- List of named passenger trains of the United States (S-Z)
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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning S through Z.
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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Sacramento Daylight Southern Pacific Lathrop, CA-Sacramento, CA 1946-1971 Safety Express Chessie System 1980 - 1981 Saint Santa Fe Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA St. Clair Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI St. Louis Limited Wabash Detroit, MI-St. Louis, MO St. Louis Mule Amtrak St. Louis, MO-Kansas City, MO 1980–2009 Salt City Express New York, NY-Syracuse, NY Salt Lake Special Union Pacific Butte, MT-Salt Lake City, UT Sam Houston Zephyr Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Fort Worth, TX - Houston, TX 1936-1966 San Diegan Amtrak Santa Barbara, CA-San Diego, CA 1971-1999 San Diegan Santa Fe Los Angeles, CA-San Diego, CA 1938-1971 San Francisco Challenger Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA 1935- San Francisco Chief Santa Fe Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA 1936-1971 San Francisco Overland Limited Union Pacific San Francisco Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA San Joaquin Daylight Southern Pacific Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA 1941-1971 San Juan Express Denver & Rio Grande Western Alamosa, CO-Durango, CO 1937-1951 San Joaquin Amtrak Bakersfield, CA-Oakland, CA
Bakersfield, CA-Sacramento, CASangamon Illinois Terminal Railroad Santa Fe De Luxe Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA 1911- Scenic Limited Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO-Pueblo, CO 1915- Scout Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA Scranton Flyer Central Railroad of New Jersey Philadelphia, PA-Scranton, PA Seminole Illinois Central Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line Chicago, IL/St. Louis, MO-Jacksonville, FL 1940s-1960s Senator Pennsylvania Railroad and New Haven Railroad Washington, DC-Boston, MA Senator Southern Pacific Oakland, CA-Sacramento, CA Shasta Daylight Southern Pacific Oakland, CA-Portland, OR 1949-1967 Shavano Denver & Rio Grande Western Salida, CO-Gunnison, CO 1937-1940 Shawnee Chicago, IL-Carbondale, IL Shelter Island Express Long Island Rail Road Long Island City-Greenport, NY 1901–1903, 1923–1942 Shenandoah Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Washington, DC-Cincinnati, OH Shinnecock Bay Express Long Island Rail Road Long Island City-Montauk, NY 1926-1950 Shoppers Special Pere Marquette Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI Shoreland 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Green Bay, WI Shreveporter Louisiana and Arkansas Hope, AR-Shreveport, LA 1928-1961 Silver Comet Seaboard Air Line New York, NY-Birmingham, AL 1947-1969 Silver Meteor Seaboard Air Line, later Amtrak New York, NY-Tampa, FL
New York, NY-Miami, FL1939-present Silver Star Seaboard Air Line, later Amtrak New York, NY-Tampa, FL
New York, NY-Miami, FL1947-present Silver Streak Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas City, MO-Lincoln, NE 1940- Silverliner Service Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Sioux Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL – Rapid City, SD (1929–1951);
Chicago, IL – Canton, SD (1951–1961);
Chicago, IL – Madison, WI (1961–1971)1929–1971 Skyland Special Southern Ashville, NC/Charlotte, NC-Jacksonville, FL 1950s Skunk California Western Railroad Fort Bragg, California-Willits, California 1926- Somerset Hills Express Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail, New Jersey Transit Hoboken, New Jersey-Gladstone, New Jersey 1940s-2001 Soo-Dominion Soo Line and Canadian Pacific Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN-Vancouver, BC South Shore Express New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH South Wind Florida East Coast, Pennsylvania, Louisville and Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line
Chicago, IL-Miami, FL 1940- Southern Belle Kansas City Southern Kansas City, MO-New Orleans, LA 1940-1969 Southern Crescent Boston, MA-New Orleans, LA 1970-1979 Southern Michigan Express Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, MI-Cheboygan, MI Southern Scenic Missouri Pacific Memphis, TN-Kansas City, MO 1931 - 1952 Southerner Pennsylvania and Southern New York, NY-New Orleans, LA 1941-1970 Southerner Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific Kansas City, MO-New Orleans, LA 1925- Southwest Chief Amtrak Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA 1971-present Southwest Limited Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL/Milwaukee, WI-Kansas City, MO 1903-1958 Southwestern Limited New York Central New York, NY-St Louis, MO Speed Merchant Boston and Maine Boston, MA-Portland, ME Spirit of California Amtrak Sacramento, CA-Los Angeles, CA 1981?-1983 Spirit of St. Louis Pennsylvania
AmtrakNew York, NY-St Louis, MO 1927-1971 Sportsman Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI Star Lehigh Valley New York, NY-Buffalo, NY Star Missouri Pacific Fort Worth, TX-Galveston, TX 1926-1936 Starlight Southern Pacific Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA State House Amtrak Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO State of Maine Express New York, New Haven & Hartford New York, NY- Portland, ME
1913-1960 Statesman Boston, MA-Washington, DC Sundown New York, NY-Boston, MA Sunflower Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO-Wichita, KS 1924- Sun Tan Special Southern Pacific San Francisco, CA-Santa Cruz, CA Sunbeam Texas and New Orleans Houston, TX-Dallas, TX 1925-1955 Sunland Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac and Seaboard Air Line Washington, DC-Miami and Tampa, FL 1950s Sunnyland Frisco
Frisco and SouthernMemphis, TN-Pensacola, FL
Memphis, TN-Atlanta, GA1953 Sunrise Special Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island Rail RoadPittsburgh, PA-Montauk, NY 1922-1942 Sunset Limited Southern Pacific Los Angeles, CA-New Orleans, LA 1926-1971 Sunset Limited Amtrak Los Angeles, CA-Orlando, FL 1971-present Sunshine Special Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific St. Louis-San Antonio 1915-1948 Super Chief Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA 1936-1971 Suwanee River Special Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Air Line
