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Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad is a short-line railroad operating in North Carolina. At one time the AR was a Class 2 railroad. The railroad has of track that runs from Aberdeen to Fayetteville, North Carolina. History The AR was inco ...
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Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway The Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway is a short-line railroad running from Aberdeen to Star, North Carolina. It was incorporated in 1987 and operates on a former Norfolk Southern Railway branch line. It also leases track from Norfolk Sout ...
(ACWR) * Acadiana Railway (AKDN) * Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY) *
Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III railroad, Class III short line railroad which operates of railroad track between Adrian, Michigan, Adrian and Riga, Michigan, Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated Febr ...
(ADBF) * Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT) * Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) * Aiken Railway (AIKR) (WCRSC) *
Airlake Terminal Railway The Airlake Terminal Railway , a subsidiary of Progressive Rail, is a short line railroad operating approximately of track in a large industrial park in Lakeville, Minnesota. Typical traffic includes various bulk commodities and cargo for trans-sh ...
(ALKT) (PGR) *
Akron Barberton Cluster Railway The Akron Barberton Cluster Railway is a Class III railroad that operates on of track in and around Akron, Ohio. History ABC Railway's beginnings trace back to the organization of the Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad (ABB) which had been for ...
(AB) (WE) *
Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway is a Class II railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates of track from the Pensacola, Florida export terminals, west of downtown, north to Columbus, Mississippi, with trackage rights along BNSF Railway to ...
(AGR) (GWRR) *
Alabama and Tennessee River Railway The Alabama and Tennessee River Railway is a shortline railway operating (via lease) over trackage formerly operated by CSX Transportation. The line's western terminus is a junction with the CSX (former Louisville and Nashville Railroad) main li ...
(ATN) (OMLX) * Alabama Export Railroad (ALE) (MSE) *
Alabama Southern Railroad The Alabama Southern Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in the southern United States. The ABS is one of several short line railroads owned by Watco. The railroad operates an line leased from the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCSR) ...
(ABS) (WATX) *
Alabama Warrior Railway The Alabama Warrior Railway is a terminal railroad in Birmingham, Alabama. The railroad operates within the confines of Walter Industries in North Birmingham. It began operations on August 7, 2009, and is owned and operated by Watco. History ...
(ABWR) (WATX) *
Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad The Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, a spinoff of Lockheed Martin., and began operation in 1996. The AGCR operates on about of trackage wi ...
(AGCR) (MMAX) * Alamo North Texas Railroad (ANTX) (MMAX) *
Alaska Railroad Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
(ARR) *
Albany and Eastern Railroad The Albany and Eastern Railroad is a Shortline railroad, short line railroad in the Willamette Valley of Oregon that was created when the BNSF Railway spun off its Sweet Home Branch Line in May 1998. It operates about of track and is based in Le ...
(AERC) *
Albany Port Railroad The Albany Port Railroad operates industrial trackage at the Port of Albany-Rensselaer located to the south of downtown Albany, NY along the Hudson River. Customers include a large Cargill grain facility. The operation is jointly owned by CSX and ...
(APD) *
Alexander Railroad The Alexander Railroad Company is a Class III shortline railroad operating in North Carolina. The railroad has of track that runs northwest from Statesville to Taylorsville, North Carolina. History The Alexander Railroad began operations ...
(ARC) *
Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad The Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad is a six-mile short line railroad in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States, controlled by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. through its ownership of the Ohio Central Railroad System. It lies between CSX Transportation ...
(AOR) (GWRR) *
Allegheny Valley Railroad The Allegheny Valley Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania, and is owned by Carload Express, Carload Express, Inc. AVR acts as a feeder line connecting its many and varied customers to Class I railroads such as ...
(AVR) (CLEX) * Allentown and Auburn Railroad (ALLN) *
Alton and Southern Railway The Alton and Southern Railway is a switching railroad in the Greater St. Louis area in Illinois. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad. Overview The Alton and Southern ''Railroad'' was formed in 1910, and in 1913 it a ...
(ALS) (UP) *
AN Railway The AN Railway is one of several shortline railroad companies owned by the Genesee & Wyoming parent company. It operates between Port Saint Joe, Florida and a connection with the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad at Chattahoochee, Florida. The rai ...
(AN) (GWRR) *
Angelina and Neches River Railroad The Angelina and Neches River Railroad (Angelina & Neches River Railroad) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Lufkin, Texas. ANR operates an line from Dunagan, Texas, to an interchange with Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacifi ...
(ANR) * Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) (WATX) *
Apache Railway The Apache Railway is an Arizona short-line railroad that operates from a connection with the BNSF Railway at Holbrook to the Snowflake Mill near Snowflake, Arizona, . The APA was acquired by Catalyst Paper from Abitibi Consolidated in 2008. ...
(APA) * Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) (PLTX) *
Arcade and Attica Railroad The Arcade & Attica Railroad is a shortline railroad that hauls freight between Arcade and North Java, New York. The railroad originally connected Arcade with Attica, however the right of way from North Java north to Attica was abandoned in 1957 ...
(ARA) *
Arizona and California Railroad The Arizona and California Railroad is a class III short line railroad that was a subdivision of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF). The ARZC began operations on May 9, 1991, when David Parkinson of the ParkSierra RailGroup purchas ...
(ARZC) (GWRR) *
Arizona Central Railroad The Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad is an Arizona short-line railroad that operates from a connection with the BNSF Railway at Drake, Arizona. The AZCR runs from Drake to Clarkdale, Arizona. An excursion train also runs on the line through ...
(AZCR) (WG) *
Arizona Eastern Railway The Arizona Eastern Railway is a Class III railroad that operates of railroad between Clifton, Arizona, and Miami, Arizona, in the United States. This includes trackage rights over the Union Pacific Railroad between Lordsburg, New Mexico, and ...
(AZER) (GWRR) *
Arkansas–Oklahoma Railroad The Arkansas–Oklahoma Railroad is a Class III carrier headquartered in Wilburton, OK that operates two segments of the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRIP) Choctaw Route that originally ran between Memphis Tennessee and Tu ...
(AOK) *
Arkansas and Missouri Railroad The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. The A&M, as it is known, operates of line from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Monett, Missouri. The railroad interchanges freight cars with ...
(AM) * Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD) (GWRR) *
Arkansas Southern Railroad The Arkansas Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad which started service in October 2005. ARS operates two disconnected lines consisting of Heavener, Oklahoma to Waldron, Arkansas (32 miles), and Ashdown to Nashville, Arkansas (29 miles), ...
