List of Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains

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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.

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

A[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Sources[edit]

  • Baer, Christopher T. (September 8, 2009). "Named Trains of the PRR Including Through Services" (PDF). The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. Retrieved September 28, 2019.