Major  Passenger Routes Operated by each Railroad
in the 1940s and 1950s

Western Railroads

This grouping includes railroads that operate into the western part of North America, even if they originate elsewhere.

Alaska Railroad

Seward to Anchorage

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Anchorage to Fairbanks

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Canadian National

CN Transcon (Vancouver to Toronto)

xxx

Portage la Prairie to Churchill

xxx

Sarnia to Toronto (via Guelph)

xxx

Windsor to Montreal

xxx

 

Canadian Pacific

CP Transcon (Vancouver to Toronto)

xxx

 

Great Northern

Seattle to Twin Cities

xxx

Grand Forks to Duluth

xxx

Twin Cities to Duluth

xxx

 

Milwaukee Road (Pacific Extension only)

Twin Cities to Seattle and Tacoma

xxx

 

Northern Pacific

Seattle to Twin Cities

xxx

Seattle to Vancouver, WA

xxx

Fargo to Duluth

xxx

Twin Cities to Duluth

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Pacific Great Eastern (later BC Rail)

North Vancouver to Fort Nelson

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Rio Grande

Colorado Joint Line

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Moffat Tunnel Route

xxx

Tennessee Pass Route

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Colorado Narrow Gauge

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Santa Fe

The passenger and freight Transcons are the same route between Los Angeles (or at least, San Bernardino) and Dalies (just west of Belen), and between Holliday (just west of Kansas City) and Chicago. The Chicago-Texas line is the same as the Transcon(s) as far west as Ellinor or Emporia, Kansas.

Passenger Transcon (via La Junta and Albuquerque)

Trains 3 & 4, California Limited (from 1885 but spotty until 1917; ends 6/6/1954)
Trains 3 & 4, "Passenger" (replaces Grand Canyon 23/24) (from 4/24/1955 to 4/27/1958)
                        (note: changes name from "Passenger" to "Mail Express" on 11/25/1956)
Trains 7 & 8, Fast Mail Express (since 1901, ends 6/15/1968)
Trains 17 & 18, Super Chief (since 5/10/1936, goes to Amtrak 5/30/1971)
                    (note: name changes to Super Chief-El Capitan on 1/12/1958)
Trains 19 & 20, Chief (since 11/14/1926, ends 6/15/1968)
Trains 21 & 22, El Capitan (since 2/20/1938, combines with Super Chief 1/12/1958)
Trains 23 & 24, Grand Canyon Limited (since 6/9/1929, ends 4/24/1955)
                                        (note: drops "Limited" from its name on 6/8/1947)
                (note: Grand Canyon resumes on 4/26/1964, ends on 4/30/1971)

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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"Freight" Transcon (via Clovis and Belen)

Trains 1 & 2, Scout (from 5/10/1936, ends 2/20/1949)
Trains 1 & 2, San Francisco Chief, (from 6/6/1954, ends 4/30/1971)
Trains 123 & 124, El Tovar (only 6/2/1946 to 9/29/1946)
Trains 123 & 124, Grand Canyon (from 4/2/1950 until 4/26/1964)

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Chicago to Texas

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 5 & 6, The Ranger √ √ (from KC only) — ends 5/29/60
Trains 11 & 12, Kansas Cityan/Chicagoan √ √ (Oklahoma City) √ (Dallas) ends 4/17-18/68
Trains 15 & 16, Fast Fifteen √ — —  
Trains 15 & 16, Texas Chief —

√

√

 to Amtrak, 5/1/71
Trains 27 & 28, The Antelope √ — —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Bakersfield to Richmond

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 1 & 2, San Francisco Chief —

√

√

 ends 4/30/1971
Trains 6 & 7 —

√

 √  
Trains 60, 61, 62 & 63, Golden Gate √ √ (61 & 63) —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Los Angeles to San Diego

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 70 & 75 √

√

—

  
Trains 71,72,73,74,78,79, San Diegan √ — —  
Trains 71 thru 79 (ex.75), San Diegan — √ —  
Trains 73 through 78, San Diegan — — √  
Trains 80 & 81 — √    

