List of North American named passenger trains (0-C)

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For a list of named passenger trains in areas other than North America, see List of named passenger trains.
List of North American named passenger trains

0-9, A-C, D-H, I-M, N-Z

Trains in North America (0-C)

The following is a list of named passenger trains that operate or operated in North America. The trains listed here begin with a number or a letter from A through C (inclusive). Trains crossing the international border are listed in both countries.

Canada
Train Name Railroad Operator Train Endpoints Operating Years
Acadian Canadian National Montreal, QC-Halifax, NS 1927-?
Adirondack Amtrak New York, NY-Montreal, PQ  
Afternoon Puget Sounder Great Northern Seattle, Washington-Vancouver, BC  
Alouette Boston & Maine Boston, MA-Montreal, PQ  
Ambassador Boston & Maine
Canadian National
Central Vermont
Boston, Massachusetts-Montreal, PQ  
Ambassador joint VIA Rail/Amtrak Chicago, IL-Toronto, ON Cancelled
Atlantic VIA Rail Halifax, NS-Montreal, QC 1979-1981;1985-1994
Atlantic Express Canadian Pacific Vancouver, BC-Montreal, PQ one-way June 1886-June 1911
Atlantic Limited Canadian Pacific
VIA
Saint John, NB-Montreal, QC CPR 1955-1978;VIA 1978-1979
Bluenose Canadian National Edmonton, AB-Halifax, NS 1956-?
Boston Express Canadian Pacific Sault Ste. Marie, MI-Montreal, PQ  
Bras d'Or VIA Halifax, NS-Sydney, NS  
Cabot Canadian National Montreal, QC-Sydney, NS 1967-1978?
Canadian Canadian Pacific
New York Central
Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ  
Canadian Canadian Pacific
VIA Rail
Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON-Vancouver, BC CPR 1955-1978;VIA 1978-present
Canadian Niagara New York Central Detroit, MI-Buffalo, NY through Ontario  
Cariboo Dayliner Pacific Great Eastern Railway Vancouver, BC-Prince George, BC  
Caribou Canadian National Railway Port aux Basques, NL-St. John's, NL 1950-1968
Cascades Amtrak Eugene, OR-Vancouver, BC 1993-
Cavalier Canadian National
VIA Rail
Toronto, ON-Montreal, QC  
Cavalier Canadian National
VIA Rail
Toronto, ON-Ottawa, ON  
Chaleur VIA Rail Montreal, QC-Gaspe, QC -present
Chicago Express Canadian Pacific
New York Central
Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ  
Mexico
Train Name Railroad Operator Train Endpoints Operating Years
Autovia Nacionales de Mexico Chihuahua, Chihuahua-Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua  
Aztec Eagle (Águila Azteca) Nacionales de Mexico Mexico City-Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas-San Antonio, Texas  
El ChePe Chihuahua al Pacífico, Ferrocarril Mexicano Chihuahua, Chihuahua-Los Mochis, Sinaloa 1961-present
El Presidente Juárez Nacionales de Mexico Mexico City - El Paso, Texas  
United States
Train Name Railroad Operator Train Endpoints Operating Years
20th Century Limited New York Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL 1902-1967
Abraham Lincoln Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO  
Acadian Southern Pacific Houston, TX-New Orleans, LA  
Acela Express Amtrak Boston, MA-Washington, DC  
Adirondack Amtrak New York, NY-Montreal, PQ  
Admiral Pennsylvania New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Advance Commodore Vanderbilt New York Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Advance Empire State Express New York Central New York, NY-Buffalo, NY  
Advance Gilt Edge New Haven New York, NY-Boston, MA  
Advance Knickerbocker New York Central St. Louis, MO-Boston, MA  
Advance Midnight Special Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO  
Advance Wolverine New York Central Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI  
Advanced Denver Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy    
Adventureland Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas City, MO-Billings, MT  
Afternoon Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN 1939-
