| 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 |