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

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Contents 1 S 2 T 3 V 4 W 5 X, Y, & Z 6 References

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Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Sacramento Daylight	Southern Pacific	Lathrop, CA-Sacramento, CA
Safety Express	Chessie System		1980 - 1981
Saint	Santa Fe	Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA
St. Clair		Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
St. Louis Limited	Wabash	Detroit, MI-St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Mule	Amtrak	St. Louis, MO-Kansas City, MO	?-2009
Salt City Express		New York, NY-Syracuse, NY
Salt Lake Special	Union Pacific	Butte, MT-Salt Lake City, UT
Sam Houston Zephyr	Burlington-Rock Island Railroad	Fort Worth, TX - Houston, TX	1936-1966
San Diegan	Amtrak	Santa Barbara, CA-San Diego, CA	1971-1999
San Diegan	Santa Fe	Los Angeles, CA-San Diego, CA	1938-1971
San Francisco Challenger	Southern Pacific and Union Pacific	Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA	1935-
San Francisco Chief	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA	1936-1971
San Francisco Overland Limited	Union Pacific
San Francisco Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA
San Joaquin Daylight	Southern Pacific	Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA	1941-1971
San Juan Express	Denver & Rio Grande Western	Alamosa, CO-Durango, CO	1937-1951
San Joaquin	Amtrak	Bakersfield, CA-Oakland, CA Bakersfield, CA-Sacramento, CA
Sangamon	Illinois Terminal Railroad
Santa Fe De Luxe	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA	1911-
Scout	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA
Seminole	Illinois Central Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line	Chicago,IL / St. Louis, MO-Jacksonville, FL	1940s-1960s
Senator	Pennsylvania Railroad and New Haven Railroad	Washington, DC-Boston, MA
Senator	Southern Pacific	Oakland, CA-Sacramento, CA
Shasta Daylight	Southern Pacific	Oakland, CA-Portland, OR	1949-1967
Shavano	Denver & Rio Grande Western	Salida, CO-Gunnison, CO	1937-1940
Shawnee		Chicago, IL-Carbondale, IL
Shelter Island Express	Long Island Rail Road	Long Island City-Greenport, New York	Name dropped by LIRR sometime in the 1980s
Shenandoah	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad	Washington, DC-Cincinnati, OH
Shoppers Special	Pere Marquette	Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI
Shoreland 400	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Green Bay, WI
Shreveporter	Louisiana and Arkansas	Hope, AR-Shreveport, LA	1928-1961
Silver Comet	Pennsylvania and Seaboard Air Line	New York, NY-Birmingham, AL
Silver Meteor	Seaboard Air Line, later Amtrak	New York, NY-Tampa, FL New York, NY-Miami, FL	1939-present
Silver Star	Seaboard Air Line, later Amtrak	New York, NY-Tampa, FL New York, NY-Miami, FL	1947-present
Silver Streak Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Kansas City, MO-Lincoln, NE	1940-
Silverliner Service		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Skyland Special	Southern Railway	Ashville / Charlotte, NC-Jacksonville, FL	1950s
Skunk	California Western Railroad	Fort Bragg, California-Willits, California	1926-
Somerset Hills Express	Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail, New Jersey Transit	Hoboken, New Jersey-Gladstone, New Jersey	1940s-2001
Soo-Dominian	Soo Line and Canadian Pacific	Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN-Vancouver, BC
South Shore Express	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH
South Wind	Florida East Coast,Pennsylvania, Louisville and Nashville,Atlantic Coast Line	Chicago, IL-Miami, FL	1940-
Southern Belle	Kansas City Southern	Kansas City, MO-New Orleans, LA	1940-1969
Southern Crescent		Boston, MA-New Orleans, LA
Southern Michigan Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Detroit, MI-Cheboygan, MI
Southerner	Pennsylvania and Southern	New York, NY-New Orleans, LA	1941-
Southerner	Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific	Kansas City, MO-New Orleans, LA	1925-
Southwest Chief	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA	1971-present
Southwest Limited	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL/Milwaukee, WI-Kansas City, MO	1903-1958
Southwestern Limited	New York Central	New York, NY-St Louis, MO
Speed Merchant	Boston and Maine	Boston, MA-Portland, ME
Spirit of California	Amtrak	Sacramento, CA-Los Angeles, CA	1981?-1983
Spirit of St. Louis	Pennsylvania	New York, NY-St Louis, MO
Sportsman	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI
Star	Lehigh Valley	New York, NY-Buffalo, NY
Starlight	Southern Pacific	Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA
State House	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-St. Louis, MO
State of Maine Express	New York, New Haven & Hartford Boston & Maine	New York, NY- Portland, ME	-1960
Statesman		Boston, MA-Washington, DC
Sundown		New York, NY-Boston, MA
Sun Tan Special	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, CA-Santa Cruz, CA
Sunbeam	Texas and New Orleans	Houston, TX-Dallas, TX	1925-1955
Sunland	Richmond, Fredricksburg, & Potomac and Seaboard Air Line	Washington,DC-Miami / Tampa, FL	1950s
Sunnyland	St.Louis-San Francisco RR St. Louis-San Francisco RR and Southern Ry	Memphis, TN-Pensacola, FL Memphis, TN-Atlanta, GA	1953
Sunrise Special	Long Island Rail Road		????-c.1935
Sunset Limited	Southern Pacific	Los Angeles, CA-New Orleans, LA	1926-1971
Sunset Limited	Amtrak	Los Angeles, CA-Orlando, FL	1971-present
Sunshine Special	Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific	St. Louis-San Antonio	1915-1948
Super Chief	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA	1936-1971
Suwanee River Special	Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Airline RR New York Central, Southern, Seaboard Michigan Central, Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Southern RR, Seaboard Airline RR St. Louis-San Francisco RR, Southern, Seaboard	Chicago IL-St. Petersburg, FL Buffalo, NY-St. Petersburg, FL Detroit, MI.-St. Petersburg, FL Cleveland, OH.-St.Petersburg, FL Cincinnati, OH-St.petersburg, FL Kansas City, MO-St. Petersburg, FL	1920s