Afternoon Puget Sounder Great Northern Seattle, Washington-Vancouver, BC  
Afternoon Twin Cities Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL-St. Paul, Minnesota  
Aiken-Augusta Special Pennsylvania
Southern
New York, NY-Augusta, GA  
Akronite Pennsylvania New York, NY-Akron, OH  
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL-Lincoln, Nebraska  
Alamo Southern Pacific New Orleans, LA-San Antonio, Texas  
Alaskan Northern Pacific
Spokane, Portland & Seattle
St. Paul, Minnesota-Tacoma, Washington  
Albany Mail New York Central New York, NY-Utica, NY  
Alburgh Express Rutland Railroad Ogdensburg, NY-Alburgh, VT  
Alexandrian Great Northern St. Paul, Minnesota-Grand Forks, North Dakota  
Alouette Boston & Maine Boston, MA-Montreal, PQ  
Alton Limited Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Chicago, IL-St. Louis, Missouri  
Ambassador Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Detroit, Michigan-Baltimore, Maryland  
Ambassador Boston & Maine
Canadian National
Central Vermont
Boston, Massachusetts-Montreal, PQ  
Ambassador joint VIA Rail/Amtrak Chicago, IL-Toronto, ON Cancelled
American Pennsylvania New York, NY-St. Louis, Missouri  
American Royal Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL-Kansas City, Missouri 1953-1971;
Angel Santa Fe San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA  
Angelo Santa Fe Fort Worth, TX-San Angelo, TX  
Ann Rutledge Amtrak
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
Chicago, IL-Kansas City, MO  
Antelope Santa Fe Kansas City, MO-Fort Worth, TX  
Argonaut Southern Pacific Los Angeles, CA-New Orleans, LA  
Arizona Limited Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Chicago, IL-Phoenix, AZ 1940-1942
Arlington Pennsylvania New York, NY-Washington, DC  
Aroostook Flyer Bangor & Aroostook Bangor, ME-Van Buren, ME  
Arrow Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL-Sioux Falls, SD  
Arrowhead Limited Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN  
Arundel Maine Central Portland, ME-Bangor, ME circa 1953;
Asa Packer Lehigh Valley New York, NY-Coxton, PA  
Ashland Limited Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Ashland, WI  
Ashland Mail Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Ashland, WI  
Ashville Special Pennsylvania New York, NY-Asheville, NC  
Atlantic Express Erie New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Atlantic Express Grand Trunk Western Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ  
Atlantic Express Michigan Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Atlantic Highlands Express Central of New Jersey New York, NY-Atlantic Highlands, NJ  
Atlanta Limited Illinois Central Shreveport, LA-Meridian, MS  
Atlantic Limited Soo Line Minneapolis, MN-Sault Ste Marie, MI  
Auto Train Auto-Train Corporation (1971-1981)
Amtrak (1983-present)
Lorton, VA-Sanford, FL
Louisville, KY-Sanford, FL
1971-1981, 1983-present
1974-1977
Azalean Louisville & Nashville Cincinnati, OH-New Orleans, LA  
Aztec Eagle (Aguila Azteca) Nacionales de Mexico
Missouri Pacific
Mexico City-Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas-San Antonio, Texas  
Badger Express Great Northern St. Paul, MN-Duluth, MN  
Bankers New Haven Washington, DC-Springfield, MA  
Banner Blue Wabash Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO  
Bar Harbor New Haven
Pennsylvania
New York, NY-Springfield, MA  
Bay Shore Special Central of New Jersey Washington, DC-Ellingsworth, PA  
Bay State New Haven New York, NY-Boston, MA  
Beach Special Boston & Maine Boston, MA-Portland, ME  
Beachcomber Boston & Maine Boston, MA-Portland, ME  
Beaver Southern Pacific San Francisco, CA-Portland, OR  
Berkshire New Haven New York, NY-Pittsburgh, PA  
Bicentennial   Boston, MA-Philadelphia, PA  
Birmingham Special Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Southern
New York, NY-Birmingham, AL
Chattanooga, TN-Memphis, TN
 
