List of Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains

The Pennsylvania Railroad operated dozens of named passenger trains, and in fact, was the largest passenger train operator in the US.

All trains discontinued unless otherwise noted.

Symbol legend
Symbol Indicates
winters-only
winters-only
 winter-only
summers-only
summers-only
 summer-only
weekends-only
weekends-only
 weekend-only

A

  • The Admiral 1939 — 1941
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed The Constitution
  • The Admiral 1941 — 1971
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
  • The Advance Congressional 1941 — 1947
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Advance East Coast Champion 1957 weekends-only
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
  • The Advance Federal 1946
    Boston, MA — Washington, DC
  • Advance Florida Special 1938 — 1941 winters-only
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
  • The Advance General 1940 — 1941
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
    renamed The Admiral
  • The Advance Golden Arrow 1944 — 1946
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    renamed The Golden Arrow
  • The Advance Senator 1947
    Washington, DC — Boston, MA
  • The Advance Senator 1947
    Washington, DC — Boston, MA
    through cars from Birmingham Special and Camillia
  • The Advance Silver Meteor 1942 — 1947
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
    renamed Silver Star
  • The Afternoon Congressional 1952 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Afternoon Keystone 1961 — 1969
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Afternoon Steeler 1950 — 1958
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cleveland, OH via Salem, OH, and Alliance, OH
  • Aiken-Augusta Special 1928 — 1953
    New York, NY — Charlotte, NC — Aiken/Augusta, GA via SOU
    renamed Augusta Special
  • The Airway Limited 1929 — 1932
    New York, NY — Port Columbus, OH
    as part of air-rail service to Los Angeles, CA
  • Akron & Cleveland Express 1912 — 1918
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA via Youngstown, OH
    renamed Akron Express
  • Akron-Cleveland Express 1920
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA via Youngstown, OH
    became train #142
  • Akron Express 1918 — 1919
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA via Youngstown, OH
    renamed Pittsburgh Night Express
  • The Akronite 1936 — 1958
    New York, NY — Akron, OH via Youngstown, OH
  • The Alexandria 1941 — 1958
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The All-Florida Special 1924 — 1925 winters-only
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed Orange Blossom Special
  • The All-Florida Special 1925 — 1927 winters-only
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
  • The Allegheny 1948 — 1959
    St. Louis, MO — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Altoona Express 1919 — 1921
    Philadelphia, PA — Altoona, PA
  • The American 1925 — 1956
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO via Dayton, OH
  • Anthracite Express 1901 — 1941
    Philadelphia, PA — Pottsville, PA — Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • The Arlington 1933 — 1962
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
  • Atlanta Special 1892 — 1895
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA via SAL
  • Atlantic City & Washington Express 1899 — 1903 summers-only
    Washington, DC — Atlantic City, NJ
    renamed Washington & Atlantic City Express
  • Atlantic City & Washington Express 1907 — 1916 summers-only
    Washington, DC — Atlantic City, NJ
    renamed Atlantic City Express/Washington Express
  • Atlantic City Express/Washington Express 1916 — 1942 summers-only
    Washington, DC — Atlantic City, NJ
  • Atlantic City Limited/New York Limited 1919 — 1931 weekends-only
    New York, NY — Atlantic City, NJ
  • Atlantic City Special 1904 — 1907 summers-only
    Washington, DC — Atlantic City, NJ
    renamed Atlantic City & Washington Express
  • Atlantic Coast Line Express 1896 — 1903
    St. Augustine, FL/Tampa, FL — Washington, DC — New York, NY via ACL
  • Atlantic Coast Line Express 1903 — 1921
    Jacksonville, FL — Washington, DC — New York, NY via ACL
    renamed Coast Line Florida Mail
  • Atlantic Coast Line Limited 1925
    Jacksonville, FL — New York, NY
  • Atlantic Express 1906 — 1913
    St. Louis, MO — Pittsburgh, PA via Piqua, OH
  • Atlantic Express 1913 — 1935
    Chicago, IL — Columbus, OH — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed The Ohioan
  • Augusta Special 1915 — 1966
    New York, NY — Augusta, GA via SOU

B

  • Baltimore Day Express 1958 — 1968
    Buffalo, NY — Baltimore, MD — Washington, DC
  • Bankers Special 1928 — 1930
    Jersey City, NJ — Philadelphia, PA
  • Bar Harbor Express 1917 — 1960
    Washington, DC — Bangor, ME — Rockland, ME
  • The Bay State 1940 — 1975
    Philadelphia, PA — New Haven, CT — Boston, MA via NYNH&H
  • Birmingham Special 1909 — 1975
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA — Birmingham, AL via SOU
  • The Blue Diamond 1965
    Wilmington, DE — Delmar, DE
    6-month experimental train
  • Blue Grass Special 1952 — 1959
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
  • Boston Express 1892 — 1901
    Washington, DC — New York, NY — Boston, MA
    renamed Federal Express
  • Boston & Southern Express 1892 — 1901
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Federal Express
  • Boston & Washington Night Express 1877 — 1884
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Fast Mail
  • Boston, Philadelphia & Washington Night Express 1876 — 1877
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Philadelphia, PA — Washington, DC
    renamed Boston & Washington Night Express
  • Boston-Pittsburgh-St. Louis Express 1917 — 1918
    Boston, MA — Pittsburgh, PA — St. Louis, MO
  • The Broadway Limited 1912 — 1995
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
  • The Buckeye 1936 — 1956
    Cleveland, OH — Pittsburgh, PA via Youngstown, OH
  • The Buckeye 1957 — 1969
    Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL via Richmond, IN, and Logansport, IN
  • The Buckeye Limited 1934 — 1936
    Cleveland, OH — New York, NY via Salem, OH
    renamed The Clevelander
  • Bucks County Express 1962 — 1978
    Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station — Trenton, NJ
  • Buffalo & Northern Express 1904 — 1916
    Philadelphia, PA — Buffalo, NY
  • The Buffalo Day Express 1900 — 1968
    Washington, DC — Baltimore, MD — Harrisburg, PA — Buffalo, NY
  • Buffalo Express 1900 — 1916
    Buffalo, NY — Philadelphia, PA
  • Buffalo Night Express 1900 — 1916
    Washington, DC / Philadelphia, PA — Buffalo, NY
  • Buffalo, Erie & Philadelphia Express 1908 — 1916
    Buffalo, NY / Erie, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Buffalo Special 1906 — 1916
    Pittsburgh, PA — Buffalo, NY
  • The Bullet 1937 — 1947
    Easton, MD — Wilmington, DE