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Albuquerque to El Paso

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 13 & 14 √ √ √ ends 4/9/68

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Clovis to Temple

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 5 & 6, etc., The Ranger √ — —  
Trains 75 & 76, California Special √ √ √ ends 7/19-20/68

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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La Junta to Denver

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 9 & 10, Centennial State √ — —  
Trains 13 & 14 —

√

 —  
Trains 27 & 28 — — √  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Kansas City and Tulsa

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 47 & 48 √ √ √  
Trains 211 & 212, Tulsan √

√

√

  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Southern Pacific

Overland Route (west of Ogden)

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 21 & 22, Pacific Limited √ ends 10/3/47 —  
Trains 21 & 22, Mail starts 10/3/47 √ √ ends 11/16/67
Trains 23 & 24, Gold Coast √ ends 1/8/55 — ends after summer '64
Trans 27 & 28, SF Overland Limited √ √ —  
Trains 87 & 88, SF Challenger √ — —  
Trains 101 & 102, City of San Francisco √ (5 times/month) √ √ to Amtrak, 5/1/71

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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San Joaquin Route

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 25 & 26, Owl √ — —  
Trains 51 & 52, San Joaquin Daylight √ √ √ ends 4/30/1971
Trains 53 & 54, Sacramento Daylight — √ √ ends 4/30/1971
Trains 55 & 56 √ — —  
Trains 57 & 58, Owl — √ —  
Trains 59 & 60, West Coast √ √ —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Sunset Route

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 1 & 2, Sunset Limited √ √ √ to Amtrak, 5/1/71
Trains 3 & 4, Golden State Limited √ √ ends 5/31/1964 (streamliner from 1/48)
Trains 5 & 6, Argonaut √ √ ends 6/7/1958  
Trains 39 & 40, Imperial ? √ √ ends 8/17/67
Trains 43 & 44, Californian √ — —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Coast Route

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 69 & 70, Coaster √ — —  
Trains 71 & 72 √ — —  
Trains 75 & 76, Lark √ √ √  
Trains 90 & 91 — √ —  
Trains 94 & 95, Starlight — √ —  
Trains 98 & 99, Morning/Coast Daylight √ √ √ to Amtrak, 5/1/71

Northern parts only:

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 35 & 36, Del Monte √ — —  
Trains 37 & 38 (from San Luis Obispo) √ — —  
Trains 77 & 78, Del Monte — √ —  
Trains 126/141, Del Monte — — √  
1xx-series commute trains between San Jose and San Francisco 26 each way 26 each way 26 each way to Caltrans, 1985

At times of heavy demand, any train (except the commutes) might run in multiple sections.

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Shasta Route

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 9 & 10, Shasta Daylight — √ √  
Trains 11 & 12, Cascade — √ √  
Trains 15 & 16, West Coast √ — —  
Trains 17 & 18, Oregonian √ — —  
Trains 19 & 20, Klamath √ √ —  
Trains 23 & 24, Cascade/Beaver √ — —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Golden State Route

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 3 & 4, Golden State Limited √ √ √ (streamliner  1/48)
Trains 39 & 40, Imperial — √ √ ends 8/17/67
Trains 43 & 44, Californian √ — —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Spokane, Portland & Seattle

Portland to Spokane

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Union Pacific

Overland Route (Council Bluffs to Ogden)