(ARS) (WATX) * Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM) (GWRR) *
Ashland Railway The Ashland Railway is a Class III railroad shortline railroad operating within North Central Ohio and based in Mansfield, Ohio. Since its inception in 1986, Ashland Railway has grown to provide service 24 hours a day 7 days a week along 55 miles ...
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Ashtabula, Carson and Jefferson Railroad The Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railroad or Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Scenic Railroad is a Class III railroad that operates from a junction in Carson to Jefferson in Ashtabula County, Ohio. The main commodities hauled on the line are ferti ...
(ACJR) * AT&L Railroad (ATLT) *
Atlantic and Western Railway The Atlantic and Western Railway is a Class III short-line railroad operating about of track in Lee County, North Carolina. Atlantic and Western is part of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and formerly part of Rail Management and Consulting. It was ...
(ATW) (GWRR) *
Austin Western Railroad The Austin Western Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco. AWRR operates a 103 mile (166 km) line from Fairland, Texas to an interchange with the Union Pacific at Elgin, Texas, Elgin. ...
(AWRR) (WATX) *
Autauga Northern Railroad The Autauga Northern Railroad is a shortline operating between Maplesville, Alabama and a plant of the International Paper Company near Prattville, Alabama, . This trackage is leased from Norfolk Southern and was originally operated by the Mob ...
(AUT) (WATX) *
B&H Rail Corporation B&H Rail Corporation , formerly the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad, is a Class III shortline railroad. Initially the line served the communities of Bath, New York and Hammondsport, New York. In Bath, the railroad connected with the Erie Railroad an ...
(BH) (LAL) *
Baja California Railroad Baja California Railroad, Inc. (BJRR) is a class III railroad operating in the northwest of Baja California, interchanging with San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad in San Ysidro, California. After rehabilitation efforts are completed on the Des ...
(BJRR) * Baldwin City & Southern Railroad (BCSO) (MIDL) *
Ballard Terminal Railroad The Ballard Terminal Railroad Company LLC operates two Class III short line terminal railroads in western Washington, United States. Founded in 1997 to operate a three-mile spur through Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, the Ballard Terminal Rai ...
(BDTL) * Baton Rouge Southern Railroad (BRS) (WATX) *
Batten Kill Railroad The Batten Kill Railroad is a class III railroad operating in New York. The BKRR was formed in 1982 beginning operations on October 22 of a pair of abandoned Delaware and Hudson Railway branch lines, totaling about 30 miles of track. History Th ...
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Bauxite and Northern Railway The Bauxite and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Arkansas. BXN operates over of track in Bauxite, Arkansas. Traffic consists of largely of alumina, and the railroad hauls 4,059 carloads per yea ...
(BXN) (GWRR) *
Bay Colony Railroad The Bay Colony Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Massachusetts. Formerly operating along most of the south coast region (including all lines on Cape Cod), Bay Colony currently operates only along a roughly six-mile stretch of track ...
(BCLR) *
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) (GWRR) * Bayway Terminal Switching Company (BAWT) * Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) *
Bee Line Railroad The Bee Line Railroad is a short-line railroad operated by the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad, serving agricultural communities in northwestern Warren County and southwestern Benton County in Indiana, USA. It joins the Kankakee, Be ...
(BLEX) (KBSR) * Bellingham International Railroad (BIRR) (BNSF) *
Belt Railway of Chicago The Belt Railway Company of Chicago , headquartered in Bedford Park, IL, is the largest switching terminal railroad in the United States. It is co-owned by six Class I railroads — BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Ra ...
(BRC) *
Belvidere and Delaware River Railway The Belvidere & Delaware River Railway Company also known as Delaware River Railroad is a class III railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1995 when the Conrail Delaware Secondary line was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, w ...
(BDRV) (CHD) *
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad is a class II railroad that operates in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. The railroad's main route runs from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio, to the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Penns ...
(BLE) (CN) *
BG&CM Railroad The BG&CM Railroad or Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad located in North Central Idaho. Summary The BG&CM operated a line between Spalding and Cottonwood, along the former Second Subdivision of the ...
(BGCM) (MPRL) * Big 4 Terminal Railroad (BFT) (CNUR) * Big Spring Rail System (BSR) * Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad (BDW) * Birmingham Terminal Railway (BHRR) (WATX) *
Bi-State Development Agency Metro Transit is an enterprise of Bi-State Development, an interstate compact formed by Missouri and Illinois in 1949. Its operating budget in 2016 was $280 million, which is funded by sales taxes from the City of St. Louis and St. Louis Count ...
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Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad Belpre may refer to a place in the United States: * Belpre, Kansas * Belpre, Ohio Belpre (historically spelled Belpré; pronounced ) is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River near Parkersburg, West Virginia. I ...
(BIP) * Black River and Western Corporation (BRW) (CHD) *
Blacklands Railroad The Blacklands Railroad is a class III short-line railroad headquartered in Sulphur Springs, Texas. History The Blacklands Railroad began operations in 1999 on an abandoned Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific rail line tha ...
(BLR) *
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNGR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Blackwell, Oklahoma. It operates on tracks owned by the Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). The BNGR was ...
(BNG) * Bloomer Line (BLOL) * Blue Rapids Railway (BLRR) (UP) *
Blue Ridge Southern Railroad The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad operating over of track in Western North Carolina. The railroad is owned by Watco of Pittsburg, Kansas, and operates three lines that connect in the Asheville area that were pre ...
(BLU) (WATX) *
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) * Bogalusa Bayou Railroad (BBAY) (WATX) *
Boise Valley Railroad The Boise Valley Railroad is a shortline railroad in Idaho connecting Nampa with Boise and Wilder. It is owned and operated by Watco. History On 23 November 2009, the railroad began operations, running over an 11-mile(18 km) line between Wilde ...
(BVRR) (WATX) *
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates freight and passenger excursions in Boone County, Iowa. History The heritage and excursion railroad was begun in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a sce ...
(BSVY) * Border Transload & Transfer (BT) (RVSC) (IHRX) *
Border Pacific Railroad The Border Pacific Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Rio Grande City, Texas, United States. BOP operates a line from Rio Grande City to an interchange with Union Pacific (via Rio Valley Switching Company) at Mission, Texas. BOP ...
(BOP) *
Brandywine Valley Railroad The Brandywine Valley Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1981 by the Lukens Steel Company to operate trackage at Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the neighboring town of Modena. It was acquired, with t ...