C

  • The Camilla 1947 — 1948
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed The Sunland
  • Capital Express 1904 — 1913
    Pittsburgh, PA — Indianapolis, IN — St. Louis, MO via Piqua, OH
  • Capital Express 1913 — 1927
    Washington, DC — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Capitol Express 1925 — 1929
    Indianapolis, IN — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Carolina-Florida Special 1923 — 1929
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed New York-Florida Limited
  • Carolina Golfer 1929 — 1930 winters-only
    New York, NY — Raleigh, NC — Pinehurst, NC via SAL/NS
  • Carpenter Express 1962 — 1978
    Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station — Chestnut Hill, PA
  • Catskill Express 1893 — 1900
    Philadelphia, PA — Jersey City, NJ
  • The Cavalier 1927 — 1956
    New York, NY — Cape Charles, VA via ferry boat Norfolk, VA
  • The Champion 1939 — 1979
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
  • The Champion (East Coast) 1943 — 1949
    New York, NY — east coast of Florida
    renamed East Coast Champion
  • The Champion (West Coast) 1943 — 1949
    New York, NY — west coast of Florida
    renamed West Coast Champion
  • Chesapeake & Ohio Express 1894 — 1917
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Southern Railway & Chesapeake & Ohio Express
  • Chester Countian 1965 — 1968
    Harrisburg, PA — Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station
  • The Chicago & Cincinnati Express 1885 — 1898
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH
    renamed Cleveland & Cincinnati Express
  • The Chicago & New York Express 1906 — 1909
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Chicago & St. Louis Express 1893 — 1912
    New York, NY — Columbus, OH — Chicago, IL / St. Louis, MO
    split into St. Louis Express and Chicago Express
  • The Chicago Arrow 1935 — 1949
    Detroit, MI — Chicago, IL
  • The Chicago Day Express 1913 — 1929
    Pittsburgh, PA — Chicago, IL
  • Chicago Daylight Express 1906 — 1952
    Louisville, KY / Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL
    renamed The Red Bird
  • Chicago Daylight Special 1906
    Louisville, KY / Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL
  • Chicago Express 1904 — 1914
    Louisville, KY / Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL
    renamed Chicago Night Express
  • Chicago Express 1913
    Pittsburgh, PA — Chicago, IL
    renamed Metropolitan Express
  • Chicago Express 1929 — 1942
    Philadelphia, PA — Chicago, IL
  • Chicago Limited 1893 — 1913
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL via Columbus, OH
    renamed Manhattan Limited
  • Chicago Midnight Express 1915 — 1917
    Louisville, KY — Chicago, IL
    renamed Chicago Night Express
  • Chicago Midnight Special 1906 — 1914
    Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL
    renamed Chicago Night Express
  • Chicago Night Express 1914 — 1952
    Louisville, KY / Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL
  • Chicago Special 1890 — 1906
    Louisville, KY / Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL
    renamed Chicago Daylight Special
  • Chicago Special 1904 — 1913
    renamed Metropolitan Express
  • The Chicagoan 1923 — 1928
    Washington, DC — Chicago, IL
  • Cincinnati & New York Express 1906 — 1913
    Cincinnati, OH — New York, NY
    renamed Metropolitan Express
  • Cincinnati Commercial Express 1916 — 1932
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cincinnati, OH
  • Cincinnati Daylight Express 1906 — 1952
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH via Logansport, IN
    renamed The Red Bird
  • Cincinnati Express 1900 — 1930
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cincinnati, OH
    renamed The Red Knight
  • Cincinnati Express 1933 — 1940
    Cincinnati, OH — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Cincinnati Limited 1920 — 1971
    New York, NY — Cincinnati, OH
  • Cincinnati Midnight Express 1915 — 1916
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH
    renamed The Southland
  • Cincinnati Midnight Special 1906 — 1914
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH
    renamed Chicago Night Express
  • Cincinnati Night Express 1914 — 1952
    Cincinnati, OH — Logansport, IN — Chicago, IL
  • Cincinnati Special 1904 — 1906
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH
    renamed Cincinnati Daylight Express
  • Cleveland & Cincinnati Express 1897 — 1911
    New York, NY — Cleveland, OH / Cincinnati, OH
    renamed Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chicago Express
  • Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chicago Express 1911 — 1930
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
  • Cleveland Express 1920
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Night Special 1908 — 1909
    Cleveland, OH — Columbus, OH
  • The Cleveland Special 1904 — 1908
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cleveland, OH
  • The Cleveland Special 1908 — 1916
    Cleveland, OH — Columbus, OH
  • The Cleveland-Youngstown-Pittsburgh Express 1926 — 1936
    Crestline, OH — Alliance, OH — Youngstown, OH — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Clevelander 1916 — 1934
    New York, NY — Cleveland, OH
    renamed The Buckeye Limited
  • The Clevelander 1936 — 1965
    New York, NY — Cleveland, OH via Youngstown, OH
  • Coast Line Florida Mail 1921 — 1933
    New York, NY — Jacksonville, FL via ACL
  • The Colonial 1939 — 1973
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Colonial Express 1892 — 1939
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed The Colonial
  • Columbian Express 1891 — 1893
    Jersey City, NJ — Chicago, IL
    for World's Fair
  • Commercial Express 1913 — 1942
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
  • The Commodore 1933 — 1938 summers-only
    Philadelphia, PA — Long Branch, NJ
  • The Congressional 1931 — 1952
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed The Afternoon Congressional
  • Congressional Express 1882 — 1885
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Congressional Limited Express
  • Congressional Limited 1906 — 1931
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed The Congressional
  • Congressional Limited Express 1885 — 1906
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Congressional Limited
  • The Consolidated Champions 1965
    New York, NY — Jacksonville, FL via ACL
  • The Constitution 1933 — 1956
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed The President
  • The Crescent 1938 — 1970
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA — New Orleans, LA via SOU/A&WP/L&N
  • Crescent Limited 1925 — 1938
    New York, NY — New Orleans, LA via SOU/A&WP/L&N
    renamed The Crescent
  • Cresson Special 1888 — 1905 summers-onlyweekends-only
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cresson, PA
  • Cyclone Express 1884 — 1885
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH
    renamed train #12

