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Generate train names in the tradition of the great named expresses (Flying Scotsman, Orient Express, Super Chief), named steam locomotives, and friendly engine characters. For model railroaders, children's authors, and anyone building a fictional railway.

About train names

Trains get named in three different ways, and it helps to know which one you want. The most famous names belong to services, not machines: the Flying Scotsman, the Orient Express, and the Super Chief were scheduled trains between two cities, run by many different locomotives over the decades. These names promise speed or luxury (Twentieth Century Limited, Golden Arrow), announce the destination (City of New Orleans, Coast Starlight), or evoke a landscape (Empire Builder, California Zephyr, Glacier Express).

Individual locomotives were named too, especially in Britain, where the Great Western named whole classes after castles, halls, manors, and kings, and the LNER named its record-breaking streamliners after birds (Mallard, Bittern) and its chief engineer (Sir Nigel Gresley). American railroads mostly numbered their engines, so the famous ones are known by number, like Big Boy 4014 or Daylight 4449, with a handful of early exceptions like The General and Jupiter. Japan's Shinkansen services use poetic Japanese words: Nozomi (hope), Hikari (light), Hayabusa (peregrine falcon).

The third tradition is the engine as a character, from Thomas and Percy to the Little Engine That Could and the Polar Express. Those names are short, warm, and human. This list covers all three so you can name a scheduled express, a heritage locomotive, or the hero of a picture book.

How to choose train names

  • Decide whether you are naming a service or an engine: services take grand two- or three-word titles (Coast Starlight), engines take a single name or a name plus number (Mallard, 4449).
  • For a fictional express, combine a destination or landscape word with Express, Limited, Flyer, or Zephyr; each suffix carries an era, with Limited feeling 1920s and Zephyr feeling 1930s streamliner.
  • British-style locomotive naming works by class theme: give every engine of a class a castle, a bird, a duke, or a regiment.
  • Children's engine characters should be one or two syllables and sound like a friendly first name.
  • Reference the real thing when possible; a name like Cannonball or Midnight Special comes with a whole folk-song history attached.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Flying Scotsman a train or a locomotive?

Both, confusingly. The Flying Scotsman is the London-to-Edinburgh express service, running since 1862, and also LNER locomotive No. 4472, built in 1923 and named after the service. Most famous train names started as services and were later given to a specific engine.

Why do American trains use numbers while British ones use names?

British railways named locomotives from the earliest days as a matter of prestige, and companies like the Great Western turned it into a system with themed classes. American railroads ran far larger fleets and standardized on numbers early, reserving names for premier passenger services.

What do Express, Limited, and Zephyr mean in a train name?

Express means a fast service with few stops. Limited originally meant limited stops and limited seating, a mark of first-class prestige. Zephyr was the Burlington Route's brand for its stainless-steel diesel streamliners of the 1930s, named after the west wind.

Can I use these train names for a model railroad or a book?

Historic service and locomotive names are widely reused in the hobby and in fiction. Character names from current franchises (Thomas, Chuggington) are trademarked and should stay in your private layout, not on products for sale.

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A: 41 names

  • Aberdonian
  • Abitibi
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Acela
  • Adirondack
  • Admiral
  • Afternoon Hiawatha
  • Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
  • Akatsuki
  • Al Andalus
  • Al Boraq
  • Alaskan
  • Algoma Central Agawa Canyon
  • Allegro
  • Alouette
  • Ambassador
  • American Royal Zephyr
  • Andean Explorer
  • Ann Rutledge
  • Antelope
  • Arbalète
  • Argo Bromo Anggrek
  • Argonaut
  • Aristocrat
  • Arlberg Express
  • Arlecchino
  • Armada
  • Aroostook Flyer
  • Arrow
  • Arrowhead
  • Asakaze
  • Asama
  • Aso Boy
  • Atlantic Coast Express
  • Atlantic Limited
  • Aurora
  • Australind
  • Auto Train
  • Azalean
  • Aztec Eagle
  • Azusa

B: 61 names

  • Badger
  • Baikal
  • Ballast Scorcher
  • Bankers
  • Banner Blue
  • Bar Harbor Express
  • Barnaby
  • Barnacle the Dock Tank
  • Bay State
  • Beaver
  • Belmond British Pullman
  • Benelux
  • Berkshire
  • Bernina Express
  • Best Friend of Charleston
  • Big Bertha
  • Big Boy
  • Birmingham Special
  • Bittern
  • Black Diamond
  • Black Five
  • Black Gold
  • Black Hawk
  • Black Prince
  • Blackmoor Vale
  • Blanche
  • Blauer Enzian
  • Blink Bonny
  • Blue Bird
  • Blue Goose