(BVRY) (ARCL) * Branford Steam Railroad (BRFD) * Brookhaven Rail (BHR) (USRC) *
Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad The Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad) is a terminal switching railroad headquartered in Brownsville, Texas Brownsville () is a city in Cameron County in the U.S. state of Texas ...
(BRG) (OMLX) *
Buckingham Branch Railroad Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III railroad, Class III short-line railroad operating over 275 miles (443 km) of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia. Sharing overhead traffic with CSX and Amtrak, the company's headqu ...
(BB) * Bucyrus Industrial Railroad (BIR) (BRRX) *
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The BPRR is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, conne ...
(BPRR) (GWRR) *
Buffalo Southern Railroad The Buffalo Southern Railroad is a class III railroad operating in western New York. The BSOR is locally owned and operates in the Buffalo area. It should not be confused with the South Buffalo Railway which is a separate railroad. The BSOR ...
(BSOR) * Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) * Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway (BAP) (PATR) * C&NC Railroad (CNUR) * Caldwell County Railroad (CWCY) *
California Northern Railroad The California Northern Railroad is one of several Class III short-line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. It operates over Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) tracks (now Union Pacific Railroad) under a long-term lease. The CFNR ...
(CFNR) (GWRR) * Camden and Southern Railroad (CSR) (ARSL) * Camp Chase Railway (CAMY) (IBCX) *
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) *
Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
(CP) *
Caney Fork and Western Railroad The Caney Fork and Western Railroad is a shortline railroad operating since 1983 from a connection with CSX Transportation at Tullahoma to McMinnville, Tennessee, and ends in Sparta, Tennessee . Currently the railroad is a subsidiary of Ironhors ...
(CFWR) (IHRX) * Canton Railroad (CTN) *
Cape Fear Railways A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
(CF) (USAX) *
Cape May Seashore Lines Cape May Seashore Lines is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey. It offers two excursion services: a round trip between Richland, New Jersey, Richland and Tuckahoe, New Jersey, Tuckahoe and a round trip between Rio Grande, New Jersey, ...
(CMSL) *
Carolina Coastal Railway Carolina Coastal Railway is a shortline railroad that operates several lines in North Carolina and one line in South Carolina. History CLNA was created in 1989 under the Thoroughbred Shortline Program of Norfolk Southern and was a subsidiary of ...
(CLNA) *
Carolina Piedmont Railroad The Carolina Piedmont Railroad is a class III railroad and subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. operating in the Upstate region of South Carolina. From an interchange with CSX Transportation at Laurens the railroad runs to the northwest, termi ...
(CPDR) (GWRR) *
Cascade and Columbia River Railroad The Cascade and Columbia River Railroad is a short line railroad that interchanges with BNSF Railway in Wenatchee, Washington and runs north to Oroville. The line from Wenatchee to Oroville was built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway to l ...
(CSCD) (GWRR) * CaterParrott Railnet (CPR) * CBEC Railroad (CBEC) * Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC) * Central California Traction Company (CCT) *
Central Indiana and Western Railroad The Central Indiana & Western Railroad is a short-line switching and terminal railroad in southwestern Madison County in Indiana. It branches off a CSX line near the city of Anderson and runs approximately seven miles west-southwest, terminatin ...
(CEIW) *
Central Maine and Quebec Railway The Central Maine & Québec Railway was a Class II freight railroad operating in the U.S. states of Maine and Vermont and the Canadian province of Quebec with headquarters in Bangor, Maine. It was owned by Railroad Acquisition Holdings, LLC, ...
(CMQ) (RAH) *
Central Midland Railway The Central Midland Railway , a division of Progressive Rail Incorporated of Lakeville, Minnesota, was a short line railroad in the U.S. state of Missouri, operating under lease of the former St. Louis Subdivision of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pac ...
(CMR) (PGR) * Central Montana Rail, Inc. (CM) *
Central New England Railroad The Central New England Railroad is a railroad in and near Hartford, Connecticut. It began operations in 1995 on former Conrail trackage. Central New England Railroad operates two different lines in Connecticut: the Armory Branch and the Griff ...
(CNZR) *
Central New York Railroad The Central New York Railroad is a shortline railroad operating local freight service along ex-Southern Tier Line trackage (ex-Erie Railroad/Erie Lackawanna Railway mainline trackage) in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line begi ...
(CNYK) (NYSW) *
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad The Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad is a Class II railroad operating between Northern California and Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was previously a mainline owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) between Eugene and Weed, California ...
(CORP) (GWRR) * Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND) (GWRR) *
Central Railroad of Indianapolis Central Railroad of Indianapolis is a Class III short-line railroad that operates approximately miles of rail line in north central Indiana. One leg of the railroad begins near Marion at the unincorporated town of Michaelsville, passes west ...
(CERA) (GWRR) * Central Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW) *
CG Railway The CG Railway is a terminal railroad as reported by the Association of American Railroads. The CGR is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, and is owned and operated by a 50/50 joint venture between SEACOR Holdings and Genesee & Wyoming. The railroa ...
(CGR) * Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS) (ADBF) *
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad is a class III railroad located in southern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It connects Cedar Springs, Georgia, Cedar Springs, Hilton, Georgia, Hilton and Saffold, Georgia, Saffold over a 15-mile route, interconne ...
(CIRR) (GWRR) *
Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway The Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway is a short-line railroad which is headquartered in LaFayette, Georgia, USA. The railroad operated of the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (a.k.a. the TAG route) from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Kensingto ...
(CCKY) (GWRR) *
Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates of track from Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina. The railroad was originally part of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, which continued south, crossing the Al ...
(CA) (GWRR) *
Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad The Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating of rail line in northwestern Indiana. From the town of La Crosse, lines run northwest to the Porter County town of Malden, southeast to the Starke County towns ...
(CKIN) (IBCX) * Chessie Logistics (CLCY) *
Chestnut Ridge Railroad The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelated ...
(CHR) * Chicago–Chemung Railroad (CCUO) *
Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...
(CHTT) (UP) *
Chicago Junction Railway The Chicago Junction Railway operated a switching and terminal railroad in Chicago, connecting the Union Stock Yards with most other railroads in the city. It also briefly operated an outer belt, which became the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 190 ...
(CJRY) (PGR) * Chicago Port & Rail (CPRL) *
Chicago Port Railroad The Chicago Port Railroad (reporting mark CPC) is a Class III switching railroad located in South Deering, Chicago, Illinois. The CPC, owned by Ozinga Transportation, operates on approximately 1.3 miles of track and serves the Calumet River ...
