- List of named passenger trains of the United States (N-R)
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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning N through R.
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Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Nancy Hanks II Central of Georgia Atlanta, GA-Savannah, GA 1947-1971 Napa Valley Wine Train Napa Valley Railroad Napa, CA-St. Helena, CA 1989- Narragansett Pennsylvania Railroad - New Haven Railroad via Pennsylvania Station (New York City) Philadelphia, PA-Boston, MA Narragansett Amtrak New York, NY - Boston, MA 1971-? National Limited Baltimore & Ohio New York, NY-St. Louis, MO 1925-1971 National Limited Amtrak New York, NY-Kansas City, MO 1971-1979 Naugatuk New York, New Haven, & Hartford New York, NY-Winsted, CT Nebraska Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, IL-Lincoln, NE 1947- Nellie Bly Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines New York, NY-Atlantic City, NJ & Washington, DC-Atlantic City -1961 Neptune New Haven New York, NY-Woods Hole, MA New England States Limited Central Vermont Railway New York, NY-Montreal New England States New York Central/Penn Central Chicago, IL-Boston, MA 1938-1967 New England Wolverine New York Central Detroit, MI-Boston, MA New Royal Palm Southern Railway, Florida East Coast Railway, connections with New York Central Railroad Cincinnati, OH-Miami, FL 1949-1955 New York & Boston Special Michigan Central Chicago, IL-Boston, MA New York Special New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH
Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NYNew Yorker Pennsylvania New York, NY-Detroit, MI Niagara Falls & Eastern Express Michigan Central Chicago, IL-Boston, MA Niagara Rainbow Amtrak New York, NY-Detroit, MI 1976-1979 Night Diamond Illinois Central Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO Night Express Central Vermont New York, NY-Montreal, PQ Night Express Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH Night Express Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI Night Express Pere Marquette Chicago, IL-Traverse City, MI Night Owl Washington, DC-Boston, MA Noon Daylight Southern Pacific 1940- Noon Flyer Grand Rapids & Indiana Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI North Coast Hiawatha Amtrak Chicago, IL-Seattle, WA 1971-1979 North Coast Limited Northern Pacific Chicago, IL-Seattle, WA 1900-1970 North Shore Limited New York Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL North Star Amtrak Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN 1978-1986 North Star New York Central New York, NY-Cleveland, OH North Star Pennsylvania Chicago, IL-Mackinaw City, MI North Woods Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL-Minocqua, WI Northeast Regional Amtrak Northern Arrow Pennsylvania Cincinnati, OH-Mackinaw City, MI Northern Michigan Express Detroit and Mackinac Railway Detroit, MI-Cheboygan, MI Northern Michigan Special Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL- Northerner New York Central Detroit, MI-Mackinaw City, MI Northland Express Pennsylvania Cincinnati, OH-Mackinaw City, MI O
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Ohio Special New York Central Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH Ohio State Limited New York Central New York, NY-Cincinnati, OH Oklahoman St. Louis-San Francisco St. Louis, MO-Oklahoma City, OK 1965-1967 Old Dominion Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Washington, DC-Richmond, VA 1947- Olympian Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington May 28, 1911 - January 28, 1947 Olympian Hiawatha Milwaukee Road Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington January 29, 1947 - May 22, 1961 Orange Blossom Special Seaboard Air Line Railroad New York City - Miami 1925-1953 Oregonian Oregon & California
Southern PacificSan Francisco, Ca-Portland, OR-via Siskiyou Line 1887-1926 Oriental Limited Great Northern Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington 1905-1931; 1947-1951 Orleanean Missouri Pacific New Orleans, LA - Houston, TX Overland Flyer Union Pacific 1887-1890 Overland Limited Union Pacific 1890-1963 Owl New Haven New York, NY (Grand Central)-Boston, MA Owl Southern Pacific San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA Ozarker Missouri Pacific St. Louis, MO-Fort Worth, TX Ozark State Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy P