D-E

  • Day Express 1916 — 1942
    Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
  • Dayton Express 1928 — 1933
    Chicago, IL — Dayton, OH — Springfield, OH
  • Daytonian 1946 — 1948
    Chicago, IL — Dayton, OH
  • Delaware Valley Express 1904 — 1932
    Philadelphia, PA — Trenton, NJ — East Stroudsburg, PA
  • Delaware Valley Express 1962 — 1972
    Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station — Trenton, NJ
  • Del-Mar-Va Express 1926 — 1958
    New York, NY — Philadelphia, PA — Cape Charles, VA via boat ferry Norfolk, VA
  • The Detroit Arrow 1935 — 1949
    Chicago, IL — Ft. Wayne, IN — Detroit, MI
  • Detroit Express 1929 — 1932
    Pittsburgh, PA — Detroit, MI
    renamed The Fort Dearborn
  • Detroit Express 1948 — 1958
    Pittsburgh, PA — Detroit, MI
  • Dominion Express 1913 — 1958
    Washington, DC / Philadelphia, PA — Sunbury, PA — Buffalo, NY
  • The Duquesne 1929 — 1971
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed The Keystone
  • The Duquesne Express 1921 — 1929
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA bypassing Philadelphia, PA
    renamed The Potomac
  • The Duquesne Special 1906 — 1916
    Buffalo, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Early Bird Express 1962 — 1978
    Trenton, NJ — Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station
  • The East Coast Champion 1949 — 1965
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
    renamed The Consolidated Champions
  • The East Wind 1940 — 1946 summers-only
    Washington, DC — Worcester, MA — Lowell, MA — Exeter, NH — Portland, ME — Bangor, ME
  • Eastern & Southern Express 1904 — 1906
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
    renamed Southern Express
  • Eastern Express 1888 — 1942
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY via Columbus, OH
  • Eastern Mail 1898 — 1920
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
    renamed Mail
  • Eastern Mail 1920
    St. Louis, MO — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Edison 1931 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Embassy 1933 — 1981
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Erie & Philadelphia Express 1904 — 1908
    Erie, PA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed Buffalo, Erie & Philadelphia Express
  • Erie, Buffalo & Rochester Express 1893 — 1914
    Philadelphia, PA — Buffalo, NY / Erie, PA
  • Erie Express 1902
    Harrisburg, PA — Erie, PA
  • Erie Express 1919 — 1948
    Pittsburgh, PA — Erie, PA
  • Erie Mail 1869 — 1901
    Harrisburg, PA — Erie, PA
    split into Northern Express and Southern Express
  • Erie Night Express 1913 — 1914
    Erie, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Evening Keystone 1956 — 1971
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
  • The Everglades 1925 — 1927 winters-only
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC — Florida via ACL/FEC
    merged into The Everglades Limited
  • The Everglades Limited 1920 — 1929 winters-only
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC — Jacksonville, FL via ACL/FEC
    renamed Magnolia Limited
  • The Executive 1941 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Expo Train 1902 — 1904
    Pittsburgh, PA — Fort Wayne, IN — Columbia City, IN — Logansport, IN — St. Louis, MO
    for World's Fair
  • Exposition Express 1901
    St. Louis, MO — Columbus, OH — Akron, OH — Buffalo, NY via Erie
    for World's Fair
  • Exposition Flyer 1895 — 1896
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA
    for Cotton States Expo
    renamed New York & Florida Short Line Limited

F

  • F.F.V. Limited 1889 — 1968
    New York, NY — Cincinnati, OH
  • Fast Line 1847 — 1904
    Philadelphia, PA — Pittsburgh, PA
    split into Main Line Express and Philadelphia Express
    among oldest named trains in the US
  • Fast Mail 1884 — 1891
    Boston, MA — Washington, DC
    renamed Southern Fast Mail
  • Fast Mail 1896 — 1904
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    renamed Chicago Special
  • Fast Mail 1929 — 1930
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
    renamed The New Yorker
  • Fast Southern Express 1880 — 1892
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — New Orleans, LA
    renamed New York & Washington Fast Express
  • The Federal 1939 — 1971
    Boston, MA — Washington, DC
  • Federal Express 1900 — 1939
    Washington, DC — New York, NY — Boston, MA
    renamed The Federal
  • The Flamingo 1909 — 1918
    New York, NY — Miami, FL via SAL
  • The Flamingo 1929 — 1933
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY — Florida via L&N/CofG/ACL
    changed interchange point
  • The Flamingo 1933 — 1943
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH — Florida via L&N/CofG/ACL
  • Florida & Metropolitan Limited 1901 — 1903
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed Seaboard Express
  • Florida & Southwestern Express 1897 — 1903
    New York, NY — Tampa, FL / Memphis, TN via SOU
    renamed Norfolk & Western Railway & Southern Railway Express
  • Florida & West Indian Limited 1896 — 1917
    New York, NY — St. Augustine, FL / Tampa, FL via ACL
    renamed Havana Special
  • The Florida Arrow 1935 — 1949
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY — Birmingham, AL — Montgomery, AL / Miami, FL via L&N/CofG/ACL/FEC
  • Florida East Coast Limited 1926 — 1927 winters-only
    New York, NY — Miami, FL via ACL
    renamed Miamian
  • Florida Gulf Coast Limited 1925 — 1927 winters-only
    New York, NY — St. Petersburg, FL
    renamed Gulf Coast Limited
  • Florida Special 1902 — 1903
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH — Atlanta, GA — Macon, GA — Jesup, GA — St. Augustine, FL
  • The Florida Special 1920 — 1939 winters-only
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
    renamed Florida Special (East Coast)
  • The Florida Special 1947 — 1972
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
  • Florida Special (East Coast) 1939 — 1947 winters-only
    Boston, MA — Miami, FL
    renamed The Florida Special
  • Florida Special (West Coast) 1939 — 1947 winters-only
    Boston, MA — Florida
    renamed The Champion (West Coast)
  • Florida Sunbeam 1930 — 1931 winters-only
    Boston, MA — Florida via SAL
    renamed Seaboard Fast Mail
  • Florida West Coast Limited 1923 — 1927 winters-only
    New York, NY — St. Petersburg, FL via SAL
    renamed The Southerner
  • Floridian 1924 — 1925
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed Orange Blossom Special
  • Flying Quaker 1936 — 1938
    Harrisburg, PA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed The Susquehannock
  • Flying Spray 1937 — 1942
    New York, NY — Atlantic City, NJ
  • Forest City Special 1903 — 1920
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cleveland, OH
    renamed Cleveland Express
  • The Fort Dearborn 1932 — 1938
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    split into Mid-City Express and The Golden Triangle
  • The Fort Duquesne 1929
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Fast Mail
  • The Fort Hayes 1935 — 1956
    Columbus, OH — Bradford, OH — Logansport, IN — Chicago, IL
  • The Fort Pitt 1947 — 1971
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Franklin City Express 1906 — 1914
    Philadelphia, PA — Ocean City, NJ / Franklin City, VA
  • The Furlough 1944 — 1958
    Philadelphia, PA — Cape Charles, VA
    renamed The Mount Vernon

