Train Name
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Railroad
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Train Endpoints in a typical
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Operated
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Dakota 400
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Chicago & North Western
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Chicago, Illinois - Rapid City, South Dakota
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1950-1960
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Dakota Express
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Chicago & North Western
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St. Paul, Minnesota - Pierre, South Dakota
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1897-1901; 1911-1913; 1919-1923
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Dakota Express
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Great Northern
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St. Paul, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota
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1903-1909
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Dakota Express
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Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
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St. Paul, Minnesota - Bismarck, North Dakota
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1911-1918
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Dakotan
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Great Northern
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Williston, North Dakota - St. Paul, Minnesota
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1947-1971
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Dallas Express
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Katy Railroad
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Dallas, Texas - Shreveport, Louisiana
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1903-1920
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Dan'l Webster
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New Haven
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New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts
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1957-?
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Dartmouth
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New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont
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New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont - Berlin, New Hampshire
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1928-1944; 1956
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Davy Crockett
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San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
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San Antonio, Texas - Houston, Texas
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1903-1915
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Day Cape Codder
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New Haven
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New York, New York - Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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1937-1944; 1946-1958; 1960-1964
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Day Coach De Luxe
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New York Central
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New York, New York - Buffalo, New York
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1929-1935
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Day Express
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New York Central
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New York, New York - Rochester, New York
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1890-1916
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Day Express
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Pennsylvania
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New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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1874-1942
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Day Express
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Erie Railroad
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New York, New York - Buffalo, New York
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1868-1870; 1874-1879; 1885-1915
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Day Express
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New Haven
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New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts
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1881-1911
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Day Express
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
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Chicago, Illinois - Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1910-1938
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Day Express
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
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Indianapolis, Indiana - Peoria, Illinois
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1917-1941
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Day Express
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Illinois Central, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
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St. Louis, Missouri - Nashville, Tennessee
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1900-1914 (the Illinois Central had many trains with this name and many destinations)
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Day Express
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
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Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska
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1903-1904; 1913-1918
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Day Express
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Chicago Great Western Railway
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Saint Paul, Minnesota - Omaha, Nebraska
|
1904-1910
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Day Express
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Great Northern Railway
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Duluth, Minnesota
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1910-1918
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Day White Mountains
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New Haven and Boston & Maine
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New York, New York - White River Junction, Vermont
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1926-1940; 1943-1956 (pre-1947 called the 'Day White Mountains Express')
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Daylight Express
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St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
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Kansas City, Missouri - Memphis, Tennessee
|
1902-1906
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Daylight Express
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Florida East Coast Railway
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Jacksonville, Florida - Miami, Florida
|
1941-1959
|
Daylight Flyer
|
Alton Railroad
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St. Louis, Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri
|
1908-1927
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Daylight Flyer
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
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Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri
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1914-1918; 1923-1927
|
Daylight Limited
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Southern Pacific
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San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California
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1922-1939 (after 1928 called the 'Daylight')
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Daylight Limited
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Illinois Central
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Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri
|
1897-1958 (pre-1931 called the 'Daylight Special')
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Daylight Limited
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Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
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Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio
|
1911-1918; 1924-1932
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Daylight Speedliner
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
1957-1962
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Daylight Train
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Cincinnati, Ohio
|
1906-1916
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Dayton Express
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Pennsylvania
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Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio
|
1928-1933
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Daytonian
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Pennsylvania
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Chicago, Illinois - Dayton, Ohio
|
1946-1948
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De Luxe
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Santa Fe