Black Diamond Lehigh Valley
Reading
New York, NY-Buffalo, NY  
Black Gold Frisco Tulsa, OK-Fort Worth, TX  
Black Hawk Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL-Minneapolis, MN
Chicago, IL-Dubuque, IA
 
Bloomington - Louisville Local Monon Railroad Bloomington, IN-Louisville, KY  
Blue Arrow Nickel Plate Cleveland, OH-St. Louis, MO  
Blue Dart Nickel Plate St. Louis, MO-Cleveland, OH  
Blue Bird Wabash Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO  
Blue Ridge   Washington, DC-Cumberland, VA  
Blue Ridge Limited Baltimore & Ohio Chicago, IL-Washington, DC  
Blue Water Amtrak Chicago, IL-Port Huron, MI  
Bluebonnet Frisco
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
St. Louis, MO-Fort Worth, TX  
Bluegrass Monon Railroad Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY  
Border Limited Southern Pacific Houston, TX-Corpus Christi, TX  
Boston Express New York Central Buffalo, NY-Boston, MA  
Boston - New York Express New Haven
New York Central
New York, NY-Boston, MA
New York, NY-Springfield, MA
 
Bostonian New Haven New York, NY-Boston, MA  
Broadway Limited Pennsylvania Chicago, IL-Washington, DC
Chicago, IL-New York, NY
 
Buckeye Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA-Cleveland, OH  
Buffalo - Pittsburgh Express New York Central Buffalo, NY-Pittsburgh, PA  
Buffalo - Toronto Express New York Central New York, NY-Toronto, ON  
Buffalo and Chicago Express Grand Trunk Western New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Buffalo Day Express Pennsylvania Washington, DC-Buffalo, NY  
Buffalo Local New York Central Cincinnati, OH-Buffalo, NY  
Business Man's Special Pere Marquette Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI  
Butte Special Union Pacific Salt Lake City, UT-Butte, MT  
Cabana New Haven New York, NY-Boston, MA  
California Limited Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA  
California Special Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA  
California Zephyr Amtrak Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA 1983-present
California Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Denver, Rio Grande & Western
Western Pacific
Chicago, IL-Oakland, CA 1949-1970
Californian Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA  
Camellia Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Seaboard Air Line
New York, NY-Venice, FL  
Canadian Canadian Pacific
New York Central
Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ  
Canadian Niagara New York Central Detroit, MI-Buffalo, NY  
Cannon Ball Boston & Maine Boston, MA-Plymouth, NH  
Cannon Ball Long Island New York, NY-Montauk, NY  
Cannon Ball Norfolk & Western Richmond, VA-Norfolk, VA  
Capital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Detroit, MI-Baltimore, MD  
Capital City Special New York Central Cleveland, OH-Columbus, OH  
Capital Limited Baltimore & Ohio
Central of New Jersey
Reading
New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Capital Limited Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, MO-Peoria, IL  
Capitol 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Madison, WI  
Capitol Corridor Amtrak Auburn, CA-San Jose, CA  
Capitol Limited Amtrak Chicago, IL-Washington, DC  
Capitol Limited Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chicago, IL-Washington, DC  
Cardinal Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO  
Cardinal Amtrak New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Carolina Golfer Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac

Seaboard Air Line

New York, NY-Pinehurst, NC circa 1930;
Carolina Special New York Central
Southern
Chicago, IL-Goldsboro, NC  
Carolinian Amtrak New York, NY-Charlotte, NC  
Cascade Southern Pacific Oakland, CA-Portland, OR 1950-
Cascades Amtrak Eugene, OR-Vancouver, BC 1993-
Cascadian Great Northern Seattle, WA-Portland, OR  
Cavalier Norfolk & Western Cincinnati, OH-Norfolk, VA  
Cavalier Pennsylvania New York, NY-Cape Charles, VA  
Cayuga New York Central New York, NY-Buffalo, NY  
Centennial State Santa Fe Denver, CO-Newton, KS  
Central States Limited Wabash Detroit, MI-Kansas City, MO circa 1930
Challenger Union Pacific Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA 1935-1971
Champion Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast
Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
New York, NY-Miami, FL
New York, NY-St. Petersburg, FL
1939-

1939-
Cheshire Boston & Maine Boston, MA-White River Junction, VT  
Chicago - Des Moines Rocket Rock Island Chicago, IL-Des Moines, IA  
Chicago Arrow Pennsylvania
Wabash
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI  
Chicago Daylight Express Pennsylvania Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY  
Chicago Express Canadian Pacific
New York Central
Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ  
Chicago Express Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, IL-Evansville, IN  
Chicago Express Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Omaha, NE  
Chicago Express Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Galveston, TX  
Chicago Limited Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN  
Chicago Limited Monon Railroad Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN  
Chicago Limited Pere Marquette Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI  
Chicago Mail Monon Railroad Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY  
Chicago Night Express Baltimore & Ohio Chicago, IL-Wheeling, WV  
Chicago Night Express New York Central St. Louis, MO-Cincinnati, OH  
Chicago Night Express Pennsylvania Chicago, IL-Cincinnati, OH  
Chicago Northwestern Limited Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN  
Chicago Special Michigan Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Chicagoan Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Kansas City, MO 1938-
Chief Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA 1938-
Chippewa Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL-  
Choctaw Rocket Rock Island Memphis, TN-Amarillo, TX 1940-1952
Cigar Valley New Haven New York, NY-Springfield, MA circa 1953 ;
Cincinnati Mercury New York Central Cincinnati, OH-Cleveland, OH circa 1953 ;
Cincinnatian Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cincinnati, OH-Baltimore, MD
Cincinnati, OH-Detroit, MI
1947-1950
1950-
Cincinnatian Monon Railroad Chicago, IL-Cincinnati, OH  
City of Cleveland Nickel Plate Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NY  
City of Chicago Nickel Plate Buffalo, NY-Chicago, IL  
City of Decatur Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, MO-Decatur, IL  
City of Denver Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific
Chicago, IL-Denver, CO 1936-1971
City of Kansas City Wabash St. Louis, MO-Kansas City, MO 1947-
City of Las Vegas Union Pacific Los Angeles, CA-Las Vegas, NV 1956-1957
City of Los Angeles Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific
Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA 1936-1971
City of Memphis Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Nashville, TN-Memphis, TN 1947-
City of Miami Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Florida East Coast
Illinois Central
Chicago, IL-Miami, FL 1940-
City of Milwaukee 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI  
City of New Orleans Illinois Central
Amtrak
Chicago, IL-New Orleans, LA 1947-1971 (IC); 1971-Present (Amtrak)
City of Portland Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific
   
