# List of named passenger trains of the United States (A–B)

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United States, with names beginning A through B.

## A

| Train name | Railroad | Train endpoints in a typical [year] | Operated |
| Abraham Lincoln$^{:75–76}$ | Alton Railroad (1935–1947) Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1971) Amtrak (1971–1978) | Chicago-St. Louis [1948] | 1935–1978 |
| Acadian | Southern Pacific | Houston–New Orleans [1941] | 1936–1956 |
| Acela Express (train type, not name) | Amtrak | Boston–Washington, D.C. [2012] | 2000–present |
| Adirondack | Amtrak | New York City–Montreal [1979] | 1974–present |
| Adirondack and Montreal Express | New York Central | New York City–Montreal [1914] | 1902–1922 |
| Admiral | Pennsylvania | New York City–Chicago–Washington, DC [1952] | 1939–1964 |
| Advance Commodore Vanderbilt | New York Central | New York City–Chicago [1948] | 1929–1955 |
| Advance Denver Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Denver [1936] | 1936 |
| Advance Empire State Express | New York Central | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1952] | 1942–1956 |
| Advance Florida Special | Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East Coast | New York City–Miami [1940] | 1938–1942 |
| Advance Flyer | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Lincoln, Nebraska [1942] | 1941–1946 |
| Advance Forest City | New York Central | Chicago–New York [1942] | 1942–1945 |
| Advance Gilt Edge | New Haven | New York City–Boston [1943] | 1937–1951 |
| Advance Knickerbocker | New York Central | St. Louis–Boston [1948] | 1945–1956 |
| Advance Merchants Limited | New Haven | New York–Boston [1954] | 1952–1960 |
| Advance Midnight Special | Gulf, Mobile & Ohio | Chicago–St. Louis [1948] | 1947–1949 |
| Advance Silver Meteor | Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Seaboard Air Line | New York City–Miami [1945] | 1942–1947 |
| Advance Twentieth Century Limited | New York Central | Chicago–New York [1930] | 1929–1931 |
| Advance Water Level Limited | New York Central | Chicago–New York [1944] | 1943–1945 |
| Advance Wolverine | New York Central | Chicago–New York–Boston [1947] | 1947–1948 |
| Adventureland | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Kansas City, Missouri–Billings, Montana [1952] | 1937–1952 |
| Afternoon Congressional | Pennsylvania Penn Central (1968-1970) | New York–Washington, D.C.[1958] | 1952–1970 |
| Afternoon Executive | Amtrak | New York–Washington, D.C.[1971] | 1971–1972 |
| Afternoon Express | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | New York–Boston [1900] | 1891–1913 |
| Afternoon Flyer | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | Chicago–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1912] | 1904–1918 |
| Afternoon Hiawatha | Milwaukee Road | Chicago–St. Paul, Minnesota [1941] | 1939–1970 |
| Afternoon Keystone | Pennsylvania Penn Central (1968-1969) | New York–Washington, D.C. [1965] | 1961–1969 |
| Afternoon Puget Sounder | Great Northern | Seattle–Vancouver [1948] | 1946–1950 |
| Afternoon Steeler | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh–Cleveland [1952] | 1950–1958 |
| Afternoon Twin Cities Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–St. Paul, Minnesota [1940] | 1936–1970 |
| Aiken-Augusta Special | Pennsylvania Southern | New York City–Charlotte, North Carolina–Columbia, South Carolina–Augusta, Georgia [1935] | 1928–1953 |
| Air Line Limited | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | New York–Boston [1900] | 1894–1901 |
| Air Line Special | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | New York–Fitchburg, Massachusetts [1905] | 1904–1907 |
| Airway Limited | Pennsylvania Transcontinental Air Transport | New York City–Los Angeles [1930] | 1929–1932 |
| Akron and Cleveland Express | Pennsylvania | Chicago–Akron, Ohio [1914] | 1912–1918 |
| Akronite | Pennsylvania | New York City–Akron, Ohio [1941] | 1937–1957 |
| Ak-Sar-Ben | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Lincoln, Nebraska [1950] | 1930–1953; 1969–1970 |
| Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Lincoln, Nebraska [1958] | 1940–1947; 1953–1969 |
