This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning N through R.
N
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Nancy Hanks II |
Central of Georgia |
Atlanta, GA-Savannah, GA |
1947-1971 |
| Napa Valley Wine Train |
Napa Valley Railroad |
Napa, CA-St. Helena, CA |
1989- |
| Narragansett |
Pennsylvania Railroad - New Haven Railroad via Pennsylvania Station (New York City) |
Philadelphia, PA-Boston, MA |
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| National Limited |
Baltimore & Ohio |
Kansas City, MO-Washington, DC
Kansas City, MO-New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA-Washington, DC
Los Angeles, CA-New York, NY |
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| Nebraska Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Chicago, IL-Lincoln, NE |
1947- |
| New England States |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Boston, MA |
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| New England Wolverine |
New York Central |
Detroit, MI-Boston, MA |
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| New Royal Palm |
Southern Railway, Florida East Coast Railway, connections with New York Central Railroad |
Cincinnati, OH-Miami, FL |
1949-1955 |
| New York & Boston Special |
Michigan Central |
Chicago, IL-Boston, MA |
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| New York Special |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH
Chicago, IL-Buffalo, NY |
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| New Yorker |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
|
| Niagara Falls & Eastern Express |
Michigan Central |
Chicago, IL-Boston, MA |
|
| Niagara Rainbow |
|
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
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| Night Express |
Central Vermont |
New York, NY-Montreal, PQ |
|
| Night Express |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH |
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| Night Express |
Grand Rapids & Indiana |
Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI |
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| Night Express |
Pere Marquette |
Chicago, IL-Traverse City, MI |
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| Night Owl |
|
Washington, DC-Boston, MA |
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| Noon Daylight |
Southern Pacific |
|
1940- |
| Noon Flyer |
Grand Rapids & Indiana |
Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI |
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| North Coast Hiawatha |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL-Seattle, WA |
1971-1979 |
| North Coast Limited |
Northern Pacific |
|
1900-1970 |
| North Shore Limited |
New York Central |
New York, NY-Chicago, IL |
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| North Star |
Pennsylvania |
Chicago, IL-Mackinaw City, MI |
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| North Woods Hiawatha |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, IL-Minocqua, WI |
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| Northern Arrow |
Pennsylvania |
Cincinnati, OH-Mackinaw City, MI |
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| Northern Michigan Express |
Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
Detroit, MI-Cheboygan, MI |
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| Northern Michigan Special |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, IL- |
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| Northerner |
New York Central |
Detroit, MI-Mackinaw City, MI |
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| Northland Express |
Pennsylvania |
Cincinnati, OH-Mackinaw City, MI |
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O
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Ohio Special |
New York Central |
Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Ohio State Limited |
New York Central |
New York, NY-Cincinnati, OH |
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| Oklahoman |
St. Louis-San Francisco |
St. Louis, MO-Oklahoma City, OK |
1965-1967 |
| Old Dominion |
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac |
Washington, DC-Richmond, VA |
1947- |
| Olympian |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington |
May 28, 1911 - January 28, 1947 |
| Olympian Hiawatha |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington |
January 29, 1947 - May 22, 1961 |
| Orange Blossom Special |
Seaboard Air Line Railroad |
New York City - Miami |
1925-1953 |
| Oriental Limited |
Great Northern |
Chicago, Illinois - Seattle, Washington |
1905-1931; 1947-1951 |
| Overland Flyer |
Union Pacific |
|
1887-1890 |
| Overland Limited |
Union Pacific |
|
1890-1963 |
| Owl |
Southern Pacific |
San Francisco, CA-Los Angeles, CA |
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| Ozark State Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
|
|
P
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Pacific Express |
Michigan Central |
New York, NY-Chicago, IL |
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| Pacific International |
|
Seattle, Washington-Vancouver, BC |
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| Pacific Limited |
Grand Trunk Western |
Chicago, IL-Montreal, PQ |
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| Pacific Surfliner |
Amtrak |
San Diego, CA-Paso Robles, CA |
2000- |
| Palmetto |
Amtrak |
New York, NY-Savannah, GA |
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| Pan American |
Louisville & Nashville |
Cincinnati, OH-New Orleans, LA |
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| Panama Limited |
Illinois Central |
Chicago, IL-New Orleans, LA |
1908-1971 |
| Peninsula 400 |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
Chicago, IL-Ishpeming, MI |
1942- |
| Peninsular |
Pere Marquette |
Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI |
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| Penn Texas |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY-St Louis, MO |
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| Pennsy Aerotrain |
Pennsylvania |
|
1956-1956 |
| Pennsylvania Limited |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
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| Peoria Rocket |
Rock Island |
Chicago, IL-Peoria, IL |
1937- |
| Pere Marquette |
Amtrak |
Chicago, IL-Grand Rapids, MI |
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| Pere Marquette |
Pere Marquette |
Detroit, MI-Grand Rapids, MI |
1946-1947 |
| Piedmont |
Amtrak |
Raleigh, NC-Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Phoebe Snow |
Lackawanna, Erie Lackawanna |
Hoboken, NJ-Buffalo, NY as DL&W
Hoboken, NJ-Chicago, IL as EL |
1949-1961, reinstated 1963-1966 |
| Pilgrim |
|
New York, NY-Boston, MA |
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| Pine Tree Acadian |
Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National |
Boston, MA-Halifax, NS |
1929 |
| Pioneer Limited |
Milwaukee Road |
Chicago, IL-Minneapolis, MN |
1898-1970; |
| Pioneer Zephyr |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
Kansas City, Missouri-Omaha, Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska
Galesburg, Illinois-Springfield, Missouri
|
1934-1960 |
| Ponce De Leon |
New York Central |
Detroit, MI-Cincinnati, OH |
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| Pony Express |
New Jersey Transit |
Hoboken, New Jersey-Monmouth Park Racetrack |
1980-2006 |
| Potatoland Special |
Bangor & Aroostook |
Bangor-Van Buren, Maine |
-1959 |
| Powhatan Arrow |
Norfolk & Western |
Norfolk, VA-Cincinnati, OH |
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| Prairie State |
New York Central |
Chicago, IL-Toledo, OH |
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| Prospector |
Rio Grande |
Denver, CO-Salt Lake City, UT/Ogden, UT |
1941-1942; 1945-1967 |
| Puget Sound |
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Seattle, Washington-Portland, Oregon |
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Q
R
| Train Name |
Railroad |
Train Endpoints |
Operated |
| Rainbow Special |
Missouri Pacific |
Little Rock, AR-Kansas City, MO |
1921-1954 |
| Rebel |
Gulf, Mobile & Northern |
New Orleans, LA-Jackson, TN |
1935-1940 |
| Red Arrow |
Pennsylvania |
New York, NY-Detroit, MI |
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| Red River |
Great Northern |
St. Paul, MN-Grand Forks, ND |
1950- |
| Regional |
Amtrak |
Boston, MA-Newport News, VA |
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| Resort Special |
Pere Marquette |
Detroit, MI/Chicago, IL-Bay View, MI |
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| Rio Grande Zephyr |
Rio Grande |
Denver, CO-Salt Lake City, UT |
1970-1983 |
| Rocky Mountain Rocket |
Rock Island |
Kansas City, MO-Denver, CO |
1939- |
| Royal Blue |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Railroad |
Jersey City, New Jersey-Washington, DC |
1890-1958 |
| Royal Palm |
Southern, Florida East Coast Railway, connections with New York Central Railroad |
Cincinnati, OH-Miami, FL |
1920s-1970 |
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