(CPC) *
Chicago Rail Link The Chicago Rail Link is a shortline switching railroad in Illinois. It owns and operates more than 72 miles of track on the South Side of Chicago. It is owned by OmniTRAX. History The Chicago Rail Link was essentially organized 29 August 1 ...
(CRL) (OMLX) *
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad , also known as the South Shore Line, is a Class III freight railroad operating between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana. The railroad serves as a link between Class I railroads and loc ...
(CSS) (APH) *
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad The Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad is a short line railroad offering service from Tolleston, Indiana to Crestline, Ohio, United States over the former Fort Wayne Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It began operations in 2004 as a divi ...
(CFE) (GWRR) * Chicago, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (CSP) (PGR) *
Cicero Central Railroad Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the esta ...
(CECR) (WATX) *
Cimarron Valley Railroad The Cimarron Valley Railroad was built c. 1912 and purchased from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in February 1996. It runs over former C.V. and Manter Subdivisions of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Oklahoma, Colorado ...
(CVR) (WG) *
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad The Cincinnati District is a railroad line owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway and operated by Cincinnati Eastern Railroad in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Cincinnati, Ohio southeast to Portsmouth, Ohio along a former Norfolk and ...
(CCER) *
City of Prineville Railway The City of Prineville Railway is an class III shortline railroad connecting the U.S. cities of Prineville, Oregon, Prineville and Redmond, Oregon, Redmond, Oregon. Trains can connect with the BNSF and UPRR at Prineville Jct. 3 miles north of R ...
(COP) * Clackamas Valley Railroad (CVLY)(PGR) *
Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad Clarendon may refer to: Places Australia *Clarendon, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney *Clarendon, Queensland, a rural locality in the Somerset Region *Clarendon, South Australia *Clarendon, Victoria, in the Shire of Moorabool *Clarendon County ...
(CLP) (VTR) * Cleveland and Cuyahoga Railroad (CCYH) (OMLX) * Cleveland Port Railroad (CPRY) (OMLX) * Cleveland Works Railway (CWRO) (ARCL) *
Clinton Terminal Railroad Clinton is an England, English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton, Cambridgeshire, Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton ha ...
(CTR) *
Cloquet Terminal Railroad Cloquet Terminal Railroad is a small Class 3 terminal railroad operating of track in Cloquet, Minnesota. The railroad interchanges with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Canadian Pacific railroads in Cloquet and services the Sappi Paper Mill ...
(CTRR) *
CMC Railroad CMC may refer to: Education Bangladesh * Chittagong Medical College or Chittagong Medical College Hospital, a public medical college in Chittagong * Comilla Medical College, a public medical college in Comilla India * Government Medical Co ...
(CMC) *
Coffeen and Western Railroad Coffeen and Western Railroad is a subsidiary of Ameren for receiving coal at its power plant south of Coffeen, Illinois. It also owns hopper cars often hauled by Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Comp ...
(CAEG) (Ameren) *
Colorado and Wyoming Railway Founded in 1899, the Colorado and Wyoming Railway is a subsidiary of the Evraz North America. It hauls coal, ore and steel products on about five miles of track inside ERVAZ - Pueblo, CO Steel Mills facility (formerly Colorado Fuel and Iron's ...
(CW) *
Columbia and Cowlitz Railway The Columbia and Cowlitz Railway is a short-line railroad owned by Patriot Rail Corporation, and is headquartered in Longview, Washington. The railroad serves an route from the Weyerhaeuser Company mill in Longview to the junction just outsid ...
(CLC) (PATR) * Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW) * Columbia Business Center Railroad (CBCX) *
Columbia Terminal Railroad The Columbia Terminal Railroad, Columbia Branch Railroad, or COLT is a local, short-line, freight railroad in Boone County, Missouri owned by and serving the city of Columbia, Missouri. The railroad runs from Columbia to the Norfolk Southern Railw ...
(CT) * Columbia & Walla Walla Railway (CWW) (FTRX) *
Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad is a freight railroad running from Girard, Alabama, to Mahrt, Alabama and has shared trackage rights with the Norfolk Southern to use the track between NS Columbus yard in Columbus, Georgia and Girard, AL. ...
(CCH) (GWRR) *
Columbus and Greenville Railway There have been two uses of Columbus and Greenville Railway, both for the same rail line. Original Columbus and Greenville The first Columbus and Greenville Railway was formed by the sale of the Southern Railway operated Southern Railway in Mi ...
(CAGY) (GWRR) * Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road (CUOH) (GWRR) *
Commonwealth Railway The Commonwealth Railway, Inc. is a United States Class III short-line railroad operating of track of a former Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway line from Suffolk, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Virginia. The main office is in the Wilroy area ...
(CWRY) (GWRR) *
Conecuh Valley Railroad The Conecuh Valley Railway, L.L.C. connects with the CSX at Troy, Alabama, and travels to Goshen, Alabama. This short line railroad was created after 2001 from the former Southern Alabama Railroad and is currently owned and operated by Genesee ...
(COEH) (GWRR) *
Connecticut Southern Railroad The Connecticut Southern Railroad is a long short-line railroad operating in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The company was formed in 1996 as a spinoff of Conrail by shortline holding company RailTex and subsequently acquired in 2000 by RailA ...
(CSOR) (GWRR) *
Coopersville and Marne Railway The Coopersville and Marne Railway is a tourist railroad and common carrier in West Michigan. It connects with the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad. The for-profit company owns the track, which runs from Walker, Michigan to Coopersville, Michigan i ...
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Coos Bay Rail Link The Coos Bay Rail Line is a railroad line from the Willamette Valley to the Port of Coos Bay on the Oregon Coast and Coquille, Oregon, in the United States. It is owned and operated by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. The rail is operated ...
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Copper Basin Railway The Copper Basin Railway is an Arizona short-line railroad that operates from a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) at Magma to Winkelman, in of length. The railroad also has a branch line that runs from Ray Junction to Ray, Arizo ...
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Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad The Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad was a terminal railroad originally created in 1924 to facilitate heavy bulk freight cargo traffic flow from the recently completed deep water port channel of the new Corpus Christi Port. Wishing to maximize fre ...
(CCPN) (GWRR) *
Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad The Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway (formerly American Rail Heritage, Ltd. d/b/a Crab Orchard, and Egyptian Railroad Company) is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad that operates in the cities of Marion and Herrin in the Southern I ...