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 1 & 2, Los Angeles Limited (reno. here 6/2/46) ends 1/10/54 —  
Trains 5 & 6, Mail & Express starts 11/7/54 √ √ ends 9/13/70
Trains 7 & 8, Challenger √ (ends 5/14/47) — —  
Trains 9 & 10, City of St. Louis (w. of Cheyenne) — √ √  
Trains 15 & 16, Columbine (Omaha-Denver) √ — —  
Trains 21/23/25 & 22/24/26, Pacific Limited √ (ends 6/2/46) — —  
Trans 27 & 28, SF Overland Limited √ √ √(Omaha - Laramie)  
Trains 37 & 38, Pony Express (w. of Cheyenne) √ ends 11/7/54 —  
Trains 87 & 88, SF Challenger √ — —  
Trains 101 & 102, City of San Francisco √ (5 times/month) √ √ to Amtrak, 5/1/71
Trains 103 & 104, City of Los Angeles √ (5 times/month) √ (daily, 5/14/47) √ ends 4/30/71
Trains 111 & 112, City of Denver (Omaha-Denver) √ √ City of Portland  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Salt Lake Route

Trains 1 & 2, Los Angeles Limited, (renumbered to these numbers 6/2/46, ends 1/10/54)
Trains 3 & 4, Transcontinental, (starts 6/2/46, ends 11/10/46)
Trains 3 & 4, Utahn, (starts 5/14/47 as Cheyenne connection with City of St. Louis, ends 4/29/51)
Trains 5 & 6, Mail & Express, (starts 11/7/54, ends 9/13/70
Trains 7 & 8, Challenger, (from before 1/42, ends 5/14/47)
Trains 9 & 10, City of St. Louis, (extended to LA 4/29/51, combined with City of Los Angeles
                        9/25/60, resumes 4/30/61, ends 4/26/64)
Trains 23 & 24, Pacific Limited, (from before 1/42, dropped by 6/46)
Trains 37 & 38, Los Angeles Limited, (from before 1/42, renumbered 6/2/46)
Trains 37 & 38, Pony Express, (starts 6/2/46, ends 11/7/54)
Trains 43 & 44, (unnamed), (starts 6/46, ends 5/47)
Trains 103 & 104, City of Los Angeles, (5 times/month from before 1/42, daily service from 5/14/47,
                        ends 4/30/71 with the start of Amtrak)
Trains 107 & 108, Challenger, (starts 1/54, combined with City of Los Angeles 4/56,
                        but runs as second section summers and holidays, resumes 6/2/57 - 9/29/57,
                        4/27/58 - 9/28/58, 4/26/59 - 9/27/59, 4/24/60 - 9/25/60, ends 9/25/60)
Trains 115 & 116, City of Las Vegas, (starts 12/18/56, reduced to three/week 1/58-5/58,
                        9/58 - 4/30/61, ends 4/30/61, resumes bi-weekly 9/24/61,
                        renamed Las Vegas Holiday Special, 6/62, ends 8/67)

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Oregon Route

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 1 & 2, City of Portland √ — —  
Trains 17 & 18, Portland Rose √ √ √  
Trains 25 & 26, Pacific Limited √ — —  
Trains 105 & 106, City of Portland — — √  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Kansas Pacific Route

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 9 & 10, City of St. Louis — √ √  
Trains 17 & 18, Portland Rose — — √  
Trains 37 & 38, Pony Express √ ends 11/7/54 —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Western Pacific

Oakland to Salt Lake City

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 1 & 2, Zephyrette — √ —  
Trains 11 & 12, Feather River Express √ — —  
Trains 17 & 18, California Zephyr — √ √  
Trains 39 & 40, Exposition Flyer √ — —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Central and Midwestern Railroads

Most north-south lines west of the "Mississippi" (i.e., of the Illinois Central's route) are included here.

Burlington-Rock Island

A joint operation of the CB&Q/C&S/FW&D and the Rock Island

Dallas-Fort Worth to Galveston

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Chicago & Alton

The Alton was merged into the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio in 1947.