| Alamo | Southern Pacific | New Orleans–San Antonio [1940] | 1936–1952 |
| Alamo Special | Missouri-Kansas-Texas | Houston–San Antonio [1930] | 1906–1910; 1928–1933 |
| Alaskan | Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Spokane, Portland & Seattle | Chicago–Tacoma, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1949] | 1931–1952 |
| Albany and Troy Express | New York Central | New York City–Albany, New York–Troy, New York [1912] | 1900–1938 |
| Albany Express | New York Central | New York, New York-Albany, New York [1925] | 1908–1917; 1923–1943 |
| Albany Mail | New York Central | New York City–Utica, New York [1947] | 1947–1948 |
| Albany Morning Express | Boston and Albany Railroad | Boston–Albany, New York [1920] | 1913–1932 |
| Albany Night Express | Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1921] | 1913–1926 |
| Alburgh Express | Rutland Railroad | Ogdensburg, New York–Rutland (city), Vermont [1918] | 1914–1918 |
| Alexandria | Pennsylvania | New York–Washington, D.C. [1945] | 1941–1958 |
| Alexandrian | Great Northern | St. Paul, Minnesota–Fargo, North Dakota [1941] | 1932–1950 |
| All-Florida Special | Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Seaboard Air Line | Boston–St. Petersburg, Florida–West Palm Beach, Florida [1925] | 1924–1927 |
| Allegheny | Pennsylvania | St. Louis–Pittsburgh [1951] | 1948–1959 |
| Alouette | Boston & Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway | Boston–Montreal [1934] | 1926–1965 |
| Alton Limited | Alton Railroad (pre–1947), Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–end) | Chicago–St. Louis [1934] | 1900–1924; 1928–1958 |
| Ambassador | Baltimore & Ohio | Detroit–Baltimore [1952] | 1931–1964 |
| Ambassador | New Haven, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, and Canadian National | Boston–Montreal [1937] | 1927–1966 |
| American | Pennsylvania | New York City–St. Louis [1930] | 1925–1956 |
| American | Great Northern | Seattle–Vancouver [1927] | 1919–1946 |
| American Express | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | Cleveland–St. Louis [1912] | 1911–1918 |
| American Royal | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Kansas City, Missouri [1945] | 1932–1952; 1969–1971 |
| American Royal Zephyr | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Kansas City, Missouri [1960] | 1953–1968 |
| Angel | Santa Fe | San Francisco–Los Angeles–San Diego [1915] | 1911–1917 |
| Angelo | Santa Fe | Fort Worth, Texas–San Angelo, Texas [1952] | 1933–1966 |
| Ann Rutledge | Alton Railroad (1937–1947), Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (1947–1958) | Chicago–St. Louis [1940] | 1937–1958 |
| Ann Rutledge | Amtrak | Chicago–Kansas City, Missouri [1981] | 1976–2009; 1976–2008 |
| Antelope | Santa Fe | Kansas City, Missouri–Fort Worth, Texas [1946] Kansas City, Missouri–Oklahoma City [1952] | 1927–1948; 1948–1954 |
| Anthracite Express | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia–Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1939] | 1933–1941 |
| Apache | Rock Island and Southern Pacific | Chicago–Los Angeles [1930] | 1927–1938 |
| Argonaut | Southern Pacific | Los Angeles–New Orleans [1952] | 1926–1932; 1936–1958 |
| Aristocrat | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Denver–Chicago [1933] | 1930–1941 |
| Arizona Limited | Rock Island and Southern Pacific | Chicago, Illinois-Phoenix, Arizona | 1940–1942 |
| Arkansas and Texas Mail | St. Louis–San Francisco Railway | St. Louis–Cleburne, Texas [1905] | 1898–1908 |
| Arlington | Pennsylvania | New York City–Washington, D.C. [1941] | 1933–1962 |
| Aroostook Flyer | Bangor & Aroostook | Bangor, Maine–Van Buren, Maine [1950] | 1937–1957 |
| Arrow | Milwaukee Road | Chicago–Sioux Falls, South Dakota [1952] | 1926–1967 |
| Arrowhead | Amtrak | Minneapolis–Duluth, Minnesota [1976] | 1976–1977 |
| Arrowhead Limited | Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Duluth, Minnesota [1952] | 1927–1955 |
| Arundel | Maine Central, Boston and Maine | Boston–Bangor, Maine [1952] | 1952–1953 |
| Asa Packer | Lehigh Valley | New York City–Coxton, Pennsylvania [1941] | 1939–1958 |
| Asheville Special | Pennsylvania, then Penn Central (1968-1970) Southern | New York City–Asheville, North Carolina [1948] | 1930–1970 |
