Train Name
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Railroad
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Train Endpoints in a typical [year]
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Operated
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Dakota 400
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Chicago & North Western
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Chicago, Illinois - Rapid City, South Dakota [1952]
|
1950-1960
|
Dakota Express
|
Chicago & North Western
|
St. Paul, Minnesota - Pierre, South Dakota [1919]
|
1897-1901; 1911-1913; 1919-1923
|
Dakota Express
|
Great Northern
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St. Paul, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1907]
|
1903-1909
|
Dakota Express
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|
St. Paul, Minnesota - Bismarck, North Dakota [1915]
|
1911-1918
|
Dakotan
|
Great Northern
|
Williston, North Dakota - St. Paul, Minnesota [1950]
|
1947-1971
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Dallas Express
|
Katy Railroad
|
Dallas, Texas - Shreveport, Louisiana [1910]
|
1903-1920
|
Dan'l Webster
|
New Haven
|
New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts
|
1957-?
|
Dartmouth
|
New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont
|
New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont - Berlin, New Hampshire [1937]
|
1928-1944; 1956
|
Davy Crockett
|
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
|
San Antonio, Texas - Houston, Texas [1912]
|
1903-1915
|
Day Cape Codder
|
New Haven
|
New York, New York - Woods Hole, Massachusetts [1937]
|
1937-1944; 1946-1958; 1960-1964
|
Day Coach De Luxe
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1930]
|
1929-1935
|
Day Express
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Rochester, New York [1915]
|
1890-1916
|
Day Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1924]
|
1874-1942
|
Day Express
|
Erie Railroad
|
New York, New York - Buffalo, New York [1913]
|
1868-1870; 1874-1879; 1885-1915
|
Day Express
|
New Haven
|
New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1910]
|
1881-1911
|
Day Express
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota [1917]
|
1910-1938
|
Day Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Indianapolis, Indiana - Peoria, Illinois [1932]
|
1917-1941
|
Day Express
|
Illinois Central, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Nashville, Tennessee [1909]
|
1900-1914 (the Illinois Central had many trains with this name and many destinations)
|
Day Express
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1915]
|
1903-1904; 1913-1918
|
Day Express
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
Saint Paul, Minnesota - Omaha, Nebraska [1905]
|
1904-1910
|
Day Express
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Duluth, Minnesota [1915]
|
1910-1918
|
Day White Mountains
|
New Haven and Boston & Maine
|
New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont [1926]
|
1926-1940; 1943-1956 (pre-1947 called the 'Day White Mountains Express')
|
Daylight Express
|
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
|
Kansas City, Missouri - Memphis, Tennessee [1905]
|
1902-1906
|
Daylight Express
|
Florida East Coast Railway
|
Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida [1948]
|
1941-1959
|
Daylight Flyer
|
Alton Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri [1908]
|
1908-1927
|
Daylight Flyer
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri [1915]
|
1914-1918; 1923-1927
|
Daylight Limited
|
Southern Pacific
|
San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California [1925]
|
1922-1939 (after 1928 called the 'Daylight')
|
Daylight Limited
|
Illinois Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1950]
|
1897-1958 (pre-1931 called the 'Daylight Special')
|
Daylight Limited
|
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
|
Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1914]
|
1911-1918; 1924-1932
|
Daylight Speedliner
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1958]
|
1957-1962
|
Daylight Train
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Cincinnati, Ohio [1907]
|
1906-1916
|
Dayton Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio [1930]
|
1928-1933
|
Daytonian
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio [1947]
|
1946-1948
|
De Luxe
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California
|
1911-1917
|
Dearborn
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1928]
|
1925-1933
|
Del Monte
|
Southern Pacific
|
Monterey, California - San Francisco, California [1922]
|
1919-1971
|
Del-Mar-Va Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia [1943]
|
1926-1957
|
Delaware Valley Express
|
Pennsylvania (and successor lines)
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Trenton, New Jersey [1965]
|
1962-1978
|
Delta Eagle
|
Missouri Pacific
|
Memphis, Tennessee - Tallulah, Louisiana [1948]
|
1941-1954
|
Delta Express
|
Illinois Central
|
Memphis, Tennessee - Greenville, Mississippi[2][1952]
|
1927-1933; 1950-1964
|
Denali Star
|
Alaska Railroad
|
Anchorage, Alaska - Fairbanks, Alaska
|
?-present
|
Denver and Eastern Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad
|
San Francisco, California - Denver, Colorado [1921]
|
1918-1930
|
Denver Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - Alamosa, Colorado [1913]
|
1900-1901; 1912-1914
|
Denver Express
|
Colorado Midland Railway
|
Denver, Colorado - Ogden, Utah [1913]
|
1913-1918
|
Denver Express
|
Wabash, Union Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado - Cheyenne, Wyoming [1918]
|
1916-1933
|
Denver Express
|
Santa Fe
|
Denver, Colorado - La Junta, Colorado [1910]
|
1906-1915
|
Denver Limited
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
Kansas City, Missouri - Cheyenne, Wyoming [1910]
|
1910-1915
|
Denver Limited
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - St. Louis, Missouri [1938]
|
1935-1941
|
Denver Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1910]
|
1910-1917; 1929-1930
|
Denver Special
|
Union Pacific Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1916]
|
1911-1917; 1921-1930
|
Denver Zephyr
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1936–1971) Amtrak (1971–1973)
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado [1937]
|
1936-1973
|
Denver - Cripple Creek Express
|
Colorado Midland Railway
|
Denver, Colorado - Cripple Creek, Colorado [1913]
|
1913-1916
|
Des Moines Express
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1925]
|
1923-1930
|
Des Moines Limited
|
Wabash
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Des Moines, Iowa [1948]
