List of United States railroads
There are approximately 150,000 miles (240,000 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. The following is a partial list of United States railroads which currently operate there. For former railroads, see List of defunct United States railroads.
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Class I railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK) [1] (federally owned by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) [2]
- CSX Transportation (CSXT) [3]
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) [4]
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) [5]
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP) [6] (oldest independent railroad in the U.S. – Long Island Rail Road is older, but not independent)
Class II and Class III railroads
Contents: Top – 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR) [7]
- Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AR) [8]
- Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad (ASV) [9]
- Acadiana Railway (AKDN)
- Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF)
- Alabama and Florida Railway (AF)
- Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR) [10]
- Alabama Railroad (ALAB)
- Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR)
- Alaska Railroad (ARR) [11]
- Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC) [12]
- Alexander Railroad (ARC) [13]
- Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW)
- Allegheny and Eastern Railroad (ALY)
- AN Railway (AN) [14]
- Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR)
- Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) [15]
- Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA) [16]
- Apache Railway (APA)
- Appanoose County Community Railroad (APNC)
- Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC) [17]
- Arizona and Eastern Railway (AZER) [18]
- Arizona Central Railroad (AZCR)
- Arizona Railroad
- Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM) [19]
- Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD) [20]
- Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM) [21]
- Athens Lines (ABR)
- Ashland Railway (ASRY)
- Ashtabula, Carson and Jefferson Railroad (ACJR) [22]
- AT&L Railroad (ATLT)
- Atlantic and Western Railway (ATW) [23]
- Austin Terminal Railroad (AATR) [24]
B
- B&H Rail Corporation (BH) [25]
- Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)
- Bauxite and Northern Railway (BXN)
- Bay Colony Railroad (BCLR) [26]
- Bay Line Railroad (BAYL) [27]
- Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) [28]
- Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV) [29]
- Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE)
- Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad (BDW)
- Birmingham Southern Railroad (BS) [30]
- Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railway (BLKM)
- Black River and Western Railroad (BRW) [31]
- Blacklands Railroad (BLR) [32]
- Blackwell and Northern Railway (BNR)
- Bloomer Line (BLOL)
- Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY) [33]
- Boot Hill and Western Railway (BHWY)
- Border Pacific Railroad (BOP) [34]
- Bradford Industrial Rail (BR)
- Brandywine Valley Railroad (BVRY)
- Branford Steam Railroad (BRFD)
- Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (BRG) [35]
- Buckingham Branch Railroad (BB) [36]
- Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) [37]
- Buffalo Southern Railroad (BSOR) [38]
- Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY)
C
- Caldwell County Railroad (CWCY)
- California Northern Railroad (CFNR) [39]
- Cambria and Indiana Railroad (CI)
- Canton Railroad (CTN) [40]
- Cape May Seashore Lines (CMSL) [41]
- Carolina Piedmont Railroad (CPDR) [42]
- Carolina Rail Services (CRIJ)
- Carolina Southern Railroad (CALA)
- Carrizo Gorge Railway (CZRY) [43]
- Cascade and Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) [44]
- Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC) [45]
- Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway (CQPA)
- Central Illinois Railroad (CIRY)
- Central Indiana and Western Railroad (CEIW)
- Central Michigan Railway (CMGN)
- Central Midland Railway (CMR) [46]
- Central Montana Rail (CM)
- Central New England Railroad (CNZR)
- Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (CORP) [47]
- Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA) [48]
- Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND) [49]
- Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad (CHAT)
- Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad (CIRR)
- Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway (CCKY) [50]
- Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (CA) [51]
- Chestnut Ridge Railway (CHR)
- Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Chicago Rail Link (CRL) [52]
- Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad (CSS) [53]
- Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR)
- City of Prineville Railway (COP) [54]
- Claremont Concord Railroad (CCRR) [55]
- Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP) [56]
- Cloquet Terminal Railroad (CTRR)
- Colorado Kansas and Pacific Railway (CKP)
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway (CW)
- Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW) [57]
- Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC)
- Columbia Terminal (CT) [58]
- Columbus and Greenville Railway (CAGY) [59]
- Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road (CUOH) [60]
- Commonwealth Railway (CWRY) [61]
- Conecuh Valley Railroad (COEH)
- Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad (CBL) [62]
- Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO) [63]
- Connotton Valley Railway (CV?)