| Ashland and Ishpeming Mail | Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Green Bay, Wisconsin [1924] | 1914–1918; 1921–1928 |
| Ashland Limited | Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Ashland, Wisconsin [1948] | 1894–1901; 1914–1957 |
| Ashland Mail | Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Ashland, Wisconsin [1942] | 1929–1930; 1937–1951 |
| Atlanta Limited | Illinois Central | Shreveport, Louisiana–Meridian, Mississippi [1937] | 1934–1942; 1946–1947 |
| Atlanta Owl | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Atlanta-Birmingham, Alabama [1936] | 1925–1926; 1934–1938 |
| Atlanta–Birmingham Special | Pennsylvania Southern | New York, New York–Birmingham, Alabama [1913] | 1911–1934 |
| Atlanta–Jacksonville Express | Southern | Atlanta–Jacksonville, Florida [1921] | 1920–1924 |
| Atlanta–Memphis Express | Southern | Atlanta–Memphis, Tennessee [1923] | 1921–1924; 1933–1935 |
| Atlantic City Express | Central Railroad of New Jersey | New York City–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1925] | 1907–1910; 1923–1928 |
| Atlantic City Express | Pennsylvania | Washington, D.C.–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1912] | 1910–1942 |
| Atlantic City Express | Amtrak | Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1990] | 1989–1994 |
| Atlantic City Limited | Pennsylvania | New York City–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1925] | 1919–1931 |
| Atlantic City Special | Central Railroad of New Jersey | New York, New York–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1924] | 1902–1910; 1923–1926 |
| Atlantic Coast Limited | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Chicago–Denver [1915] | 1910–1916; 1929–1930 |
| Atlantic Coast Line Express | Pennsylvania, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | New York, New York–Tampa, Florida [1912] | 1893–1935 |
| Atlantic Express | Erie | New York City–Chicago [1950] | 1874–1878; 1885–1887; 1892–1915; 1922–1964 |
| Atlantic Express | Grand Trunk Western | Chicago–Montreal [1913] | 1879–1917 |
| Atlantic Express | Michigan Central, New York Central Railroad | New York City–Chicago [1928] | 1882–1930 |
| Atlantic Express | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1916] | 1875–1928 |
| Atlantic Express | Canadian National Railway | Chicago–Toronto [1928] | 1926–1930 |
| Atlantic Express | Northern Pacific Railway, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | Saint Paul, Minnesota–Seattle–Portland, Oregon [1924] | 1883–1888; 1910–1930 |
| Atlantic Express | Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Minneapolis [1924] | 1900–1926 |
| Atlantic Express | Union Pacific Railroad | Portland, Oregon–Kansas City, Missouri [1924] | 1903–1928 |
| Atlantic Flyer | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | Cincinnati–Birmingham, Alabama [1933] | 1929–1936 |
| Atlantic Highlands Express | Central Railroad of New Jersey | New York City–Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey | ? |
| Atlantic Limited | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie | Minneapolis–Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan–Montreal [1908] | 1902–1909 |
| Atlantic Limited | Canadian Pacific (1955–1978) Via (1978–1979) via Maine Central Railroad Mattawamkeag to Vanceboro | Saint John, New Brunswick–Montreal [1963] | 1956–1970; 1978–1981 |
| Augusta Special | Pennsylvania Southern | New York, New York–Charlotte, North Carolina–Columbia, South Carolina–Augusta, Georgia [1958] | 1915–1928; 1953–1966 |
| Augusta-Aiken Special | Pennsylvania Southern | New York, New York–Charlotte, North Carolina–Columbia, South Carolina–Augusta, Georgia [1932] | 1931–1934 |
| Aurora Winter Train | Alaska Railroad | Anchorage, Alaska-Fairbanks, Alaska [1978] | 1947–present |
| Auto Train | Auto-Train Corporation (1971–1981) Amtrak (1983–present) | Lorton, Virginia–Sanford, Florida (1971–1981; 1983–present) Louisville, Kentucky-Sanford, Florida (1974–1977) | see on left |
| Azalean | Louisville & Nashville | Cincinnati–New Orleans [1952] | 1937–1953 |
| Aztec Eagle (Aguila Azteca) | Nacionales de Mexico Missouri Pacific | Mexico City–Nuevo Laredo–San Antonio [1955] | 1950–1971 |