Chicago to  St. Louis

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1964 October, 1966
Trains 1 & 4, The [Alton] Limited √ √ √ √
Trains 2 & 3, Abraham Lincoln √ √ √ √
Trains 5 & 6, The Mail [and previous names] √ √ √ √
Trains 7 & 8, The Fast Mail √ — — —
Trains 7 & 8, The Midnight Special — √ √ √
Trains 9 & 10, The Midnight Special √ — — —
Trains 18 & 19, The Ann Rutledge √ √ — —

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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

The Denver and Kansas City lines are the same as far as Galesburg. The Galesburg and Twin Cities lines are the same as far as Aurora

Chicago to Denver, via Burlington

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October 1964 October, 1966
Trains 1 & 10, Denver Zephyr √ √ √ √
Trains 3 & 12 √ — — —
Trains 6 & 19, Coloradoan — √ — —
Trains 7 & 8, The Mail — — √ √
Trains 7 & 14 — √ — —
Train 11, Advance Flyer √ — — —
Trains 15 & 32, The Mail — √ — —
Trains 17 & 18, California Zephyr — √ √ √
Trains 39 & 40, Exposition Flyer √ — — —
[Chicago-Omaha/Lincoln only]:  
Trains 3 & 30, Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr — √ √ √
Trains 5 & 30, Ak-Sar-Ben √ — — —
Trains 11 & 12, Nebraska Zephyr — √ √ √

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Chicago to Kansas City, via Quincy

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1964 October, 1966
Trains 35 & 36, Kansas City Zephyr — √ √ √
Trains 55 & 56 √ — — —
Trains 55 & 56, American Royal Zephyr — √ √ √

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Chicago to Twin Cities

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October 1964 October, 1966
Trains 21 & 22, Morning Zephyr √ √ √ √
Trains 23 & 24, Afternoon Zephyr √ √ √ √
Trains 25 & 26, North Coast Limited — √ √ √
Trains 31 & 32, Empire Builder — — √ √
Trains 44 & 49, Empire Builder √ √ — —
Trains 45 & 52 √ √ [ex.Sat.] — —
Trains 47 & 48, Blackhawk, etc. √ √ √ √
TRains 50 & 51, North Coast Limited √ — — —

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Burlington to St. Louis

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Lincoln, NE, to Billings, MT

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Chicago & Eastern Illinois

The Evansville and St. Louis lines are the same as far as Woodland, IL.

Chicago to Evansville

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Chicago to St. Louis

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Chicago Great Western

The Twin Cities to Omaha route is the same as TC to KC from the Twin Cities to Mayfield, MN, and as Chicago to Omaha, from Clarion, IA, to Omaha.

Chicago to Omaha

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Twin Cities to Kansas City

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Twin Cities to Omaha

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Chicago & Northwestern

Chicago to Omaha

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Chicago to Twin Cities

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Chicago to Milwaukee

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Milwaukee to Escanaba

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Twin Cities to Omaha

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Colorado & Southern

Laurel, MT, to Denver

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Denver, to FW&D

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Cotton Belt

East St. Louis to Corsicana, TX

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Memphis to Brinkley, AR

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Mount Pleasant, TX, to Fort Worth

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Fort Worth & Denver

C&S to Fort Worth

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Grand Trunk Western

Chicago to Sarnia

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Muskegon to Detroit

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Port Huron to Detroit

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Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe

Galveston to 'Red River'

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 5 & 6, The Ranger √ √ (from KC only) — ends 5/29/60
Trains 11 & 12, Kansas Cityan/Chicagoan √ √ (Oklahoma City) √ (Dallas) ends 4/17-18/68
Trains 15 & 16, Fast Fifteen √ — —  
Trains 15 & 16, Texas Chief —

√

√

 to Amtrak, 5/1/71
Trains 27 & 28, The Antelope √ — —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Clovis to Temple

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 5 & 6, etc., The Ranger √ — —  
Trains 75 & 76, California Special √ √ √ ends 7/19-20/68

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Gulf, Mobile & Ohio

St. Louis to Mobile

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Illinois Central

The Chicago to St. Louis and Chicago to New Orleans routes are the same from Chicago to Gilman, IL.