B, continued

  • Blue Peter
  • Blue Pullman
  • Blue Ridge
  • Blue Streak
  • Blue Train
  • Blue Water
  • Bluebell
  • Bluebonnet
  • Bluebonnet Limited
  • Bluenose
  • Boadicea
  • Boat Train
  • Bon Accord
  • Bonaventure
  • Border Reiver
  • Borealis
  • Bosphorus Express
  • Bosvelder
  • Bournemouth Belle
  • Bradley Manor
  • Bras d'Or
  • Brighton Belle
  • Bristol Pullman
  • Bristolian
  • Britannia
  • Broadsman
  • Broadway Limited
  • Brown Jack
  • Buckeye
  • Burton Agnes Hall
  • Butte Special

C: 100 names

  • Cabot
  • Caerphilly Castle
  • Caledonian Sleeper
  • California Limited
  • California Zephyr
  • Cambrian Coast Express
  • Cambrian Radio Cruise
  • Camelback
  • Camelot
  • Canadian
  • Cannonball
  • Cape Codder
  • Capitals Limited
  • Capitals United Express
  • Capitol Corridor
  • Capitol Limited
  • Capricornian
  • Captain Cuttle
  • Cardean
  • Cardinal
  • Caribou
  • Carolina Special
  • Carolinian
  • Cascade
  • Cascades
  • Cascadian
  • Casey Jr.
  • Cassiopeia
  • Catalan Talgo
  • Catch Me Who Can
  • Cathedrals Express
  • Cavalier
  • Cayuga
  • Chaleur
  • Challenger
  • Challenger Domeliner
  • Champion
  • Channel Packet
  • Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • Cheltenham Flyer
  • Cheshire Cat
  • Chicagoan
  • Chief
  • Chinook
  • Chippewa
  • Chocolate Train
  • Choctaw Rocket
  • Chopin
  • Cincinnatian
  • Cinder Queen

C, continued

  • Cinders
  • Circus Train
  • Cisalpin
  • City of Denver
  • City of Las Vegas
  • City of Los Angeles
  • City of Memphis
  • City of Miami
  • City of New Orleans
  • City of Portland
  • City of San Francisco
  • City of St. Louis
  • City of Truro
  • Clamdigger
  • Clansman
  • Clementine
  • Cleveland Limited
  • Clinker
  • Clocker
  • Clun Castle
  • Coast Daylight
  • Coast Starlight
  • Coastal Classic
  • Coastal Pacific
  • Colonial
  • Colorado Eagle
  • Columbian
  • Columbine
  • Comet
  • Commodore Vanderbilt
  • Congressional
  • Copper Country Limited
  • Copper Kettle
  • Corn Belt Rocket
  • Corn King Limited
  • Cornish Riviera Express
  • Cornish Scot
  • Cornishman
  • Coronation
  • Coronation Scot
  • Cotswold Venturer
  • Cotton Blossom
  • Countess of Dufferin
  • Cowcatcher
  • Cranberry
  • Creole
  • Crescent
  • Crocodile
  • Crusader
  • Cumbrian Mountain Express

D: 40 names

  • Dalesman
  • Darjeeling Mail
  • Daylight 4449
  • Daylight Speedliner
  • Decapod
  • Deccan Odyssey
  • Deccan Queen
  • Delta Eagle
  • Deltic
  • Denali Star
  • Denver Zephyr
  • Desert Wind
  • Detroiter
  • Devon Belle
  • Devon Scot
  • Devonian
  • Diamond Stack
  • Dinky
  • Diplomat
  • Dixie Flagler
  • Dixie Flyer
  • Doctor Syn
  • Dogu Express
  • Dolgoch
  • Dominion
  • Donald
  • Doodlebug
  • Dorset Coast Express
  • Double Fairlie
  • Double Header
  • Douglas
  • Dovregubben
  • Downeaster
  • Duchess of Hamilton
  • Duchess of Sutherland
  • Duck
  • Duke of Gloucester
  • Dunster Castle
  • Duquesne
  • Duronto Express