## B

| Train name | Railroad | Train endpoints in a typical [year] | Operated |
| Badger | Amtrak | Chicago–Milwaukee [1985] | 1985–1989 |
| Badger Express | Great Northern | St. Paul, Minnesota–Duluth, Minnesota [1943]; 1955-1971 just called 'Badger' | 1925–1971 |
| Badger Limited | Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad | Chicago–Milwaukee [1930] | 1929–1933 |
| Badger State Express | Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Minneapolis [1919] | 1892–1936 |
| Baltimore Day Express | Pennsylvania | Buffalo, New York-Washington, D.C. [1962] | 1958-1968 |
| Baltimore-Washington Night Express | Baltimore & Ohio, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Reading Company | Jersey City, New Jersey–Washington, D.C. [1941] | 1938–1946 |
| Bankers | New Haven Penn Central (1969-1971) | New York City–Springfield, Massachusetts [1945] | 1939–1971 |
| Bankers | Amtrak | Washington, D.C.–Springfield, Massachusetts [1980] | 1976–1998 |
| Banner Blue | Wabash | Chicago–St. Louis [1938] | 1894–1896; 1905–1967 |
| Bar Harbor Express | Maine Central Boston and Maine New Haven | Washington, D.C.–Ellsworth, Maine [1950] | 1902–1960 |
| Barnacle Bill Special | Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines | Philadelphia–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1939] | 1938–1941 |
| Bat | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | Chicago–Minneapolis [1929] | 1929–1930 |
| Bay Shore Special | Central Railroad of New Jersey | Washington, D.C.–Ellingsworth, Pennsylvania [1948] | 1940–1949 |
| Bay State | New Haven Penn Central (1969–1971) Amtrak (from 1971) | New York City–Boston [1985] | 1894–1917; 1925–1974; 1982–1994; 1997–1998 |
| Bayonne Flyer | New Jersey Transit (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail) | Hoboken, New Jersey–Bayonne, New Jersey | 2011–present |
| Beach Comber | Boston & Maine | Boston–Portland, Maine [1950] | 1950–1952 |
| Beach Patrol | Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines | Philadelphia–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1939] | 1938–1941 |
| Beach Special | Boston & Maine | Boston–Portland, Maine [1952] | 1950–1952 |
| Beachcomber | Long Island Rail Road | New York City–Montauk, New York [1964] | 1963–1966 |
| Beacon Hill | Amtrak | Boston–New Haven, Connecticut [1979] | 1978–1981 |
| Bear Mountain | Amtrak | New York City–Albany, New York [1985] | 1977; 1981–1995 |
| Beaver | Southern Pacific | San Francisco–Portland, Oregon [1942] | 1940–1949 |
| Beaver | New York Central | New York City–Cleveland–Toronto [1921] | 1913–1926 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Amtrak | Boston–Philadelphia [1982] | 1977–1994 |
| Berkshire | Boston & Albany, New York Central | Boston–Albany, New York [1948] | 1902–1931; 1952–1959 |
| Berkshire | Boston & Maine | Boston–Troy, New York [1940] | c. 1932-1936 (Berkshire Flyer); c. 1937–1940 |
| Berkshire | New Haven | New York City–Pittsfield, Massachusetts [1954] | c. 1931–1941 (Berkshire Express); c. 1946-1968 |
| Berkshire Hills Express | New York Central | New York City–Chatham, New York--North Adams, Massachusetts [1924] | 1919–1934 |
| Betsy Ross | Amtrak | New York City–Washington, D.C. [1980] | 1976–1981 |
| Bicentennial | Amtrak | Boston–Philadelphia [1976] | 1976–1977 |
| Big Apple | Amtrak | New York City–Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [1983] | 1980–1992; 1997–1998 |
| Birmingham and Atlanta Owl | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Birmingham, Alabama–Atlanta [1930] | 1927–1933 |
| Birmingham Owl | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Birmingham, Alabama–Atlanta [1935] | 1925–1926; 1934–1938 |
| Birmingham Special | Pennsylvania, then Penn Central (1969-1971) Norfolk & Western and Southern | New York City–Birmingham, Alabama, with a Chattanooga, Tennessee–Memphis, Tennessee segment [1926] | 1909-1971 |
| Biscayne | Florida East Coast Railway | Jacksonville, Florida–Miami [1930] | 1927–1931 |
| Black Diamond | Lehigh Valley Reading | Philadelphia–New York City–Buffalo, New York [1952] | 1896–1959 |
| Black Gold | Frisco | Tulsa, Oklahoma–Fort Worth, Texas [1952] | 1938–1959 |
