This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning with C. | Train Name | Railroad | Train Endpoints | Operated | | Cabana | New Haven | New York, NY-Boston, MA | | | California Limited | Santa Fe | Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA | 1892-1954 | | California Special | Santa Fe | Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA | | | California Zephyr | Amtrak | Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA | 1983-present | | California Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Denver, Rio Grande & Western
Western Pacific | Chicago, IL-Oakland, CA | 1949-1970 | | Californian | Rock Island
Southern Pacific | Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA | | | Camellia | Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Seaboard Air Line | New York, NY-Venice, FL | | | Canadian | Canadian Pacific
New York Central | Chicago, IL-Montreal, QC | | | Canadian Niagara | New York Central | Detroit, MI-Buffalo, NY | | | Cannon Ball | Boston & Maine | Boston, MA-Plymouth, NH | | | Cannon Ball | Long Island | New York, NY-Montauk, NY | | | Cannon Ball | Norfolk & Western | Richmond, VA-Norfolk, VA | | | Capital | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Detroit, MI-Baltimore, MD | | | Capital City Special | New York Central | Cleveland, OH-Columbus, OH | | | Capitol 400 | Chicago and North Western Railway | Chicago, IL-Madison, WI | | | Capitol Corridor | Amtrak | Auburn, CA-San Jose, CA | | | Capital Limited | Illinois Terminal Railroad | St. Louis, MO-Peoria, IL | | | Capitol Limited | Baltimore & Ohio
Central of New Jersey
Reading | New York, NY-Chicago, IL via Washington, DC | 1923-1971 | | Capitol Limited | Amtrak | Chicago, IL-Washington, DC | 1981-present | | Cardinal | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO | | | Cardinal | Amtrak | New York, NY-Chicago, IL | | | Carolina Golfer | Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Seaboard Air Line | New York, NY-Pinehurst, NC | circa 1930; | | Carolina Special | New York Central
Southern | Chicago, IL-Goldsboro, NC | | | Carolinian | Amtrak | New York, NY-Charlotte, North Carolina | | | Cascade | Southern Pacific | Oakland, CA-Portland, OR | 1950- | | Cascades | Amtrak | Eugene, OR-Vancouver, BC | 1993- | | Cascadian | Great Northern | Seattle, WA-Portland, OR | | | Cavalier | Norfolk & Western | Cincinnati, OH-Norfolk, VA | | | Cavalier | Norfolk & Western | New York, NY-Cape Charles, VA | | | Cayuga | New York Central | New York, NY-Buffalo, NY | | | Centennial State | Santa Fe | Denver, CO-Newton, KS | | | Central States Limited | Wabash | Detroit, MI-Kansas City, MO | circa 1930 | | Challenger | Union Pacific | Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA | 1935-1971 | | Champion | Atlantic Coast Line
Florida East Coast
Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac | New York, NY-Miami, FL
New York, NY-St. Petersburg, FL | 1939-1979
| | Cheshire | Boston & Maine | Boston, MA-White River Junction, VT | | | Chicago - Des Moines Rocket | Rock Island | Chicago, IL-Des Moines, IA | | | Chicago Arrow | Pennsylvania
Wabash | Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI | | | Chicago Daylight Express | Pennsylvania | Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY | | | Chicago Express | Canadian Pacific
New York Central | Chicago, IL-Montreal, QC | | | Chicago Express | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | Chicago, IL-Evansville, IN | | | Chicago Express | Chicago and North Western Railway | Chicago, IL-Omaha, NE | | | Chicago Express | Santa Fe | Chicago, IL-Galveston, TX | | | Chicago Limited | Chicago and North Western Railway | Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN | | | Chicago Limited | Monon Railroad | Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN | | | Chicago Limited | Pere Marquette | Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI | | | Chicago Mail | Monon Railroad | Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY | | | Chicago Night Express | Baltimore & Ohio | Chicago, IL-Wheeling, WV | | | Chicago Night Express | New York Central | St. Louis, MO-Cincinnati, OH | | | Chicago Night Express | Pennsylvania | Chicago, IL-Cincinnati, OH | | | Chicago Northwestern Limited | Chicago and North Western Railway | Chicago, IL-Duluth, MN | | | Chicago Special | Michigan Central | New York, NY-Chicago, IL | | | Chicagoan | Santa Fe | Chicago, IL-Kansas City, MO | 1938- | | Chief | Santa Fe | Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA | 1926-1968 | | Chippewa | Milwaukee Road | Chicago, IL- | | | Choctaw Rocket | Rock Island | Memphis, TN-Amarillo, TX | 1940-1952 | | Choctaw Rockette | Rock Island | Memphis, TN-Amarillo, TX | 1953-1964 | | Cigar Valley | New Haven | New York, NY-Springfield, MA | circa 1953; | | Cincinnati Mercury | New York Central | Cincinnati, OH-Cleveland, OH | circa 1953; | | Cincinnatian | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | Cincinnati, OH-Baltimore, MD
Cincinnati, OH-Detroit, MI | 1947-1950
