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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad operated eighteen daily trains, of which ten were continued by Amtrak.

https://streamlinermemories.info/SF/SF69-6TT.pdf

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
1, 2	San Francisco Chief	Chicago–San Francisco via Amarillo	Daily	Discontinued
15, 16	Texas Chief	Chicago–Houston	Daily	Amtrak operated	Renamed Lone Star in 1974 and discontinued in 1979
17, 18	Super Chief/El Capitan	Chicago–Los Angeles via La Junta	Daily	Amtrak operated	Renamed Southwest Limited in 1974 and Southwest Chief in 1983
23, 24	ex-Grand Canyon	Chicago–Los Angeles via La Junta	Daily	Discontinued
73–78	San Diegan	Los Angeles–San Diego	3x daily	Amtrak operated	One round trip became part of the Coast Daylight/Starlight until 1972. The service was renamed Pacific Surfliner in 2000.
191-190, 201-200	–	Denver–La Junta	Daily	Discontinued	Denver connection for the eastbound Super Chief/El Capitan
211, 212	Tulsan	Kansas City–Tulsa	Daily	Discontinued

Baltimore and Ohio

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad operated ten daily trains, none of which were continued by Amtrak. Amtrak service over the B&O began later in 1971 with the West Virginian.

https://streamlinermemories.info/Eastern/C&OB&O67TT.pdf

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
1, 2	George Washington	Cincinnati–St. Louis	Daily	Discontinued	Formerly part of the National Limited. Washington, D.C.–St. Louis train jointly operated with the C&O.
5, 6	Capitol Limited	Washington, D.C.–Chicago	Daily	Discontinued
7, 8	Shenandoah	Washington, D.C.–Akron	Daily	Discontinued
11, 12	Metropolitan	Washington, D.C.–Cincinnati	Daily	Discontinued
53, 54	Cincinnatian	Cincinnati–Detroit	Daily	Discontinued

Burlington Northern

The Burlington Northern Railroad (a 1970 merger of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Great Northern Railway, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, and Northern Pacific Railway), operated 40 daily trains, of which eight were continued by Amtrak. One additional pair (one round trip) was operated by BN for ten days until a lawsuit was settled.

https://streamlinermemories.info/Zephyr/BN70-4TT.pdf

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
1, 2	Denver Zephyr	Chicago–Denver	Daily	Amtrak operated	Combined with the San Francisco Zephyr in 1972, which was renamed California Zephyr in 1983
5, 6	"Quincy Local" (ex-Kansas City Zephyr)	Chicago–Quincy	Daily	Privately operated	Operated by BN until May 10, when a lawsuit was settled. Amtrak begin operating the Illinois Zephyr over the route later in 1971.
7, 8	Morning Zephyr	Chicago–Minneapolis	Daily	Discontinued	Eastbound #8 ran combined with the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited
9, 10	Afternoon Zephyr	Chicago–Minneapolis	Daily	Discontinued	Westbound #9 ran combined with the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited five days a week, and ran separately on Fridays and Sundays
11, 12	ex-Nebraska Zephyr	Chicago–Omaha	Daily	Discontinued
19, 20	American Royal Zephyr	Chicago–North Kansas City	Daily	Discontinued
21, 22	Empire Builder (Portland section)	Spokane–Portland	Daily	Discontinued
23, 24	Western Star (Portland section)	Spokane–Portland	Daily	Discontinued
25, 26	North Coast Limited	Chicago–Seattle via Butte	Daily	Discontinued	Amtrak restored service over much of the route in June 1971 as the North Coast Hiawatha
27, 28	Western Star	St. Paul–Seattle via Havre	Daily	Discontinued
29, 30	Mainstreeter	St. Paul–Seattle via Helena	Daily	Discontinued
31, 32	Empire Builder	Chicago–Seattle via Havre	Daily	Amtrak operated	Amtrak began operating the train over a different BN routing between Fargo and Minneapolis, and over the Milwaukee Road east of Minneapolis.
33, 34	–	Great Falls–Havre	Daily	Discontinued
35, 36	–	North Kansas City–Omaha	Daily	Discontinued
40, 53	Gopher and Badger	St. Paul–Superior	Daily	Discontinued
47, 48	ex-Winnipeg Limited	Grand Forks–Winnipeg	Daily	Discontinued
102, 103, 105	–	Wishram–Bend	Daily	Discontinued	Mixed trains
193, 194	International	Seattle–Vancouver	Daily	Discontinued
195, 196, 198, 199	–	Seattle–Portland	2x daily	Amtrak operated	Part of BN/UP pool service. Eventually part of Cascades service