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Pacemaker New York Central New York City-Chicago, IL Pacific Express Erie Hoboken, NJ-Chicago, IL ? Pacific Express Michigan Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL Pacific International Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Union Pacific Seattle, Washington-Vancouver, BC Pacific Limited Grand Trunk Western Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ Pacific Surfliner Amtrak San Diego, CA-Paso Robles, CA 2000- Palmetto Amtrak New York, NY-Savannah, GA 1976-present Pan American Louisville & Nashville Cincinnati, OH-New Orleans, LA Panama Limited Illinois Central Chicago, IL-New Orleans, LA 1908-1971 Peach Queen Southern Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad New York, NY-Atlanta, GA Pelican[1] Southern Railway,
Norfolk and Western RailwayWashington, DC-New Orleans, LA Peconic Bay Express Long Island Rail Road Long Island City-Greenport, NY 1926-1950 Peninsula 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, IL-Ishpeming, MI 1942- Peninsular Pere Marquette Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI Penn Texas Pennsylvania New York, NY-St Louis, MO Pennsy Aerotrain Pennsylvania 1956-1956 Pennsylvania Limited Pennsylvania New York, NY-Detroit, MI Pennsylvanian Amtrak New York, NY-Pittsburgh, PA 1980- Peoria Rocket Rock Island Chicago, IL-Peoria, IL 1937- Pere Marquette Amtrak Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI Pere Marquette Pere Marquette Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI 1946-1947 Piedmont Amtrak Raleigh, NC-Charlotte, North Carolina 1995- Piedmont Limited Southern New York—New Orleans 1899-1976 Phoebe Snow Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna Hoboken, NJ-Buffalo, NY as DL&W
Hoboken, NJ-Chicago, IL as EL1949-1961, reinstated 1963-1966 Pilgrim New York, NY-Boston, MA Pine Tree Acadian Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National Boston, MA-Halifax, NS 1929 Pinellas Atlantic Coast Line St. Petersburg, FL-Jacksonville, FL Pioneer Gulf Coast Lines, later Missouri Pacific
Houston, TX-Brownsville, TX Pioneer Limited Milwaukee Road Chicago, IL-Minneapolis, MN 1898-1970; Pioneer Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas City, Missouri-Omaha, Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska
1934-1960 Pittsburgher[2] Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh, PA-New York 1924-1964 Pocahontas[3] Norfolk and Western Railway Norfolk, VA-Cincinnati, OH –May 1971 Ponce de Leon New York Central Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH Ponce de Leon Southern Cincinnati-Jacksonville 1924–1960s Pony Express New Jersey Transit Hoboken, New Jersey-Monmouth Park Racetrack 1980-2006 Potatoland Special Bangor & Aroostook Bangor-Van Buren, Maine -1959 Powhatan Arrow[4] Norfolk and Western Railway Norfolk, VA-Cincinnati, OH 1946–1969 Prairie Marksman Amtrak Chicago, IL-East Peoria, IL 1980-1981 Prairie State New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH Prospector Rio Grande Denver, CO-Salt Lake City, UT/Ogden, UT 1941-1942; 1945-1967 Puget Sound Seattle, Washington-Portland, Oregon Q
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Quaker City Express Pennsylvania-Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Philadelphia, PA-Atlantic City, NJ Quad City Rocket Rock Island Chicago, IL-Rock Island, IL R
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated Rainbow Special Missouri Pacific Little Rock, AR-Kansas City, MO 1921-1954 Rebel Gulf, Mobile & Northern New Orleans, LA-Jackson, TN 1935-1940 Red Arrow Pennsylvania New York, NY-Detroit, MI Red River Great Northern St. Paul, MN-Grand Forks, ND 1950- Redwood Northwestern Pacific San Rafael, CA-Eureka, CA Regional Amtrak Boston, MA-Newport News, VA Resort Special Pere Marquette Detroit, MI/Chicago, IL-Bay View, MI Rio Grande Zephyr Rio Grande Denver, CO-Salt Lake City, UT 1970-1983 Rocky Mountain Rocket Rock Island Kansas City, MO-Denver, CO 1939-1966 Roger Williams New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad New York, NY-Boston, MA Rogue River Southern Pacific Portland, OR-Ashland, OR 1928?-1952 Royal Blue Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Railroad Jersey City, NJ-Washington, DC 1890-1958 Royal Palm Southern, Florida East Coast Railway, connections with New York Central Railroad Cincinnati, OH-Miami, FL 1920s-1970 Notes
References
- Welsh, Joe (2006). Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited. MBI. ISBN 076032302X. http://books.google.com/books?id=O1bCbbV4hosC.
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