1950- | | Cincinnatian | Monon Railroad | Chicago, IL-Cincinnati, OH | | | City of Cleveland | Nickel Plate | Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NY | | | City of Chicago | Nickel Plate | Buffalo, NY-Chicago, IL | | | City of Decatur | Illinois Terminal Railroad | St. Louis, MO-Decatur, IL | | | City of Denver | Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific | Chicago, IL-Denver, CO | 1936-1971 | | City of Kansas City | Wabash | St. Louis, MO-Kansas City, MO | 1947- | | City of Las Vegas | Union Pacific | Los Angeles, CA-Las Vegas, NV | 1956-1957 | | City of Los Angeles | Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific | Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA | 1936-1971 | | City of Memphis | Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis | Nashville, TN-Memphis, TN | 1947-1958 | | City of Miami | Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Florida East Coast
Illinois Central | Chicago, IL-Miami, FL | 1940-1971 | | City of Milwaukee 400 | Chicago and North Western Railway | Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI | | | City of New Orleans | Illinois Central
Amtrak | Chicago, IL-New Orleans, LA | 1947-1971 (IC); 1971-Present (Amtrak) | | City of Portland | Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific | | | | City of Salina | Union Pacific | Salina, KS-Kansas City, MO | 1934-1940 | | City of San Francisco | Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific
Western Pacific | Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA | 1936-1971 | | City of Seattle (unofficial name) | Union Pacific | Portland, OR-Seattle, WA | 1942- | | City of St. Louis | Union Pacific
Wabash | St. Louis, MO-Cheyenne, WY
St. Louis, MO-Los Angeles, CA | 1946-1951
1951- | | Clamdigger | New Haven Railroad | New Haven, CT-Providence, RI | | | Cleveland - Chicago Express | New York Central | Chicago, IL-Cleveland, OH | | | Cleveland - Cincinnati Night Special | New York Central | St. Louis, MO-Cincinnati, OH | | | Cleveland - Cincinnati Special | New York Central | Cleveland, OH-Cincinnati, OH | | | Cleveland - St. Louis Special | New York Central | Cleveland, OH-St. Louis, MO | | | Cleveland Express | New York Central | Cleveland, OH-Indianapolis, IN
Cleveland, OH-Columbus, OH | | | Cleveland Limited | New York Central | New York, NY-Cleveland, OH | | | Cleveland Mail | New York Central | Cleveland, OH-Toronto, ON | | | Cleveland Mercury | New York Central | Detroit, MI-Cleveland, OH | | | Cleveland Night Express | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Baltimore, MD-Cleveland, OH | 1942-1962 | | Cleveland Special | New York Central | Cincinnati, OH-Cleveland, OH | | | Clevelander | Pennsylvania | New York, NY-Cleveland, OH | | | Coast Daylight | Southern Pacific | San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA | 1937-1971 | | Coast Line Florida Mail | Atlantic Coast Line
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac | Washington, DC-Jacksonville, FL | | | Coast Starlight | Amtrak | Los Angeles, CA-Seattle, WA | 1971-present | | Coastal Classic | Alaska Railroad | Anchorage, AK-Seward, AK | -present | | Coaster | Southern Pacific | Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA | | | Colonial | Pennsylvania Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | Washington, DC-New York, NY-Boston, MA | 1935-1971(PRR-NH)
1971-1973(Amtrak) | | Colorado Eagle | Missouri Pacific
Texas and Pacific | St. Louis, MO-Denver, CO | 1942-1966 | | Colorado Express | Rock Island | Kansas City, MO-Denver, CO | | | Columbia River Express | Spokane, Portland & Seattle | Portland, OR-Pasco, WA | | | Columbian | Baltimore & Ohio | Chicago, IL-Jersey City, NJ | 1931– | | Columbian | Milwaukee Road | Chicago, IL-Tacoma, WA | 1911-1930; 1947-1955 | | Comet | New Haven | Boston, MA - Providence, RI | 1935 to circa 1942 | | Commander | New Haven | New York, NY-Boston, MA | circa 1953; | | Commercial Traveler | Toledo, St. Louis & Western | St. Louis, MO-Toledo, OH | circa 1916; | | Commodore Vanderbilt | New York Central | Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH | | | Commuter 400 | Chicago and North Western Railway | Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI | | | Congressional | Pennsylvania Railroad | | | | Connecticut Yankee | | Springfield, MA-Philadelphia, PA
Springfield, MA-Washington, DC | | | Continental Limited | Wabash | Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NY | circa 1916; | | Copper Country Limited | Milwaukee Road
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (until December 1960)
Soo Line (after December 1960) | Chicago, IL-Calumet, MI | –May 1968 | | Cotton Belter | St. Louis Southwestern | St. Louis, MO-Dallas, TX | -1941 | | Creole | Illinois Central | Chicago, IL-New Orleans, LA | | | Crescent | Southern Railway
Amtrak | New York, NY-New Orleans, LA | 1891-1979 (Southern); 1979-Present (Amtrak) | | Cross Florida Night Limited | Seaboard Air Line | Miami, FL-St. Petersburg, FL | circa 1930; | | Crusader | Reading | Philadelphia, PA-Jersey City, NJ | 1937-1983 | | Cumberland | Boston & Maine | Portland, ME-Boston, MA | circa 1953; | | Curfew | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO | circa 1930; | |