E: 39 names

  • Eagle
  • Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
  • East Anglian
  • East Wind
  • Easterling
  • Eastern & Oriental Express
  • Eastern Belle
  • Eddystone
  • Edelweiss
  • Edward
  • Egyptian Zipper
  • El Capitan
  • El Chepe
  • El Dorado
  • El Regiomontano
  • El Tapatío
  • Elizabethan
  • Emerald Isle Express
  • Emily
  • Empire Builder
  • Empire State Express
  • Endeavour
  • Engine Number Nine
  • Enterprise
  • Erasmus
  • Erie Limited
  • Eryri
  • Étendard
  • Ethan Allen Express
  • Étoile du Nord
  • Eureka
  • Eurostar
  • Evangeline
  • Evening Star
  • Evening Whistle
  • Everglades
  • Excalibur
  • Executive
  • Exposition Flyer

F: 37 names

  • Fair Maid
  • Fairy Queen
  • Falcon
  • Fast Flying Virginian
  • Fast Freight
  • Fast Mail
  • Federal
  • Fenchurch
  • Fenella
  • Fenman
  • Fifth Avenue Special
  • Firebox
  • Firefly
  • Firth of Forth
  • Flambeau 400
  • Flamingo
  • Flèche d'Or
  • Floridian
  • Flying Crow
  • Flying Dutchman
  • Flying Fox
  • Flying Hamburger
  • Flying Ranee
  • Flying Scotsman
  • Flying Yankee
  • Foghorn Coast Mail
  • Foguete
  • Fort Pitt
  • Forty-Niner
  • Foxcote Manor
  • Freccia del Sud
  • Frecciarossa
  • Freedom Train
  • Frisco 1522
  • Frontier Mail
  • Frostline Sleeper
  • Fuxing Hao

G: 51 names

  • Gajayana
  • Galatea
  • Galloping Goose
  • Gambrinus
  • Gannet
  • Garib Rath
  • Garratt
  • Gatimaan Express
  • Genesee
  • George Washington
  • Georgian
  • Ghan
  • Ghost Train
  • Gilt Edge
  • Ginga
  • Glacier Discovery
  • Glacier Express
  • Gold Coast
  • Golden Arrow
  • Golden Chariot
  • Golden Eagle
  • Golden Fleece
  • Golden Gate
  • Golden Hind
  • Golden Plover
  • Golden Rocket
  • Golden Spike
  • Golden State
  • Golden State Limited
  • Golden Temple Mail
  • Golden Triangle
  • Gopher
  • Gordon
  • Gospel Train
  • Gottardo
  • Grade Runner
  • Grampian
  • Grand Canyon Limited
  • Grand Trunk Express
  • Granite City
  • Granny Smokestack
  • Great Britain
  • Great Northern
  • Green Arrow
  • Green Diamond
  • Green Goddess
  • Green Mountain Flyer
  • Guillemot
  • Gulf Wind
  • Gulflander
  • Gull

H: 44 names

  • Haerang
  • Hagley Hall
  • Hakutaka
  • Happy-Go-Lucky Local
  • Hardwicke
  • Harrogate Sunday Pullman
  • Haruka
  • Harvest Moon Flyer
  • Havana Special
  • Hawkeye
  • Hayabusa
  • Hayate
  • Hazel the Hill Engine
  • Heart of Midlothian
  • Heartland Flyer
  • Hebridean
  • Helvetia
  • Henry
  • Hereward the Wake
  • Hiawatha
  • High Iron
  • Highball
  • Highland Chieftain
  • Highland Sleeper
  • Hikari
  • Hilltopper
  • Himsagar Express
  • Hinotori
  • Hogwarts Castle
  • Hogwarts Express
  • Hokutosei
  • Honeysuckle Belle
  • Hook Continental
  • Hoosier State
  • Horseshoe Curve
  • Hot Springs Special
  • Hotshot
  • Hudson Bay
  • Humming Bird
  • Humsafar Express
  • Hungaria
  • Hurricane Turn
  • Hustler
  • Hyperion

I: 14 names

  • Île de France
  • Illini
  • Independence
  • Indian Pacific
  • Inlander
  • Inter-City
  • Intercapital Daylight
  • Invicta
  • Inyo
  • Irish Mail
  • Iron Duke
  • Iron Horse
  • Iroquois
  • Ivor the Engine

J: 7 names

  • Jacobite
  • James
  • Jeffersonian
  • John Bull
  • John o' Groat
  • Joyous Gard
  • Jupiter

