List of North American named passenger trains (D-H)

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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 (D-H)

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

Canada
Train Name Railroad Operator Train Endpoints Operating Years
Down Easter New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National New York, NY-Halifax, NS 1929
Enterprise VIA Toronto, ON-Montreal, QC  
Erie VIA Toronto, ON-Windsor, ON  
Evangeline VIA Yarmouth, NS-Halifax, NS 1983-1990
Exec VIA Ottawa, ON-Toronto, ON  
Foreign Express Newfoundland Railway Port aux Basques, NL-St. John's, NL 1898-1928
Forest City VIA Toronto, ON-London, ON  
Frontenac Canadian Pacific Railway, VIA Rail Toronto, ON-Quebec, QC
Gatineau VIA Montreal, QC-Ottawa, ON  
Green Mountain Flyer Central Vermont New York, NY-Montreal, PQ  
Gull Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National Boston, MA-Halifax, NS 1930-
General Brock VIA Toronto, ON-Niagara Falls, ON  
Hudson Bay VIA Winnipeg, MB-Churchill, MB  
Huron VIA Sarnia, ON-Toronto, ON  
Mexico
Train Name Railroad Operator Train Endpoints Operating Years
El Fronterizo Nacionales de Mexico Ciudad Juarez-Mexico City  
El Presidente Juarez Nationales de Mexico El Paso, TX - Mexico City  
United States
Train Name Railroad Operator Train Endpoints Operating Years
Dan'l Webster New Haven New York, NY-Boston, MA 1957-
Delta Eagle Missouri Pacific Memphis, TN-Tallulah, LA 1941-1954
Denali Star Alaska Railroad Anchorage, AK-Fairbanks, AK  
Denver Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL-Denver, CO 1936-
Des Moines Rocket Rock Island Chicago, IL-Des Moines, IA 1937-
Desert Wind Amtrak Los Angeles, CA 1981-1997
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 Special New York Central Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI  
DeWitt Clinton New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH  
DeWitt Clinton   New York, NY-Albany, NY  
Dixie Flagler Florida East Coast Chicago, IL-Miami, FL 1940-1954
Dixieland Louisville & Nashville   1954-
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-Portland, ME  
Duluth & Boston Express Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Duluth, MN-Sault Ste. Marie, MI  
East Coast Flyer Pere Marquette Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI  
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   New York, NY-Washington, DC  
Empire Builder Great Northern (1929-1971)
Amtrak (1971-present)
Chicago, IL-Seattle, Washington
Chicago, IL-Portland, OR
1929-present
Empire State Express New York Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Ethan Allen Express Amtrak New York, NY-Rutland, VT  
Exposition Flyer Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific Chicago, IL-Oakland, CA 1939-1949(?)
Fast Mail Michigan Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Fast Mail New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH  
Fast Mail New York Central New York, NY-Detroit, MI  
Fifth Avenue Special New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH  
Fireball Ann Arbor Toledo, OH-Frankfort, MI  
Firefly Frisco Kansas City, MO-Oklahoma City, OK
1939-
Florida Arrow      
Florida Special Atlantic Coast Line    
Floridian Amtrak Chicago, IL-St. Petersburg, FL
Chicago, IL-Miami, FL
1971-1977(?)
Flying Crow Kansas City Southern Kansas City, Missouri-Port Arthur, Texas  
Flying Yankee   New York, NY-Boston, MA  
Forest City New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH  
Fort Crevecouer Illinois Terminal Railroad    
Fort Dearborn Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad New York, NY-Detroit, MI  
Forty-Niner Union Pacific   1937-1941
Furniture City Special Pere Marquette Chicago, IL-Muskegon, MI  
Gateway New York Central Cleveland, OH-St. Louis, MO  
General Pershing Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy    
Georgian Louisville & Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis St. Louis, MO-Atlanta, GA 1946-
Glacier Discovery Alaska Railroad Anchorage, AK-Whittier, AK  
Golden Gate Santa Fe   1938-
Golden Rocket Rock Island and Southern Pacific Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA (cancelled before it could start in 1948)
Golden State Southern Pacific 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).
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
Green Diamond Illinois Central Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO 1936-
Green Mountain Flyer Central Vermont New York, NY-Montreal, PQ  
Gulf Coast Rebel Gulf, Mobile & Ohio St. Louis, MO-Mobile, AL 1940-1958
Gull Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National Boston, MA-Halifax, NS 1930-
Havana Special Pennsylvania
RF&P
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast
New York, NY-Key West, FL (to 1935)
New York, NY-Miami, FL
 
Heartland Flyer Amtrak Oklahoma City, OK-Fort Worth, TX  
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  
Hoosier Monon Railroad Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN 1947-
Hoosier State Amtrak Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN  
Hot Springs Limited Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO-Hot Springs, AR ?-1948
Hot Springs Special Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Memphis, TN-Hot Springs, AR ?-1949
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