G-K

  • The General 1937 — 1971
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
  • The Golden Arrow 1929 — 1947
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
  • The Golden Triangle 1938 — 1966
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Gotham Limited 1922 — 1956
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
  • The Governor 1937 — 1956
    Philadelphia, PA — Harrisburg, PA
    renamed Pennsy Aerotrain
  • Gulf Coast Limited 1927 — 1939 winters-only
    New York, NY — St. Petersburg, FL
  • Gulf Coast Special 1964 — 1971
    New York, NY — Tampa, FL
  • Harrisburg & Williamsport Express 1898 — 1902
    Philadelphia, PA — Williamsport, PA
    renamed Williamsport Express
  • Harrisburg Express 1898 — 1904
    Philadelphia, PA — Harrisburg, PA
  • Harrisburger 1965 — 1972
    Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station — Harrisburg, PA
  • Havana Special 1917 — 1964
    New York, NY — Key West, FL via ACL/FEC
    renamed Gulf Coast Special
  • Indiana Arrow 1936 — 1937
    Chicago, IL — Logansport, IN — Louisville, KY / Richmond, IN
  • Indianapolis Limited 1950 — 1957
    New York, NY — Indianapolis, IN
  • International Express 1913 — 1937
    Washington, DC / Philadelphia, PA — Harrisburg, PA — Buffalo, NY
  • Iron City Express 1909 — 1953
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Jacksonian 1941 — 1943 winters-only
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY — Miami, FL via L&N/ACL/FEC
  • Jamestown Limited 1906 — 1907
    New York, NY — Portsmouth, VA — Memphis, TN / Birmingham, AL via SAL
    for Jamestown Tercentennial
  • The Jeffersonian 1941 — 1953
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
  • The Judiciary 1932 — 1956
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed The Midday Congressional
  • The Juniata 1927 — 1960
    St. Louis, MO — New York, NY
  • The Juniata 1961 — 1971
    Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
  • The Kentuckian 1935 — 1968
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
  • The Keystone 1956 — 1968
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Keystone Express 1891 — 1940
    Chicago, IL — Jersey City, NJ via Ft. Wayne, IN

L

  • The Legion 1944 — 1952
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed The Morning Congressional
  • The Legislator 1932 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Lehigh-Pennsylvania Express 1916 — 1932
    Phillipsburg, NJ — Easton, PA — Mount Carmel, PA — Sunbury, PA — Lock Haven, PA — Tyrone, PA — Altoona, PA via LV
    renamed Pittsburgh-Wilkes-Barre Express
  • The Liberty Limited 1925 — 1957
    Washington, DC — Chicago, IL
  • Limited Mail 1876
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Boston, Philadelphia & Washington Night Express
  • Lock Haven Express 1923 — 1933
    Philadelphia, PA — Lock Haven, PA
    renamed Williamsport Express
  • Logansport and Fort Wayne Express 1904
    Pittsburgh, PA — Ft. Wayne, IN — Columbia City, IN — Logansport, IN — St. Louis, MO
    for World's Fair
  • London Limited 1894
    Philadelphia, PA — Jersey City, NJ
  • Louisville Daylight Express 1906 — 1953
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
    renamed Blue Grass Special
  • Louisville Daylight Special 1910
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
  • Louisville Express 1906 — 1910
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
    renamed Louisville Daylight Special
  • Louisville Midnight Express 1915 — 1917
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
    renamed Chicago Night Express
  • Louisville Night Express 1914 — 1935
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
    renamed The Kentuckian
  • Louisville Special 1904 — 1910
    Chicago, IL — Louisville, KY
    renamed Louisville Daylight Special

M

  • Magnolia Limited 1929 — 1930 winters-only
    New York, NY — Florida via ACL
    renamed Tamiami
  • Main Line Express 1893 — 1930
    Pittsburgh, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • The Manhattan 1929 — 1932
    Cleveland, OH — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Iron City Express
  • Manhattan Limited 1903 — 1971
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
  • The Mariner 1944 — 1947
    Philadelphia, PA — Cape Charles, VA via boat ferry Norfolk, VA
  • Memphis Special 1909 — 1941
    New York, NY — Memphis, TN via SOU/N&W/SOU
    renamed The Tennessean
  • Mercantile Express 1912 — 1948
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    renamed The Allegheny
  • Mercantile Express 1930 — 1933
    Pittsburgh, PA — Chicago, IL
    renamed Progress Limited
  • The Metropolitan 1927 — 1932
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    renamed Pittsburgh Day Express
  • Metropolitan Express 1913 — 1927
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    split into The Metropolitan and The Metropolitan Limited
  • The Metropolitan Limited 1925 — 1926
    Cincinnati, OH — New York, NY
    renamed The Cincinnati Limited
  • The Miamian 1927 — 1962 winters-only
    New York, NY — Miami, FL via ACL/FEC
  • The Mid-City Express 1935 — 1949
    Chicago, IL — Ft. Wayne, IN — Detroit, MI via WAB
  • Mid-City Express 1962 — 1978
    Trenton, NJ — Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station
  • The Midday Congressional 1956 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Midday Keystone 1956 — 1958
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed The Legislator
  • The Midnight Keystone 1956 — 1959
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Mid-South Special 1921 — 1923 winters-only
    New York, NY — Columbia, SC via SAL/NS
  • The Mid-West Express 1910 — 1913
    Washington, DC — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Capital Express
  • The Mid-Westerner 1935 — 1937
    Pittsburgh, PA — Chicago, IL
    renamed train #37
  • Monmouth Express 1920 — 1932
    Philadelphia, PA — Long Branch, NJ via Trenton, NJ
    renamed The Sea Breeze
  • Montrealer/Washingtonian 1924 — 1966
    Washington, DC — Montreal, Canada via NYNH&H/B&M/CV
  • The Morning Congressional 1952 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Morning Express 1873 — 1876
    New York, NY — Washington, DC via York, PA
    renamed New York Day Express
  • The Morning Keystone 1956 — 1959
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
  • The Morning Steeler 1950 — 1957
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cleveland, OH via Salem, OH
  • The Mount Pocono Special 1899 summers-only
    Philadelphia, PA — Tobyhanna, PA
  • The Mount Vernon 1933 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Mountaineer 1901 — 1934
    Philadelphia, PA — Pottsville, PA — Wilkes-Barre, PA

