| Train Name
|
Railroad
|
Train Endpoints in a typical [year]
|
Operated
|
| Mackinaw Island Express
|
Detroit and Mackinac Railway, Michigan Central Railroad
|
Detroit, Michigan – Alpena, Michigan [1930]
|
1919-1935
|
| Mahaiwe
|
New Haven Railroad
|
New York, New York – Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1960]
|
1956-1960
|
| Mahkeenac
|
New Haven Railroad
|
New York, New York – Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1960]
|
1954-1960
|
| Mail and Express
|
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
|
Kansas City, Missouri – Dallas, Texas [1916]
|
1903-1911; 1915-1916; 1920
|
| Mail and Express
|
Texas Midland Railroad
|
Paris, Texas – Ennis, Texas (with through cars to Galveston) [1903]
|
1902-1911
|
| Mail and Express
|
Wabash Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Toledo, Ohio [1910]
|
1909-1915
|
| Mail and Express
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
New York, New York – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1953]
|
1951-1961
|
| Mail Express
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC – Boston, Massachusetts [1985]
|
1984-1990
|
| Main Line Express
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1925]
|
1893-1930
|
| Maine Coast Special
|
Canadian National
|
Montreal, Quebec – Berlin, New Hampshire -- Portland, Maine [1938]
|
c.1938
|
| Mainstreeter
|
Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (1952–1970);
Burlington Northern (1970–1971)
|
Chicago, Illinois – Seattle, Washington (1952–1970);
St. Paul, Minnesota – Seattle, Washington (1970–1971)
|
1952-1971
|
| Major
|
Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
New York, New York – Buffalo, New York [1955]
|
1954-1958
|
| Man O' War
|
Central of Georgia
|
Atlanta, Georgia – Columbus, Georgia [1953]
|
1947-1971
|
| Manhattan
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC – New York, New York [1991]
|
1991
|
| Manhattan Limited
|
Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central
|
Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York [1958]
|
1903-1971
|
| Manhattan Limited
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1982]
|
1981-1984
|
| Manitoba Express
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway and
Canadian Pacific Railway
|
St. Paul, Minnesota – Winnipeg, Manitoba [1905]
|
1904-1918
|
| Manitoba Limited
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
St. Paul, Minnesota – Winnipeg, Manitoba [1930]
|
1914-1915, 1921-1946
|
| Maple Leaf[2]
|
Grand Trunk Western Railroad and
Canadian National
|
Chicago, Illinois (Dearborn Station) – Toronto, Ontario – Montreal, Quebec (with through cars to New York) [1938]
|
1927-1971
|
| Maple Leaf
|
Via/Amtrak
|
New York, New York – Toronto, Ontario [1985]
|
1981-present
|
| Maple Leaf
|
Lehigh Valley, Reading Company
Canadian National
|
New York, New York – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Toronto, Ontario [1940]
|
1937-1961
|
| Marathon
|
Missouri Pacific
|
Kansas City, Missouri – Omaha, Nebraska [1935]
|
1935-1939
|
| Mariner
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Cape Charles, Virginia [1944]
|
1944-1947
|
| Mark Twain Zephyr
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Burlington, Iowa [1948]
|
1936-1952
|
| Marquette
|
Milwaukee Road
|
Chicago, Illinois – Mason City, Iowa [1940]
|
1938-1950
|
| Marquette
|
Pere Marquette
|
Chicago, Illinois – Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
|
| Marquette
|
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois – Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1982]
|
1980-1983
|
| Marylander
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
Reading Railroad, and
Central Railroad of New Jersey
|
Washington, DC – Jersey City, New Jersey [1940]
|
1938-1956
|
| Matinee
|
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
|
New York, New York – Paterson, New Jersey [1953]
|
1950-1957
|
| Maumee
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois – Toledo, Ohio (with through cars to other points) [1930]
