This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning S through Z.
S
| 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 |
|
| Salt City Express |
|
New York, NY-Syracuse, NY |
|
| 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 Joaquins |
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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
| South Shore Express |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH |
|
| South Wind |
Florida East Coast and Pennsylvania |
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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
T
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Tennessean |
Missouri Pacific |
St. Louis, MO-Memphis, TN |
1927-1948 |
| Tennessean |
Southern |
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 |
|
| 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 |
1940- |
| 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 |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI |
|
| Twin Cities 400 |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago,IL-Minneapolis,MN-Saint Paul, MN |
|
| Twin Cities Hiawatha |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, IL-St. Paul, MN |
1935- |
| Twin Star Rocket |
Rock Island |
Minneapolis, MN-Houston, TX |
1945- |
| 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 |
|
W
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Wabash Cannonball |
Wabash |
Detroit, MI-St. Louis, MO |
??-1971 |
| 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 Limited |
Great Northern |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB |
|
| Winnipeger |
Soo Line and Canadian Pacific |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Winnipeg, MB |
–March 1967 |
| Wolverine |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL-Pontiac, MI |
|
| Wolverine |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL-New York, NY |
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