N

  • Nashville Express 1901
    Buffalo, NY — Akron, OH — Columbus, OH — St. Louis, MO / Cincinnati, OH / Nashville, TN via ERIE
    for World's Fair
  • Nellie Bly 1926 — 1961
    New York, NY — Atlantic City, NJ via Trenton, NJ and West Haddonfield, NJ
  • The New England Express 1920 — 1930
    Philadelphia, PA — Boston, MA
    renamed The New Englander
  • The New Englander 1930 — 1961
    Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY via North Philadelphia, PA
    renamed The Junianta
  • The New Southland 1935 — 1938
    Chicago, IL — Ft. Wayne, IN — Ridgeville, IN — Richmond, IN — Cincinnati, OH — Atlanta, GA — Jacksonville, FL
    renamed The Southland
  • New York Aiken-Augusta Special 1908 — 1910
    New York, NY — Aiken, SC / Augusta, GA via SOU
    renamed The Southeastern Limited
  • New York & Atlanta Express 1901 — 1910
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA via SOU
  • New York & Chicago Limited 1881 — 1887
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    renamed Pennsylvania Limited
  • New York & Florida Express 1899 — 1902
    New York, NY — Aiken, SC / Augusta, GA — Florida via SOU
  • New York & Florida Express 1923 — 1929 summers-only
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed New York-Florida Limited
  • New York & Florida Limited 1897 — 1902 winters-only
    New York, NY — St. Augustine, FL via SOU
    renamed The Southern's Palm Limited
  • New York & Florida Short Line Limited 1895 — 1897 winters-only
    New York, NY — St. Augustine, FL via SOU/FC&P
    renamed New York & Florida Limited
  • New York & Florida Special 1888 — 1920 winters-only
    New York, NY — Jacksonville, FL via ACL
    renamed Florida Special
  • New York & Memphis Limited 1902 — 1909
    New York, NY — Memphis, TN via SOU
    renamed Memphis Special
  • New York & New Orleans Limited 1907 — 1925
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA — New Orleans, LA via SOU/L&N
    renamed Crescent Limited
  • New York & Norfolk Express 1894 — 1917
    New York, NY — Cape Charles, VA
  • New York & Richmond Express 1892 — 1894
    New York, NY — Richmond, VA
    renamed New York & Washington Express
  • New York & Southern Express 1888 — 1893
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Chesapeake & Ohio Express
  • New York & Southern Express 1893 — 1903
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    split into Southern Railway Express and Atlantic Coast Line Express
  • New York & Southern Express 1893 — 1909
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL via Columbus, OH
    renamed Keystone Express
  • New York & Washington Fast Express 1890 — 1896
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed New York & Washington Express
  • New York Day Express 1873 — 1880
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Washington & New York Express
  • New York Day Express 1906 — 1927
    Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
    renamed The Juniata
  • New York Express 1899 — 1914
    Cape Charles, VA — New York, NY
  • New York Express 1904 — 1919
    St. Louis, MO / Chicago, IL — Ft. Wayne, IN — New York, NY
    renamed New York Night Express
  • New York Express 1919 — 1928
    Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
  • New York-Florida Limited 1927 — 1941
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed The Palmland
  • New York Limited 1924 — 1925
    Florida — New York, NY via ACL
  • New York Limited Express/Washington Limited Express 1874 — 1903
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed New York & Washington Express
  • New York Mail 1913 — 1917
    Pittsburgh, PA — Jersey City, NJ
  • New York Night Express 1873 — 1892
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Washington & New York Express
  • New York Night Express 1919 — 1922
    Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
  • New York-Richmond & Danville Express 1892
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA — New Orleans, LA
  • New York-Richmond Express/Richmond-New York Express 1912 — 1918
    New York, NY — Richmond, VA via RF&P
  • New York Special 1903 — 1913
    St. Louis, MO / Cincinnati, OH — Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
    split into Iron City Express and Metropolitan Express
  • New York-Washington-Atlanta-New Orleans Express 1919 — 1936
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA — New Orleans, LA via SOU/A&WP/L&N
  • The New Yorker 1930 — 1947
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
    renamed The Fort Pitt
  • The New Yorker 1937 — 1940
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
  • The New Yorker 1948 — 1953
    Atlanta, GA — New York, NY via SOU
  • News Express 1889 — 1914
    Baltimore, MD / Philadelphia, PA — Lock Haven, PA
    renamed Newspaper Special
  • Newspaper Special 1914 — 1934
    New York, NY — Williamsport, PA
  • Niagara & Buffalo Express 1900
    Philadelphia, PA — Buffalo, NY
  • Niagara 1920 — 1932
    Harrisburg, PA — Williamsport, PA — Ridgway, PA
  • Niagara Express 1870 — 1920
    Baltimore, MD / Philadelphia, PA — Emporium, PA — Buffalo, NY
    renamed Niagara
  • Norfolk Express 1926 — 1927
    New York, NY — Cape Charles, VA
    renamed The Cavalier
  • North Michigan Resorter 1915 — 1918 summers-only
    Chicago, IL — Kalamazoo, MI — Grand Rapids, MI
    renamed North Michigan Special via MC(NYC)
  • North Michigan Special 1918 — 1930 summers-only
    Chicago, IL — Kalamazoo, MI — Mackinaw City, MI via MC(NYC)
    renamed North Star
  • North Star 1930 — 1931 summers-only
    Chicago, IL — Kalamazoo, MI — Mackinaw City, MI via MC(NYC)
    Name dropped.
  • Northern Arrow 1935 — 1961
    Cincinnati, OH — Mackinaw City, MI
  • Northern Express 1873 — 1876
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Washington, Philadelphia & Boston Night Express
  • Northern Express 1892 — 1971
    Washington, DC — Erie, PA / Canandaigua, NY
  • The Northland 1923 — 1935
    Cincinnati, OH — Mackinaw City, MI
    renamed Northern Arrow
  • Northland Express 1898 — 1903 summers-only
    Cincinnati, OH — Mackinaw City, MI
    renamed Northland Limited
  • Northland Limited 1903 — 1923
    Cincinnati, OH — Mackinaw City, MI
    renamed The Northland
  • Northwest Express 1963 — 1978
    Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station — Chestnut Hill, PA

O

  • Ohio & Virginia Express 1904 — 1906
    St. Louis, MO — Pittsburgh, PA via Piqua, OH
    renamed Atlantic Express
  • Ohio Valley Express 1899 — 1904
    Pittsburgh, PA — Wheeling, WV — Portsmouth, OH — Ironton, OH / Cincinnati, OH via OR/N&W
  • The Ohioan 1935 — 1958
    Chicago, IL — Columbus, OH via Bradford, OH
    renamed The Kentuckian
  • Oil City Express 1938 — 1950
    Pittsburgh, PA — Oil City, PA
  • Old Point Express 1891 — 1926
    Philadelphia, PA — Cape Charles, VA
    renamed Del-Mar-Va Express
  • Orange Blossom Special 1925 — 1953 winters-only
    New York, NY — West Palm Beach, FL via SAL
  • Orange Blossom Special (West Coast) 1927 — 1942 winters-only
    New York, NY — St. Petersburg, FL
  • Overnight Express 1913
    Philadelphia, PA — Pittsburgh, PA

