List of named passenger trains of the United States (N-R)

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning N through R.

N

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Nancy Hanks II	Central of Georgia	Atlanta, GA-Savannah, GA	1947-1971
Napa Valley Wine Train	Napa Valley Railroad	Napa, CA-St. Helena, CA	1989-
Narragansett	Pennsylvania Railroad - New Haven Railroad via Pennsylvania Station (New York City)	Philadelphia, PA-Boston, MA
Narragansett	Amtrak	New York, NY - Boston, MA	1971-?
National Limited	Baltimore & Ohio	New York, NY-St. Louis, MO	1925-1971
National Limited	Amtrak	New York, NY-Kansas City, MO	1971-1979
Naugatuk	New York, New Haven, & Hartford	New York, NY-Winsted, CT
Nebraska Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, IL-Lincoln, NE	1947-
Nellie Bly	Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	New York, NY-Atlantic City, NJ & Washington, DC-Atlantic City	-1961
Neptune	New Haven	New York, NY-Woods Hole, MA
New England States Limited	Central Vermont Railway	New York, NY-Montreal
New England States	New York Central/Penn Central	Chicago, IL-Boston, MA	1938-1967
New England Wolverine	New York Central	Detroit, MI-Boston, MA
New Royal Palm	Southern Railway, Florida East Coast Railway, connections with New York Central Railroad	Cincinnati, OH-Miami, FL	1949-1955
New York & Boston Special	Michigan Central	Chicago, IL-Boston, MA
New York Special	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NY
New Yorker	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Detroit, MI
Niagara Falls & Eastern Express	Michigan Central	Chicago, IL-Boston, MA
Niagara Rainbow	Amtrak	New York, NY-Detroit, MI	1976-1979
Night Diamond	Illinois Central	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO
Night Express	Central Vermont	New York, NY-Montreal, PQ
Night Express	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH
Night Express	Grand Rapids & Indiana	Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI
Night Express	Pere Marquette	Chicago, IL-Traverse City, MI
Night Owl		Washington, DC-Boston, MA
Noon Daylight	Southern Pacific		1940-
Noon Flyer	Grand Rapids & Indiana	Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI
North Coast Hiawatha	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Seattle, WA	1971-1979
North Coast Limited	Northern Pacific	Chicago, IL-Seattle, WA	1900-1970
North Shore Limited	New York Central	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
North Star	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN	1978-1986
North Star	New York Central	New York, NY-Cleveland, OH
North Star	Pennsylvania	Chicago, IL-Mackinaw City, MI
North Woods Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-Minocqua, WI
Northeast Regional	Amtrak
Northern Arrow	Pennsylvania	Cincinnati, OH-Mackinaw City, MI
Northern Michigan Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Detroit, MI-Cheboygan, MI
Northern Michigan Special	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-
Northerner	New York Central	Detroit, MI-Mackinaw City, MI
Northland Express	Pennsylvania	Cincinnati, OH-Mackinaw City, MI

O

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Ohio Special	New York Central	Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH
Ohio State Limited	New York Central	New York, NY-Cincinnati, OH
Oklahoman	St. Louis-San Francisco	St. Louis, MO-Oklahoma City, OK	1965-1967
Old Dominion	Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac	Washington, DC-Richmond, VA	1947-
Olympian	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington	May 28, 1911 - January 28, 1947
Olympian Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington	January 29, 1947 - May 22, 1961
Orange Blossom Special	Seaboard Air Line Railroad	New York City - Miami	1925-1953
Oregonian	Oregon & California Southern Pacific	San Francisco, Ca-Portland, OR-via Siskiyou Line	1887-1926
Oriental Limited	Great Northern	Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington	1905-1931; 1947-1951
Orleanean	Missouri Pacific	New Orleans, LA - Houston, TX
Overland Flyer	Union Pacific		1887-1890
Overland Limited	Union Pacific		1890-1963
Owl	New Haven	New York, NY (Grand Central)-Boston, MA
Owl	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA
Ozarker	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, MO-Fort Worth, TX
Ozark State Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