City of Salina Union Pacific Salina, KS-Kansas City, MO 1934-1940
City of San Francisco Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific
Western Pacific
Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA 1936-1971
City of Seattle (unofficial name) Union Pacific Portland, OR-Seattle, WA 1942-
City of St. Louis Union Pacific
Wabash
St. Louis, MO-Cheyenne, WY
St. Louis, MO-Los Angeles, CA
1946-1951
1951-
Clamdigger   New Haven, CT-Providence, RI  
Cleveland - Chicago Express New York Central Chicago, IL-Cleveland, OH  
Cleveland - Cincinnati Night Special New York Central St. Louis, MO-Cincinnati, OH  
Cleveland - Cincinnati Special New York Central Cleveland, OH-Cincinnati, OH  
Cleveland - St. Louis Special New York Central Cleveland, OH-St. Louis, MO  
Cleveland Express New York Central Cleveland, OH-Indianapolis, IN
Cleveland, OH-Columbus, OH
 
Cleveland Limited New York Central New York, NY-Cleveland, OH  
Cleveland Mail New York Central Cleveland, OH-Toronto, ON  
Cleveland Mercury New York Central Detroit, MI-Cleveland, OH  
Cleveland Night Express Baltimore & Ohio Baltimore, MD-Cleveland, OH  
Cleveland Special New York Central Cincinnati, OH-Cleveland, OH  
Clevelander Pennsylvania New York, NY-Cleveland, OH  
Coast Daylight Southern Pacific San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA 1937-1971
Coast Line Florida Mail Atlantic Coast Line
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Washington, DC-Jacksonville, FL  
Coast Starlight Amtrak Los Angeles, CA-Seattle, WA 1971-present
Coastal Classic Alaska Railroad Anchorage, AK-Seward, AK  
Coaster Southern Pacific Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA  
Colonial Pennsylvania Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Washington, DC-New York, NY-Boston, MA  
Colorado Eagle Missouri Pacific
Texas and Pacific
St. Louis, MO-Denver, CO 1942-
Colorado Express Rock Island Kansas City, MO-Denver, CO  
Columbia River Express Spokane, Portland & Seattle Portland, OR-Pasco, WA  
Columbian Baltimore & Ohio Chicago, IL-Jersey City, NJ 1931
Columbian Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL-Tacoma, WA 1911-1930; 1947-1955
Comet New Haven    
Commander New Haven New York, NY-Boston, MA circa 1953 ;
Commercial Traveler Toledo, St. Louis & Western St. Louis, MO-Toledo, OH circa 1916 ;
Commodore Vanderbilt New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH  
Commuter 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI  
Congressional Pennsylvania Railroad
Connecticut Yankee   Springfield, MA-Philadelphia, PA
Springfield, MA-Washington, DC
 
Continental Limited Wabash Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NY circa 1916;
Copper Country Limited Milwaukee Road
Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic
Chicago, IL-Calumet, MI  
Crescent Southern Railway
Amtrak
New York, NY-New Orleans, LA -1979 (Southern); 1979-Present (Amtrak)
Cross Florida Night Limited Seaboard Air Line Miami, FL-St. Petersburg, FL circa 1930;
Crusader Reading   1937-?
Cumberland Boston & Maine Portland, ME-Boston, MA circa 1953;
Curfew Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO circa 1930;