P

  • Pacific Express 1865 — 1934
    Jersey City, NJ — Chicago, IL via Columbus, OH
  • The Palmetto 1943 — 1966
    New York, NY — Savannah, GA via ACL
  • Palmetto Limited 1909 — 1943
    New York, NY — Tampa, FL via ACL
    renamed The Palmetto
  • The Palmland 1941 — 1971
    New York, NY — Miami, FL / St. Petersburg, FL
  • Panama-Pacific Express 1913 — 1915
    New York, NY — Columbus, OH — Chicago, IL
    renamed Pan-Handle Express
  • Pan-American Express 1901
    St. Louis, MO / Nashville, TN — Columbus, OH — Akron, OH — Buffalo, NY via ERIE
    for World's Fair
  • Pan-Handle Express 1915 — 1935
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL via Columbus, OH
    renamed The Fort Hayes
  • Pan-Handle Limited 1912 — 1914
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL via Columbus, OH
  • Passenger, Mail & Express 1932 — 1941
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Jacksonville, FL
  • The Patriot 1936 — 1986
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
  • The Peach Queen 1947 — 1970
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA — New Orleans, LA via SOU
  • The Pelican 1946 — 1969
    New York, NY — Bristol, VA — Chattanooga, TN — New Orleans, LA via SOU/N&W/SOU
  • Peninsula Express 1889 — 1896
    Baltimore, MD — Newark, NJ
  • Penn Center Express 1962 — 1978
    Chestnut Hill, PA — Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station
  • The Penn Texas 1948 — 1970
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO connections with MP and MKT
    Renamed.
  • Pennsy Aerotrain 1956 — 1957
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
    experimental run of lightweight GM Aerotrain
  • Pennsylvania & Shore Line Day Express 1890 — 1892
    Boston, MA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed Colonial Express
  • The Pennsylvania Limited 1887 — 1971
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
  • Pennsylvania Special 1902 — 1912
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    renamed Broadway Limited
  • The Pennsylvania-Wilkes Barre Express 1932 — 1949
    Wilkes-Barre, PA — Sunbury, PA — Lock Haven, PA — Altoona, PA
  • The Pennsylvanian 1941 — 1949
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
  • Philadelphia & Baltimore Express 1900 — 1902
    Lock Haven, PA — Philadelphia, PA / Baltimore, MD
  • Philadelphia & Boston Express 1876 — 1880
    Philadelphia, PA — Boston, MA
  • Philadelphia & Washington Express 1900
    Kane, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Philadelphia Express 1888 — 1904
    Jersey City, NJ — Chicago, IL
    renamed Eastern Express
  • Philadelphia Express 1907 — 1916
    Pittsburgh, PA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed Day Express
  • Philadelphia Express 1919 — 1939
    Williamsport, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Philadelphia Night Express 1909 — 1932
    Pittsburgh, PA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed The Sea Gull
  • Philadelphia Night Express 1932 — 1956
    Pittsburgh, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Philadelphia Night Express 1958 — 1965
    Harrisburg, PA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed Chester Countian
  • Philadelphia Special 1903 — 1909
    Pittsburgh, PA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed Philadelphia Night Express
  • Philadelphian 1919 — 1930
    Pottsville, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Philadelphian 1965 — 1972
    Harrisburg, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Piedmont Limited 1923 — 1967
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA — Montgomery, AL — New Orleans, LA via SOU/A&WP/L&N
  • The Pilgrim 1929 — 1930
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    renamed The St. Louisian
  • The Pilgrim 1937 — 1949
    Philadelphia, PA — Boston, MA
  • Pittsburgh & Chicago Express 1923 — 1929
    Philadelphia, PA — Pittsburgh, PA — Chicago, IL
    renamed Chicago Express
  • Pittsburgh & Northern Express 1907 — 1914
    Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Day Express 1900 — 1938
    Buffalo, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Day Express 1906 — 1914
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Day Express 1929 — 1935
    Detroit, MI — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed The New Yorker
  • Pittsburgh Day Express 1932
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed The Metropolitan
  • Pittsburgh Express 1896 — 1923
    Philadelphia, PA — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Pittsburgh & Chicago Express
  • Pittsburgh Express 1914
    St. Louis, MO — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Express 1941 — 1942
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Limited 1898 — 1903
    Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
    split into New York Special and Pittsburgh Special
  • Pittsburgh Night Express 1900 — 1947
    Buffalo, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Night Express 1907 — 1932
    Philadelphia, PA — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed The Sea Gull
  • Pittsburgh Night Express 1918 — 1919
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Youngstown-New Castle Express
  • Pittsburgh Night Express 1932 — 1964
    Philadelphia, PA — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Special 1900 — 1909
    Chicago, IL / Cleveland, OH / Toledo, OH — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsburgh Special 1903 — 1909
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Iron City Express
  • Pittsburgh Special 1904 — 1914
    St. Louis, MO — Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
    renamed Pittsburgh Express
  • Pittsburgh-Wilkes Barre Express 1932 — 1934
    Sunbury, PA — Altoona, PA
    name dropped
  • The Pittsburgher 1916 — 1917
    Philadelphia, PA — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Altoona Express
  • The Pittsburgher 1924 — 1964
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pocono Limited 1915 — 1930 summers-onlyweekends-only
    Philadelphia, PA — Stroudsburg, PA
  • Pocono Mountain Express 1915 summers-only
    Philadelphia, PA — Tobyhanna, PA
  • The Potomac 1929 — 1931
    Washington, DC — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed The Statesman
  • The Potomac 1933 — 1962
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The President 1931 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    northbound renamed The Morning Congressional
  • The Progress Limited 1933 — 1935
    Pittsburgh, PA — Chicago, IL
    renamed The Mid-Westerner

Q-R

  • The Quaker 1920 — 1958
    Boston, MA — Philadelphia, PA
    became NYNH&H-only train
  • Quaker City Express 1906 — 1929
    Pittsburgh, PA — Philadelphia, PA
    renamed The New Englander
  • Queen Lane Express 1962 — 1963
    Philadelphia, PA Suburban Station — Chestnut Hill, PA
    renamed Northwest Express
  • The Rainbow 1929 — 1951
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY
  • The Red Arrow 1925 — 1960
    Detroit, MI — Pittsburgh, PA — New York, NY
  • The Red Bird 1941 — 1949
    Chicago, IL — Ft. Wayne, IN — Detroit, MI via WAB
  • The Red Bird 1952 — 1971
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH via Logansport, IN
  • The Red Knight 1929 — 1930
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    renamed The Rainbow
  • The Representative 1931 — 1971
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Resort Special 1923 — 1928
    Cincinnati, OH — White Sulphur Springs, WV — Hot Springs, VA — Washington, DC — New York, NY via C&O
    renamed West Virginian
  • Richmond & Danville Express 1892 — 1894
    New Orleans, LA / Augusta, GA / Memphis, TN — Washington, DC — New York, NY
  • Richmond & Danville Limited 1892 — 1894
    Philadelphia, PA — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA / New Orleans, LA / Asheville, NC / Augusta, GA
  • Richmond & New York Express 1892 — 1893
    Richmond, VA — Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Washington & New York Express
  • Richmond Express 1873 — 1877
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Richmond, VA
  • Richmond Night Express 1880 — 1894
    Richmond, VA — Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Southern Night Express
  • River Valley Express 1919 — 1930
    Philadelphia, PA — Pottsville, PA
  • The Robert E. Lee 1935 — 1942
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA — Birmingham, AL via SAL
  • Rochester & Buffalo Express 1893
    Washington, DC — Buffalo, NY