- Conrail (CSAO, formerly CR) [64]
- Coopersville and Marne Railway (CMRY) [65]
- Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) [66]
- Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (CCTA) [67]
- Council Bluffs Railway (CBGR)
- Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad (COER)
D
- D and I Railroad (DAIR) [68]
- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) [69]
- Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (DGNO) [70]
- Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad (DMM)
- Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad (DR)
- Decatur Junction Railway (DT) [71]
- Delray Connecting Railroad (DC) [72]
- Delta Southern Railroad (DSRR) [73]
- Delta Valley and Southern Railway (DVS)
- Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad (DLWR)
- DeQueen and Eastern Railroad (DQE)
- Deseret-Western Railroad
- Dubois County Railroad (DCRR) [74]
- Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR)
- Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (DWP)
- Durham Transport (DRHY)
E
- East Camden and Highland Railroad (EACH) [75]
- East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad (ECBR)
- East Erie Commercial Railroad (EEC)
- East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company (EJR) [76]
- East Tennessee Railway (ETRY) [77]
- East Troy Electric Railroad (METW) [78]
- Eastern Alabama Railway (EARY) [79]
- Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR) [80]
- Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)
- Eastern Maine Railway (EMR) [81]
- Eastern Shore Railroad (ESHR)
- Effingham Railroad (EFRR) [82]
- Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJE) [83]
- Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS) [84]
- Evansville Belt Line Railroad (?)
- Everett Railroad (EV) [85]
F
- Falls Road Railroad (FRR)
- Farmrail Corporation (FMRC) [86]
- Finger Lakes Railway (FGLK) [87]
- Flats Industrial Railroad (FIR)
- Florida Central Railroad (FCEN) [88]
- Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) [89]
- Florida Midland Railroad (FMID) [90]
- Florida Northern Railroad (FNOR) [91]
- Florida West Coast Railroad (FWCR)
- Fordyce and Princeton Railroad (FP)
- Fore River Transportation Corporation operating as the Fore River Railroad (FOR)
- Formosa Plastics Corporation (FPAX)
- Fort Worth and Western Railroad (FWWR) [92]
- Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR)
G
- Gadsden Switching Service (GSS) [93]
- Galveston Railroad (GVSR) [94]
- Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway (GHSA)
- Garden City Western Railway (GCW) [95]
- Genesee and Wyoming Railroad (GNWR) [96]
- Georgetown Railroad (GRR) [97]
- Georgia Central Railway (GC) [98]
- Georgia and Florida RailNet (GFRR)
- Georgia Midland Railroad (GMR)
- Georgia Northeastern Railroad (GNRR) [99]
- Georgia Southwestern Railroad (GSWR) [100]
- Georgia Woodlands Railroad (GWRC) [101]
- Gloster Southern Railroad (GLSR)
- Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM)
- Golden Triangle Railroad (GTRA)
- Grafton and Upton Railroad (GU)
- Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC)
- Grand Canyon Railway (GCRX) [102]
- Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR) [103]
- Great Miami and Scioto Railway (GMRY) [104]
- Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) [105]
- Great River Railroad (GTR)
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR) [106]
- Great Walton Railroad Company (GRWR)
- Great Western Railway of Colorado (GWR) [107]
- Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC) [108]
- Guilford Rail System (GRS) [109]
- Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway (GCSR)
H
- Hampton and Branchville Railroad (HB)
- Hartwell Railroad (HRT)
- Heart of Georgia Railroad (HOG) [110]
- Hollis and Eastern Railroad (HE)
- Hoosier Southern Railroad (HOS) [111]
- Housatonic Railroad (HRR)
- Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority (HMCR) [112]
- Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR) [113]
- Hutchinson and Northern Railway (HN)
I
- Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR) [114]
- Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR) [115]
- Illinois RailNet (IR)
- Indian Creek Railroad (ICRK)
- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB) [116]
- Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
- Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) [117]
- Indiana Rail Road (INRD) [118]
- Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR) [119]
- Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (ICE) [120]
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) [121]
- Iowa Northern Railway (IANR)
- Iowa Northwestern Railroad (IANW)
- Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR)
- ISG Cleveland Works Railway (CUVA)
- ISG South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)
J
- Jefferson Warrior Railroad (JEFW)
- Johnson County Industrial Airport Railway (JCIX)
- Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE)
- Juniata Valley Railroad (JVRR) [122]
K
- Kanawha Rail Corporation (WNFR)
- Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)
- Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (CKRY) [123]
- Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCT) [124]
- KASGRO Rail Lines (KRL)
- Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (KT)
- Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY) [125]
- Kiamichi Railroad (KRR) [126]
- Kiowa, Hardtner and Pacific Railroad (?)
- Kiski Junction Railroad (KJR) [127]
- Knox and Kane Railroad (KKRR)
- Knoxville and Holston River Railroad (KXHR)
- Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway (KSRY?) [128]
- KWT Railway (KWT) [129]
- Kyle Railroad (KYLE) [130]
L
- Lahaina Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad (?) [131]
- Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad (LMIC) [132]
- Lake State Railway (LSRC) [133]
- Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI)
- Lancaster and Chester Railway (LC) [134]
- Landisville Terminal and Transfer Company (LNVT)
- Laurinburg and Southern Railroad (LRS)
- Little Kanawha River Rail (LKRR)
- Little Rock Port Railroad (LRPA)
- Little Rock and Western Railway (LRWN) [135]
- Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL) [136]
- Lorain and West Virginia Railway (LAWV) (owned and operated by the Lake Shore Railway Association) [137]
- Louisiana and Delta Railroad (LDRR) [138]
- Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)
- Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC) [139]
- Louisville and Wadley Railway (LW)
- Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad (LNAC)
- Luxapalila Valley Railroad (LXVR) [140]
- Lycoming Valley Railroad (LVRR) [141]
M
- M and B Railroad (MB) [142]
- Madison Railroad (CMPA) [143]
- Maine Eastern Railroad (MERR) [144]
- Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ) [145]
- Manufacturers Railway (MRS) [146]
- Maryland and Delaware Railroad (MDDE)
- Maryland Midland Railway (MMID) [147]
- Massachusetts Central Railroad (MCER) [148]
- Massena Terminal Railroad (MSTR)
- McCloud Railway (MCR)
- Meridian Southern Railway (MDS)
- MG Rail (MGRI)
- Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH) [149]
- Middletown and New Jersey Railway (MNJ)
- Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR) [150]
- Midland Railway (MIDL?) [151]
- Minnesota Commercial Railway (MNNR) [152]
- Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW)
- Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN)
- Minnesota Prairie Line (MPLI)
- Minnesota Southern Railway (MSWY)
- Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad (MSV)
- Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI) [153]
- Mississippi Delta Railroad (MSDR)
- Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE) [154]
- Mississippi Tennessee Railroad (?)
- Mississippian Railway (MSRW)
- Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) [155]
- Modesto and Empire Traction Company (MET) [156]
- Montana Rail Link (MRL) [157]
- Montana Western Railway (MWRR)
- Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) [158]
- Morristown and Erie Railway (ME) [159]
- Mount Hood Railroad (MH) [160]
N
- Napa Valley Railroad (NVRR) [161]
- Nash County Railroad (NCYR)
- Nashville and Eastern Railroad (NERR)
- Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG) [162]
- Nebkota Railway (NRI)
- Nebraska Central Railroad (NCRC) [163]
- Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet (NKCR)
- Nebraska Northeastern Railway (NENE)
- New Castle Industrial Railroad (NCIR)
- New England Central Railroad (NECR) [164]
- New England Transrail (?)
