- List of named passenger trains of the United States (C)
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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning with C.
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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Cabana New Haven New York, NY – Boston, MA California Limited Santa Fe Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA 1892–1954 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 and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Western PacificChicago, IL – Oakland, CA 1949–1970 Californian Rock Island
Southern PacificChicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA Camellia Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Seaboard Air LineNew York, NY – Venice, FL Campus Amtrak Chicago - Champaign, IL 1971-1972 Canadian Canadian Pacific
New York CentralChicago, IL– Montreal, QC 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 1899-present Cannon Ball[1] Pennsylvania Railroad,
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad,
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
Norfolk and Western RailwayNew York, NY – Norfolk, VA Capital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Detroit, MI – Baltimore, MD Cape Codder New York, New Haven, & Hartford New York, NY – Woods Hole, MA Cape Codder Amtrak New York, NY – Hyannis, MA Capital City Special New York Central Cleveland, OH – Columbus, OH Capitol 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL – Madison, WI Capitol Corridor Amtrak Auburn, CA – San Jose, CA Capitol Limited Baltimore & Ohio
Central of New Jersey
ReadingNew York, NY – Chicago, IL via Washington, DC 1923–1971 Capitol Limited Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, MO – Peoria, IL Capitol Limited Amtrak Chicago, IL – Washington, DC 1981–present 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 LineNew York, NY – Pinehurst, NC circa 1930 Carolina Special New York Central
SouthernChicago, 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[2] Norfolk & Western Norfolk, VA – Cincinnati, OH
(reduced to Petersburg, VA – Portsmouth, OH by October 1957).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 Pennsylvania,
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac,
Atlantic Coast Line,
Florida East CoastNew York, NY – Miami, FL
New York, NY – St. Petersburg, FL1939–1979 Cherokee Rock Island
Southern PacificMemphis, TN – Tucumcari, NM – Los Angeles Chesapeake Amtrak Washington, DC – Philadelphia, PA Cheshire Boston & Maine Boston, MA – White River Junction, VT Chicago – Des Moines Rocket Rock Island Chicago, IL – Des Moines, IA Chicago Arrow Pennsylvania
WabashChicago, IL – Detroit, MI Chicago Daylight Express Pennsylvania Chicago, IL – Louisville, KY Chicago Express Canadian Pacific
New York CentralChicago, IL – Montreal, QC 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 Pennsylvania Railroad New York – Chicago, IL –1913 Chicago Limited Pere Marquette Chicago, IL – Grand Rapids, MI Chicago Mail Monon Railroad Chicago, IL – Louisville, KY Chicago Mail New York Central Cleveland, OH – Chicago, IL 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 1938–1968 Chicagoan New York Central New York, NY – Chicago, IL Chief Santa Fe Chicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA 1926–1968 Chippewa Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL – Choctaw Rocket Rock Island Memphis, TN – Amarillo, TX 1940–1952 Choctaw Rockette Rock Island Memphis, TN – Amarillo, TX 1953–1964 Cigar Valley New Haven New York, NY – Springfield, MA circa 1953 Cincinnati Limited Pennsylvania New York, NY – Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Mercury New York Central Cincinnati, OH – Cleveland, OH circa 1953 Cincinnatian Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayCincinnati, OH – Baltimore, MD
Cincinnati, OH – Detroit, MI1947–1950
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 (until 1955),
Milwaukee Road (from 1955),
Union PacificChicago, 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 (until 1955),
Milwaukee Road (from 1955),
Union PacificChicago, IL – Los Angeles, CA 1936–1971 City of Memphis Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Nashville, TN – Memphis, TN 1947–1958 City of Mexico Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO – Mexico City 1937–1940 City of Miami Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Florida East Coast
Illinois CentralChicago, IL – Miami, FL 1940–1971 City of Milwaukee 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL – Milwaukee, WI City of New Orleans Illinois Central
AmtrakChicago, IL – New Orleans, LA 1947–1971 (IC);
1971–present (Amtrak)City of Portland Chicago and North Western Railway
Union PacificChicago, IL – Portland, OR 1935–1971 City of Salina Union Pacific Salina, KS – Kansas City, MO 1934–1940 City of San Francisco Chicago and North Western Railway (until 1955),
Milwaukee Road (from 1955),
Union Pacific
Western PacificChicago, IL – San Francisco, CA 1936–1971 “City of Seattle” (unofficial name) Union Pacific Portland, OR – Seattle, WA 1942– City of St. Louis Union Pacific
WabashSt. Louis, MO – Cheyenne, WY
St. Louis, MO – Los Angeles, CA1946–1951
1951–Clamdigger New Haven Railroad 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, OHCleveland 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 and Ohio Railroad Baltimore, MD – Cleveland, OH 1942–1962 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 & PotomacWashington, DC – Jacksonville, FL Coast Starlight Amtrak Los Angeles, CA – Seattle, WA 1971–present Coastal Classic Alaska Railroad Anchorage, AK – Seward, AK –present Coaster Southern Pacific Los Angeles, CA – San Francisco, CA Colonial Pennsylvania Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford RailroadWashington, DC – New York, NY – Boston, MA 1892–1971 (PRR-NH)
1971–1973 (Amtrak)Colorado Eagle Denver and Rio Grande Western,
Missouri PacificSt. Louis, MO – Denver, CO 1942–1966 Colorado Express Rock Island Kansas City, MO – Denver, CO Coloradoan Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago, IL – 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 Columbine Chicago & North Western
Union PacificChicago – Denver, CO 1927–? Comet New Haven Boston, MA – Providence, RI 1935 to circa 1942 Commander New Haven New York, NY – Boston, MA circa 1953 Commercial Traveler Clover Leaf 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 Washington, D.C. – New York, NY 1885–? Connecticut Yankee Springfield, MA – Philadelphia, PA
Springfield, MA – Washington, DCContinental Limited Wabash St. Louis, MO/Chicago, IL – New York, NY/Boston, MA 1898–? (at least 1916) Continental Limited Wabash Chicago, IL – Buffalo, NY circa 1916 Copper Country Limited Milwaukee Road,
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (until December 1960)
Soo Line (after December 1960)Chicago, IL – Champion, MI – Calumet, MI –May 1968 Corn Belt Limited Peoria and Eastern Railway Indianapolis, IN – Peoria, IL Corn Belt Rocket Rock Island Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE Corn King Chicago & North Western Chicago, IL – Omaha, NE Cotton Belter St. Louis Southwestern St. Louis, MO – Dallas, TX –1941 Cotton States Special Seaboard Air Line New York, NY – Birmingham, AL –1947 Creole Illinois Central Chicago, IL – New Orleans, LA Crescent Southern Railway
AmtrakNew York, NY – New Orleans, LA 1891–1979 (Southern);
1979–present (Amtrak)Cross Florida Night Limited Seaboard Air Line Miami, FL – St. Petersburg, FL circa 1930 Crusader Reading Philadelphia, PA – Jersey City, NJ 1937–1983 Cumberland Boston & Maine Portland, ME – Boston, MA circa 1953 Curfew Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, IL – St. Louis, MO circa 1930 References
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