S

  • The Sailor 1944 — 1946
    Norfolk, VA via ferry boat Cape Charles, VA — New York, NY
  • The St. Louis & Chicago Express 1920 — 1925
    Pittsburgh, PA — Columbus, OH — St. Louis, MO
  • The St. Louis & Cincinnati Express 1891 — 1893
    St. Louis, MO — Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL via Columbus, OH
    renamed Chicago & St. Louis Express
  • St. Louis & Pittsburgh Special 1908
    St. Louis, MO — Pittsburgh, PA
  • St. Louis, Chicago & Cincinnati Express 1889 — 1891
    Jersey City, NJ — Cincinnati, OH — St. Louis, MO / Chicago, IL via Columbus, OH
    renamed The St. Louis & Cincinnati Express
  • St. Louis Express 1900 — 1913
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    renamed The Mercantile Express
  • St. Louis Express 1912 — 1933
    Pittsburgh, PA — St. Louis, MO via Dayton, OH
  • St. Louis Express 1918 — 1920
    Washington, DC — Pittsburgh, PA
  • St. Louis Limited 1903 — 1913
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    renamed The Commercial Express
  • St. Louis Mail 1913
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
  • St. Louis Special 1904
    Pittsburgh, PA — St. Louis, MO via Dayton, OH
  • The St. Louisan 1913 — 1927
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    renamed The Spirit of St. Louis
  • The St. Louisan 1930 — 1959
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    westbound train renamed The Juniata
  • The St. Louisan 1930 — 1971
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
  • Sandusky Fast Line 1909 — 1911 summers-onlySunday-only
    Columbus, OH — Sandusky, OH
  • Sandusky Special 1903 — 1909 summers-only
    Columbus, OH — Sandusky, OH
    renamed Sandusky Fast Line
  • Saratoga Express 18931896
    Philadelphia, PA — New York, NY — Saratoga, NY via MC(NYC)
  • Schuylkill 1920 — 1930
    Hazleton, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Sea Breeze 1932 — 1942
    Philadelphia, PA — Long Branch, NJ via Trenton, NJ
    name dropped
  • The Sea Clipper 1937 — 1942 weekends-only
    New York, NY — Atlantic City, NJ
    name dropped
  • Sea Gull 1927 — 1932
    Pittsburgh, PA — Atlantic City, NJ
    split into Pittsburgh Night Express and Philadelphia Night Express
  • Sea Plane 1937 — 1942
    New York, NY — Atlantic City, NJ
    name dropped
  • Sea-Shore Express 1893 — 1921
    Williamsport, PA — Philadelphia, PA
  • Seaboard Express 1903 — 1911
    New York, NY — Jacksonville, FL
    renamed Florida-Cuba Special
  • Seaboard Express 1910 — 1935
    Chicago, IL — New York, NY via Columbua, OH
    renamed The Fort Hayes
  • Seaboard Fast Mail 1901 — 1903
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Jacksonville, FL
    renamed Seaboard Mail
  • Seaboard Fast Mail 1910 — 1930
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Jacksonville, FL
    renamed Florida Sunbeam
  • Seaboard Fast Mail 1931 — 1932
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Jacksonville, FL
    renamed Passenger, Mail & Express
  • Seaboard Florida Limited 1903 — 1927 winters-only
    New York, NY — St. Augustine, FL via SAL
    renamed New York-Florida Limited
  • Seaboard Florida West Coast Limited 1923 — 1924 winters-only
    Boston, MA — Tampa, FL / St. Petersburg, FL via SAL
  • Seaboard Mail 1903 — 1910
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Jacksonville, FL via SAL
    renamed Seaboard Fast Mail
  • Seashore Limited 1903
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL via Ft. Wayne, IN
    renamed Manhattan Limited
  • Second Iron City Express 1920
    Philadelphia, PA — Harrisburg, PA
  • The Senator 1929 — 1958
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Silver Comet 1947 — 1968
    New York, NY — Raleigh, NC — Atlanta, GA — Birmingham, AL via SAL
  • Silver Meteor 1939 — 1972
    New York, NY — Miami, FL / St. Petersburg, FL
    renamed
  • Silver Star 1947 — As of 1996 still operated
    New York, NY — Miami, FL
  • The South Wind 1940 — 1969
    Chicago, IL — Indianapolis, IN — Louisville, KY — Miami, FL via L&N/ACL/FEC
  • Southeastern Limited 1910 — 1915 winters-only
    New York, NY — Augusta, GA — Aiken, SC — Jacksonville, FL via SOU
  • Southern & Boston Express 1880 — 1892
    Washington, DC — Boston, MA
    renamed Boston Express
  • Southern & New York Express 1880 — 1892
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Washington & New York Express
  • Southern Day Express 1880 — 1892
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed New York & Washington Express
  • Southern Express 1891 — 1896
    New York, NY — Tampa, FL via ACL
    renamed Atlantic Coast Line Express
  • Southern Express 1893 — 1971
    Erie, PA / Canandaigua, NY — Washington, DC / Philadelphia, PA
  • Southern Express 1904 — 1914
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH / Louisville, KY
    renamed Louisville Night Express
  • Southern Night Express 1880 — 1892
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed New York & Southern Express
  • Southern Night Express 1893 — 1903
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Atlantic Coast Line Express
  • Southern States Special 1929 — 1941
    New York, NY — St. Petersburg, FL / Birmingham, AL via SAL
    renamed The Sun Queen
  • The Southerner 1926 — 1929
    New York, NY — Florida via SAL
    renamed Southern States Special
  • The Southerner 1936 — 1940
    Pittsburgh, PA — Washington, DC
  • The Southerner 1941 — 1959
    New York, NY — New Orleans, LA via Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL
  • The Southern's Palm Limited 1902 — 1910 winters-only
    New York, NY — Charlotte, NC — St. Augustine, FL via SOU
    renamed Southeastern Limited
  • The Southland 1915 — 1935
    Chicago, IL — Ft. Wayne, IN — Ridgeville, IN — Richmond, IN — Cincinnati, OH — Atlanta, GA — Jacksonville, FL via L&N/CofG/ACL
    renamed The New Southland
  • The Southland 1938 — 1957
    Chicago, IL — Ft. Wayne, IN — Ridgeville, IN — Richmond, IN — Cincinnati, OH — Atlanta, GA — Jacksonville, FL via L&N/CofG/ACL
    renamed The Buckeye
  • Southwestern Express 1892 — 1900
    New York, NY / Cincinnati, OH / Louisville, KY / St. Louis, MO / Memphis, TN via Piqua, OH
    renamed St. Louis Express
  • The Speaker 1941 — 1952
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Spirit of St. Louis 1927 — 1971
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    renamed
  • The Statesman 1931 — 1958
    Washington, DC — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Steel City Express 1915 — 1934
    Chicago, IL — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Steel King 1946 — 1947
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Steeler 1948 — 1950
    Pittsburgh, PA — Cleveland, OH via Salem, OH and Alliance, OH
    split into The Morning Steeler and The Afternoon Steeler
  • The Sun Queen 1941 — 1947
    New York, NY — Miami, FL / St. Petersburg, FL
    renamed The Camillia
  • The Surfside 1932
    Washington, DC — New York, NY — Laconia, NH — Plymouth, NH and Rockland, ME via NYNH&H/B&M summers-onlyweekends-only
  • The Susquehannock 1938 — 1960
    Philadelphia, PA — Williamsport, PA