- New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN)
- New Jersey and Northern Railway (?)
- New Jersey Rail Carriers (NJRC?) [165]
- New Mexico Gateway Railroad (NMGR)
- New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway (NOGC) [166]
- New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) [167]
- New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA) [168]
- New York and Lake Erie Railroad (NYLE) [169]
- New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal (NYCH) [170]
- New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (NYGL)
- New York and Ogdensburg Railway (NYOG) [171]
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) (commonly called the Susquehanna) [172]
- Newburgh and South Shore Railroad (NSR) [173]
- Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER) [174]
- Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line (NPB)
- North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (NCVA) [175]
- North Carolina Railroad (NCRR)
- North Central Railway Association (NCRA?)
- North Shore Railroad (NSHR) [176]
- Northern Lines Railway (NLR)
- Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad (NOKL)
O
- Octoraro Railway (OCTR)
- Ogeechee Railway (OGEE)
- Ohio Central Railroad (OHCR) [177]
- Oil Creek and Titusville Lines (OCTL) [178]
- Old Augusta Railroad (OAR)
- Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice Railway (OLB)
- Ontario Midland Railroad (OMID)
- Otter Tail Valley Railroad (OTVR) [179]
- Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)
P
- Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company (WPY) [180] (known as the White Pass and Yukon Route)
- Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) [181]
- Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) [182]
- Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC) [183]
- Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR) [184]
- Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad (PBR)
- Pearl River Valley Railroad (PRV)
- Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS)
- Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
- Penn Eastern Rail Lines (PRL)
- Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad (PSWR)
- Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (PPU)
- Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad (PBNE)
- Pickens Railway (PICK)
- Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) [185]
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM)
- Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN)
- Port Bienville Railroad (PBVR) [186]
- Port Jersey Railroad (PJRR) [187]
- Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina (PTR)
- Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB) [188]
- Port Utilities Commission of Charleston, South Carolina (PUCC)
- Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) [189]
- Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW)
- Progressive Rail (PGR) [190]
- Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) [191]
- Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) [192]
Q
R
- Railroad Switching Services of Missouri (?)
- Raritan Central Railway (RCRY)
- Rarus Railway (RARW)
- Red River Valley and Western Railroad (RRVW) [193]
- Redmont Railway (RRCI)
- Riceboro Southern Railway (RSOR)
- Richmond Pacific Railroad (RPRC) [194]
- Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC)
- Riverport Railroad (RVPR) [195]
- R. J. Corman Railroad Allentown Lines (RJCN) [196]
- R. J. Corman Railroad Bardstown Line (RJCR) [197]
- R. J. Corman Railroad Central Kentucky Lines (RJCC) [198]
- R. J. Corman Railroad Cleveland Line (RJCL) [199]
- R. J. Corman Railroad Memphis Line (RJCM) [200]
- R. J. Corman Railroad Pennsylvania Lines (RJCP) [201]
- R. J. Corman Railroad Western Ohio Lines (RJCW) [202]
- Rochester and Southern Railroad (RSR) [203]
- Rock and Rail (RRRR)
- Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad (RSS)
S
- Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN)
- Sacramento Southern Railroad (SSRX) [204]
- St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR) [205]
- St. Maries River Railroad (STMA)
- St. Marys Railroad (SM) [206]
- St. Marys Railway West (SMRW)
- Sand Springs Railway (SS) [207]
- Sandersville Railroad (SAN)
- San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (SDAE) [208]
- San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIY) [209]
- San Diego Northern Railway (SDNR) [210]
- San Joaquin Valley Railroad (SJVR) [211]
- San Luis Central Railroad (SLC)
- San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) [212]
- San Manuel Arizona Railroad (SMA)
- San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad (SWKR)
- Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (SCBG)
- Santa Fe Southern Railway (SFSR) [213]
- Santa Maria Valley Railroad (SMV) [214]
- Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT)
- Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR) [215]
- Semo Port Railroad (SE) [216]
- Sequatchie Valley Railroad (SQVR)
- Shamokin Valley Railroad (SVRR) [217]
- Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SVRR) [218]
- Sierra Northern Railway (SERA?) [219]
- SMS Rail Service (SLRS) [220]
- Somerset Railroad (SOM)
- South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR) [221]
- South Buffalo Railway (SB) [222]
- South Carolina Central Railroad (SCRF) [223]
- South Central Florida Express (SCFE) [224]
- South Central Tennessee Railroad (SCTR)
- South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL) [225]
- South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL)
- Southern Electric Railroad (?) [226]
- Southern Freight and Logistics Railroad (?)
