| 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 |
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) |
Pennsylvania |
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 [1952] |
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,
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac,
Atlantic Coast Line,
Florida East Coast
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 |
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| 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 York – Chicago, 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] |
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| 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] |
1925-1960 (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 |
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; 1928-1963 |
| 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 |
Washington, DC - Jacksonville, Florida [1952] |
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 |
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 - Toledo, Ohio - Chicago, Illinois [1929] |
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 1971), Amtrak (from 1971) |
New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont [1955] - Washington, DC - Springfield, Massachusetts [1983] |
1936-1976; 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 Limited |
Peoria and Eastern Railway |
Indianapolis, Indiana - Peoria, Illinois |
? |
| 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] |
1941-1948 |
| Cranberry |
New Haven |
Boston, Massachusetts - Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
c. 1952 |
| Cream City Special |
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
Chicago, Illinois - Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1930] |
1929-1933 |
| Creole |
Illinois Central |
Chicago, Illinois - 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 |