansas City–Portland, Oregon	1930–1971
Potatoland Special	Bangor & Aroostook	Bangor–Van Buren, Maine	–1959
Powhatan Arrow[4]	Norfolk and Western Railway	Norfolk, Virginia–Cincinnati, Ohio	1946–1969
Prairie Marksman	Amtrak	Chicago, Illinois–East Peoria, Illinois	1980–1981
Prairie State	New York Central	Chicago, Illinois–Toledo, Ohio
Prospector	Rio Grande	Denver, Colorado–Salt Lake City, Utah/Ogden, Utah	1941–1942; 1945–1967
Puget Sound	Amtrak	Seattle, Washington–Portland, Oregon	1971–????

Q

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Quaker City Express	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey
Quad City Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, Illinois–Rock Island, Illinois
Queen and Crescent Limited	Southern Railway	Cincinnati, Ohio-New Orleans, Louisiana	1926-1949
Queen of the Valley	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Jersey City–Harrisburg	–1967

R

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Rainbow Special	Missouri Pacific	Little Rock, Arkansas–Kansas City, Missouri	1921–1954
Ranger	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL–Kansas City, MO
Raritan Clocker	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Jersey City–Allentown
Rebel	Gulf, Mobile & Northern	New Orleans, Louisiana–Jackson, Tennessee	1935–1940
Red Arrow	Pennsylvania	New York, New York–Detroit, Michigan
Red River	Great Northern	St. Paul, Minnesota–Grand Forks, North Dakota	1950–
Redwood	Northwestern Pacific	San Rafael, California–Eureka, California
Regional	Amtrak	Boston, Massachusetts–Newport News, Virginia
Resort Special	Pere Marquette	Detroit, Michigan/Chicago, Illinois–Bay View, Michigan
Rio Grande Zephyr	Rio Grande	Denver, Colorado–Salt Lake City, Utah	1970–1983
Rochester 400	Chicago & North Western	Chicago, Illinois–Mankato, Minnesota	1960–1963
Rocky Mountain Rocket	Rock Island	Kansas City, Missouri–Denver, Colorado	1939–1966
Roger Williams	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	New York, New York–Boston, Massachusetts
Rogue River	Southern Pacific	Portland, Oregon–Ashland, Oregon	1928?–1952
Royal Blue	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Central Railroad of New Jersey Reading Railroad	Jersey City, New Jersey–Washington, D.C.	1890–1958
Royal Palm	Southern Florida East Coast Railway	Cincinnati, Ohio–Miami, Florida	1920s–1970

References

1. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 9.
2. Welsh, Joe (2006). Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited. Saint Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760323021. OCLC 65425926.
3. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 7.
4. Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5–6.