T-V

  • The Tamiami 1930 — 1941 spring-fall-only
    New York, NY — Florida via ACL
    split into The Tamiami-Champion (East Coast) and The Tamiami-Champion (West Coast)
  • The Tamiami-Champion (East Coast) 1941 — 1943 summers-only
    New York, NY — Miami, FL via ACL
    renamed The Champion (East Coast)
  • The Tamiami-Champion (West Coast) 1941 — 1943 summers-only
    New York, NY — St. Petersburg, FL via ACL
    renamed Champion (West Coast)
  • The Tar Heel 1927 — 1937
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Wilmington, NC via ACL
    name dropped
  • The Tennessean 1941 — 1959
    New York, NY — Memphis, TN via SOU/N&W/SOU
  • The Thirty-Seven
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • The Trail Blazer 1939 — 1959
    New York, NY — Chicago, IL
    name dropped
  • The 24-Hour St. Louis 1909 — 1913
    New York, NY — St. Louis, MO
    renamed The St. Louisian
  • The Union 1933 — 1971
    Chicago, IL — Cincinnati, OH via Ft. Wayne, IN, and Ridgeville, IN
  • United States Fast Mail 1893 — 1919
    New York, NY — Atlanta, GA — New Orleans, LA via SOU
    renamed New York-Washington-Atlanta-New Orleans Express
  • The Vacationer 1938 — 1955 winters-only
    New York, NY — Miami, FL via ACL
  • Valley Special 1936 — 1948
    Chicago, IL — Orrville, OH — Alliance Jct., OH — Niles, OH — Youngstown, OH — Pittsburgh, PA
  • Vandalia-Toledo Day Express 1913 — 1914
    Toledo, OH — Terre Haute, IN
  • Vandalia-Toledo Night Express 1913 — 1914
    Toledo, OH — Terre Haute, IN

W-Z

  • Washington & Atlanta Express 1898 — 1901
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA / Aiken, SC — Savannah, GA via SOU
    renamed Washington & Florida Limited
  • Washington & Atlantic City Express 1903 — 1904
    Washington, DC — Atlantic City, NJ
    renamed Atlantic City Special
  • Washington & Boston Night Express 1877 — 1880
    Washington, DC — Boston, MA
    renamed Southern & Boston Express
  • Washington & Chattanooga Limited 1899 — 1917
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Chattanooga, TN via SOU/N&W/SOU
    renamed Washington-Chattanooga-New Orleans Limited
  • Washington & Florida Limited 1899 — 1911
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Charlotte, NC — Florida via SOU/FEC
  • Washington & New York Fast Express 1884 — 1893
    Washington, DC — New York, NY
    renamed Atlantic Coast Line Express
  • Washington & Philadelphia Express 1906 — 1951
    Buffalo, NY — Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC
    renamed Washington Express
  • Washington & Southwestern Limited 1891 — 1907
    New York, NY — Washington, DC — Atlanta, GA — New Orleans, LA via SOU/L&N
    renamed New York & New Orleans Limited
  • Washington Broadway Limited 1923 — 1925
    Washington, DC — Chicago, IL
    renamed Liberty Limited
  • Washington-Chattanooga-New Orleans 1931 — 1946
    New York, NY — Bristol, VA — Chattanooga, TN — New Orleans, LA
    renamed The Pelican
  • Washington-Chattanooga-New Orleans Limited 1917 — 1931
    New York, NY — Bristol, VA — Chattanooga, TN — New Orleans, LA via SOU/N&W/SOU
    renamed Washington-Chattanooga-New Orleans
  • Washington Day Express 1873 — 1880
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Southern Day Express
  • Washington Day Express 1884 — 1892
    New York, NY — Washington, DC
  • Washington Day Express 1906
    Buffalo, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Washington & Philadelphia Express
  • Washington Express 1900 — 1906
    Buffalo, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Washington Day Express
  • Washington Express 1910 — 1912
    Pittsburgh, PA — Washington, DC
    renamed Capital Express
  • Washington Express 1918 — 1929
    Pittsburgh, PA — Washington, DC
    renamed The Potomac
  • Washington Express 1951 — 1958
    Buffalo, NY — Washington, DC
    renamed Baltimore Day Express
  • Washington Night Express 1873 — 1880
    New York, NY — Washington, DC via York, PA
    renamed Southern Night Express
  • Washington Night Express 1893
    Buffalo, NY — Washington, DC
  • Washington, Philadelphia & Boston Night Express 1876 — 1877
    Washington, DC — Philadelphia, PA — New York, NY — Boston, MA
    renamed Washington & Boston Night Express
  • Waterville Express 1932
    Washington, DC — New York, NY — Portland, ME — Waterville, ME via NYNH&H/B&M
  • The Weekend Champion 1957 weekends-only
    Miami, FL — New York, NY
  • Week-End Special 1906 — 1907 summers-only Saturday-only
    Pittsburgh, PA — Erie, PA
  • The West Coast Champion 1949 — 1967
    New York, NY — Waycross, GA — St. Petersburg, FL
    renamed The Champion
  • West Indian Limited 1925 — 1928
    New York, NY — Jacksonville, FL / west coast of Florida via ACL
  • West Virginian 1924 — 1932
    Cincinnati, OH — White Sulphur Springs, WV — Hot Springs, VA — Washington, DC — New York, NY
  • The West Virginian 1946
    Pittsburgh, PA — Fairmont, WV via MGH
  • Western Express 1888 — 1932
    New York, NY — Pittsburgh, PA — Chicago, IL
  • The William Penn 1940 — 1958
    Boston, MA — New York, NY — Philadelphia, PA
  • Williamsport & Philadelphia Express 1893 — 1919
    Philadelphia, PA — Williamsport, PA
    renamed Philadelphia Express
  • Williamsport Express 1893 — 1923
    Philadelphia, PA — Williamsport, PA
    renamed Lock Haven Express
  • Williamsport Express 1933 — 1949
    Philadelphia, PA — Williamsport, PA
  • World's Fair Express 1903 — 1904
    Columbus, OH — St. Louis, MO
    renamed World's Fair Special
  • World's Fair Special 1904
    Pittsburgh, PA — St. Louis, MO via Dayton, OH
    renamed St. Louis Special
  • Youngstown-New Castle Express 1919 — 1920
    Chicago, IL / Cleveland, OH — New Castle, PA — Pittsburgh, PA
    renamed Akron-Cleveland Express

References

Sources

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