|
1940-1959
|
Des Moines Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1952]
|
1950-1967
|
Des Moines - Chicago Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa [1945]
|
1941-1949
|
Des Moines - Omaha Limited
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska [1948]
|
1948-1952
|
Desert Wind
|
Amtrak
|
Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois [1982]
|
1979-1997
|
Detroit and Kalamazoo Express
|
Michigan Central Railroad
|
Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan [1916]
|
1914-1928
|
Detroit and New York Express
|
Grand Trunk Western, Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois [1908]
|
1902-1916
|
Detroit Arrow
|
Pennsylvania and Wabash
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1940]
|
1935-1949
|
Detroiter
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan
|
|
Detroit Express
|
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
|
Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota [1916]
|
1890-1892; 1901-1916
|
Detroit Express
|
Grand Trunk Western
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1916]
|
1903-1916
|
Detroit Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1933]
|
1929-1958
|
Detroit Express
|
Wabash, Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1940]
|
1939-1941
|
Detroit Express
|
Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1921]
|
1919-1935
|
Detroit Express
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1930]
|
1926-1931
|
Detroit Limited
|
Wabash
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1940]
|
1939-1968
|
Detroit Mail and Express
|
Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan [1921]
|
1921-1935
|
Detroit Night Express
|
Michigan Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan (with through cars to northern Michigan) [1916]
|
1893-1941
|
Detroit Night Express
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - St. Louis, Missouri [1952]
|
1952-1958
|
Detroit Special
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan [1946]
|
1913-1931; 1936-1940; 1946-1948
|
Detroit Special
|
Wabash (train renamed train Wabash Cannon Ball in 1950)
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1939]
|
1939-1949
|
Detroit - Cleveland Special
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio [1927]
|
1926-1931
|
Detroit - Toledo Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cincinnati, Ohio [1923]
|
1917-1928
|
Detroit - Toledo Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan [1930]
|
1930-1935
|
Detroit - Washington Limited
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Detroit, Michigan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1928]
|
1925-1930
|
Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo Express
|
Michigan Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan [1901]
|
1895-1906; 1901-1913
|
Detroiter
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan [1948]
|
1911-1958
|
DeWitt Clinton
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Toronto, Ontario [1957]
|
1927-1946; 1949; 1957-1960
|
DeWitt Clinton
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Albany, New York [1991]
|
1974-1980; 1984; 1991
|
Diamond
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri [1918]
|
1892-1946
|
Diplomat
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Washington, DC - Jersey City, New Jersey [1930]
|
1930-1961
|
Diplomat
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Washington, D.C. [1965]
|
1964-1968
|
Dirigo
|
Maine Central Railroad Company, Boston and Maine
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Bangor, Maine [1951]
|
1951-1955
|
Dixiana
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1942]
|
1942
|
Dixie Express
|
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Louisville & Nashville
|
Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana [1945]
|
1925-1927; 1932-1933; 1943-1946
|
Dixie Flagler
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida
|
1940-1954
|
Dixie Flyer
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line
|
Chicago, Illinois - Jacksonville, Florida (with through trains to southern Florida many years) [1930]
|
1892-1969
|
Dixie Limited
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida [1948]
|
1923-1953; 1958
|
Dixie Mail
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana [1948]
|
1932-1949
|
Dixieland
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida - Tampa, Florida [1938]
|
1938-1942; 1947-1949; 1955-1957
|
Dominion
|
Canadian Pacific, Michigan Central Railroad
|
Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Chicago [1916]
|
1915-1920
|
Dominion Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Washington, DC - Buffalo, New York [1940]
|
1913-1958
|
Dominion-Overseas
|
Michigan Central Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec [1937]
|
1923-1942
|
Down Easter (group of trains)
|
New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National
|
New York, New York - Portland, Maine (with through cars to Halifax, Nova Scotia, [1927] and through cars to Plymouth, New Hampshire
|
1927-1942; 1949-1950
|
Downeaster
|
Amtrak
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Brunswick, Maine [2014]
|
2002–present
|
Dubuque Express
|
Illinois Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Waterloo, Iowa [1906]
|
1906-2909; 1919-1931
|
Duluth and Ashland Express
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota [1911]
|
1910-1915
|
Duluth and Boston Express
|
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
|
?
|
Duluth and Crookston Night Express
|
Great Northern
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Crookston, Minnesota [1906]
|
1906-1914
|
Duluth and Grand Forks Day Express
|
Great Northern
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1910]
|
1906-1924
|
Duluth and Grand Forks Night Express
|
Great Northern
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota [1923]
|
1906-1909; 1915-1946
|
Duluth Express
|
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
|
Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota [1916]
|
1890-1902; 1905-1916
|
Duluth - Superior Express
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota [1911]
|
1909-1915
|
Duluth-Superior Limited
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota [1948]
|
1900; 1906-1961
|
Duquesne
|
Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1968 Penn Central, in 1971 Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1952]
|
1921-1971
|
Duquesne Limited (later Duquesne Express)
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Jersey City, New Jersey - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1942]
|
1900-1917
|