- List of named passenger trains of the United States (D-H)
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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning D through H.
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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Dakota 400 Chicago & North Western Chicago - Rapid City, SD 1950–1963 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 De Luxe Santa Fe Chicago - Los Angeles 1911–1917 Del Monte Southern Pacific Monterey, CA – San Francisco, CA 1890s–1971 Delta Eagle Missouri Pacific Memphis, TN – Tallulah, LA 1941–1954 Denali Star Alaska Railroad Anchorage, AK – Fairbanks, AK ?–present Denver Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1936–1971)
Amtrak (1971–1975)Chicago, IL – Denver, CO 1936–1975 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 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, Central of Georgia, 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 Dixieland Louisville & Nashville 1954– 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 – Portland, 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 Duquesne Pennsylvania Railroad,
later Penn Central,
later AmtrakNew 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 & MaineWashington, 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 Great Northern (1929–1971)
Amtrak (1971–present)Chicago, IL – Seattle, Washington
Chicago, IL – Portland, OR1929–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, NY – Cincinnati, OH 1920s–1960s Fast Mail Chicago & North Western Cedar Rapids - Chicago Fast Mail Great Northern Seattle, WA - Minneapolis Fast Mail Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN 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 Federal Express New Haven
PennsylvaniaWashington, D.C. - Boston, MA Fifth Avenue Special New York Central Chicago, IL – New York 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 - Canoe Place, New York
or Montauk, New York1932–1973 Fisherman's Special Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, PA - Cape May Harbor, NJ Flamingo New York Central
Pennsylvania
Louisville & Nashville
Central of Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East CoastCincinnati, OH - Jacksonville, FL Florida Arrow Pennsylvania
Louisville & Nashville
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East CoastChicago, IL – Miami, FL Florida Special Atlantic Coast Line New York – St. Petersburg, FL
Chicago, IL – Miami, FLFloridian Amtrak Chicago, IL – St. Petersburg, FL
Chicago, IL – Miami, FL1971–1977(?) 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 Fort Dearborn Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio New York, NY – Detroit, MI Fort Pitt Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago – Pittsburgh Fort Pitt Amtrak Pittsburgh – Altoona, PA 1981–1983 Forty-Niner Union Pacific 1937–1941 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. LouisSt. Louis, MO – Atlanta, GA 1946– Glacier Discovery Alaska Railroad Anchorage, AK – Whittier, AK –present Gold Coast Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Southern PacificChicago - 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 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 NationalNew 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 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 NationalBoston, MA – Halifax, NS 1930–1959 H
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Havana Special Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast New York, NY – Key West, FL (to 1935)
New York, NY – Miami, FLHawkeye Illinois Central Chicago - Sioux City, IA Heartland Flyer Amtrak Oklahoma City, OK – Fort Worth, TX June 14, 1999 – 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 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 Hustler Southern Pacific Dallas, TX – Houston, TX References
- ^ Johnson (1985) p.112
- ^ Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables: April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 7
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