Train Stations in the United States

This is a list of railroad stations in the United States as they were in the period 1945-1955, the time when I did my traveling by railroad. The list gives the name of the city, its main railroad stations and the railways that served those stations. I have selected cities that had at least two railways serving them. I hope that this list will provide some memories and/or history for readers. For more information about train stations, visit the page for the National RR Museum.

Mobile

Alabama, Tennessee, and Northern: Alabama, Tennessee, and Northern
Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio: Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio
Louisville and Nashville: Louisville and Nashville

Arizona
Phoenix

Union: Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Southern Pacific

California
Los Angeles

Southern Pacific: Southern Pacific; Union Pacific
Union: Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Southern Pacific; Union Pacific

Colorado
Denver

Union: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Colorado and Southern; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (Rio Grande); Union Pacific

Connecticut
Bridgeport

New Haven: New York, New Haven, and Hartford (New Haven)
Hartford

New Haven: New York, New Haven, and Hartford (New Haven)
New Haven

New Haven: New York, New Haven, and Hartford (New Haven)

District of Columbia
Washington

Union: Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio; Norfolk and Western; Pennsylvania; Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac; Southern

Florida
Miami

Florida East Coast: Florida East Coast
Seaboard Air Line: Seaboard Air Line
Tampa

Union: Atlantic Coast Line; Seaboard Air Line

Georgia
Atlanta

Terminal: Atlanta and West Point; Central of Georgia; Seaboard Air Line; Southern
Union: Atlantic Coast Line; Georgia Railroad; Louisville and Nashville; Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis

Illinois
Chicago

Chicago and Northwestern: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha (Chicago and Northwestern)
Dearborn: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Chicago and Eastern Illinois; Chicago and Western Indiana; Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville (Monon); Erie; Grand Trunk Western; Wabash
Grand Central: Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio; Chicago Great Western; Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line)
Illinois Central: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis (Big Four) (New York Central); Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend; Illinois Central; Michigan Central (New York Central)
La Salle St.: Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); New York Central; New York, Chicago, and St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road)
Union: Chicago and Alton (Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio); Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road); Pennsylvania

Indiana
Elkhart

New York Central System: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis (Big Four) (New York Central); New York Central
Fort Wayne

Baker Street: Pennsylvania
Cass Street: Grand Rapids and Indiana
Grand Street: Wabash
Nickel Plate: New York, Chicago, and St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road)
Pearl Street: New York Central
Indianapolis

Union: Baltimore and Ohio; Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville (Monon)
South Bend

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania
South Bend South Shore: South Bend South Shore
Union: Grand Trunk Western; New York Central

Kentucky
Louisville

Union: Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville (Monon); Louisville and Nashville; Pennsylvania
Central: Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio; Illinois Central; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis (Big Four) (New York Central); Southern Railway

Louisiana
New Orleans

L and A: Louisiana Railway and Navigation; Louisiana and Arkansas; Kansas City Southern
L and N: Louisville and Nashville
Terminal: New Orleans and Northeastern; Southern; New Orleans Great Northern; Gulf, Mobile, and Northern; Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio
TP-MP: Texas and Pacific; Missouri-Pacific
Union: Illinois Central; Southern Pacific; Gulf Coast Lines

Maryland
Baltimore

Mt. Royal: Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Union: Pennsylvania; Western Maryland

Massachusetts
Boston

North: Boston and Maine
South: New York, New Haven, and Hartford (New Haven); Boston and Albany (New York Central)

Michigan
Battle Creek

Grand Trunk: Grand Trunk Western
Michigan Central: New York Central
Bay City

Grand Trunk Western: Grand Trunk Western
Michigan Central: Michigan Central (New York Central)
Pere Marquette Union: Detroit and Mackinac; Pere Marquette (Chesaapeake and Ohio)
Detroit

Brush Street: Canadian National; Grand Trunk Western
Fort Street: Pere Marquette (Chesapeake and Ohio); Pennsylvania; Wabash
Michigan Central: Baltimore and Ohio; Canadian Pacific; Michigan Central (New York Central)
Flint

Grand Trunk Western: Grand Trunk Western
Pere Marquette: Pere Marquette (Chesapeake and Ohio)
Grand Rapids MI

Grand Trunk Western: Grand Trunk Western
Union: Michigan Central (New York Central); Pere Marquette (Chesapeake and Ohio); Pennsylvania
Kalamazoo

Michigan Central: Michigan Central (New York Central)
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania
Lansing

Grand Trunk Western: Grand Trunk Western
Union: Michigan Central (New York Central); Pere Marquette (Chesapeaske and Ohio)
Muskegon

Union: Grand Trunk Western; Pennsylvania; Pere Marquette (Chesapeake and Ohio)
Saginaw

Michigan Central: Michigan Central (New York Central)
Pere Marquette: Pere Marquette (Chesapeake and Ohio)

Minnesota
Duluth

Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste Marie (Soo Line): Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic; Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste Marie (Soo Line)
Union: Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range; Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific; Great Northern; Northern Pacific
Minneapolis

Great Northern: Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago Great Western; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha (Chicago and Northwestern); Great Northern; Minneapolis and St. Louis; Northern Pacific
Milwaukee Road: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road); Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line)
St. Paul

