I would consider one of the following (NOTICE: This may be a bit long to read):
1: One daily roundtrip
2: Two daily round trips
3: Three daily roundtrips
4: Four daily roundtrips
+: Additional overnight service (consist includes one locomotive, one sleeper and/or
coach car)
@: Consist includes one locomotive, one baggage car (optional), four coaches and/or
dome cars (use of dome cars is optional), one café, and one observation car
#: Consist includes one locomotive, two coaches, and one café car (optional use of self propelled railcars)
1. The Twin Cities 400 from Chicago to St. Paul via Wyeville, WI (Chicago and North
Western) ²@
2. The Minnesota 400 from Chicago to Mankato MN (Chicago and North Western) ¹@
3. The Peninsula 400 from Chicago to Ishpeming, MI (Chicago and North Western) ¹@
4. The Flambeau 400 from Chicago to Ashland, WI (Chicago and North Western) ¹@
5. The Ashland Limited from Chicago to Ashland, WI via New London, WI (Chicago and
North Western) ¹@
6. The Namekagon from St. Paul, MN to Ashland, WI (Chicago and North Western) ²#
7. The Copper County Limited from Chicago to Calumet, MI (Milwaukee Road) ¹@
8. North Woods Hiawatha from Chicago to Minocqua, WI (Milwaukee Road) ¹@
9. Arrow from Chicago to Omaha (Milwaukee Road) ¹@+
10. Southwest Limited from Chicago to Kansas City via Davenport, IA (Milwaukee Road)
¹@+
11. Peoria Rocket from Chicago to Peoria, IL (Rock Island) ⁴#
12. Zephyr Rocket from St. Louis to Minneapolis (Rock Island and Burlington Route) ²@+
13. Ozark State Zephyr from St. Louis to Kansas City via Mexico, MO (Burlington Route)
²#+
14. Silver Streak Zephyr from Lincoln, NE to Kansas City via Omaha (Burlington Route) ⁴#
15. Twin Cities Zephyr from Chicago to St. Paul via Dubuque, IA (Burlington Route) ²@+
16. Aroostook Flyer from Bangor to Van Buren, ME (Bangor and Aroostook) ²#+
17. The City of Memphis from Nashville to Memphis (Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis)
²@
18. The Butte Special from Salt Lake City to Butte, MT (Union Pacific) ¹#
19. Yellowstone Special from Salt Lake City to West Yellowstone, MT (Union Pacific) ¹@
20. Northwest Special Salt Lake City to Spokane, WA via Walla Walla, WA (Union Pacific)
²@
21. The Black Diamond from New York to Buffalo via Allentown (Lehigh Valley) ²@+
22. Shenandoah from Washington DC to Cincinnati via Parkesburg, WV (Baltimore and
Ohio/Amtrak)²*
23. Cincinnatian from Cincinnati to Detroit (Baltimore and Ohio) ²@+
24. Winnipegger from St. Paul to Winnipeg (Soo Line) ²@
25. The Laker from Chicago to Duluth, MN via Spencer, WI (Soo Line) ¹@
26. Green Mountain Flyer from Boston to Montreal via Burlington, VT (Rutland Railroad)
²@+
27. The Augusta Special from Charlotte to Augusta, GA (Southern Railroad) ²#
28. The Goldenrod from Birmingham, AL to Mobile, AL (Southern Railroad) ¹@
29. The Savanah Special from Charlotte, NC to Savanah, GA (Southern Railroad) ²@
30. Tulsan from Kansas City to Tulsa (Santa Fe Railroad) ²#
31. The Angelo from Dallas to Amarillo via San Angelo, TX (Santa Fe Railroad) ²#
32. Niagara Rainbow from New York to Detroit Via Buffalo (New York Central/Amtrak)
²@+
33. Corn Belt Special from Indianapolis to Peoria, IL (New York Central) ²#
34. Timberliner from Detroit to Mackinaw City, MI (New York Central) ²#
35. Erie Express from Pittsburgh, PA to Erie, PA (Pennsylvania Railroad) ¹#
36. The Del-Mar-Va Express from New York to Cape Charles, VA (Pennsylvania Railroad)
²#