New York Central, Southern, Seaboard Air Line
Michigan Central, Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Air Line
Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Air Line
Southern, Seaboard Air Line
Frisco, Southern, Seaboard Air LineChicago, IL-St. Petersburg, FL
Buffalo, NY-St. Petersburg, FL
Detroit, MI-St. Petersburg, FL
Cleveland, OH.-St. Petersburg, FL
Cincinnati, OH-St. Petersburg, FL
Kansas City, MO-St. Petersburg, FL1920s T
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Tennessean Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO-Memphis, TN 1927–1948 Tennessean[1] Southern,
Norfolk and WesternWashington, DC-Memphis, TN 1941–1968 Texan Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO-Fort Worth, TX / Houston, TX Texas Chief Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Galveston, TX 1936-1971 Texas Chief (renamed Lone Star in 1974) Amtrak Chicago, IL-Houston, TX 1971-1974 Texas Eagle Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO - Galveston, TX / St. Louis, MO - San Antonio, TX / St. Louis, MO - El Paso, TX 1948- 1970 Texas Eagle Amtrak Chicago, IL-San Antonio, TX Texas Rocket Rock Island Fort Worth, TX-Houston, TX
Kansas City, MO-Dallas, TX1937-1938
1938-Texas Special Katy - Frisco St. Louis, MO-San Antonio, TX 1915-1965 Texas Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Denver, CO-Dallas, TX 1940-1967 Tex-Mex Express Texas Mexican Railway Corpus Christi, TX - Laredo, TX Thoroughbred Monon Railroad Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY 1948- Three Rivers Amtrak New York, NY-Chicago, IL 1995-2005 Timberliner New York Central Detroit, MI-Mackinaw City, MI -1962 Tippecanoe Monon Railroad Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN 1947- Toledo - Detroit Express New York Central Detroit, MI-Toledo, OH Tom Taber Express Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail, New Jersey Transit Hoboken, New Jersey-Dover, New Jersey 1940s-1996 Tomahawk[2] Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL - Woodruff, WI Torpedo Ann Arbor Frankfort, MI-Toledo, OH Tourist Flyer Santa Fe San Francisco, CA-Chicago, IL Trail Blazer Pennsylvania Chicago, IL-Pittsburgh, PA 1939-1959 Treasure Island Special Union Pacific Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA 1939- Tulsan Santa Fe Chicago, IL-Tulsa, Oklahoma Turboliner Amtrak New York, NY-upstate New York (exact route unknown)
Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI1970s–1995
mid-1970s–early 1980sTurbo USDOT, New Haven Railroad, Penn Central, Amtrak New York, NY-Boston, MA 1968- Twentieth Century Limited New York Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL 1902-1967 Twilight Limited Amtrak Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI Twilight Limited New York Central Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI Twin Cities 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago,IL-Minneapolis,MN-Saint Paul, MN 1935–1963 Twin Cities Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN 1935- Twin Star Rocket Rock Island Minneapolis, MN-Houston, TX 1945- V
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Valley 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Green Bay, WI Valley Eagle Missouri Pacific Brownsville, TX - Corpus Christi, TX - Houston, TX Oct 31, 1948 - July 1, 1962 Valley Express New York Central Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI Valley Flyer Santa Fe Oakland, CA-Bakersfield, CA Valley Forge Amtrak New York, NY-Harrisburg, PA 1973-1990 Valpo Local Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak Chicago, IL-Valparaiso, Ind 1869-1991 Vermonter Amtrak Washington, DC-St. Albans, VT Viking Chicago & North Western Railway Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN W
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Wabash Cannon Ball Wabash Detroit, MI-St. Louis, MO 1949-1971 Wall Street Reading and Jersey Central Philadelphia, PA-New York, NY Washington - Detroit Limited Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Detroit, MI-Baltimore, MD Washington Irving New York Central New York, NY-Albany, NY Water Level Express New York Central New York, NY-Buffalo, NY Water Level Limited New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH West Virginian Amtrak Washington, D.C.-Parkersburg, WV 1971-1972 West Virginian Baltimore & Ohio New York-Parkersburg, WV -1962 Western Express New York Central Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI Western Star Great Northern Chicago, IL-Seattle, WA & Portland, OR 1951-1971 Westerner Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO - Kansas City, MO Whippoorwill Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, IL-Evansville, IN 1946-1948 Will Rodgers St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Willamette Valley Amtrak Portland, OR - Eugene, OR 1980-1982 Winnipeg Express Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and Canadian Pacific Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB 1909–1928 Winnipeg Limited Great Northern Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB Winnipeger Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and Canadian Pacific (1928–1960)
Soo Line and Canadian Pacific (1961–1967)Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB Wolverine Amtrak Chicago, IL-Pontiac, MI Wolverine New York Central Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI-New York, NY X, Y, & Z
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Xplorer New York Central Cleveland, OH-Cincinnati, OH 1956- Yankee Clipper New Haven Railroad New York City (Grand Central Terminal) - Boston, Massachusetts circa 1930 Zephyr Rocket Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Rock Island St. Louis, MO-Minneapolis, MN 1941- Zephyrette Western Pacific Salt Lake City, UT-Oakland, CA 1950-1960 Notes
References
- Maiken, Peter (1989). Night Trains: The Pullman System in the Golden Years of American Rail Travel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4503-3.
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