Union: Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago Great Western; Chicago, Milwaukee, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road); Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha (Chicago and Northwestern); Great Northern; Minneapolis and St. Louis; Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Line); Northern Pacific

Missouri
Kansas City

Union: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago Great Western; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road); Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio; Kansas City Southern; Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy); Missouri Pacific; St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); Union Pacific; Wabash
St. Joseph

Union: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago Great Western; Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Union Pacific
St. Louis

Union: Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio; Chicago and Alton (Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio); Chicago and Eastern Illinois; Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Illinois Central; Louisville and Nashville; Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy); Missouri Pacific; Mobile and Ohio (Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio); Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis; New York, Chicago, and St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road); New York Central; Pennsylvania; St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco Lines); St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt Route); Southern; Wabash

Nebraska
Lincoln

Burlington: Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route)
Missouri Pacific: Missouri Pacific
Rock Island: Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island)
Union Pacific: Union Pacific
Omaha

Burlington: Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago Great Western
Union: Chicago and Northwestern; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road); Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Missouri Pacific; Union Pacific; Wabash

New Jersey
Jersey City

Erie: Erie
Jersey Central: Baltimore and Ohio; Central of New Jersey; Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania
Newark

Erie: Erie
Jersey Central: Baltimore and Ohio; Central of New Jersey
Lackawanna: Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western (Lackawanna)
Lehigh Valley: Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania

New York
Albany

New York Central: Delaware and Hudson; New York Central
Buffalo

Central Terminal: New York Central
Erie: Erie
Lackawanna: Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Lehigh Valley: Lehigh Valley
New York

Grand Central: New York Central; New York, New Haven, and Hartford (New Haven)
Pennsylvania: Lehigh Valley; Long Island; New York, New Haven, and Hartford (New Haven); Pennsylvania
Syracuse

Lackawanna: Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western (Lackawanna)
New York Central: New York Central

North Carolina
Charlotte

Piedmont and Northern: Piedmont and Northern
Seaboard: Seaboard
Southern: Southern

North Dakota
Fargo

Great Northern: Great Northern
Northern Pacific: Northern Pacific

Ohio
Cincinnati

Union: Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio; Louisville and Nashville; New York Central; Norfolk and Western; Pennsylvania; Southern
Cleveland

East Cleveland: New York, Chicago and St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road); New York York Central
Union Terminal: Baltimore and Ohio; Erie; New York, Chicago and St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road); New York York Central
Union Station (Euclid Avenue): Pennsylvania
Columbus

Union: Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio; New York Central
Dayton

Union: Baltimore and Ohio; New York Central; Pennsylvania
Toledo

Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania
Union: Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio; New York Central; Pere Marquette; Wabash

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City

MKT: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)
Santa Fe: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (Santa Fe)
Union: Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Tulsa

Union: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy); St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco Lines)

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Broad Street: Pennsylvania:
Reading: Baltimore and Ohio; Reading
30th Street: Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh

Baltimore and Ohio: Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie: New York Central; Pittsburgh and Lake Erie

Tennessee
Chattanooga

Terminal: Central of Georgia; Southern
Union: Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis; Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia
Knoxville

Louisville and Nashville: Louisville and Nashville
Southern Railway System: Southern
Memphis

Illinois Central: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; Illinois Central; St.Louis - San Francisco (Frisco)
Union: Louisville and Nashville; Missouri Pacific; Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis; St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt); Southern
Nashville

Union: Louisville and Nashville; Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis

Texas
Austin

Missouri-Kansas-Texas: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)
Missouri-Pacific: Missouri-Pacific
Southern Pacific: Southern Pacific
Dallas

Union: Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island); Fort Worth and Denver City; Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy); St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt); Southern Pacific; Texas and Pacific; Gulf Coast and Santa Fe (Santa Fe)
Houston

Grand Central: Southern Pacific
Katy: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy)
Union: Missouri Pacific; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (Santa Fe); Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (Burlington Route); Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (Rock Island)
San Antonio

Katy: Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Missouri Pacific: International and Great Northern; Missouri Pacific
Sunset: Southern Pacific

Utah
Salt Lake City

Denver and Rio Grande Western: Denver and Rio Grande Western; Western Pacific
Interurban Depot: Bamberger; Salt Lake and Utah
Saltair Depot: Salt Lake, Garfield, and Western
Union Pacific: Union Pacific

Virginia
Richmond

Broad Street: Atlantic Coast Line; Norfolk and Western; Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac
Hull Street: Southern
Main Street: Chesapeake and Ohio; Seaboard Air Line

Washington
Seattle

King Street: Great Northern; Northern Pacific
Union Pacific: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road); Union Pacific
Spokane

Great Northern: Great Northern; Spokane, Portland and Seattle
Northern Pacific: Northern Pacific
Union: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road); Spokane International; Union Pacific

West Virginia
Charleston

Chesapeake and Ohio: Chesapeake and Ohio

Wisconsin
Madison

Chicago and Northwestern: Chicago and Northwestern
Illinois Central: Illinois Central
Milwaukee Road: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road)
Milwaukee

Lake Front Station: Chicago and Northwestern
North Shore: Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee (North Shore Line)
Union: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific (Milwaukee Road)