The following railroads have operated in the State of Alabama.

Class I Railroads

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

(BNSF) *

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...

(CN) through its subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC) *

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

(CSXT) *

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

(NS) including its subsidiaries Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS) and

Central of Georgia Railroad Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

(CG)

Regional Railroads

* Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR) *

Shortline and Terminal Railroads

Alabama Railroad The Alabama Railroad was a class III railroad as reported by the Association of American Railroads. The ALAB was owned and operated by Alabama Railroad LLC. The railroad operated of railroad from Flomaton, Alabama to Peterman, Alabama. On ...

(ALAB) * Alabama and Tennessee River Railway (ATN) * Alabama Southern Railroad (ABS) * Alabama Warrior Railway (ABWR) * Autauga Northern Railroad (AUT) *

Bay Line Railroad The Bay Line Railroad is one of several short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates between Panama City, Florida, and Dothan, Alabama, including a branch from Grimes to Abbeville, Alabama, reached via trackage rights ...

(BAYL) *

Birmingham Terminal Railway Birmingham Terminal Railway is a subsidiary of Watco, operator of several short-line railroad companies. The BHRR operates on of track providing switching services in the Birmingham, Alabama area. It began operating in 2012 after acquiring the as ...

(BHRR) * CG Railway (CGR) * Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad (CCH) * Conecuh Valley Railroad (COEH) * Eastern Alabama Railway (EARY) *

Georgia Southwestern Railroad The Georgia Southwestern Railroad is a Class III short line railroad company that operates over of track in southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama. Beginning in 1989 as a division of the South Carolina Central Railroad on a pair of f ...

(GSWR) * Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority (HMCR) * Luxapalila Valley Railroad (LXVR) * Meridian and Bigbee Railroad (MNBR) * Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI) * Sequatchie Valley Railroad (SQVR) * Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR) * Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks (TASD) *

Three Notch Railroad The Three Notch Railroad runs from a connection with CSX Transportation at Georgiana to Andalusia, Alabama, . This short line railroad was created in 2001 and is currently a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming. Primary commodities include chemica ...

(TNHR) *

Wiregrass Central Railroad The Wiregrass Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating of track from a CSX Transportation connection at Waterford, near Newton, to Enterprise, Alabama via the south side of Fort Rucker. The company was initially a subsidiary of Gu ...

(WGCR)

Commuter Railroads

* Amtrak (AMTK): '' The Crescent''

Heritage and Scenic Railroads

* North Alabama Railroad Museum ( Mercury and Chase Railroad) * Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (Calera and Shelby Railroad)

Industrial Rail Operations

*Rapid Switching Services (switching at Kerr-McGee at

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) *Southern Electric Railroad ( Southern Company plants)

Defunct railroads

;Electric railways * Birmingham and Edgewood Electric Railway * Birmingham Railway and Electric Company * Birmingham Street Railway * Birmingham–Tuscaloosa Railway and Utilities Company * Metropolitan Rapid Transit, Light and Power Company

Notes

References

* * *Association of American Railroads (2003), . Retrieved August 16, 2005 *Worker's of the Writer's Program of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Alabama(1941) ''Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South''. American Guide Series. (New York: R. R. Smith) * {{Alabama Alabama Railroads