List of named passenger trains of the United States (D-H):
This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning D through H.
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Dan'l Webster |
New Haven |
New York, NY-Boston, MA |
1957- |
| Del Monte |
Southern Pacific |
Monterey, CA-San Francisco, CA |
1890s-1971 |
| Delta Eagle |
Missouri Pacific |
Memphis, TN-Tallulah, LA |
1941-1954 |
| Denali Star |
Alaska Railroad |
Anchorage, AK-Fairbanks, AK |
-present |
| Denver Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1936-1971)
Amtrak (1971-1975) |
Chicago, IL-Denver, CO |
1936-1975 |
| Des Moines Rocket |
Rock Island |
Chicago, IL-Des Moines, IA |
1937- |
| Desert Wind |
Amtrak |
Los Angeles, CA-Chicago, IL |
October 28, 1979 to May 12, 1997 |
| Detroit & New York Express |
Grand Trunk Western |
New York, NY-Chicago, IL |
|
| Detroit Arrow |
Pennsylvania and Wabash |
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI |
|
| Detroiter |
New York Central |
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
|
| Detroit Express |
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic |
Mackinaw City, MI-Houghton, MI |
|
| Detroit Express |
Grand Trunk Western |
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI |
|
| Detroit Express |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
|
| Detroit Express |
Wabash |
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI |
|
| Detroit - Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Express |
Michigan Central |
Detroit, MI-Kalamazoo, MI |
|
| Detroit Limited |
Wabash |
St. Louis, MO-Detroit, MI |
|
| Detroit Night Express |
Michigan Central |
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI |
|
| Detroit Special |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI |
|
| DeWitt Clinton |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH |
|
| DeWitt Clinton |
|
New York, NY-Albany, NY |
|
| Diplomat |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad,Central Railroad of New Jersey |
St. Louis, MO-Washington, DC-New York, NY |
1930-1961 |
| Dixiana |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast |
Chicago, IL-Miami, FL |
1942-1942 |
| Dixie Flagler |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast |
Chicago, IL-Miami, FL |
1940-1954 |
| Dixieland |
Louisville & Nashville |
|
1954- |
| Down Easter |
New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National |
New York, NY-Halifax, NS |
1929 |
| Downeaster |
Amtrak |
Boston, MA-Portland, ME |
|
| Duluth & Boston Express |
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic |
Duluth, MN-Sault Ste. Marie, MI |
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| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| East Coast Flyer |
Pere Marquette |
Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI |
|
| East Wind |
Pennsylvania
New York, New Haven & Hartford Boston & Maine
|
Washington, DC-
Portland, ME
|
1940-1942
1946-1955[1]
|
| Egyptian Zipper |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad |
Danville, IL-Cypress, IL |
1937- |
| El Capitan |
Santa Fe |
Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA |
1938-1971 |
| Electroliner |
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee |
Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI |
1941-1963 |
| Embassy |
Pennsylvania Railroad |
New York, NY-Washington, DC |
|
| Empire Builder |
Great Northern (1929-1971)
Amtrak (1971-present) |
Chicago, IL-Seattle, Washington
Chicago, IL-Portland, OR |
1929-present |
| Empire State Express |
New York Central |
New York, NY-Chicago, IL |
|
| Ethan Allen Express |
Amtrak |
New York, NY-Rutland, VT |
|
| Exposition Flyer |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific |
Chicago, IL-Oakland, CA |
1939-1949(?) |
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Fast Mail |
Michigan Central |
New York, NY-Chicago, IL |
|
| Fast Mail |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH |
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| Fast Mail |
New York Central |
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
|
| Fifth Avenue Special |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH |
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| Fireball |
Ann Arbor |
Toledo, OH-Frankfort, MI |
|
| Firefly |
Frisco |
Kansas City, MO-Oklahoma City, OK |
1939-1960 |
| Florida Arrow |
|
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| Florida Special |
Atlantic Coast Line |
|
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| Floridian |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL-St. Petersburg, FL
Chicago, IL-Miami, FL |
1971-1977(?) |
| Flying Crow |
Kansas City Southern |
Kansas City, Missouri-Port Arthur, Texas |
1928-1968 |
| Flying Yankee |
Boston & Maine, Maine Central |
Bangor, ME-Boston, MA |
1935-1957(?) |
| Forest City |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH |
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| Fort Crevecouer |
Illinois Terminal Railroad |
|
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| Fort Dearborn |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad |
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
|
| Forty-Niner |
Union Pacific |
|
1937-1941 |
| Furniture City Special |
Pere Marquette |
Chicago, IL-Muskegon, MI |
|
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Gateway |
New York Central |
Cleveland, OH-St. Louis, MO |
|
| General Pershing Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
|
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| General |
Pennsylvania |
|
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| General Wood |
St. Louis-San Francisco |
|
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| Georgian |
Louisville & Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis |
St. Louis, MO-Atlanta, GA |
1946- |
| Glacier Discovery |
Alaska Railroad |
Anchorage, AK-Whittier, AK |
-present |
| Golden Gate |
Santa Fe |
|
1938- |
| Golden Rocket |
Rock Island and Southern Pacific |
Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA |
(cancelled before it could start in 1948) |
| Golden State |
Southern Pacific |
Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA |
1947-1968 |
| Golden State Limited |
Southern Pacific |
Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA |
1902-1947 then renamed Golden State (see above entry). |
| Gopher (passenger train) |
Great Northern |
Minneapolis, MN/St. Paul, MN – Duluth, MN/Superior, WI |
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| Governor's Special |
Illinois Central |
Chicago, IL-Springfield, IL |
1968-1971 |
| Grand Canyon |
Santa Fe |
|
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| Grand Rapids and Chicago Night Express |
Michigan Central |
Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI |
|
| Great Lakes Aerotrain |
New York Central |
|
1956-1956 |
| Green Diamond |
Illinois Central |
Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO |
1936-1968 |
| Green Mountain Flyer |
Central Vermont |
New York, NY-Montreal, PQ |
|
| Gulf Coast Rebel |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio |
St. Louis, MO-Mobile, AL |
1940-1958 |
| Gulf Wind |
Louisville and Nashville, Seaboard Air Line |
New Orleans, LA-Jacksonville, FL |
1949-1971 |
| Gull |
Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National |
Boston, MA-
Halifax, NS
|
1930-1959 |
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Havana Special |
Pennsylvania, RF&P, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast |
New York, NY-Key West, FL (to 1935)
New York, NY-Miami, FL |
|
| Heartland Flyer |
Amtrak |
Oklahoma City, OK-Fort Worth, TX |
1999-06-14 - |
| Henry Hudson |
|
New York, NY-Albany, NY |
|
| Henry M. Flagler |
Florida East Coast |
Jacksonville, FL-Miami, FL |
1939-1940 |
| Hiawatha |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI |
|
| Hoosier |
Monon Railroad |
Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN |
1947- |
| Hoosier State |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN |
|
| Hot Springs Limited |
Missouri Pacific |
St. Louis, MO-Hot Springs, AR |
?-1948 |
| Hot Springs Special |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific |
Memphis, TN-Hot Springs, AR |
?-1949 |
| Humming Bird |
Louisville & Nashville, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad |
Chicago, IL/St. Louis, MO (originally Cincinnati, OH)-New Orleans, LA |
1946-1969 |
| Huron Shore Express |
Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
Bay City, MI-Alpena, MI |
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[edit] References
- ^ Johnson (1985) p.112
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