K: 25 names

  • Kagayaki
  • Kalka Mail
  • Kamome
  • Kamui
  • Kansas City Mule
  • Kansas City Zephyr
  • Karwendel
  • Katahdin
  • Katy Flyer
  • Kennebec
  • Kentish Belle
  • Kestrel
  • Keystone
  • Khyber Mail
  • King Coal
  • King George V
  • Kingfisher
  • Kingston Flyer
  • Kinlet Hall
  • Klamath
  • Knickerbocker
  • Kodama
  • Komachi
  • Kounotori
  • Kuroshio

L: 35 names

  • L'Aquitaine
  • La Trochita
  • Lackawanna Limited
  • Lady of Legend
  • Lake Shore Limited
  • Lakes Express
  • Lancastrian
  • Land O'Corn
  • Land of the Sky Special
  • Lark
  • Last Spike
  • Laurentian
  • Le Capitole
  • Le Mistral
  • Leander
  • Legislator
  • Leviathan
  • Lézard Rouge
  • Liberty
  • Liberty Limited
  • Lighthouse Mail
  • Lincoln Service
  • Linda
  • Little Engine That Could
  • Little Joe
  • Little Whistle
  • Locomotion
  • Lode Star
  • Lone Star
  • Long Haul
  • Lord Nelson
  • Lord of the Isles
  • Los Angeles Limited
  • Lowland Sleeper
  • Lusitania

M: 59 names

  • Magnolia
  • Maharajas' Express
  • Maid of Astolat
  • Mainstreeter
  • Malahat
  • Mallard
  • Mallet
  • Man o' War
  • Man of Kent
  • Manchester Pullman
  • Mancunian
  • Manhattan Limited
  • Manxman
  • Maple Leaf
  • Maria Fumaça
  • Master Cutler
  • Mavi Tren
  • Mayflower
  • Meadowlark
  • Mediolanum
  • Meg Merrilies
  • Merchant Venturer
  • Merchants Limited
  • Mercury
  • Merddin Emrys
  • Merlin
  • Meteor
  • Metroliner
  • Metropolitan
  • Mid-Day Scot
  • Midland Pullman
  • Midlander
  • Midnight Flyer
  • Midnight Special
  • Midsummer Belle
  • Mikado
  • Milk Run
  • Milwaukee Road 261
  • Minute Man
  • Miss Lou
  • Missouri River Eagle
  • Missouri River Runner
  • Mizuho
  • Mizukaze
  • Mogul
  • Mohawk
  • Mons Meg
  • Montrealer
  • Moonlight Mail
  • Morning Hiawatha
  • Morning Star
  • Mother Hubbard
  • Motor City Special
  • Mount Rainier
  • Mount Royal
  • Mountain Goat
  • Mozart
  • Mugunghwa
  • Mystery Train

N: 44 names

  • Namekagon
  • Nariz del Diablo
  • Narragansett
  • National Limited
  • Navajo
  • Nebraska Zephyr
  • Neptune
  • New England States
  • Newcastle Flyer
  • Niagara
  • Nickel Plate 765
  • Nickel Plate Limited
  • Night Diamond
  • Night Ferry
  • Night Hawk
  • Night Heron
  • Night Mail
  • Night Riviera
  • Night Scotsman
  • Nightingale
  • No. 119
  • Noon Daylight
  • Nord Express
  • Nordpilen
  • Norfolkman
  • Norseman
  • North Briton
  • North Coast Hiawatha
  • North Coast Limited
  • North Country Continental
  • North Shore Limited
  • North Star
  • Northern Belle
  • Northern Explorer
  • Northern Irishman
  • Northern Lantern
  • Northern Lights
  • Northerner
  • Northlander
  • Northumbrian
  • Novelty
  • Nozomi
  • Nunney Castle
  • Nutmeg

O: 28 names

  • Ocean
  • Odoriko
  • Ohio State Limited
  • Oil Flyer
  • Oiseau Bleu
  • Old 97
  • Old Ironsides
  • Old Maude
  • Old Number Seven
  • Old Peppersass
  • Old Smokey
  • Oliver
  • Oliver Cromwell
  • Olton Hall
  • Olympian Hiawatha
  • On Wisconsin
  • Orange Blossom Special
  • Orcadian
  • Oregonian
  • Orient Express
  • Oriental Limited
  • Osprey
  • Overland
  • Overland Limited
  • Overlander
  • Owl
  • Ozark State Zephyr
  • Ozarker