|
1928-1948
|
| Mayflower
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Boston, Massachusetts – New York, New York [1954]
|
1906-1907; 1925-1948; 1952-1968
|
| Mayflower
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC – Boston, Massachusetts [1995]
|
1974; 1992-1998
|
| Meadowlark
|
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
|
Chicago, Illinois – Cypress, Illinois [1950]
|
1946-1962
|
| Memphian
|
St. Louis-San Francisco
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Birmingham, Alabama (endpoints varied widely by year) [1952]
|
1923-1958
|
| Memphis and New Orleans Limited
|
Illinois Central
|
Cincinnati, Ohio – New Orleans, Louisiana (with sleeping cars to the west coast) [1903]
|
1902-1910
|
| Memphis Express
|
St. Louis-San Francisco
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Memphis, Tennessee [1907]
|
1906-1908; 1917-1921; 1925
|
| Memphis Mail
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Memphis, Tennessee – Amarillo, Texas [1921]
|
1906-1910; 1921-1924
|
| Memphis Special
|
Pennsylvania Railroad, Norfolk and Western Railway, Southern Railway
|
New York, New York – Memphis, Tennessee [1938]
|
1909-1941
|
| Memphis-Atlanta Express
|
St. Louis-San Francisco, Southern Railway
|
Memphis, Tennessee – Atlanta, Georgia [1920]
|
1917-1924; 1933-1935
|
| Memphis-Californian
|
Rock Island, Southern Pacific
|
Memphis, Tennessee – Los Angeles, California [1948]
|
1923-1949
|
| Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans Express
|
Illinois Central, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Nashville, Tennessee – New Orleans, Louisiana [1903]
|
1902-1910
|
| Mercantile Express
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC – Cleveland, Ohio – Chicago, Illinois [1930]
|
1913-1942
|
| Merchants Express
|
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|
Hoboken, New Jersey – Scranton, Pennsylvania [1948]
|
1937-1959
|
| Merchants Limited
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (to 1969), Penn Central (1969-1971), Amtrak (from 1971)
|
New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts
|
1903-1998
|
| Mercury
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan – Cleveland, Ohio (1936–1939) [1938]
Detroit, Michigan – Chicago, Illinois (1939–1949) [1944]
|
1936-1949
|
| Meteor
|
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [1948]
|
1902-1965
|
| Meteor
|
San Francisco - Sacramento Railroad
|
San Francisco, California – Chico, California [1924]
|
1924-1927
|
| Metroliner (type of train)
|
Penn Central (1968–1971)
Amtrak (1971–2006)
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC
|
1968-2006
|
| Metropolitan
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts – Chicago, Illinois [1907]
|
1905-1928
|
| Metropolitan
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1981]
|
1981-1982
|
| Metropolitan Express
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York [1913]
|
1913-1925
|
| Metropolitan Express
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Jersey City, New Jersey – St. Louis, Missouri [1908]
|
1905-1916
|
| Metropolitan Special
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Washington, DC – St. Louis, Missouri [1952]
|
1919-1971
|
| Mexico Express
|
Santa Fe
|
Albuquerque, New Mexico – El Paso, Texas [1920]
|
1906-1932
|
| Mexico Limited
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri – San Antonio, Texas (with through cars to Mexico) [1924]
|
1923-1927
|
| Miamian
|
Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway
|
New York, New York – Miami, Florida [1941]
|
1927-1941; 1946-1962
|
| Michigan
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan [1953]
|
1937-1938; 1946-1967
|
| Michigan
|
Canadian Pacific Railway, New York Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois – Toronto, Ontario [1934]
|
1928-1957
|
| Michigan Central Limited
|
Michigan Central
|
New York, New York – Chicago, Illinois [1922]
|
1905-1923
|