- Southern Railroad of New Jersey (SRNJ)
- Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY) [227]
- Southern Switching Company (SSC)
- Southwestern Railroad (SW)
- Steelton and Highspire Railroad (SH) [228]
- Stillwater Central Railroad (SLWC) [229]
- Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE) [230]
- Stourbridge Railroad (SBRR) [231]
- Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) [232]
T
- Tacoma Rail (TMRW) [233]
- Talleyrand Terminal Railroad (TTR) [234]
- Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR) [235]
- Tennken Railroad (TKEN)
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA)
- Terminal Railway (Alabama State Docks) (TASD) [236]
- Texas Central Business Lines (TCB) [237]
- Texas Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN)
- Texas Mexican Railway (TM)
- Texas-New Mexico Railroad (TNMR)
- Texas North Western Railway (TXNW)
- Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER) [238]
- Texas and Northern Railway (TN)
- Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR)
- Texas South-Eastern Railroad (TSE)
- Thermal Belt Railway (TBRY)
- Three Notch Railroad
- Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) [239]
- Tishomingo Railroad (TISH) [240]
- Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW) [241]
- Tomahawk Railway (TR) [242]
- Tri County Rail (TCRC?) [243]
- Tri-City and Olympia Railroad (TCRY) [244]
- Trona Railway (TRC)
- Tulare Valley Railroad (TVRR)
- Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway (TSU) [245]
- Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad (TCKR)
- Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway (TSBY) [246]
- Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TCWR) [247]
- Tyburn Railroad (TYBR)
U
- Union County Industrial Railroad (UCIR) [248]
- Union Railroad (URR) [249]
- Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad (UMP) [250]
- Utah Railway (UTAH) [251]
- U.S. Railways {USRX) [252]
V
- Valdosta Railway (VR) [253]
- Vaughan Railroad (VRR) [254]
- Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) [255]
- Vermont Railway (VTR) [256]
- Victoria and Southern Railway (?)
- Virginia and Truckee Railroad (VT) [257]
W
- Wabash Central Railroad (WBCR)
- Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad (WHOE)
- Wallowa Union Railroad (WURR)
- Warren and Saline River Railroad (WSR)
- WCTU Railway (WCTR)
- Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (WCOR) [258]
- West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)
- West Texas and Lubbock Railway (WTLR)
- West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC) [259]
- Western Kentucky Railway (WKRL) [260]
- Western Maryland Railroad (WM) [261]
- Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) [262]
- Western Rail Road (WRRC)
- WFEC Railroad (?)