(COER) (PGR) *
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) * Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR) *
D&W Railroad The D&W Railroad is a shortline railroad operated by the Iowa Northern Railway. History The D&W Railroad was formed in 2002 by TRANSCO Railway Products in order to acquire the rail line from Dewar to Oelwein, Iowa, from the Union Pacific Rail ...
(DWRV) (IANR) * Dakota Northern Railroad (DN) (ILSX) *
Dakota Southern Railway The Dakota Southern Railway is a railroad that until late May 2021 ran between Kadoka, South Dakota, and Mitchell, South Dakota, and which continues to service the approximately of remaining active track of the Napa Junction–Platte Line in ...
(DSRC) (MPRL) * Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad (DMVW) *
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad The Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Richardson, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, having been acquired when GWRR purchased RailAme ...
(DGNO) (GWRR) *
Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad The Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Company (D&R) is a Class III railroad, Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Russellville, Arkansas. D&R operates a line in Arkansas from Russellville (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) t ...
(DR) (ARSL) * De Queen and Eastern Railroad (DQE) (PATR) *
Decatur Central Railroad The Decatur Central Railroad (reporting mark DCC) is an American railroad that operates in central Illinois. It was founded in August 2016 as a joint venture between short-line railroad operator OmniTrax, which operates the railroad, and grain co ...
(DCC) (OMLX) *
Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad is a Class III American regional railroad that is a subsidiary of Watco operating in eastern Illinois and western Indiana. In January 2018, CSX Transportation announced that it was seeking offers to buy th ...
(DREI) (WATX) *
Decatur Junction Railway The Decatur Junction Railway is a Class III railroad which operates in the state of Illinois. It is one of several short-line railroads owned by Pioneer Railcorp. On September 23, 1993, the Decatur Junction Railway Co. (DT) signed a lease agreem ...
(DT) (PREX) *
Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the Scranton area. DL began service in August 1993 and is the designated operator for of trackage in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, La ...
(DL) (GVTX) * Delray Connecting Railroad (DC) (TSTR) *
Delmarva Central Railroad The Delmarva Central Railroad is an American short-line railroad owned by Carload Express that operates of track on the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The railroad operates lines from Porter, Delaware to Ha ...
(DCR) (CLEX) *
Delta Southern Railroad Delta Southern Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Tallulah, Louisiana. DSRR operates two disconnected lines, both of which interchange with Union Pacific: *A 14-mile line from Monroe, Louisiana, to Sterlingt ...
(DSRR) (WBIH) * Delta Valley and Southern Railway (DVS) * Denver Rock Island Railroad (DRIR) *
Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad The Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad is a class III railroad operating in New York. It is a subsidiary of Genesee Valley Transportation (GVT). The DLWR is composed of two operations, one located between Depew, New York and Lancaster, New Yor ...
(DLWR) (GVTX) *
Deseret Power Railroad The Deseret Power Railway () , formerly known as the ''Deseret-Western Railway'', is an electrified private Class III railroad operating in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. It does not connect to the national rail network and has no ...
(DPRW) * Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON) (ADBF) *
Dover and Delaware River Railroad The Dover and Delaware River Railroad is a short-line railroad operating along of track in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey between Phillipsburg and Newark. It was created in 2019 to take over local freight operations from Nor ...
(DD) (CHD) * Dover & Rockaway River Railroad (DRRV) (CHD) * Dubois County Railroad (DCRR) (ITM) * East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad (EBSR) *
East Camden and Highland Railroad The East Camden and Highland Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in East Camden, Arkansas. EACH operates a 47.6 mile (76.6 km) line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills (where it interchanges with Union Pa ...
(EACH) * East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad (ECBR) (PRRY) *
East Erie Commercial Railroad East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...
(EEC) (GE) * East Jersey Railroad (EJR) *
East Penn Railroad East Penn Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Read ...
(ESPN) (RRLX) *
East Tennessee Railway The East Tennessee Railway, L.P. is a short line railroad connecting CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway in Johnson City, Tennessee. Since 2005, the railroad has been owned by Genesee and Wyoming, an international operator of s ...
(ETRY) (GWRR) *
East Troy Electric Railroad The East Troy Electric Railroad is an interurban heritage railroad owned and operated by the East Troy Railroad Museum. Passenger excursions run on a stretch of track from East Troy to Mukwonago, Wisconsin. History The line dates back to 19 ...
(ETER) (METW) *
Eastern Alabama Railway Eastern Alabama Railway, LLC is one of many short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. On November 26, 1990, the line was sold by CSX to the Eastern Alabama Railway, a subsidiary of Kyle Railways. Kyle Railways later sold ...
(EARY) (GWRR) *
Eastern Idaho Railroad The Eastern Idaho Railroad commenced on November 21, 1993, as a collection of two disconnected clusters of former Union Pacific (UP) branches. A subsidiary of Watco, EIRR operates two segments that move more than 35,000 carloads per year to the Un ...
(EIRR) (WATX) *
Eastern Illinois Railroad The Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC) was a Class III, 53-mile shortline railroad that ran from Neoga, Illinois, to Metcalf, Illinois, with headquarters in Charleston, Illinois. The railroad hauled grain and lumber. There were 4 locomotives in oper ...
(EIRC) * Eastern Kentucky Railway Company (EKRC) * Eastern Maine Railway (EMRY) (NBSR) * Effingham Railroad (EFRR) * El Dorado and Wesson Railway (EDW) *
Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad The Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad is a switching and terminal railroad operating since 2015 on about 1 mile of track in the vicinity of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States. The railroad owns two EMD SW1200 locomotives of which one is act ...
(EZR) * Elk River Railroad (ELKR) (ARCS) *
Elkhart and Western Railroad The Elkhart & Western Railroad Co. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp , is a Class III short-line railroad operating three unconnected lines in northern Indiana. The first, the Elkhart Branch, is in and around the city of Elkhart ...
(EWR) (PNRC) * Ellis and Eastern Company (EE) * Escalante Western Railway (EW) (WFAX) *
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Its main line runs from Rockland, Michigan, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it also own ...
(ELS) *
Evansville Western Railway The Evansville Western Railway is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad operating in the southern Illinois and Indiana region. It is one of three regional railroad subsidiaries owned and operated by P&L Transportation. Overview Foun ...
(EVWR) (PLTX) *
Everett Railroad The Everett Railroad is a shortline and heritage railroad that operates on ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two separate lines, one from Brooks Mill and ...
(EV) * Fairfield Southern Company (FS) (TSTR) *
Falls Road Railroad The Falls Road Railroad is a Class III short line railroad owned by Genesee Valley Transportation (GVT). The railroad operates in Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties in New York. Operations The railroad's right-of-way consists of o ...
