- List of named passenger trains of the United States (A-B)
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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning A through B.
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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Abraham Lincoln[1] Alton Railroad (1935–1947)
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1971)
Amtrak (1971–1978)Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO 1935–1978 Acadian[2] Southern Pacific Houston, TX – New Orleans, LA ?-1956 Acela Express[3] Amtrak Boston, MA – Washington, DC 2000–present Adirondack[4] Amtrak New York, NY – Montreal, PQ 1974–present Admiral Pennsylvania New York, NY – Chicago, IL 1941–1971 Advance Commodore Vanderbilt New York Central New York, NY – Chicago, IL 1929–1955 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 Chicago, IL – Denver, CO Adventureland Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas City, MO – Billings, MT Afternoon Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL – St. Paul, MN 1939–1970 Afternoon Puget Sounder Great Northern Seattle, WA – Vancouver, BC Afternoon Twin Cities Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL – St. Paul, MN Aiken-Augusta Special Pennsylvania
SouthernNew York, NY – Augusta, GA Airway Limited Pennsylvania
Transcontinental Air TransportNew York, NY – Los Angeles Akronite Pennsylvania New York, NY – Akron, OH Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL – Lincoln, NB Alamo Southern Pacific New Orleans, LA – San Antonio, TX Alaskan Northern Pacific
Spokane, Portland & SeattleSt. Paul, MN – Tacoma, WA Albany Mail New York Central New York, NY – Utica, NY Alburgh Express Rutland Railroad Ogdensburg, NY – Alburgh, VT Alexandrian Great Northern St. Paul, MN – Grand Forks, ND Allegheny Pennsylvania St. Louis, MO – Pittsburgh, PA Alouette Boston & Maine Boston, MA – Montreal, PQ 1926–1956 Alton Limited Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO Ambassador Baltimore & Ohio
New York CentralDetroit, MI – Baltimore, MD The Ambassador[5] New Haven,
Boston & Maine,
Central Vermont, and
Canadian NationalNew York, NY – Montreal, PQ Ambassador Amtrak and Via Rail Chicago, IL – Toronto, ON American Pennsylvania New York, NY – St. Louis, MO 1925–1956 American Royal Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL – Kansas City, MO 1953–1971 Angel Santa Fe San Francisco, CA – Los Angeles, CA Angelo Santa Fe Fort Worth, TX – San Angelo, TX Ann Rutledge Alton Railroad (1937–1947),
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1971),
Amtrak (1971–2009)Chicago, IL – Kansas City, MO 1937–2009 Antelope[6] Santa Fe Kansas City, MO – Fort Worth, TX (–1948)
Kansas City, MO – Oklahoma City, OK (1948–?)Argonaut Southern Pacific Los Angeles, CA – New Orleans, LA 1926–1932; 1936–1958 Aristocrat Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Denver, CO – Chicago 1930–? Arizona Limited Rock Island and Southern Pacific Chicago, IL – Phoenix, AZ 1940–1942 Arlington Pennsylvania New York, NY – Washington, DC Aroostook Flyer Bangor & Aroostook Bangor, ME – Van Buren, ME 1937–1957 Arrow Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL – Sioux Falls, SD 1926–1967 Arrowhead Limited Chicago & North Western Chicago, IL – Duluth, MN Arundel Maine Central Portland, ME – Bangor, ME circa 1953 Asa Packer Lehigh Valley New York, NY – Coxton, PA 1939–1958 Asheville Special Pennsylvania
SouthernNew York, NY – Asheville, NC Ashland Limited Chicago & North Western Chicago, IL – Ashland, WI Ashland Mail Chicago & North Western Chicago, IL – Ashland, WI Atlantic City Express Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, PA – Atlantic City, NJ 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 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Minneapolis, MN – Sault Ste Marie, MI Atlantic Limited Canadian Pacific (1955–1978)
Via (1978–1979)
via Maine Central Railroad Mattawamkeag to VanceboroSaint John, NB – Montreal, QC Auto Train Auto-Train Corporation (1971–1981)
Amtrak (1983–present)Lorton, VA – Sanford, FL (1971–1981, 1983–present)