P: 64 names

  • Pacemaker
  • Pacific International
  • Pacific Surfliner
  • Palace on Wheels
  • Palatine
  • Palatino
  • Palmerston
  • Palmetto
  • Pan-American
  • Panama Limited
  • Panoramic
  • Papyrus
  • Parsifal
  • Patriot
  • Peace Train
  • Peach Queen
  • Pelican
  • Pemberton the Pannier
  • Pendennis Castle
  • Pendragon
  • Peninsula 400
  • Penn Texas
  • Pennsylvanian
  • Peoria Rocket
  • Percy
  • Pere Marquette
  • Pere Marquette 1225
  • Peregrine
  • Persimmon
  • Phoebe Snow
  • Piedmont
  • Piedmont Limited

P, continued

  • Pilgrim
  • Pine Tree
  • Pines Express
  • Pioneer
  • Pioneer Limited
  • Pioneer Zephyr
  • Piston Pete
  • Pittsburgher
  • Pocahontas
  • Podi Menike
  • Polar Bear Express
  • Polar Express
  • Polaris
  • Polonez
  • Ponce de Leon
  • Pony Express
  • Portland Rose
  • Potatoland Special
  • Powhatan Arrow
  • Prairie Marksman
  • Prairie Schooner
  • Premier Classe
  • Pretty Polly
  • Princess Elizabeth
  • Prospector
  • Puddle Jumper
  • Puerta del Sol
  • Puffer
  • Puffing Billy
  • Puget Sounder
  • Punjab Mail
  • Puyuma

Q: 6 names

  • Quaker
  • Queen and Crescent
  • Queen of Scots
  • Queen of the Valley
  • Queenslander
  • Quicksilver

R: 44 names

  • Raicho
  • Rainbow
  • Rajdhani Express
  • Rapido
  • Red Arrow
  • Red Bird
  • Red Dragon
  • Red Mesa Daylight
  • Red River
  • Red Rose
  • Red Wing
  • Redball Express
  • Rembrandt
  • Resort Shirakami
  • Rheingold
  • Rheinpfeil
  • Rio Grande Zephyr
  • River Cities
  • River Mite
  • Robin Hood
  • Rock Island Line
  • Rock Island Rocket
  • Rocket
  • Rocky Mountain Rocket
  • Rocky Mountaineer
  • Rogue River
  • Roland
  • Romancecar
  • Rosenkavalier
  • Rossiya
  • Roundhouse Rose
  • Rovos Pride of Africa
  • Royal Blue
  • Royal Duchy
  • Royal Gorge
  • Royal Highlander
  • Royal Hudson 2860
  • Royal Palm
  • Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
  • Royal Scot
  • Royal Scotsman
  • Royal Wessex
  • Rubens
  • Runaway Train

S: 123 names

  • Sacramento Daylight
  • Sagebrush
  • Saint David
  • Saint Mungo
  • Sakura
  • Salamanca
  • Saltmarsh Belle
  • Saluki
  • Samson
  • San Diegan
  • San Francisco Chief
  • San Francisco Overland
  • San Joaquin Daylight
  • San Juan
  • Sans Pareil
  • Santa Fe 3751
  • Santa Special
  • Saphir
  • Sapsan
  • Savannahlander
  • Scandinavian
  • Scarborough Flyer
  • Scarborough Spa Express
  • Scenic Limited
  • Sceptre
  • Scotian
  • Scots Guardsman
  • Scout
  • Seasider
  • Seminole
  • Senator
  • Seneca
  • Settebello
  • Settle & Carlisle Fellsman
  • Seven Stars in Kyushu
  • Shakespeare Express
  • Shamrock
  • Shasta Daylight
  • Shasta Limited
  • Shatabdi Express
  • Shay

S, continued

  • Sheffield Pullman
  • Shenandoah
  • Shenandoah Valley
  • Shiki-shima
  • Shimakaze
  • Shinano
  • Shooting Star
  • Shoreliner
  • Shosholoza Meyl
  • Shreveporter
  • Sibelius
  • Sierra No. 3
  • Silent Knight
  • Silk Train
  • Silver Bullet
  • Silver Comet
  • Silver Crescent
  • Silver Fern
  • Silver Fox
  • Silver Jubilee
  • Silver Link
  • Silver Meteor
  • Silver Star
  • Silver Streak
  • Simplon Orient Express
  • Sioux
  • Sir Galahad
  • Sir Lamiel
  • Sir Lancelot
  • Sir Nigel Gresley
  • Skeena
  • Skunk Train
  • Skyland Special
  • Slovenská strela
  • Smokey Joe
  • Snow Goose
  • Snow Train
  • Snowdonian
  • Snowpiercer
  • Sonic
  • Soo-Dominion