Chicago to Omaha

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Chicago to St. Louis

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Chicago to New Orleans

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Effingham to Indianapolis

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St. Louis to DuQuoin

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Fulton to Louisville

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Fulton to Birmingham

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Kansas City Southern

Kansas City to Port Arthur

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Dallas to New Orleans

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Milwaukee Road

Chicago to Twin Cities

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October 1964 October, 1966
Trains 1 & 4, Pioneer Limited √ √ √ √
Trains 2 & 3, Afternoon Hiawatha — — √ √
Trains 5 & 6, Morning Hiawatha √ √ √ √
Trains 14 & 55 √ √ — —
Trains 15 & 16, The Olympian √ — — —
Trains 15 & 16, The Olympian Hiawatha — √ — —
Trains 56 & 57, The Fast Mail √ √ — —
Trains 100 & 101, Afternoon Hiawatha √ √ — —

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Chicago to Omaha

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October 1964 October, 1966
Trains 102 & 103, The Midwest Hiawatha √ √ — —
Trains 103 & 104, City of LA/SF — — √ √
Trains 107 & 108, The Arrow √ — — —
Trains 111 & 112, City of Denver/Portland — — √ √
]Chicago-Savannah only]:  
Trains 19 & 20, The Arrow — — √ √
Trains 107 & 108, The Arrow — √ — —

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La Crescent to Kansas City

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Minneapolis & St. Louis

Twin Cities to Albia, IA

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Des Moines to Peoria

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Missouri-Kansas-Texas

Kansas City to Galveston, via both Fort Worth and Dallas

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Granger, TX, to San Antonio

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Missouri Pacific

St. Louis to Kansas City (via River Line and via Sedalia)

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Kansas City to Pueblo

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St. Louis to Laredo (via Bismark, MO, and via Chester, IL)

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Memphis to Bald Knob

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Fort Worth to Galveston

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Monon

Chicago to Indianapolis

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Michigan City to Louisville

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Nickel Plate

Chicago to Buffalo

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St. Louis to Detroit

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Peoria to Sandusky, OH

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Pere Marquette

Chicago to Buffalo via Grand Rapids and Detroit

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Ludington to Port Huron

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Saginaw to Toledo

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Rock Island

The line to Denver and to Tucumcari is the same between Chicago and Rock Island.

Chicago to Denver and Colorado Springs

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Chicago to Tucumcari

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Belleville, KS, to St. Louis

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Herington, KS, to Dallas

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Tucumcari to Memphis

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Twin Cities to Kansas City

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St. Louis San Francisco (Frisco)

St. Louis to Tulsa, Fort Worth, Quanah, and Avard

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Kansas City to Memphis, Birmingham and Pensacola

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Soo Line

Chicago to Twin Cities

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Twin Cities to Portal, ND

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Twin Cities to Sault Ste. Marie

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Texas & New Orleans (SP)

El Paso to New Orleans

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 1 & 2, Sunset Limited √ √ √ to Amtrak, 5/1/71
Trains 3 & 4, Acadian √ √ ends 9/56  
Trains 5 & 6, Argonaut √ √ ends 6/7/1958  
Trains 5 & 6, Argonaut (e. of Houston) √ √ ends 9/63  
Trains 7 & 8, Alamo √ ends 11/5/51 —  
Trains 7 & 8, Alamo (e. of Houston) √ ends 12/28/52 —  

At times of heavy demand, any train (except the commutes) might run in multiple sections.

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Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 13 & 14, Sunbeam √ ends 9/11/1955 —  
Trains 15 & 16, Hustler √ ends 8/11/54 —  
Trains 17 & 18, Owl √ √ ends 6/7/1958  

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Flatonia to Corsicana

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Houston to Brownsville

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Texas & Pacific (MoPac)

Sierra Blanca, TX, to Alexandria, LA, via Dallas-Fort Worth

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Wabash

Kansas City to Detroit

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St. Louis to Chicago

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Chicago to Toledo

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Eastern and Southern Railroads

This grouping includes railroads that originate in the eastern part of the United States, even though they also operate elsewhere.

