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Trunk Routes are the major railroad arteries that carry, or carried, traffic across the continent. Some Trunk Routes
have well known colloquial names, while others are best known by either the name of a flagship passenger train that runs or
once ran on that route, or by the name of a (former) railroad operating all or a substantial part of that route.
The links below lead to route descriptions for the various segments making up the Trunk Route named in the link.
Western Routes
BNSF I-5 Corridor
BNSF Central Coal Route
BNSF Northern Coal Route
BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Southern/Texas Coal Route
CN Transcon
CP Transcon
Great Northern Transcon
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha Routes
Montana Rail Link
Northern Pacific
Transcon and Coal Route
Oregon Short Line and OWRN
Original California Zephyr Route
Overland Route
Salt Lake Route
Santa Fe Transcon
Sunset Route
Tennessee Pass Route
UP (ex-SP) Coast Line
UP (ex-SP) I-5 Corridor
UP Wyoming-St. Louis Coal Route
Central and Mid-Western Routes
Alton Route
Chicago & Eastern
Illinois
Illinois Central (Main
Line & Chicago Branch)
Grand Trunk (Western)
Michigan Central
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha Routes
MoPac
Texas Eagle Route
Santa Fe Texas Chief
Route
Texas and Pacific
Route
Eastern and Southern Routes
ACL Florida
Route
Boston & Albany
Broadway Route
(and
St. Louis offshoot)
Capitol Limited
Route (B&O)
Clinchfield Route
George
Washington Route
(C&O)
Lackawanna (DL&W)
National Limited
Route (B&O)
Nickel Plate
Northeast
Corridor (North)
Northeast
Corridor (South)
Pan American Route (L&N)
Pocahontas Route
(N&W)
Royal Palm Route
SAL Florida
Route
Southern Main
Line
Water-Level
Route (and St. Louis offshoot)
An early compilation that will be replaced over time
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