| Michigan Executive
|
Amtrak
|
Detroit, Michigan – Jackson, Michigan [1980]
|
1975-1983
|
| Michican Express
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Detroit, Michigan – Cincinnati, Ohio [1927]
|
1915-1928; 1939-1941
|
| Michigan Express
|
Pere Marquette Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois – Traverse City, Michigan [1920]
|
1920-1926
|
| Michigan Special
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan – Cincinnati, Ohio [1933]
|
1930-1958
|
| Michigan Wolverine
|
New York Central and its affiliates
|
Chicago, Illinois – New York, New York (with through cars to many other points) [1924]
|
1923-1928
|
| Mid-American
|
Illinois Central
|
Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri – Memphis, Tennessee [1970]
|
1968-1971
|
| Mid-City Express
|
Pennsylvania and Wabash
|
Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan [1940]
|
1935-1949
|
| Mid-Continent Special
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1948]
|
1925-1954
|
| Mid-Day Limited
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
New York, New York – Cincinnati, Ohio [1913]
|
1910-1920
|
| Mid-West Limited
|
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Washington, DC – St. Louis, Missouri [1925]
|
1923-1928
|
| Midday Congressional
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1961]
|
1956-1971
|
| Midday Keystone
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]
|
1956-1958
|
| Middle West Express
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Jersey City, New Jersey – Chicago, Illinois [1922]
|
1917-1930
|
| Midlander
|
Erie
|
Chicago, Illinois – Jersey City, New Jersey [1942]
|
1939-1947
|
| Midnight
|
Wabash Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri [1945]
|
1942-1960
|
| Midnight Express
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York – Albany, New York – Plattsburgh, New York (different endpoints in different years) [1916]
|
1893-1925
|
| Midnight Express
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1914]
|
1891-1897; 1905-1918
|
| Midnight Express
|
Reading Railroad, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Binghamton, New York [1924]
|
1923-1928
|
| Midnight Keystone
|
Pennsylvania Railroad
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]
|
1956-1959
|
| Midnight Limited (train)
|
Wabash Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1955]
|
1908-1914; 1927; 1937-1960
|
| Midnight Special
|
Chicago & Alton,
from 1947 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
|
Chicago, Illinois – St. Louis, Missouri [1955]
|
1901-1971
|
| Midnight Special
|
New York Central and its affiliates
|
Cincinnati, Ohio – Cleveland, Ohio [1948]
|
1939-1958
|
| Midnight Special
|
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
|
Chicago, Illinois – Cincinnati, Ohio [1943]
|
1921-1952
|
| Midnight Special
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1994]
|
1994
|
| Midnight Sun
|
Alaska Railroad
|
Anchorage, Alaska – Fairbanks, Alaska [1960]
|
1960
|
| Midwest Hiawatha
|
Milwaukee Road
|
Chicago, Illinois – Sioux Falls, South Dakota (various endpoints over the years)[1952]
|
1940-1956
|
| Midwestern
|
New York Central Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois – Cincinnati, Ohio [1957]
|
1957-1959
|
| Mill Cities Limited
|
Chicago Great Western
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1948]
|
1927-1952
|
| Minneapolis-Kansas City Rocket
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Kansas City, Missouri [1941]
|
1941-1944
|
| Minneapolis-Sioux Falls-Yankton Night Express
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Yankton, South Dakota [1935]
|
1935-1940
|
| Minnesota 400
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Mankato, Minnesota – Wyeville, Wisconsin [1948]
|
1936-1952
|
| Minnesota and Black Hills Express
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Chicago, Illinois – Rapid City, South Dakota [1918]
|
1914-1937; 1948-1955
|