Central of Georgia

The Central of Georgia Railway operated four trains (one pair of which operated every other day), none of which were continued by Amtrak. The railroad never hosted Amtrak service. Its parent company, the Southern Railway, did not join Amtrak until 1979.

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
7, 8	Nancy Hanks II	Atlanta–Savannah	Daily	Discontinued
13, 14	City of Miami	Birmingham–Albany	Every other day	Discontinued	Chicago–Florida train jointly operated with the IC and SAL

Chesapeake and Ohio

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway operated 16 daily trains, of which four were continued by Amtrak.

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
1, 2	George Washington	Cincinnati–Washington, D.C.	Daily	Amtrak operated	Washington, D.C.–St. Louis train jointly operated with the B&O.
8, 9, 13	Pere Marquette	Chicago–Grand Rapids	Daily	Discontinued
11, 12, 14, 15	Pere Marquette	Grand Rapids–Detroit	2x daily	Discontinued
21, 22	George Washington (Louisville section)	Louisville–Ashland	Daily	Discontinued
41, 42	George Washington (Newport News section)	Charlottesville–Newport News	Daily	Amtrak operated
46, 47	George Washington (Detroit section)	Ashland–Detroit	Daily	Discontinued	Weekends only
206, 208	Pere Marquette (Muskegon section)	Muskegon–Holland	Daily	Discontinued

Chicago and North Western

The Chicago and North Western Railway operated 12 trains (some of which did not operate every day, for a total of 10 daily trains), none of which were continued by Amtrak. The company never hosted Amtrak service.

https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2-Perry/012/a/1970-06-22C%26NW_systemPTT-Perry.pdf

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
1, 2, 11, 12	ex-Kate Shelley 400	Chicago–Clinton	Daily	Discontinued
121, 160, 164X	ex-Streamliner 400	Chicago–Milwaukee	Daily	Discontinued
149, 152	ex-Commuter 400	Chicago–Milwaukee	6x weekly	Discontinued	Did not operate on Sundays
153, 216	ex-Flambeau 400	Chicago–Green Bay via Appleton	Daily	Discontinued	Operated through to Ashland summers and around winter holidays; last service to Ashland was in early January 1971
206, 209	ex-Peninsula 400	Chicago–Green Bay via Appleton	Daily	Discontinued
168, 239	ex-Shoreland 400	Chicago–Green Bay via Sheboygan	Weekly	Discontinued	Operated Sundays only

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) operated 15 trains, of which eight were continued by Amtrak.

https://streamlinermemories.info/Milw/Milw70TT.pdf

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
5, 6	Morning Hiawatha	Chicago–Minneapolis	Daily	Amtrak operated	Became part of the Empire Builder
11, 22	Sioux	Chicago–Madison	Daily	Discontinued
9, 12	–	Chicago–Milwaukee	Daily	Amtrak operated	Eventually part of Hiawatha Service
23, 24	–	Chicago–Milwaukee	Daily	Amtrak operated	Eventually part of Hiawatha Service
27, 46	–	Chicago–Milwaukee	Daily	Amtrak operated	Eventually part of Hiawatha Service
56	Fast Mail	Minneapolis to Chicago	Daily	Discontinued	Southbound only
103, 104	City of Los Angeles/​City of San Francisco/​City of Portland/​City of Denver/​Challenger	Chicago–Omaha	Daily	Discontinued	Jointly operated with the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific
117, 118	Varsity	Chicago–Madison	3x weekly	Operated Fridays through Sundays

Delaware and Hudson

The Delaware and Hudson Railway operated four daily trains, none of which were continued by Amtrak. Amtrak service over the Delaware and Hudson began with the Adirondack in 1974.