| Black Hawk | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (–1970) Burlington Northern (6 weeks in 1970) | Chicago–Minneapolis [1945] | 1927–1970 |
| Black Hawk | Amtrak | Chicago–Dubuque, Iowa [1976] | 1974–1981 |
| Black Hills and Minnesota Express | Chicago & North Western | Chicago–Rapid City, South Dakota [1915] | 1914–1918 |
| Blue Arrow | Nickel Plate | Cleveland–St. Louis [1958] | 1956–1959 |
| Blue Bird | Chicago Great Western | Minneapolis–Rochester, Minnesota [1930] | 1929–1931 |
| Blue Bird | Wabash | Chicago–St. Louis [1943] | 1938–1968 |
| Blue Comet | Central Railroad of New Jersey | Jersey City, New Jersey–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1934] | 1929–1941 |
| Blue Dart | Nickel Plate | St. Louis–Cleveland [1958] | 1956–1959 |
| Blue Grass Special | Pennsylvania | Chicago–Louisville, Kentucky [1955] | 1952–1957 |
| Blue Ridge | Amtrak, Marc after 1986 | Washington, D.C.–Martinsburg, West Virginia [1977] | 1973-1988 |
| Blue Ridge Limited | Baltimore & Ohio | Chicago–Washington, D.C. [1945] | 1934–1949 |
| Blue Water | Amtrak | Chicago–Port Huron, Michigan [2008] | 1975–1982 as the Blue Water Limited; 2004–present |
| Bluebonnet | Frisco and Missouri–Kansas–Texas | St. Louis–Fort Worth, Texas [1952] | 1928–1958 |
| Bluegrass | Monon Railroad | Chicago–Louisville, Kentucky [1949] | 1948–1952 |
| Boardwalk Flyer | Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines | Philadelphia–Atlantic City, New Jersey [1940] | 1934–1935; 1939–1941 |
| Bon-Air Special | Georgia & Florida | Augusta, Georgia–Jacksonville, Florida [1925] | 1924–1930 |
| Booth Tarkington | New York Central | Chicago–Cincinnati [1958] | 1958 |
| Border Limited | Southern Pacific | Houston–Corpus Christi, Texas [1952] | 1929–1930; 1934-1952 |
| Borealis | Amtrak | Chicago–Saint Paul [2024] | 2024–present |
| Boston Afternoon Express | Boston & Albany | Boston–Albany, New York [1925] | 1913–1927 |
| Boston and Buffalo Special | New York Central | Boston–Chicago [1924] | 1906–1928 |
| Boston and Chicago Special | New York Central | Boston–Chicago [1912] | 1892–1914 |
| Boston and New York Express | New York Central | Boston–Chicago (with sleeping cars to many other points) [1912] | 1905–1914 |
| Boston Day Express | Boston & Albany, New Haven | New York City–Boston [1930] | 1924–1931 |
| Boston Evening Express | Boston & Albany | Boston-Albany, New York [1925] | 1925-1928 |
| Boston Express | New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Boston [1930] | 1888–1948 |
| Boston Express | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | Duluth, Minnesota–Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (with through trains to many eastern cities) [1908] | 1890–1916 |
| Boston Express | Pennsylvania, New Haven | Washington, D.C.–Boston [1895] | 1892–1900 |
| Boston Express | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, Canadian Pacific Railway | Minneapolis–Saint Paul–Montreal [1908] | 1898–1910 |
| Boston Limited | Boston & Albany, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1894] | 1894–1909 |
| Boston Night Express | Boston & Albany | Boston–Albany, New York [1920] | 1913–1922 |
| Boston Special | Boston & Albany, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1892] | 1892–1909 |
| Boston Special | New York Central | Boston–Chicago (with through trains to Toronto and Montreal) [1945] | 1942–1946 |
| Boston–New York Express | New Haven New York Central | New York City–Boston [1938] New York City–Springfield, Massachusetts | 1925–1951 |
| Bostonian | New Haven (until 1968) Penn Central (1969-1971) Amtrak (since 1971) | New York City–Boston [1953] | 1919–1977 |
| Bowery | Amtrak | New York City–Washington, D.C. [1997] | 1997–1998 |
| Brainerd and International Falls Express | Northern Pacific Railway | Saint Paul, Minnesota–International Falls, Minnesota [1928] | 1921–1946 |
| Brazil and Mudlavia Express | Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville | Chicago–Terre Haute, Indiana [1905] | 1902–1906 |
| Broadway Limited | Pennsylvania (1912–1969) Penn Central (1969–1971) Amtrak (1971–1995) | Chicago–Washington, D.C. [1930] Chicago–New York City | 1912–1995 |