| Minnesota Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1916]
|
1910-1918; 1922-1926
|
| Minnesota Marquette
|
Milwaukee Road
|
Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1948]
|
1939-1950
|
| Minnesotan[4]
|
Chicago Great Western
|
Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–Saint Paul [1933]
|
1930-1956 (name dropped in 1949)[5]
|
| Minute Man
|
Boston and Maine
|
Boston, Massachusetts – Troy, New York [1948]
|
1927-1957
|
| Minute Man
|
Amtrak[6]
|
Boston, Massachusetts – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1972–1973)
Boston – Washington, DC (1973–1998)
|
1973-1998
|
| Miss Lou
|
Illinois Central
|
Jackson, Mississippi – New Orleans, Louisiana [1944]
|
1942-1949
|
| Missionary
|
Santa Fe
|
Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri (and points beyond in many years) [1935]
|
1915-1936
|
| Mississippi Valley
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific Railway
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Portland, Oregon [1920]
|
1911-1936
|
| Missouri Limited
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri [1930]
|
1909-1918; 1923-1931
|
| Missouri River Eagle
|
Missouri Pacific
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Omaha, Nebraska [1948]
|
1940-1971
|
| Missouri River Express
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Omaha, Nebraska [1924]
|
1913-1926
|
| Missouri River Flyer
|
Santa Fe
|
Denver, Colorado – La Junta, Colorado [1913]
|
1902-1904; 1907-1915
|
| Missouri River Runner
|
Amtrak
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [2010]
|
2009–present
|
| Missouri State Express
|
Chicago and Alton
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1901]
|
1901-1905
|
| Missourian
|
Missouri Pacific
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri [1948]
|
1925-1963
|
| Missourian
|
New York Central
|
St. Louis, Missouri – New York, New York [1928]
|
1928-1958
|
| Mohawk
|
Grand Trunk Western
|
Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan
|
1967-1971
|
| Mohawk
|
New York Central
|
New York, New York – Buffalo, New York (many different endpoints over the years) [1948]
|
1911-1963
|
| Mohawk
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York – Schenectady, New York [1991]
|
1981-1985; 1991-1998
|
| Mohawk and Hudson River Express
|
West Shore Railroad
|
New York, New York – Albany, New York [1903]
|
1899-1916
|
| Mondamin
|
Chicago & North Western
|
Minneapolis, Minnesota – Sioux City, Iowa [1948]
|
1931-1952
|
| Monmouth Express
|
Pennsylvania
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Long Branch, New Jersey [1930]
|
1920-1932
|
| Montreal and Boston Express
|
Soo Line Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway, Boston and Maine
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Boston, Massachusetts [1916]
|
1890-1893; 1903-1916
|
| Montreal Express
|
New York Central, Rutland Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Railway
|
New York, New York – Montreal, Quebec [1916]
|
1902-1924
|
| Montreal Express
|
Canadian Pacific Railway, Wabash Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois – Toronto, Ontario – Montreal, Quebec [1903]
|
1903-1909
|
| Montreal Express
|
Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Boston and Maine
|
Chicago, Illinois – Montreal, Quebec – Boston, Massachusetts [1916]
|
1908-1917
|
| Montreal Limited
|
Delaware & Hudson, New York Central
|
New York, New York – Montreal, Quebec [1948]
|
1925-1971
|
| Montrealer[7]
|
Pennsylvania Railroad, New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, and Canadian National
|
Washington, DC – Montreal, Quebec [1952]
|
1924-1966
|
| Montrealer
|
Amtrak
|
Washington, DC – Montreal, Quebec [1981]
|
1972-1995
|
| Morning Congressional
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]
|
1950-1971
|
| Morning Daylight
|
Southern Pacific
|
Los Angeles, California – San Francisco, California [1941]
|
1940-1952
|
| Morning Executive
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1971]
|