S, continued

  • Sooner
  • South Wales Pullman
  • South Wind
  • Southern 4501
  • Southern Aurora
  • Southern Belle
  • Southern Crescent
  • Southerner
  • Southwest Chief
  • Southwestern Limited
  • Sparky the Shunter
  • Sparrow Hawk
  • Spearmint
  • Spirit of California
  • Spirit of Progress
  • Spirit of Queensland
  • Spirit of St. Louis
  • Spirit of the Outback
  • Spitfire
  • Sportsman
  • Stampeder
  • State of Maine
  • Statesman
  • Steel Rail
  • Stepney
  • Storm Petrel
  • Stourbridge Lion
  • Sud Express
  • Summit Climber
  • Sun Queen
  • Sunbeam
  • Sunflower
  • Sunlander
  • Sunraysia
  • Sunrise Izumo
  • Sunrise Seto
  • Sunset Limited
  • Sunshine Special
  • Super Chief
  • Super Continental
  • Switchback

T: 79 names

  • Taliesin
  • Talisman
  • Talyllyn
  • Tangmere
  • Tasman Limited
  • Taurus Express
  • Te Huia
  • Tea and Sugar
  • Tees-Tyne Pullman
  • Tehachapi
  • Tejas Express
  • Ten-Wheeler
  • Tender Tom
  • Tennessean
  • Texas Eagle
  • Texas Special
  • Texas Zephyr
  • Thalys
  • Thames-Clyde Express
  • Thames-Forth Express
  • Thanet Belle
  • The General
  • Thistledown Sleeper
  • Thomas
  • Thoroughbred
  • Thunder Road
  • Thunderbird
  • Tilt Train
  • Timberline Mail
  • Tintagel Castle
  • Tippecanoe
  • Titfield Thunderbolt
  • Toby
  • Toki
  • Tolstoi
  • Tom Thumb
  • Toonerville Trolley
  • Tootle
  • Torbay Express

T, continued

  • Tornado
  • Toy Train
  • Trailblazer
  • Train Bleu
  • Train des Pignes
  • Train du Désert
  • Train Jaune
  • Trans Europ Express
  • Trans-Australian
  • Trans-Canada Limited
  • Trans-Karoo
  • Trans-Natal
  • Trans-Siberian Express
  • Transalpin
  • Transcantábrico
  • TranzAlpine
  • Treasure Island Special
  • Tren a las Nubes
  • Tren Crucero
  • Tren de la Fresa
  • Tren del Fin del Mundo
  • Tren Maya
  • Treno Azzurro
  • Trinacria
  • Tsubame
  • Tsubasa
  • Tsugaru
  • Tumbleweed
  • Turbo
  • Tweetsie
  • Twentieth Century Limited
  • Twilight Express
  • Twilight Limited
  • Twin Cities 400
  • Twin Cities Zephyr
  • Twin Star Rocket
  • Tynesider
  • Tynwald
  • Typhoon
  • Tze-Chiang

U: 7 names

  • Udarata Menike
  • Ulster Express
  • Umisachi Yamasachi
  • Union Limited
  • Union of South Africa
  • Union Pacific 844
  • Utahn

V: 10 names

  • Valley Flyer
  • Vande Bharat
  • Varsity
  • Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
  • Vermonter
  • Vesuvio
  • Viking
  • Vindobona
  • Vinelander
  • Vivek Express

W: 29 names

  • Wabash Cannonball
  • Wall Street
  • Wanderer
  • Warbonnet
  • Washingtonian
  • Water Level Limited
  • Waverley
  • Welsh Dragon
  • Welsh Pony
  • Welshman
  • Wessex Belle
  • West Coast Postal
  • West Highlander
  • West Riding Limited
  • Western Star
  • Westlander
  • Whippoorwill
  • Whistle Post
  • Whistle Stop
  • Whistling Winnie
  • White Rose
  • Wiener Walzer
  • Wild Swan
  • Windsor Lad
  • Winnipeg Limited
  • Wolf of Badenoch
  • Wolverine
  • Woodcock
  • Wylam Dilly

Y: 10 names

  • Yakumo
  • Yal Devi
  • Yamabiko
  • Yampa Valley Mail
  • Yankee Clipper
  • Yellowstone Special
  • Yonah
  • Yorkshire Pullman
  • Yorkshireman
  • Yufuin no Mori

Z: 3 names

  • Zambezi Express
  • Zephyr Rocket
  • Zephyrette