This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States with names beginning with C.The primary source for American passenger train names is the Official Guide of the Railways, which has been published since 1868, under the following titles: 1868-1869 Travelers’ Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1870-1896 Travelers' Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1897-1900 Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1901-1973 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1974-1989 The Official Railway Guide North American Passenger Travel Edition: United States, Canada and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co.; 1989-2016 Amtrak National Train Timetables.
List Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] OperatedCabanaNew HavenNew York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts 1932–1940; 1950–1954; 1962California and Mexico ExpressSanta FeKansas City, Missouri - Los Angeles, California 1886-1907California ExpressTexas and PacificTexarkana, Texas - El Paso, Texas (with through sleepers to Los Angeles, St. Louis and other points) 1893-1899; 1911–1918California ExpressSouthern PacificSan Francisco, California - Portland, Oregon 1921-1924California ExpressSanta FeChicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California 1886-1915California ExpressUnion PacificSalt Lake City, Utah - Los Angeles, California 1923-1930California Fast MailSanta FeChicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California 1904-1916 California Limited Santa Fe Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California 1892–1954California MailChicago and North Western Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern PacificChicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California 1913-1928California MailChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Southern PacificChicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California 1914-1918 California Special Santa FeTemple, Texas - Clovis, New Mexico (with through trains to Los Angeles and New Orleans) 1915-1918; 1928–1967 California Zephyr Amtrak Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California 1983–present California Zephyr Chicago, Burlington & QuincyDenver and Rio Grande Western RailroadWestern Pacific Chicago, Illinois - Oakland, California 1949–1970 Californian Rock IslandSouthern Pacific Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California 1910-1930; 1937–1946CalumetAmtrakChicago, Illinois - Valparaiso, Indiana 1980-1989 Camellia PennsylvaniaRichmond, Fredericksburg & PotomacSeaboard Air Line New York, New York - Venice, Florida - Miami, Florida 1947-1952 (possibly earlier and later)CampusIllinois Central RailroadChicago, Illinois - Carbondale, Illinois 1967-1968 Campus Amtrak Chicago, Illinois - Champaign, Illinois 1971–1972CanadianGreat NorthernSeattle, Washington - Vancouver, British Columbia 1919-1946Canadian Canadian Pacific, Via Rail (from 1977) Toronto, Ontario - Vancouver, British Columbia 1955-1997; 2017CanadianMichigan Central, later, New York Central, Canadian Pacific RailwayChicago, Illinois - Montreal, Quebec , from 1934: to Toronto, Ontario1914-1942, 1961 Canadian-Niagara New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway Chicago, Illinois - Toronto, Ontario 1946-1961Cannon BallTexas and Pacific Railway, Wabash Railroad, Chicago, Illinois - El Paso, Texas 1898-1918 Cannon Ball Boston & Maine Boston, Massachusetts - Plymouth, New Hampshire 1938-1952 Cannon BallNorfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 11. Pennsylvania Railroad,Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,Norfolk and Western Railway New York, New York - Norfolk, Virginia 1947-1964 Cannonball Long Island New York, New York - Montauk, New York 1899–presentCape AnnBoston & MaineBoston, Massachusetts - Rockport, Maine 1948-1958 Cape Codder (later named, Day Cape Codder) New York, New Haven, & Hartford New York, New York - Woods Hole, Massachusetts 1925-1936 Cape Codder Amtrak New York, New York - Hyannis, Massachusetts 1987-1996CapeFLYERCape Cod Regional Transit Authority using Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority equipmentBoston, Massachusetts - Hyannis, Massachusetts2013–presentCapital City AmtrakPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania - Washington, DC 1993-1994Capital City ExpressAlton RailroadChicago, Illinois - Springfield, Illinois 1921-1924Capital City ExpressCleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis RailwayDetroit, Michigan - Cleveland, Ohio 1925-1928Capital City ExpressAmtrakNew York, New York - Albany, New York 1985-1990 Capital City Special New York Central Cleveland, Ohio - Columbus, Ohio (with through trains to Norfolk, VA) 1929-1958Capital ExpressPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania - St. Louis, Missouri 1904-1927CapitolAmtrakNew York, New York - Washington, DC 1981-1982; 1988Capitol (group of trains)AmtrakOakland, California - Roseville, California 1992-2000 Capitol 400 Chicago and North Western Railway Chicago, Illinois - Madison, Wisconsin 1942–1950Capitol City SpecialCleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis RailwayCincinnati, Ohio - Columbus, Ohio 1916-1924 Capitol Corridor (group of trains) Amtrak Auburn, California - San Jose, California1992–presentCapitol ExpressPennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Indianapolis, Indiana 1925-1929Capitol Hill ExpressPennsylvaniaNew York, New York - Washington, DC (called the 'Capitol Express' from 1995)1992-1998 Capitol Limited Baltimore & OhioCentral Railroad of New JerseyReading Jersey City, New Jersey - Chicago, Illinois via Washington, DC 1923–1971 Capitol Limited Illinois Terminal Railroad St. Louis, Missouri - Peoria, Illinois 1925-1948 Capitol Limited Amtrak Chicago, Illinois - Washington, DC 1981–2024 Capitol SunriseAmtrakNew York, New York - Washington, DC 1997-1998Capitol-DetroitBaltimore & OhioBaltimore, Maryland - Detroit, Michigan 1964-1968 Cardinal Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri 1947-1949 Cardinal Amtrak New York, New York - Chicago, Illinois 1977–1981; 1982–presentCarl SandburgAmtrakChicago, Illinois - Quincy, Illinois 2008–present Carolina Golfer PennsylvaniaRichmond, Fredericksburg & PotomacSeaboard Air Line New York, New York - Pinehurst, North Carolina 1929-1930 Carolina Special Southern, New York Central Railroad Chicago, Illinois - Charleston, South Carolina 1911–1968Carolina-Florida SpecialPennsylvaniaRichmond, Fredericksburg & PotomacSeaboard Air LineNew York, New York - Tampa, Florida - Miami, Florida 1923-1929 Carolinian Amtrak New York, New York - Charlotte, North Carolina 1991–presentCarpenter ExpressPennsylvania and its successor linesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania - Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1962-1978 Cascade Southern Pacific Oakland, California - Portland, Oregon 1928-1971 Cascades (group of trains) Amtrak Eugene, Oregon - Vancouver, British Columbia1999–presentCascadiaAmtrakSeattle, Washington - Eugene, Oregon 1996-1997 Cascadian Great Northern Seattle, Washington - Portland, Oregon 1929-1958CatskillAmtrakNew York, New York - Albany, New York 1992-1995 CavalierNorfolk and Western Railway, October 27, 1957 timetable, pp. 5, 14–15 Norfolk & Western Norfolk, Virginia - Cincinnati, Ohio (reduced to Petersburg, Virginia - Portsmouth, Ohio by October 1957)1928-1966 Cavalier Pennsylvania New York, New York - Cape Charles, Virginia 1927-1956CavernSanta FeClovis, New Mexico - Carlsbad, New Mexico 1940-1954 Cayuga New York Central New York, New York - Buffalo, New York 1929-1953; 1965–1967CayugaAmtrakAlbany, New York - Schenectady, New York 1984 Centennial State Santa Fe Denver, Colorado - Kansas City, Missouri 1940-1950Central ExpressNew York CentralBuffalo, New York - Detroit, Michigan 1927-1933Central New York ExpressNew York CentralNew York, New York - Oswego, New York - Watertown, New York 1919-1927Central ParkAmtrakNew York, New York - Washington, DC 1993-1995 Central States Limited Wabash Detroit, Michigan - Kansas City, Missouri 1929-1933Central Texas ExpressSanta FeLubbock, Texas - Sweetwater, Texas 1947-1950Century of ProgressChicago and Eastern IllinoisChicago, Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri 1936-1936 Challenger Union Pacific Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California 1935–1971 Champion Pennsylvania, then Penn Central (1968–1971)Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac,Atlantic Coast Line,Florida East Coast until 1963,Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, replacing ACL, 1967–1971