1971-1972
|
| Morning Express
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Minneapolis–Saint Paul – Duluth, Minnesota [1902]
|
1901-1905
|
| Morning Express
|
New Haven Railroad
|
New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1912]
|
1905-1913
|
| Morning Flyer
|
Grand Rapids & Indiana
|
Chicago, Illinois – Grand Rapids, Michigan [1905]
|
1904-1911
|
| Morning Hiawatha
|
Milwaukee Road
|
Chicago, Illinois – St. Paul, Minnesota [1948]
|
1939-1971
|
| Morning Keystone
|
Pennsylvania
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1957]
|
1956-1959
|
| Morning Liberty Express
|
Amtrak
|
Boston, Massachusetts – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1978]
|
1978-1979
|
| Morning Puget Sounder
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Seattle, Washington – Vancouver, British Columbia [1947]
|
1946-1950
|
| Morning Star
|
St. Louis Southwestern
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Dallas, Texas [1948]
Memphis, Tennessee – Dallas, Texas [1952]
|
1941-1950
|
| Morning Steel King
|
New York Central, Erie Railroad
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Cleveland, Ohio [1958]
|
1953-1962
|
| Morning Steeler
|
Pennsylvania
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Cleveland, Ohio [1952] (earlier years New York endpoint)
|
1950-1957
|
| Morning Zephyr
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
Chicago, Illinois – Minneapolis–St. Paul [1938]
|
1936-1971
|
| Motor City Special
|
New York Central
|
Chicago, Illinois – Detroit, Michigan [1922]
|
1917-1965
|
| Motor Queen
|
New York Central
|
Detroit, Michigan – Cincinnati, Ohio [1929]
|
1929
|
| Mound City
|
Illinois Terminal Railroad
|
St. Louis, Missouri – Peoria, Illinois [1950]
|
1949-1956
|
| Mound City Limited
|
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
Cincinnati, Ohio – St. Louis, Missouri [1908]
|
1905-1916
|
| Mound City Special
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
Cincinnati, Ohio – St. Louis, Missouri – Cleveland, Ohio [1935]
|
1925-1936
|
| Mount Adams
|
Amtrak
|
Seattle, Washington – Portland, Oregon [1995]
|
1995-1997
|
| Mount Baker International
|
Amtrak
|
Seattle, Washington – Vancouver, British Columbia [1996]
|
1996-1997
|
| Mount Rainier
|
Amtrak
|
Seattle, Washington – Portland, Oregon [1978]
|
1974-1995
|
| Mount Royal
|
New York Central,
Boston & Maine,
Rutland, and Canadian National
|
New York, New York and Boston, Massachusetts – Montreal, Quebec [1952]
|
1925-1953
|
| Mount Vernon
|
Pennsylvania; Amtrak from 1976
|
New York, New York – Washington, DC [1956]
|
1933-1971; 1976; 1980-1991; 1997-1998
|
| Mountain Bluebird
|
Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois – Denver, Colorado [1933]
|
1931-1937
|
| Mountain Express
|
Erie
|
Jersey City, New Jersey – Port Jervis, New York [1938]
|
1931; 1936-1953
|
| Mountain Special
|
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|
Hoboken, New Jersey – Scranton, Pennsylvania [1935]
|
1921; 1935-1952
|
| Mountaineer
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
Chicago, Illinois – Vancouver, British Columbia [1948],
later Minneapolis-St. Paul – Vancouver, British Columbia
|
1932-1955
|
| Mountaineer (Boston and Maine)
|
Maine Central and Boston & Maine
|
Boston, Massachusetts – Littleton, New Hampshire [1948]
|
1947-1955
|
| Mountaineer
|
Amtrak
|
Chicago, Illinois – Norfolk, Virginia [1975]
|
1975-1976
|
| Mountaineer
|
Pennsylvania
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1908]
|
1901-1934
|
| Mountaineer
|
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
|
Denver, Colorado – Montrose, Colorado [1948]
|
1936-1959
|
| Mudlavia and Brazil Express
|
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
Chicago, Illinois – Terre Haute, Indiana [1902]
|
1902-1906
|
| Murray Hill
|
New Haven Railroad
|
New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1945]
|
1940-1971
|
| Murray Hill
|
Amtrak
|
New York, New York – Boston, Massachusetts [1975]
|
1973-1981
|