(FRR) (GVTX) *
Farmrail Corporation Farmrail System, Inc. is an employee-owned holding company for two Class III common-carrier railroads comprising "Western Oklahoma’s Regional Railroad" based in Clinton, Oklahoma. Farmrail Corporation has acted since 1981 as a lessee-operator ...
(FMRC) * FFG&C Railroad (FFGC) *
Finger Lakes Railway The Finger Lakes Railway is a Class III railroad in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The company began operations on July 23, 1995, and operates in Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Schuyler and Yates counties. The FGLK operates 18 diesel loc ...
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First Coast Railroad The First Coast Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Florida and Georgia, owned by Genesee & Wyoming. The name is derived from its area of operations around the First Coast of Florida. The FCRD was founded in April 2005 to lease 32 miles ...
(FCRD) (GWRR) *
Flats Industrial Railroad The Flats Industrial Railroad is a Class III railroad that provides short-line commercial/industrial switching service in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, primarily with CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. ...
(FIR) * Florida Central Railroad (FCEN) (PNSY) *
Florida East Coast Railway The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México. Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a pr ...
(FEC) (RAH) *
Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad The Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad is a Class III railroad owned and operated by RailUSA in the Florida Panhandle. The line consists of 373 miles (600 km) of track running from Baldwin, Florida (just west of Jacksonville) west through Tallah ...
(FGAR) (
RailUSA Gulf & Atlantic Railways is an American holding company that owns two railroads in Florida. History Gulf & Atlantic Railways was founded in October 2018 by private equity firm Equity Group Investments purchasing Grenada Railroad from Iowa Paci ...
) * Florida Midland Railroad (FMID) (PNSY) * Florida Northern Railroad (FNOR) (PNSY) * Fordyce and Princeton Railroad (FP) (GWRR) *
Fore River Transportation Corporation The Fore River Transportation Corporation is the operator of the Fore River Railroad, a class III railroad in eastern Massachusetts owned by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. The railroad runs from the Fore River Shipyard in the Qui ...
(FRVT) *
Fort Smith Railroad The Fort Smith Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas. FSR operates an line in Arkansas from Fort Smith (where it interchanges with Kansas City Southern Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, and Arkansas a ...
(FSR) (PNRC) *
Fort Worth and Western Railroad The Fort Worth and Western Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Operating only within the state of Texas, its main freight service route is between Carrollton, Fort Worth and Brownwood. History Much ...
(FWWR) * Foxville and Northern Railroad (FVN) * Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR) (MMAX) * FreightCar Short Line (FCSL) * FTRL Railway (FTRL) *
Fulton County Railroad The Fulton County Railroad is a privately held short-line railroad that runs from Rochester to Argos, Indiana, where it connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is a switching railroad that originally provided service to only one custom ...
(FC) (EWRY) (PNRC) * Fulton County Railway (FCR) (OMLX) *
Galveston Railroad The Galveston Railroad is a Class III terminal switching railroad headquartered in Galveston, Texas. It primarily serves the transportation of cargo to and from the Port of Galveston. GVSR operates of yard track at Galveston, over a facility. ...
(GVSR) (GWRR) * Garden City Western Railway (GCW) (PNRC) *
Gardendale Railroad Gardendale is the name of several places in the United States: * Gardendale, Alabama *Gardendale, Texas Gardendale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Ector County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,574 at the ...
(GRD) (IHRX) *
Gary Railway The Gary Railway is owned and operated by Transtar, Inc., a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. It currently runs along 63 miles of yard track throughout Gary, Indiana as a class III switching carrier for local steel supply. The ...
(GRW) (TSTR) * Gateway Eastern Railway (GWWE) (KCS) * Gateway Industrial Railroad (GIRR) * Geaux Geaux Railroad (GOGR) (WATX) *
Georges Creek Railway The Georges Creek Railway is a shortline railroad in Western Maryland that performed contract switching and owns a 14-mile line between Westernport and Carlos. The railroad was headquartered at 119 Pratt Street in Luke in the former Luke Pos ...
(GCK) *
Georgetown Railroad The Georgetown Railroad is a class III short-line railroad headquartered in Georgetown, Texas. History The original Georgetown Railroad Company was chartered on May 31, 1878, with a commitment to build a railroad the approximately 10 mile dista ...
(GRR) * Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR) (OMLX) *
Georgia Central Railway The Georgia Central Railway operates about of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, swi ...
(GC) (GWRR) *
Georgia Northeastern Railroad The Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a short line freight railroad which runs from the town of Elizabeth, Georgia (now within Marietta, northwest of Atlanta) to the city of Blue Ridge, Georgia. Goods hauled are mostly timber, grain, poultry, an ...
(GNRR) (PATR) *
Georgia Southern Railway Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
(GS) (PNRC) *
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 forme ...
(GSWR) (GWRR) *
Georgia Woodlands Railroad The Georgia Woodlands Railroad operates of track between Washington, Georgia, and Barnett, Georgia. Originally a subsidiary of the Chicago West Pullman Transportation Corporation, it was acquired by OmniTRAX in 1992. Primary commodities inc ...
(GWRC) (OMLX) *
Gettysburg and Northern Railroad The Gettysburg and Northern Railroad is a short-line railroad located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The railroad operates a long line running between Gettysburg in Adams County and Mount Holly Springs in Cumberland County. The Gettysbur ...
(GET) (PNRC) * Global Container Terminals New York (GCTX) * Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM) (GWRR) *
Golden Triangle Railroad The Golden Triangle Railroad is a railway in central Mississippi, totalling length. It is owned by the Patriot Rail Corporation. The GTRA interchanges with the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) at Columbus, Mississippi, and with Burlington Nor ...
(GTRA) (PATR) * Goose Lake Railway (GLRY) (FTRX) *
Grafton and Upton Railroad The Grafton and Upton Railroad is a Class III railroad, Class III short line railroad in east-central Massachusetts. This 24.85 mile line runs from Grafton, Massachusetts, Grafton to Franklin, Massachusetts, Franklin and connects to CSX Transpor ...
(GU) *
Grainbelt Corporation Farmrail System, Inc. is an employee-owned holding company for two Class III common-carrier railroads comprising "Western Oklahoma’s Regional Railroad" based in Clinton, Oklahoma. Farmrail Corporation has acted since 1981 as a lessee-operato ...