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Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California
|
1911-1917
|
Dearborn
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
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Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri
|
1925-1933
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Del Monte
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Southern Pacific
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Monterey, California - San Francisco, California
|
1919-1971
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Del-Mar-Va Express
|
Pennsylvania
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New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia
|
1926-1957
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Delaware Valley Express
|
Pennsylvania (and successor lines)
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Trenton, New Jersey
|
1962-1978
|
Delta Eagle
|
Missouri Pacific
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Memphis, Tennessee - Tallulah, Louisiana
|
1941-1954
|
Delta Express
|
Illinois Central
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Memphis, Tennessee - Greenville, Mississippi
|
1927-1933; 1950-1964
|
Denali Star
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Alaska Railroad
|
Anchorage, Alaska - Fairbanks, Alaska
|
?-present
|
Denver and Eastern Express
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad
|
San Francisco, California - Denver, Colorado
|
1918-1930
|
Denver Express
|
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - Alamosa, Colorado
|
1900-1901; 1912-1914
|
Denver Express
|
Colorado Midland Railway
|
Denver, Colorado - Ogden, Utah
|
1913-1918
|
Denver Express
|
Wabash, Union Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Denver, Colorado - Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
1916-1933
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Denver Express
|
Santa Fe
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Denver, Colorado - La Junta, Colorado
|
1906-1915
|
Denver Limited
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
Kansas City, Missouri - Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
1910-1915
|
Denver Limited
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado - St. Louis, Missouri
|
1935-1941
|
Denver Limited
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
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Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado
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1910-1917; 1929-1930
|
Denver Special
|
Union Pacific Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado
|
1911-1917; 1921-1930
|
Denver Zephyr
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (1936–1971) Amtrak (1971–1973)
|
Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado
|
1936-1973
|
Denver - Cripple Creek Express
|
Colorado Midland Railway
|
Denver, Colorado - Cripple Creek, Colorado
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1913-1916
|
Des Moines Express
|
Chicago Great Western Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa
|
1923-1930
|
Des Moines Limited
|
Wabash
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Des Moines, Iowa
|
1940-1959
|
Des Moines Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa
|
1950-1967
|
Des Moines - Chicago Rocket
|
Rock Island
|
Chicago, Illinois - Des Moines, Iowa
|
1941-1949
|
Des Moines - Omaha Limited
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Rock Island
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Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska
|
1948-1952
|
Desert Wind
|
Amtrak
|
Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois
|
1979-1997
|
Detroit and Kalamazoo Express
|
Michigan Central Railroad
|
Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan
|
1914-1928
|
Detroit and New York Express
|
Grand Trunk Western, Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois
|
1902-1916
|
Detroit Arrow
|
Pennsylvania and Wabash
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan
|
1935-1949
|
Detroiter
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan
|
|
Detroit Express
|
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
|
Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota
|
1890-1892; 1901-1916
|
Detroit Express
|
Grand Trunk Western
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan
|
1903-1916
|
Detroit Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
1929-1958
|
Detroit Express
|
Wabash, Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan
|
1939-1941
|
Detroit Express
|
Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan
|
1919-1935
|
Detroit Express
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
1926-1931
|
Detroit Limited
|
Wabash
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan
|
1939-1968
|
Detroit Mail and Express
|
Detroit and Mackinac Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Alpena, Michigan
|
1921-1935
|
Detroit Night Express
|
Michigan Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan (with through cars to northern Michigan)
|
1893-1941
|
Detroit Night Express
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - St. Louis, Missouri
|
1952-1958
|
Detroit Special
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Detroit, Michigan
|
1913-1931; 1936-1940; 1946-1948
|
Detroit Special
|
Wabash (train renamed train Wabash Cannon Ball in 1950)
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan
|
1939-1949
|
Detroit - Cleveland Special
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio
|
1926-1931
|
Detroit - Toledo Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan - Cincinnati, Ohio
|
1917-1928
|
Detroit - Toledo Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Detroit, Michigan
|
1930-1935
|
Detroit - Washington Limited
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Detroit, Michigan - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
1925-1930
|
Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo Express
|
Michigan Central
|
Detroit, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan - Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
1895-1906; 1901-1913
|
Detroiter
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Detroit, Michigan
|
1911-1958
|
DeWitt Clinton
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York - Toronto, Ontario
|
1927-1946; 1949; 1957-1960
|
DeWitt Clinton
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Albany, New York
|
1974-1980; 1984; 1991
|
Diamond
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri
|
1892-1946
|
Diplomat
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey
|
St. Louis, Missouri - Washington, DC - Jersey City, New Jersey
|
1930-1961
|
Diplomat
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Washington, D.C.
|
1964-1968
|
Dirigo
|
Maine Central Railroad Company, Boston and Maine
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Bangor, Maine
|
1951-1955
|
Dixiana
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida
|
1942
|
Dixie Express
|
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Louisville & Nashville
|
Chicago, Illinois - New Orleans, Louisiana
|
1925-1927; 1932-1933; 1943-1946
|
Dixie Flagler
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida
|
1940-1954
|
Dixie Flyer
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line
|
Chicago, Illinois - Jacksonville, Florida (with through trains to southern Florida many years)
|
1892-1969
|
Dixie Limited
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida
|
1923-1953; 1958
|
Dixie Mail
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois - Evansville, Indiana
|
1932-1949
|
Dixieland
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast
|
Chicago, Illinois - Miami, Florida - Tampa, Florida
|
1938-1942; 1947-1949; 1955-1957
|
Dominion
|
Canadian Pacific, Michigan Central Railroad
|
Montreal, QC/Toronto, ON – Chicago
|
1915-1920
|
Dominion Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Washington, DC - Buffalo, New York
|
1913-1958
|
Dominion-Overseas
|
Michigan Central Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec
|
1923-1942
|
Down Easter (group of trains)
|
New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National
|
New York, New York - Portland, Maine (with through cars to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and through cars to Plymouth, New Hampshire
|
1927-1942; 1949-1950
|
Downeaster
|
Amtrak
|
Boston, Massachusetts - Brunswick, Maine
|
2002–present
|
Dubuque Express
|
Illinois Central
|
Chicago, Illinois - Waterloo, Iowa
|
1906-2909; 1919-1931
|
Duluth and Ashland Express
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota
|
1910-1915
|
Duluth and Boston Express
|
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
|
?
|
Duluth and Crookston Night Express
|
Great Northern
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Crookston, Minnesota
|
1906-1914
|
Duluth and Grand Forks Day Express
|
Great Northern
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
1906-1924
|
Duluth and Grand Forks Night Express
|
Great Northern
|
Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
1906-1909; 1915-1946
|
Duluth Express
|
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
|
Mackinaw City, Michigan - Duluth, Minnesota
|
1890-1902; 1905-1916
|
Duluth - Superior Express
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota
|
1909-1915
|
Duluth-Superior Limited
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin - Duluth, Minnesota
|
1900; 1906-1961
|
Duquesne
|
Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1968 Penn Central, in 1971 Amtrak
|
New York, New York - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
1921-1971
|
Duquesne Limited (later Duquesne Express)
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Jersey City, New Jersey - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
1900-1917
|