class locomotives 6988 and 7081 operating a triple-headed excursion train with
Milwaukee Road 261 on the
Iowa Interstate Railroad in 2006 The
Pennsylvania Railroad ran special excursion trains from New York City and Washington, D.C. to the
Army–Navy Game in years when the game was held in Philadelphia at
Municipal Stadium (1936–1941, 1945–1975). The special Pennsylvania trains were discontinued as the railroad, then known as
Penn Central was on the brink of declaring bankruptcy, with the last trains running for the 1975 game. The tradition of running excursion trains to the Army-Navy college football game was resurrected in 2005 when philanthropists Bennett and Vivian Levin chartered a special train composed of their own locomotives and some donated passenger cars to take recuperating wounded veterans from the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the
Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland to the game in Philadelphia. The Army-Navy Game trains ran in 2005–2008, were suspended in 2009 due to a death in the sponsors' family, and again in 2010. Since 1908, an excursion train has carried travelers between
Denver, Colorado's Union Station and the
Cheyenne Depot Museum to attend the
Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo event. The train was sponsored by
The Denver Post and the
Union Pacific Railroad, the latter which provided the rolling stock. However, it was announced in 2019 that the excursion would no longer operate, with the Union Pacific Railroad's vintage fleet being a contributing factor.
Southern Pacific Railroad operated a
Suntan Special from
San Francisco Bay area cities to the
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk every summer Sunday and holiday from 1927 through 1959. Since 2013, Amtrak has operated the Autumn Express every year during late October or early November. It is an excursion train that runs on lines normally used only for freight. The train originates and ends at the same station. Past trips have included Philadelphia–Harrisburg via the NEC, the port road branch, and the keystone corridor; Philadelphia–Harrisburg via Reading, and Albany/Schenectady to East Deerfield, Massachusetts via the
Hoosac Tunnel. The Union Pacific Railroad has hosted an excursion program since 1960. The fleet includes two historic steam locomotives and three historic diesel locomotives, accompanied by a fleet of historic passenger cars. Included in the fleet of steam locomotives are
Union Pacific 4014, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, and
Union Pacific 844, the only steam locomotive never retired by a
North American
Class I railroad. Also included are Union Pacific 949, 951, and 963B, a trio of historic streamlined locomotives. There was also a third steam locomotive:
Union Pacific 3985, which operated in excursion service from 1981 to 2010. It was retired from excursion service in January 2020 as a result of its poor condition.
Union Pacific 6936, the only operating example of the longest single-unit diesel locomotive ever built, was also used in excursion service until 2016. In April 2022, Union Pacific donated Nos. 3985 and 6936 to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, where they will be restored to operating condition. Seasonal excursion trains in the U.S. include
ski trains which operate in winter, with emphasis on weekend service, and the
Train to the Game in the New York City area, which goes to
Yankee Stadium in the summer and the
New Jersey Meadowlands in the fall. ==Other countries==