(GNBC) (FMRC) *
Grand Elk Railroad The Grand Elk Railroad is a Class III railroad which operates in the states of Indiana and Michigan. It is one of 40+ short-line railroads owned by Watco. The company leases a line from the Norfolk Southern running south from Grand Rapids, Michi ...
(GDLK) (WATX) *
Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad The Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad is a railroad in western Michigan, United States. The line runs east–west through Grand Rapids, Michigan to Lowell. Its of trackage ends at the Saint Mary's Siding, where it meets the Coopersville and Marne ...
(GR) (GWRR) *
Grand River Railway The Grand River Railway was an interurban electric railway (known as a radial in Ontario) in what is now the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Southwestern Ontario. History Background Preston and Berlin Railway Starting in the 185 ...
(GRRL) *
Great Lakes Central Railroad The Great Lakes Central Railroad is an American Class II regional railroad, operating in the state of Michigan. It was originally called the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway , which was formed on August 26, 1977, to operate over former Penn Cen ...
(GLC) * Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) (WATX) *
Great Walton Railroad The Great Walton Railroad is a class III railroad that operates of track in Georgia, United States. In addition to its own line between Monroe and Social Circle, Georgia, the railroad operates the Athens Line, LLC and the Hartwell Railroad. C ...
(GRWR) *
Great Western Railway of Colorado The Great Western Railway of Colorado operates about of track in Colorado and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad as well as the BNSF Railway. It is currently a subsidiary of OmniTRAX but was founded in 1902 to serve the Great Western ...
(GWR) (OMLX) *
Green Mountain Railroad The Green Mountain Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Vermont. GMRC operates on tracks that had been owned by the Rutland Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad. The railroad operates on a rail line between North Walpole, New Hampsh ...
(GMRC) (VTR) *
Greenville and Western Railway The Greenville and Western Railway is a Class III railroad that operates from a point south of Belton to Pelzer, South Carolina. Connections are made with Pickens Railway at Belton and CSX at Pelzer. The railroad is a subsidiary of Western C ...
(GRLW) (WCRSC) *
Grenada Railway The Grenada Railroad (reporting mark GRYR) is a 228-mile long (290 km) shortline railroad that runs from Southaven, Mississippi to Canton, Mississippi, along the former Illinois Central Railroad trackage. The GRYR interchanges at Canton, ...
(GRYR) (
RailUSA Gulf & Atlantic Railways is an American holding company that owns two railroads in Florida. History Gulf & Atlantic Railways was founded in October 2018 by private equity firm Equity Group Investments purchasing Grenada Railroad from Iowa Paci ...
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Gulf Coast Switching A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodie ...
(GCSX) (APH) * Hainesport Secondary Railroad (HSCR) (HT) *
Hampton and Branchville Railroad The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a South Carolina railroad that has served the western part of the state since the 1920s. The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a successor of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company, which ...
(HB) (PRRY) (o/s) *
Hartwell Railroad The Hartwell Railroad dates to 1878 when the company was chartered to build a narrow gauge rail line between Hartwell and Bowersville in Hart County, Georgia. The 10-mile railroad was completed the following year. In 1898, it was reorganized as ...
(HRT) (GRWR) *
Heart of Georgia Railroad The Heart of Georgia Railroad is a shortline railroad created in 1999 to lease and operate of track owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation between Mahrt, Alabama and Vidalia, Georgia, in the United States. The railroad has since exp ...
(HOG) (GWRR) *
Heritage Railroad A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
(HR) (SARM) * Herrin Railroad (HRRL) * High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad (HPTD) (CSXT) (NS) * Hilton & Albany Railroad (HAL) (GWRR) *
Hondo Railway The Hondo Railway is a Class III shortline railroad that operates about of trackage to the west of San Antonio, Texas. Roughly half of the railroad's track () is terminal trackage leased from Texas Liquid Terminal, Inc. It was formed in 2006, an ...
(HRR) * Hoffman Transportation (HTCX) *
Hoosier Southern Railroad The Hoosier Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad owned and operated by the Perry County Port Authority (PCPA) of Perry County, Indiana. History The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3 mile line between the Indiana communities of Cann ...
(HOS) (TNW) *
Housatonic Railroad The Housatonic Railroad ( ) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and ...
(HRRC) * Huntsville and Madison County Airport Authority (HMQR) (IICX) (NS) *
Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority The Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority was created in 1984 to operate on of track that was abandoned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The line was originally constructed by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail ...
(HMCR) *
Huron and Eastern Railway Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb and Flint/Tri-Cities area of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is currently owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., who purchased it from RailAmerica in 2012. Its ...
(HESR) (GWRR) * Hussey Terminal Railroad (HTRC) *
Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
(ISR) * Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR) (RGPC) * Illini Terminal Railroad (ITR) (RRC) * Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR) (GWRR) *
Illinois Railway The Illinois Railway , formerly Illinois Railnet, is a shortline railroad operating in Northern Illinois owned by OmniTRAX. It operates of former BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of s ...
(IR) (OMLX) * Illinois Western Railroad (ILW) (EFRR) *
Indiana and Ohio Railway The Indiana and Ohio Railway is an American railroad that operates of track in Ohio, southern Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and ...
(IORY) (GWRR) *
Indiana Eastern Railroad The Indiana Eastern Railroad is a short-line railroad in the U.S. states of Indiana and Ohio, operating a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line between Richmond, Indiana and Fernald, Ohio under lease from CSX Transportation. It began operatio ...
(IERR) *
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is a Class III railroadSurface Transportation BoardThe Belt Railway Company of Chicago -- Trackage Rights Exemption -- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company January 9, 2002 in the United States. Ownership The IHB ...
(IHB) *
Indiana Northeastern Railroad The Indiana Northeastern Railroad is a Class III short line freight railroad operating on nearly in southern lower Michigan, northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company began operations in December 1992 and ...
(IN) *
Indiana Rail Road The Indiana Rail Road is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of . This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road's India ...
(INRD) *
Indiana Southern Railroad The Indiana Southern Railroad is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property, and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by G ...
(ISRR) (GWRR) *
Indiana Southwestern Railway Indiana Southwestern Railway is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp, operator of several short-line railroad companies. The ISW is a Class III railroad, and operated on 17 miles of track from Evansville, Indiana, northward to Cynthiana, Indiana. ...
(ISW) (PNRC) *
Iowa Interstate Railroad The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a Class II regional railroad operating in the central United States. The railroad is owned by Railroad Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. History The railroad was formed on November 2, 1984, u ...