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Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Tennessean	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, MO-Memphis, TN	1927–1948
Tennessean[1]	Southern, Norfolk and Western	Washington, DC-Memphis, TN	1941–1968
Texas Chief	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Galveston, TX	1936-1971
Texas Chief (renamed Lone Star in 1974)	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Houston, TX	1971-1974
Texas Eagle	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, MO - Galveston, TX / St. Louis, MO - San Antonio, TX / St. Louis, MO - El Paso, TX	1948- 1970
Texas Eagle	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-San Antonio, TX
Texas Rocket	Rock Island	Fort Worth, TX-Houston, TX Kansas City, MO-Dallas, TX	1937-1938 1938-
Texas Special	Katy - Frisco	St. Louis, MO-San Antonio, TX	1915-1965
Texas Zephyr	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	Denver, CO-Dallas, TX	1940-
Tex-Mex Express	Texas Mexican Railway	Corpus Christi, TX - Laredo, TX
Thoroughbred	Monon Railroad	Chicago, IL-Louisville, KY	1948-
Three Rivers	Amtrak	New York, NY-Chicago, IL	1995-2005
Timberliner	New York Central	Detroit, MI-Mackinaw City, MI	-1962
Tippecanoe	Monon Railroad	Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN	1947-
Toledo - Detroit Express	New York Central	Detroit, MI-Toledo, OH
Tom Taber Express	Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail, New Jersey Transit	Hoboken, New Jersey-Dover, New Jersey	1940s-1996
Torpedo	Ann Arbor	Frankfort, MI-Toledo, OH
Tourist Flyer	Santa Fe	San Francisco, CA-Chicago, IL
Trail Blazer	Pennsylvania	Chicago, IL-Pittsburgh, PA	1939-1959
Treasure Island Special	Union Pacific	Chicago, IL-San Francisco, CA	1939-
The Tulsan	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Tulsa, Oklahoma
Turboliner	Amtrak	New York, NY-upstate New York (exact route unknown) Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI	1970s–1995 mid-1970s–early 1980s
Turbo (train)	USDOT / New Haven Railroad, Penn Central, Amtrak	New York, NY-Boston, MA	1968-
Twentieth Century Limited	New York Central	New York, NY-Chicago, IL	1902-1967
Twilight Limited	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Twilight Limited	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Twin Cities 400	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago,IL-Minneapolis,MN-Saint Paul, MN	1935–1963
Twin Cities Hiawatha	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN	1935-
Twin Star Rocket	Rock Island	Minneapolis, MN-Houston, TX	1945-

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Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Valley 400	Chicago and North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-Green Bay, WI
Valley Eagle	Missouri Pacific	Brownsville, TX - Corpus Christi, TX - Houston, TX
Valley Express	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Valley Flyer	Santa Fe	Oakland, CA-Bakersfield, CA
Valley Forge		New York, NY-Harrisburg, PA
Valpo Local	Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Valparaiso, Ind	1869-1991
Vermonter	Amtrak	Washington, DC-St. Albans, VT
Viking	Chicago & Northwestern Railway	Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN

[edit] W

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Wabash Cannonball	Wabash	Detroit, MI-St. Louis, MO	??-1971
Wall Street	Reading and Jersey Central	Philadelphia, PA-New York, NY
Washington - Detroit Limited	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Detroit, MI-Baltimore, MD
Washington Irving	New York Central	New York, NY-Albany, NY
Water Level Express	New York Central	New York, NY-Buffalo, NY
Water Level Limited	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH
Western Express	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Western Star	Great Northern		1951-1971
Whippoorwill	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, IL-Evansville, IN	1946-
Will Rodgers	St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Winnipeg Express	Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and Canadian Pacific	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB	1909–1928
Winnipeg Limited	Great Northern	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB
Winnipeger	Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and Canadian Pacific (1928–1960) Soo Line and Canadian Pacific (1961–1967)	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB
Wolverine	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Pontiac, MI
Wolverine	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI-New York, NY

[edit] X, Y, & Z

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Xplorer	New York Central	Cleveland, OH-Cincinnati, OH	1956-
Yankee Clipper	New Haven Railroad	New York City (Grand Central Terminal) - Boston, Massachusetts	circa 1930
Zephyr Rocket	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Rock Island	St. Louis, MO-Minneapolis, MN	1941-
Zephyrette	Western Pacific	Salt Lake City, UT-Oakland, CA	1950-1960

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