37. Northern Arrow from Cincinnati to Mackinaw City, MI (Pennsylvania Railroad) ¹@
38. Buffalo Special from Pittsburgh, PA to Buffalo, NY via Oil City, PA (Pennsylvania
Railroad) ²#+
39. The Fort Hayes from Chicago to Columbus, OH via Logansport, IN (Pennsylvania
Railroad) ²@+
40. Blue Arrow from Cleveland to St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road) ²@+
41. Meadowlark from Chicago to Joppa, IL (Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad) ¹#
42. Twin Cities Limited from St. Paul to Omaha (Chicago Great Western Railroad) ¹@+
43. Minute Man from Boston to Albany via Greenfield, MA (Boston and Maine) ²@+
44. Day White Mountains from Boston to Berlin, NH (Boston and Maine) ¹@
45. Delta Express from Memphis to Greenville, MI (Illinois Central) ²#
46. Valley Flyer from Houston to Brownsville, TX (Missouri Pacific) ¹#
47. Delta Eagle from Memphis to New Orleans via Tallulah, LA (Missouri Pacific) ²@+
48. The Texan from Fort Worth, TX to Texarkana, TX via Paris TX (Missouri Pacific) ³#
49. The Southern Scenic from Kansas City to Memphis via Carthage, MO (Missouri Pacific)
¹@
50. The Sunflower from St. Louis to Wichita, KS via Rich Hill, MO (Missouri Pacific) ¹@
51. Rouge River from Sacramento to Portland, OR via Ashland, OR (Southern Pacific) ²@+
52. Cannonball from St. louis to Detroit (Wabash Railroad) ²@+
53. Des Moines Limited from St. Louis to Des Moines (Wabash Railroad) ²@
54. Chili Line from Denver to Albuquerque, NM via Antonio, CO (Rio Grande) ¹#
55. The Hummer from Springfield, IL to Kansas City (Gulf Mobile and Ohio) ²#
56. Interstate Express from Philadelphia to Montreal via Syracuse, NY (multiple roads) ¹@
57. The State of Maine Express from New York to Portland via Worchester, MA (multiple
roads) ²@
58. Connecticut Yankee from New York to Quebec via Wells River, VT (multiple roads) ¹@
59. [Currently Unnamed] Springfield, IL to Cincinnati (Baltimore and Ohio) ²#
60. [Currently Unnamed] Beardstown, IL to Shawneetown, IL (Baltimore and Ohio) ¹#
61. [Currently Unnamed] Pittsburgh, PA to Kenova, WV (Baltimore and Ohio) ²#
62. [Currently Unnamed] Cincinnati to Chicago via Peru, IN (Chesapeake and Ohio) ¹#
63. [Currently Unnamed] Port Huron, MI to Ludington, MI (Pere Marquette) ²#
64. [Currently Unnamed] Phoenix to Flagstaff (Santa Fe Railroad) ²#
65. [Currently Unnamed] El Paso, TX to Amarillo, TX via Clovis, NM (Santa Fe Railroad)
¹#
66. [Currently Unnamed] Dodge City, KS to Amarillo via Boise City, OK (Santa Fe
Railroad) ²#
67. [Currently Unnamed] Newton, KS to Garden City, KS via Great Bend, KS (Santa Fe
Railroad) ²#
68. [Currently Unnamed] Los Angeles to Phoenix via Cadiz, CA (Santa Fe Railroad) ³@+
69. [Currently Unnamed] La Junta, CO to Amarillo via Boise City, OK (Santa Fe Railroad)
¹#
70. [Currently Unnamed] Newton, KS to Omaha via Superior, NE (Santa Fe and Union
Pacific) ²#
71. [Currently Unnamed] Jackson, MS to Gulfport, MS (Illinois Central) ²#
72. [Currently Unnamed] Jackson, MS to Natchez, MS (Illinois Central) ²#
73. [Currently Unnamed] Shreveport, LA to Birmingham, AL (Illinois Central) ²@
74. [Currently Unnamed] Memphis to Louisville (Illinois Central) ²@
75. [Currently Unnamed] Chicago to Cairo, IL (New York Central) ¹#
76. [Currently Unnamed] Albany to Ottawa via Syracuse, NY (New York Central) ²@+
77. [Currently Unnamed] Toledo to Charleston, WV (New York Central) ¹#
78. [Currently Unnamed] South Bend, IN to Galesburg, IL via Kankakee, IL (New York