Atlantic Coast Line

Richmond to Jacksonville and Tampa

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Baltimore & Ohio

The main lines to Chicago and St. Louis are the same as far as Cumberland, MD.

Washington to Philadelphia

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Washington/Baltimore to Cincinnati and St. Louis

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Washington/Baltimore to Pittsburgh and Chicago

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Cincinnati to Toledo

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Bangor & Aroostook

Bangor to Van Buren, ME

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Boston & Maine

Albany to Boston

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Springfield to Wells River

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Boston to Wells River

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Boston to Portland, ME

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Central of Georgia

Atlanta to Savannah

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Chattanooga to Orchard Hill

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Birmingham to Albany

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Athens to Americus

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Central of New Jersey

Jersey City to Philadelphia

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Bound Brook to Scranton

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Central Vermont

Montreal to New London

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Chesapeake & Ohio

Newport News to Cincinnati

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Washington, DC, to Clifton Forge

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Russell, KY, to Detroit

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Cincinnati to Chicago

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Clinchfield

No passenger service on any route by 1958.

Elkhorn City, KY, to Spartanburg, SC

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Delaware & Hudson

Montreal to Wilkes-Barre

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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western

Hoboken, NJ, to Buffalo, NY

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Erie

The Buffalo and Chicago lines are the same as far as Hornell, NY.

Hoboken, NJ, to Buffalo, NY

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Hoboken, NJ, to Chicago

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Florida East Coast

Jacksonville to Miami

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Grand Trunk

Montreal to Portland, ME

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Lehigh & New England

No passenger service by May, 1945.

 

Lehigh Valley

Jersey City to Buffalo

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Louisville & Nashville

Louisville to New Orleans

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Cincinnati to Atlanta

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Cincinnati to Louisville

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Evansville to Nashville

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Bowling Green to Memphis

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St. Louis to Nashville

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Maine Central

Portland to Bangor

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Monongahela

Pittsburgh to Fairmont

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Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis

The NC&St.L was merged into the L&N in 1957.

Nashville to Atlanta

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New Haven

New York City to Boston

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Norwalk to Pittsfield

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New Haven to Springfield

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New York Central

The routes to Chicago and St. Louis are the same as far as Berea (Cleveland), OH, and both are the same as the Empire-State Route as far as Buffalo, NY. The Berea to St. Louis and Berea to Cincinnati lines are the same as far as Galion, OH.

New York City to Buffalo (Empire-State Route)

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New York City to Chicago (Water-level Route)

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New York City to St. Louis

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Cleveland to Cincinnati (Big Four)

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Chicago to Cincinnati (Big Four)

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Chicago to Detroit (Michigan Central)

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Detroit to Buffalo (Canada Southern)

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New York, Ontario & Western

Weehawken to Scranton

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Cadosia to Oswego

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Norfolk & Western

Norfolk, VA, to Cincinnati

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Roanoke, VA, to Bristol, TN

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Portsmouth, OH, to Columbus, OH

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Pennsylvania

The routes to Harrisburg, Chicago, and St. Louis use the Northeast Corridor as far as Philadelphia. The routes to Chicago and St. Louis are the same as far as Pittsburgh, and are the same as the Harrisburg line all the way to Harrisburg.

New York City to Washington, DC (Northeast Corridor)

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New York City to Harrisburg

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Harrisburg to "Baltimore" (Port Road)

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New York City to Chicago (Broadway Route)