Louisville, KY – Sanford, FL (1974–1977)Azalean Louisville & Nashville Cincinnati, OH – New Orleans, LA Aztec Eagle (Aguila Azteca) Nacionales de Mexico
Missouri PacificMexico City – Nuevo Laredo, TAM – San Antonio, TX B
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated 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
PennsylvaniaNew York, NY – Springfield, MA Bar Harbor Express Maine Central
Boston and Maine
New HavenWashington, DC – Ellsworth, ME 1902–1960 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 1940–1949 Beeliner New York Central Detroit, MI – Mackinaw City, MI –1962 Berkshire New Haven New York, NY – Pittsburgh, PA Bicentennial Amtrak Boston, MA – Philadelphia, PA 1976–1977 Birmingham Special[7] Pennsylvania,
Norfolk & Western
and SouthernNew York, NY – Birmingham, AL, with a Chattanooga, TN – Memphis, TN segment Black Diamond Lehigh Valley
ReadingNew York, NY – Buffalo, NY 1896–1959 Black Gold Frisco Tulsa, OK – Fort Worth, TX 1938–1959 Black Hawk Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (–1970)
Burlington Northern (6 weeks in 1970)Chicago, IL – Minneapolis, MN –1970 Black Hawk Amtrak Chicago, IL – Dubuque, IA 1974–1981 Bloomington – Louisville Local Monon Railroad Bloomington, IN – Louisville, KY Blue Arrow Nickel Plate Cleveland, OH – St. Louis, MO 1956–1959 Blue Comet Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City, NJ – Atlantic City, NJ 1929–1941 Blue Dart Nickel Plate St. Louis, MO – Cleveland, OH 1956–1959 Blue Bird Wabash Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO 1938–1968 Blue Ridge[8] Amtrak Washington, DC – Martinsburg, WV 1973–1986 Blue Ridge Limited Baltimore & Ohio Chicago, IL – Washington, DC 1934–1949 Blue Water Amtrak Chicago, IL – Port Huron, MI Bluebonnet Frisco and
Missouri–Kansas–TexasSt. Louis, MO – Fort Worth, TX Bluegrass Monon Railroad Chicago, IL – Louisville, KY Boardwalk Flyer Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, PA – Atlantic City, NJ Bon-Air Special Georgia & Florida Augusta, GA – Jacksonville, FL 1920–? Booth Tarkington New York Central Chicago, IL – Cincinnati, OH 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 CentralNew York, NY – Boston, MA
New York, NY – Springfield, MABostonian New Haven New York, NY – Boston, MA Broadway Limited Pennsylvania (1912–1971)
Amtrak (1971–1995)Chicago, IL – Washington, DC
Chicago, IL – New York, NY1912–1995 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 1900–1907 Buffalo Day Express Pennsylvania Washington, DC – Buffalo, NY –1971 Buffalo Local New York Central Cincinnati, OH – Buffalo, NY Bullet Central Railroad of New Jersey Jersey City - Wilkes-Barre 1929–1931 Business Man's Special Pere Marquette Chicago, IL – Grand Rapids, MI Butte Special Union Pacific Salt Lake City, UT – Butte, MT Notes
- ^ Schafer (1997), 19–20; Schafer (2000), 58–59; Goldberg (1981), 75–76.
- ^ Solomon (1999), 66.
- ^ "U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater celebrates inaugural run of Acela Express high-speed rail service". M2 Presswire. November 17, 2000. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67162158.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ Schafer (2000), 39.
- ^ Canadian National Railways. Passenger Time Tables, April 28 to October 26, 1957. p. 26
- ^ Yenne (2005), 47.
- ^ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957, timetable, pp. 5, 8.
- ^ Reynolds (2000), 126–127.
References
- Goldberg, Bruce (1981). Amtrak: The First Decade. Silver Spring, MD: Alan Books.
- Reynolds, Kirk; Dave Oroszi (2000). Baltimore & Ohio railroad. MBI. ISBN 0760307466. http://books.google.com/books?id=6sSEArRhKZgC.
- Schafer, Mike and Welsh, Joe (1997). Classic American Streamliners. MBI Publishing Co.. ISBN 0760303770. http://books.google.com/books?id=e-jEOg16QX8C.
- Schafer, Mike (2000). More Classic American Railroads. MBI Publishing Co.. ISBN 076030758X. http://books.google.com/books?id=m78vZ6z-RNgC.
- Solomon, Brian (1999). Southern Pacific Railroad. MBI Publishing Co.. ISBN 0760306141. http://books.google.com/books?id=DDgEnEeZe8wC.
- Yenne, Bill (2005). Santa Fe Chiefs. MBI Publishing Co.. ISBN 0760318484. http://books.google.com/books?id=LoWNpEXI97oC.
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