| Buckeye | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh–Cleveland (Buckeye Limited 1916–1936) [1939] | 1916-1948 |
| Buckeye | Pennsylvania Penn Central (1969–1971) | Chicago–Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio [1958] | 1957-1969 |
| Buckeye | Pere Marquette Railway | Detroit–Columbus, Ohio [1930] | 1928–1931 |
| Budd Highlander | Boston and Maine | Boston–Albany, New York [1955] | 1952-1958 |
| Buffalo–Chicago Special | New York Central | Chicago–Buffalo, New York [1925] | 1921–1927 |
| Buffalo–Cincinnati Express | New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Cincinnati (with through trains to the south) [1934] | 1934–1946 |
| Buffalo - Pittsburgh - Detroit Special | New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh–Detroit [1925] | 1922–1934 |
| Buffalo - Pittsburgh - Toledo Special | New York Central | Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh–Toledo, Ohio [1938] | 1935–1940 |
| Buffalo – Pittsburgh Express | New York Central and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad | Buffalo, New York–Pittsburgh [1942] (aka Buffalo and Pittsburgh Express) | 1904–1917; 1929–1930; 1935–1961 |
| Buffalo–Toronto Express | New York Central, Canadian Pacific Railway | New York City–Toronto [1945] | 1943–1963 |
| Buffalo and Chicago Express | Grand Trunk Western | New York, New York-Chicago, Illinois [1903] | 1900–1907 |
| Buffalo and Chicago Special | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | Buffalo, New York–Chicago [1910] | 1906–1913 |
| Buffalo and Chicago Special | Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central Railroad | Boston–Chicago [1915] | 1913–1920 |
| Buffalo Day Express | Pennsylvania | Washington, D.C.–Buffalo, New York [1933] | 1900–1968 |
| Buffalo Express | Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad | Toronto–Buffalo, New York [1905] | 1902–1914 |
| Buffalo Express | New York Central | Chicago–Buffalo, New York [1933] | 1912–1943 |
| Buffalo Limited | New York Central | New York, New York-Buffalo, New York [1903] | 1902-1906 |
| Buffalo Limited | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1920] | 1919–1926 |
| Buffalo Limited | Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad | Pittsburgh–Buffalo, New York [1930] | 1919–1931 |
| Buffalo Local | New York Central | Cincinnati–Buffalo, New York | ? |
| Buffalo Mail | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1930] | 1919–1935 |
| Buffalo Special | New York Central | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1908] | 1892–1893; 1902–1914; 1919–1925 |
| Buffalo Special | Pennsylvania Railroad | Pittsburgh–Buffalo, New York [1911] | 1906–1916 |
| Buffalo Train | Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad | New York City–Chicago [1907] | 1902–1914 |
| Buffalonian | West Shore Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York (with sleeping cars to Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston) [1915] | 1910–1925 |
| Buffalonian | New York Central | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1924] | 1915–1932 |
| Buffalonian | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | New York City–Buffalo, New York [1940] | 1936–1941 |
| Bullet | Central Railroad of New Jersey | Jersey City, New Jersey-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1930] | 1929–1931 |
| Bullet | Pennsylvania Railroad | Wilmington, Delaware-Easton, Maryland [1938] | 1937-c.1946 |
| Bunker Hill | New Haven (until 1946), Amtrak (since 1971) | New York City–Boston [1972] | 1940-1946; 1971-1975 |
| Business Man's Special | Pere Marquette | Chicago–Grand Rapids, Michigan [1930] | 1928–1932 |
| Butte and Portland Special | Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Portland, Oregon [1915] | 1911–1920 |
| Butte Express | Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Boise, Idaho [1938] | 1894–1895; 1915–1931; 1935–1941 |
| Butte Special | Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana [1952] | 1921–1971 |
| Butte - Northwest Express | Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Spokane, Washington–Portland, Oregon [1935] | 1932–1941 |
| Butte - Portland Express | Union Pacific | Salt Lake City–Butte, Montana–Portland, Oregon [1912] | 1911–1914 |