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 1 & 2, Pennsylvania Limited — √ —  
Trains 2 & 5, Pennsylvania Limited √ — —  
Trains 12 (SAt.)/16 (ex. Sat.) & 25, Duquesne — — √ Pittsburgh-NY
Trains 22 & 23, Manhattan Limited √ √ —  
Trains 22 & 23 (Tu-Sa)/43 (Su, M), Manhattan Limited — — √  
Trains 24 & 33, Juniata — — √ Pittsburgh-NY
Trains 28 & 29, Broadway Limited √ √ √ to Amtrak, 5/1/71
Train 35, Pittsburgh Night Express √ √ — from Philadelphia
Train 36, Philadelphia Night Express √ √ — from Pittsburgh
Train 37, Iron City Express √ — — NY-Pittsburgh
Trains 38 & 39, Clevelander √ √ — Cleveland-NY
Train 42, Rainbow √ — —  
Trains 48 & 49, General √ √ √  
Train 50, Admiral — — √  
Trains 50 & 51, Statesman √ — — Chicago-DC
Trains 52 & 45, Mail and Express (Pitt.-Chicago) — — √  
Train 52, Fort Pitt — √ —  
Train 53, Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh to Chicago) — √ √  
Train 54 & 55, Gotham Limited √ √ —  
Trains 54 & 55, Pennsylvania Limited — — √  
Trains 56/58 & 57/59, Liberty Limited √ √ (58 & 59 only) — Chicago-DC
Trains 60 & 61, Pittsburgher √ √ — Pittsburgh-NY
Trains 68 & 69, Red Arrow √ √ — Detroit-NY
Trains 70 & 71, Admiral √ √ —  
Trains 74 & 75, Duquesne √ √ — Pittsburgh-NY
Trains 76 & 77, Trail Blazer √ — —  
Train 79, Golden Arrow √ — —  
Trains 80 & 81, Red Arrow √ — — (Detroit-DC)

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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New York City to St. Louis

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 3 & 4, Penn Texas — √ √  
Train 7, mail-express, Pittsburgh to St. Louis ? ? √ to Amtrak, 5/1/71
Trains 13 & 14, Mail and Express ? √ √  
Trains 20 & 21, Indianapolis Limited — √ —  
Trains 30 & 31, Spirit of St. Louis √ √ —  
Train 31, Spirit of St. Louis — — √ (w. of Pitt.)  
Train 32, St. Louisan — — √  
Trains 32 & 33, St. Louisan √ √ —  
Trains 40 & 41, Cincinnati Limited √ √ — Cincinnati-NY
Trains 64 & 65, Jeffersonian √ — —  
Trains 66 & 67, American √ √ —  
Trains 86 & 87, The Buckeye (Columbus - Richmond) — — √  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Columbus to Cincinnati

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 40 & 41, Cincinnati Limited √ √ — Cincinnati-NY
Trains 77 & 78, Cincinnati Limited — — √ (Columbus only)

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Chicago to Cincinnati (Panhandle)

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 70 & 71 — — √  
Trains 74 & 75, The Buckeye — — √  
Trains 200 & 201, Southland √ √ —  
Trains 207 & 208, Union √ √ —  
Trains 215 & 216, Red Bird √ √ —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Chicago to Indianapolis and Louisville (Panhandle)

  May, 1945 October, 1955 October, 1966  
Trains 303 & 304 √ √ —  
Trains 308 & 309, South Wind √ (third day) √ (third day) —  

At times of heavy demand, any train might run in multiple sections.

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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie

Pittsburgh to Cleveland

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Reading

Philadelphia to Port Reading

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Philadelphia to Bethlehem

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Philadelphia to Williamsport

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Allentown to Harrisburg

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Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac

Alexandria, VA, to Richmond

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Seaboard Air Line

Richmond to Jacksonville

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Jacksonville to Miami

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Southern

Washington, DC, to New Orleans

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Bristol, TN, to Chattanooga

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Cincinnati to Atlanta

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St. Louis to Lexington, KY

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Harriman, TN, to Knoxville

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Chattanooga to Birmingham

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Memphis to Chattanooga

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Morrisville, TN to Charleston, SC

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Asheville to Salisbury

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Charlotte to Jacksonville

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Atlanta to Jacksonville

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Virginian

The Virginian was merged into the Norfolk & Western in 1959.

No passenger service on any route by 1958.

Norfolk to Deepwater

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Western Maryland

No passenger service on any route by 1958.

Baltimore to Connellsville

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Cumberland to Elkins

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