List of named passenger trains of the United States (S-Z)

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

List of named passenger trains in the United States

A–B C D–H I–M N–R S–Z

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

S

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Sacramento Daylight	Southern Pacific	Lathrop, CA-Sacramento, CA	1946-1971
Safety Express	Chessie System		1980 - 1981
Saint	Santa Fe	Los Angeles, CA-San Francisco, CA
St. Clair	Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI	1971-1980
St. Lawrence Express	New York Central	New York City-Utica, New York
St. Louis Limited	Wabash	Detroit, MI-St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Mule	Amtrak	St. Louis, MO-Kansas City, MO	1980–2009
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-
Scenic Limited	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, MO-Pueblo, CO	1915-
Scout	Santa Fe	Chicago, IL-Los Angeles, CA
Scranton Flyer	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Philadelphia, PA-Scranton, PA
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, NY	1901–1903, 1923–1942
Shenandoah	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad	Washington, DC-Cincinnati, OH
Shinnecock Bay Express	Long Island Rail Road	Long Island City-Montauk, NY	1926-1950
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	Seaboard Air Line	New York, NY-Birmingham, AL	1947-1969
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
Sioux	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL – Rapid City, SD (1929–1951); Chicago, IL – Canton, SD (1951–1961); Chicago, IL – Madison, WI (1961–1971)	1929–1971
Skyland Special	Southern	Ashville, NC/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-Dominion	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	1970-1979
Southern Michigan Express	Detroit and Mackinac Railway	Detroit, MI-Cheboygan, MI
Southern Scenic	Missouri Pacific	Memphis, TN-Kansas City, MO	1931 - 1952
Southerner	Pennsylvania and Southern	New York, NY-New Orleans, LA	1941-1970
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 Amtrak	New York, NY-St Louis, MO	1927-1971
Sportsman	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI
Star	Lehigh Valley	New York, NY-Buffalo, NY
Star	Missouri Pacific	Fort Worth, TX-Galveston, TX	1926-1936
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	1913-1960
Statesman		Boston, MA-Washington, DC
Sundown		New York, NY-Boston, MA
Sunflower	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, MO-Wichita, KS	1924-
Sun Tan Special	Southern Pacific	San Francisco, CA-Santa Cruz, CA
Sunbeam	Texas and New Orleans	Houston, TX-Dallas, TX	1925-1955
Sunland	Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac and Seaboard Air Line	Washington, DC-Miami and Tampa, FL	1950s
Sunnyland	Frisco Frisco and Southern	Memphis, TN-Pensacola, FL Memphis, TN-Atlanta, GA	1953
Sunrise Special	Pennsylvania Railroad Long Island Rail Road	Pittsburgh, PA-Montauk, NY	1922-1942
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 Air Line New York Central, Southern, Seaboard Air Line Michigan Central, Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Air Line Big Four, Southern, Seaboard Air Line Southern, Seaboard Air Line Frisco, Southern, Seaboard Air Line	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

T

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
Texan	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, MO-Fort Worth, TX / Houston, TX
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	1940-1967
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
Tomahawk^[2]	Milwaukee Road	Chicago, IL - Woodruff, WI
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-
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	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	1976-2004
Twilight Limited	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI	-1971
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-

V

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	Oct 31, 1948 - July 1, 1962
Valley Express	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Valley Flyer	Santa Fe	Oakland, CA-Bakersfield, CA
Valley Forge	Amtrak	New York, NY-Harrisburg, PA	1973-1990
Valpo Local	Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak	Chicago, IL-Valparaiso, Ind	1869-1991
Vermonter	Amtrak	Washington, DC-St. Albans, VT
Viking	Chicago & North Western Railway	Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN

W

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	Operated
Wabash Cannon Ball	Wabash	Detroit, MI-St. Louis, MO	1949-1971
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
West Virginian	Amtrak	Washington, D.C.-Parkersburg, WV	1971-1972
West Virginian	Baltimore & Ohio	New York-Parkersburg, WV	-1962
Western Express	New York Central	Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Western Star	Great Northern	Chicago, IL-Seattle, WA & Portland, OR	1951-1971
Westerner	Missouri Pacific	St. Louis, MO - Kansas City, MO
Whippoorwill	Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad	Chicago, IL-Evansville, IN	1946-1948
Will Rodgers	St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Willamette Valley	Amtrak	Portland, OR - Eugene, OR	1980-1982
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

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

Notes

^ Norfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, p. 8
^ Milwaukee Road, September 24, 1950 timetable, pp. 8, 11, 25

References

Maiken, Peter (1989). Night Trains: The Pullman System in the Golden Years of American Rail Travel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4503-3.

List of named passenger trains in the United States

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List of named passenger trains of the United States (S-Z)

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Notes

References