P

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Pacemaker	New York Central	New York City-Chicago, IL
Pacific Express	Erie	Hoboken, NJ-Chicago, IL	?
Pacific Express	Michigan Central	New York, NY-Chicago, IL
Pacific International	Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Union Pacific	Seattle, Washington-Vancouver, BC
Pacific Limited	Grand Trunk Western	Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ
Pacific Surfliner	Amtrak	San Diego, CA-Paso Robles, CA	2000-
Palmetto	Amtrak	New York, NY-Savannah, GA	1976-present
Pan American	Louisville & Nashville	Cincinnati, OH-New Orleans, LA
Panama Limited	Illinois Central	Chicago, IL-New Orleans, LA	1908-1971
Paul Revere	New York Central	Buffalo, NY-Boston, MA
Peach Queen	Southern Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad	New York, NY-Atlanta, GA
Pelican	Southern Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway	Washington, DC-New Orleans, LA
Peconic Bay Express	Long Island Rail Road	Long Island City-Greenport, NY	1926-1950
Peninsula 400	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Ishpeming, MI	1942-
Peninsular	Pere Marquette	Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI
Penn Texas	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-St Louis, MO
Pennsy Aerotrain	Pennsylvania		1956-1956
Pennsylvania Limited	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Detroit, MI
Pennsylvanian	Amtrak	New York, NY-Pittsburgh, PA	1980-
Peoria Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, IL-Peoria, IL	1937-
Pere Marquette	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI
Pere Marquette	Pere Marquette	Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI	1946-1947
Piedmont	Amtrak	Raleigh, NC-Charlotte, North Carolina	1995-
Piedmont Limited	Southern	New York—New Orleans	1899-1976
Phoebe Snow	Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna	Hoboken, NJ-Buffalo, NY as DL&W Hoboken, NJ-Chicago, IL as EL	1949-1961, reinstated 1963-1966
Pilgrim		New York, NY-Boston, MA
Pine Tree Acadian	Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National	Boston, MA-Halifax, NS	1929
Pinellas	Atlantic Coast Line	St. Petersburg, FL-Jacksonville, FL
Pioneer	Gulf Coast Lines, later Missouri Pacific	Houston, TX-Brownsville, TX
Pioneer Limited	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-Minneapolis, MN	1898-1970;
Pioneer Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Kansas City, Missouri-Omaha, Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Galesburg, Illinois-Springfield, Missouri	1934-1960
Pittsburgher	Pennsylvania Railroad	Pittsburgh, PA-New York	1924-1964
Pocahontas	Norfolk and Western Railway	Norfolk, VA-Cincinnati, OH	–May 1971
Ponce de Leon	New York Central	Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH
Ponce de Leon	Southern	Cincinnati-Jacksonville	1924–1960s
Pony Express	New Jersey Transit	Hoboken, New Jersey-Monmouth Park Racetrack	1980-2006
Potatoland Special	Bangor & Aroostook	Bangor-Van Buren, Maine	-1959
Powhatan Arrow	Norfolk and Western Railway	Norfolk, VA-Cincinnati, OH	1946–1969
Prairie Marksman	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-East Peoria, IL	1980-1981
Prairie State	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH
Prospector	Rio Grande	Denver, CO-Salt Lake City, UT/Ogden, UT	1941-1942; 1945-1967
Puget Sound	Amtrak	Seattle, WA-Portland, OR	1971-????

Q

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Quaker City Express	Pennsylvania-Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	Philadelphia, PA-Atlantic City, NJ
Quad City Rocket	Rock Island	Chicago, IL-Rock Island, IL

R

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Rainbow Special	Missouri Pacific	Little Rock, AR-Kansas City, MO	1921-1954
Rebel	Gulf, Mobile & Northern	New Orleans, LA-Jackson, TN	1935-1940
Red Arrow	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-Detroit, MI
Red River	Great Northern	St. Paul, MN-Grand Forks, ND	1950-
Redwood	Northwestern Pacific	San Rafael, CA-Eureka, CA
Regional	Amtrak	Boston, MA-Newport News, VA
Resort Special	Pere Marquette	Detroit, MI/Chicago, IL-Bay View, MI
Rio Grande Zephyr	Rio Grande	Denver, CO-Salt Lake City, UT	1970-1983
Rocky Mountain Rocket	Rock Island	Kansas City, MO-Denver, CO	1939-1966
Roger Williams	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	New York, NY-Boston, MA
Rogue River	Southern Pacific	Portland, OR-Ashland, OR	1928?-1952
Royal Blue	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Railroad	Jersey City, NJ-Washington, DC	1890-1958
Royal Palm	Southern, Florida East Coast Railway, connections with New York Central Railroad	Cincinnati, OH-Miami, FL	1920s-1970

References

• Welsh, Joe (2006). Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited. MBI. ISBN 076032302X. http://books.google.com/books?id=O1bCbbV4hosC.