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) [263]
- White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad (WPY) [264] (run by the Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company)
- Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (WTJR) [265]
- Wichita Union Terminal Railway (WUT)
- Willamette and Pacific Railroad (WPRR)
- Willamette Valley Railway (WVR)
- Wilmington Terminal Railroad (WTRY) [266]
- Winamac Southern Railway (WSRY)
- Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)
- Wiregrass Central Railroad (WGCR)
- Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) [267]
- Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGN?) [268]
X
Y
- Yadkin Valley Railroad (YVRR)
- York Railway (YRC)
- Youngstown and Austintown Railroad (YARR) [269]
Z
Commuter railroads
- Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) [270]
- Caltrain (SF Bay Area Caltrain) [271]
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) [272]
- Connecticut DOT Shore Line East (SLE)
- Hiawatha Line
- Long Island Rail Road (LIRR, now part of NYC's MTA) (Oldest railroad still operating in the US)
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (operates the light rail system in Los Angeles, California)
- Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) [273]
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) [274]
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) [275]
- New Jersey Transit (NJTR) [276]
- New York City Transit Authority (MTA) [277]
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company
- Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra) [278]
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (South Shore Line) [279]
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) [280]
- Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) [281]
- Sounder Commuter Rail
- South Florida Regional Transportation Authority {Tri-Rail} [282]
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) [283]
- Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink)
- TECO Line Streetcar System (run by Hillsborough Area Regional Transportation Authority, managed by Tampa Historic Streetcar, Inc.) [284]
- Virginia Railway Express (VRE) [285]
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) [286]
Excursion and tourist railroads
- Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road [287]
- Blue Ridge Scenic Railway (BRSR) [288]
- Connecticut Electric Railway [289]
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad [290]
- Durango and Silverton (D&SNG) [291]
- East Broad Top (EBT) [292]
- Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC, or "Tweetsie") [293]
- Grand Canyon Railway (GCRX) [294]
- Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad [295]
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway [296]
- Midland Railway [297]
- Mount Hood Railroad [298]
- Mount Washington Cog Railway [299]
- Napa Valley Wine Train [300]
- Nevada Northern Railway (NNRy) [301]
- Sierra Railroad [302]
- Tennessee Valley Railroad [303]
- Valley Railroad (Connecticut) [304]
- Virginia and Truckee Railroad (V&T) [305]
- Winter Park Ski Train [306]
- Yuma Valley Railway [307]
Canadian railroads also operating in the U.S.
Mexican railroads also operating in the U.S.
- Ferrocarril Mexicano (FXE) [310]
See also
- List of AAR reporting marks
- List of defunct United States railroads
- Transportation in the United States
- Oldest railroads in North America
External links
| Current (operating) Class I railroads of North America |
| Former or fallen flag Class I railroads of North America |
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ACL, AGS, ATSF, BAR, BLE, BM, BN, BO, CBQ, CG, CGW, CNTP, CNW, CO, CR, CRIP, CV, DH, DMIR, DRGW, EJE, ERIE, FEC, GMN, GMO, GN, GTW, IC, ICG, LA, LAT, LN, MEC, MILW, MKT, MP, NH, NKP, NNE, NOTM, NP, NW, NYC, PC, PLE, PM, PRR, SAL, SBD, SCL, SLSF, SOO, SOU, SP, SSW, STLH, TNO, TP, VGN, WAB, WM, WP, YMV |
| Current (operating) Class II railroads of the United States |
| Former or fallen flag Class II railroads of the United States |
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BAR, BOCT, CC, CIM, CRN, DWP, GBW, GSF, GWWR, IMRL, MAA, MGA, OKKT, RFP, SI, TM |
| Current (operating) Class III railroads of the United States |
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AKMD, ALM, AM, APNC, BJRY, BSV, BT, BXN, CBEC, CBGR, CEDR, CIC, CLC, CTRR, CVYR, DAIR, DQE, DR, DSRR, DVS, EACH, EDW, FGRS, FP, FSR, IANR, IATR, KJRY, KRR, LAL, LNW, LRPN, LRWN, MDW, MNA, MNN, MNNR, MPLI, MSWY, NPR, NSSR, NYA, OTVR, OUCH, PGR, PNW, RRVW, SCFE, SCXY, SGLR, SLA, TCW, TMRW, WN, WSOR, WSR |