Central) ²#
79. [Currently Unnamed] Sioux Falls, SD to Cedar Rapids, IA (Rock Island) ¹#
80. [Currently Unnamed] Liberal, KS to Amarillo, TX (Rock Island) ¹#
81. [Currently Unnamed] Harrisburg, PA to Rochester, NY (Pennsylvania Railroad) ²#
82. [Currently Unnamed] Des Moines to Spirit Lake, IA (Milwaukee Road) ¹#
83. [Currently Unnamed] Milwaukee to Minneapolis via Calmar, IA (Milwaukee Road) ¹@
84. [Currently Unnamed] Aberdeen, SD to Sioux Falls, SD (Milwaukee Road) ¹#
85. [Currently Unnamed] Sioux Falls, SD to Milwaukee (Milwaukee Road) ²@+
86. [Currently Unnamed] Williamsburg, NC to Columbia, SC (Atlantic Coast Line) ¹@
87. [Currently Unnamed] Spartanburg, SC to Port Royal, SC (Atlantic Coast Line) ¹#
88. [Currently Unnamed] Florence, SC to Atlanta via Augusta, GA (Atlantic Coast Line ) ³@
89. [Currently Unnamed] Alliance, NE to Denver, CO (Burlington Route) ¹#
90. [Currently Unnamed] Omaha to Quincy, IL (Burlington Route) ²#
91. [Currently Unnamed] Springfield, IL to Nashville via Paducah, KY (Burlington Route)
¹@
92. [Currently Unnamed] Des Moines to Hawarden, IA via Sioux Rapids, IA (Chicago and
North Western) ²#
93. [Currently Unnamed] Omaha to Rapid City, SD via Long Pine, NE (Chicago and North
Western) ¹@
94. [Currently Unnamed] Omaha to Minneapolis via Alton, IA (Chicago and North Western)
²@+
95. [Currently Unnamed] Harrisburg to Roanoke, VA via Hagerstown, MD (Norfolk and
Western) ¹@
96. [Currently Unnamed] Charlotte, NC to Roanoke via Winston-Salem, NC (Norfolk and
Western) ²@
97. [Currently Unnamed] Denver to Durango, CO (Rio Grande) ²#
98. [Currently Unnamed] Salt Lake City to Marysville, UT (Rio Grande) ¹#
99. [Currently Unnamed] Wilmington, NC to Charlotte, NC via Rockingham, NC (Seaboard
Air Line) ²#
100.[Currently Unnamed] Savanah GA to Montgomery, AL (Seaboard Air Line) ²#
101.[Currently Unnamed] Charleston, SC to Columbia, SC via Florence, SC (Seaboard Air
Line) ²#
102.[Currently Unnamed] Calgary to Billings, MT (Great Northern) ¹@
103.[Currently Unnamed] Little Rock to Port Arthur, TX via Shreveport (Kansas City
Southern) ²#
104.[Currently Unnamed] Houston to Shreveport, LS (Southern Pacific) ¹#
105.[Currently Unnamed] Kansas City to Stockton, KS (Missouri Pacific) ¹#
106.[Currently Unnamed] Greensboro, NC to Richmond, VA (Southern Railroad) ¹#
107.[Currently Unnamed] Greensboro, NC to Norfolk, VA (Southern Railroad) ¹#
108.Currently Unnamed] Atlanta to Cincinnati via Cleveland, TN (Louisville and Nashville)
²@+
109.[Currently Unnamed] St. Paul to International Falls, MN (Northern Pacific) ¹#
110.[Currently Unnamed] St. Paul to Bismarck, ND via Hankinson, ND (Soo Line) ¹#
111.[Currently Unnamed] Thief River Falls, MN to Kenmare, ND via Egeland, ND (Soo
Line) ¹#
112.[Currently Unnamed] Oklahoma City to Amarillo via Floydada, TX (Frisco Railroad) ²#
113.[Currently Unnamed] Kansas city to Ellsworth, KS via Wichita, KS (Frisco Railroad) ¹#
114.[Currently Unnamed] Temple, TX to Wichita Falls, TX (Missouri Kansas Texas) ²#
115.[Currently Unnamed] Houston to San Antonio via Smithville, TX (Missouri Kansas
Texas) ²#
116.[Currently Unnamed] Fort Worth, TX to Woodward, OK via Altus, OK (Missouri
Kansas Texas) ¹#
117.[Currently Unnamed] Montreal to Portland, ME via Island Pond, VT (Grand Trunk
Western) ¹@+
118.[Currently Unnamed] Albany to Buffalo via Elmira, NY (Delaware and
Hudson/Lackawanna) ²@+
"Look down, step over, and watch the gap!" - Dr. John Clarke, The Gap Rap (2010)