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

Contents

D

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  

E

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

1946-19551
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(?)

F

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated
Fast Mail Michigan Central New York, NY-Chicago, IL  
Fast Mail New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH  
Fast Mail New York Central New York, NY-Detroit, MI  
Fifth Avenue Special New York Central Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH  
Fireball Ann Arbor Toledo, OH-Frankfort, MI  
Firefly Frisco Kansas City, MO-Oklahoma City, OK 1939-1960
Florida Arrow      
Florida Special Atlantic Coast Line    
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  
Fort Crevecouer Illinois Terminal Railroad    
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  

G

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints Operated
Gateway New York Central Cleveland, OH-St. Louis, MO  
General Pershing Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy    
General Pennsylvania    
General Wood St. Louis-San Francisco    
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
Governor's Special Illinois Central Chicago, IL-Springfield, IL 1968-1971
Grand Canyon Santa Fe    
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

H

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  

References

  1. ^ Johnson (1985) p.112
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