https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2-Perry/016/d-c/1970-06-14D%26H_systemPTT-Perry.pdf

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
9, 10	Montreal Limited	Rensselaer–Montreal	Daily	Discontinued	New York City–Montreal train jointly operated with Penn Central
34, 35	Laurentian	Rensselaer–Montreal	Daily	Discontinued	New York City–Montreal train jointly operated with Penn Central

Denver and Rio Grande Western

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) operated a thrice-weekly round trip (the remains of the California Zephyr. The D&RGW opted to continued running its own service, fearing that Amtrak might increase frequency and cause congestion on its single-track mainline. Not until 1983 did the D&RGW discontinue its own service and allow Amtrak's California Zephyr to use its line.

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
17, 18	Rio Grande Zephyr	Denver–Ogden	3x weekly	Privately operated

Union Pacific

The Union Pacific Railroad ran 18 daily trains and eight tri-weekly trains. Only one pair of trains was directly continued by Amtrak, albeit at a reduced frequency. The Amtrak iteration of the City of San Francisco also operated over the UP tri-weekly between Denver and Ogden, combining portions of the former City of San Francisco and City of Kansas City routings.

https://streamlinermemories.info/UP/UP69-9TT.pdf

Number	Name	Routing	Frequency	Status on May 1, 1971	Notes
9, 10	City of Kansas City	Kansas City–Cheyenne	Daily	Discontinued	Through cars were run between Kansas City and Los Angeles via the City of Los Angeles, Oakland via the City of San Francisco, and Portland via the City of Portland
17, 18	Portland Rose	Denver–Portland	Daily	Discontinued
19, 20	ex-Spokane	Hinkle–Spokane	Daily	Discontinued
35, 36	Butte Special	Salt Lake City–Butte	3x weekly	Discontinued
79,80	–	Columbus–Spalding	3x weekly	Discontinued	Mixed train
81, 82	–	Columbus–Albion	3x weekly	Discontinued	Mixed train
93, 94	ex-Platte Valley Express	North Platte–South Torrington	Daily	Discontinued
95, 96	–	Kearney–Stapleton	3x weekly	Discontinued	Mixed train
103, 104	City of Los Angeles/Challenger	Omaha–Los Angeles	Daily	Discontinued	Combined with the City of San Francisco between Omaha and Ogden, the City of Portland between Omaha and Green River, and the City of Denver between Omaha and North Platte. Jointly operated with the Milwaukee Road as a Chicago–Los Angeles train.
105, 106	City of Portland	Omaha–Portland	Daily	Discontinued	Combined with the City of Los Angeles between Omaha and Green River. Jointly operated with the Milwaukee Road as a Chicago–Portland train.
111, 112	City of Denver	Omaha-Denver	Daily	Discontinued	Combined with the City of Los Angeles between Omaha and North Platte. Jointly operated with the Milwaukee Road as a Chicago–Denver train.
117, 118	ex-Portland Rose	Kansas City–Denver	Daily	Discontinued	Mixed train
457, 458	–	Portland–Seattle	Daily	Amtrak operated	Part of BN/UP pool service. Amtrak operated the train only tri-weekly as part of the Coast Starlight/Daylight.

Other railroads

Several services were outside the scope of Amtrak:

• The Alaska Railroad operated a twice-weekly mixed train (daily during the summer months) between Anchorage and Fairbanks. Although the Rail Passenger Service Act explicitly included Alaska as a possible service area, the railroad was geographically separated from the national network and already owned by the federal government, and it has continued to operate separately from Amtrak.
• A Canadian National Railway Winnipeg–Thunder Bay local service, which crossed part of northern Minnesota, was considered a Canada-centric service not relevant to Amtrak. It ran until 1977.
• The Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) Atlantic Limited, which crossed northern Maine, was also not relevant to Amtrak. It was taken over by Via Rail in 1978 and ran until 1994. CP, Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, and Penn Central also jointly operated a Buffalo–Toronto service that connected with the Empire Service at Buffalo. This service ran until 1981, when it was replaced by the Maple Leaf.
• The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, though allowed to join Amtrak, determined that its South Shore Line was an ineligible commuter service. Local public funding for its trains began in 1977, with the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District fully taking over the service in 1989.