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Pennsylvania did go for patriotic/political names for passenger trains...my favorite is "Liberty Limited." The New Haven, Baltimore & Ohio and Southern Pacific railroads also used patriotic/political names for some of their trains. B&O had the "Capitol Limited" and the "National Limited." The Capitol ran Baltimore-Chicago; the National ran Baltimore-St. Louis. For a time both trains ran to Jersey city via Reading and Central of New Jersey. Both Pennsylvania and Southern Pacific had a "Statesman." The PRR train ran Washington-Pittsburgh; the SP train ran Oakland-Sacramento. Can't say I ever heard of a train named "United States." Also, I can't think of a scheduled passenger train that ran from east coast to west coast in the US, until Amtrak extended the route of the "Sunset" east of New Orleans. That train now runs from Jacksonville, Florida to Los Angeles. --John
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