(IAIS) (RDC) * Iowa & Middletown Railway (IMRY) (REG) *
Iowa Northern Railway The Iowa Northern Railway is a Class III shortline railroad operating in the U.S. state of Iowa. History The origin of the Iowa Northern Railway starts with the major portion of the Manly to Cedar Rapids line which was built in the 1870s by th ...
(IANR) *
Iowa River Railroad The Iowa River Railroad (IARR) operates freight service from Ackley, Iowa to end of track 1.4 miles south of U.S. Highway 20, north of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, for a distance of about 9 miles. With its office located in Steamboat Rock, Iowa, IARR car ...
(IARR) (MPRL) * Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY) (PGR) * Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR) (PGR) *
Ithaca Central Railroad The Ithaca Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania, owned by Watco. The ITHR leases and operates the Norfolk Southern-owned Ithaca Secondary from Sayre, Pennsylvania (Norfolk Southern interchange), to Lud ...
(ITHR) (WATX) * Jackson & Lansing Railroad (JAIL) (ADBF) * Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad (JXPT) (WATX) * Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE) *
Juniata Terminal Company Juniata Terminal Co. is a locomotive leasing and railcar storage company. The company takes its name from the facility in Philadelphia from which it operates. The company owns a number of restored diesel locomotives, including a pair of former ...
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Juniata Valley Railroad The Juniata Valley Railroad is a short line that operates 11 miles of track in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System. The communities served include Lewistown (and the MCIDC industrial ...
(JVRR) (NSHR) * Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA) (WATX) * Kanawha River Terminal (KRT) *
Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad The Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad Company is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois and west-central Indiana. History In December 1977, Conrail was set to abandon of their ex-New York Cent ...
(KBSR) *
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in the Midwestern United States. It is primarily located in Kansas and extends into Colorado, but despite its name, not into Oklahoma. Overview The KO is a subsidiary of Watco, w ...
(KO) (WATX) *
Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and ...
(KCS) * Kansas City Transportation Lines (KCTL) (KAW) (WATX) * Kaw River Railroad (KAW) (WATX) *
Kendallville Terminal Railway The Kendallville Terminal Railway (reporting marks KTR) is a Class III common carrier owned by Pioneer Railcorp, in Northern Indiana. The line runs for 1.1 miles in Kendallville, Indiana Kendallville is a city in Wayne Township, Noble County, ...
(KTR) (PNRC) * Kennewick Terminal Railroad (KET) (FTRX) *
Kentucky and Tennessee Railway Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
(KT) (BSFX) *
Keokuk Junction Railway The Keokuk Junction Railway Co. , is a Class III railroad in the U.S. states of Illinois and Iowa. It is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp. History The present company was incorporated in 1980 as the Keokuk Northern Real Estate Co., formed in M ...
(KJRY) (PNRC) *
Kiamichi Railroad The Kiamichi Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma. KRR operates two lines totaling which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional of track. The main line (1 ...
(KRR) (GWRR) * Kingman Terminal Railroad (KGTR) (PATR) * Kinston and Snow Hill Railroad (KSH) (G&O) *
Kiski Junction Railroad The Kiski Junction Railroad was a short-line railroad that operated in Western Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. The railroad was based in the small community of Schenley which is situated at the point where the Kiskiminetas River flows ...
(KJR) *
Klamath Northern Railway Klamath Northern Railway Company (KNOR) is a shortline railroad operating from Gilchrist, Oregon to Gilchrist Jct, Oregon where is connects with Union Pacific Railroad's Cascade Subdivision. The line was constructed in 1938 by the Gilchrist Tim ...
(KNOR) * KM Railways (KM) (KMTX) *
Knoxville and Holston River Railroad The Knoxville and Holston River Railroad operates over within Knoxville and Marbledale, Tennessee. This short line railroad was created in 1998 and is currently owned by Gulf and Ohio Railways. The railroad also hosts a tourist train run by Gulf ...
(KXHR) (G&O) * Kodak Park Railroad (KPK) (KODK) (RSS) * KWT Railway (KWT) (GWRR) *
Kyle Railroad The Kyle Railroad is a regional railroad line that runs from North Central Kansas into Eastern Colorado. It is based in Phillipsburg, Kansas and runs on track, mostly the former Rock Island Railroad Chicago to Denver main line. The Kyle was ow ...
(KYLE) (GWRR) * Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad (LMIC) (ARCL) (NS) *
Lake State Railway Lake State Railway is a railroad operating in the Saginaw Valley and northeastern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The railroad moves large quantities of aggregate and limestone, as well as coal, grain, and chemical products. Some of ...
(LSRC) *
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad , is a U.S. railroad offering service from Marquette, Michigan, to nearby locations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It began operations in 1896. The LS&I continues to operate as an independent railroad f ...
(LSI) * Lake Terminal Railroad (LT) (TSTR) *
Lancaster and Chester Railway The Lancaster and Chester Railroad or L&C is a railway headquartered in Lancaster, South Carolina. The original route connects Lancaster in Lancaster County with Chester in Chester County. The line's nickname is The Springmaid Line, which refe ...
(LC) (G&O) * Landisville Railroad (LVR) *
Lapeer Industrial Railroad The Lapeer Industrial Railroad is a short switching operation in Lapeer, Michigan Lapeer ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,841. Most of the cit ...
(LIRR) (ADBF) * LaSalle Railway (LSRY) *
Laurinburg and Southern Railroad The Laurinburg and Southern Railroad (reporting mark LRS) is a short-line railroad operating in North Carolina. The railroad has of track that runs south from Raeford to Laurinburg, North Carolina and industries south of there. However much of th ...
(LRS) (G&O) *
Leetsdale Industrial Terminal Railway Leetsdale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 1,218 at the 2010 census. History Leetsdale was incorporated on March 28, 1904. Leetsdale at one time had ...
(LIT) *
Lehigh Railway The Lehigh Railway is a shortline railroad in Wyoming County and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Mehoopany and to Norfolk Southern in Athens, just south of Sayre. It operates a ...
(LWRY) (OHRY) * Lehigh Valley Rail Management – Bethlehem Division (LVRB) (LVRM) * Lehigh Valley Rail Management – Johnstown Division (LVRJ) (LVRM) * Lewisburg and Buffalo Creek Railroad (LBCX) (UCIR) (NSHR) * Little Kanawha River Railroad (LKRR) *
Little Rock and Western Railway The Little Rock and Western Railway is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Perry, Arkansas, and owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. LRWN operates over a line from Danville, Arkansas to Pulaski, Arkansas, then over of Union Pacific R ...
(LRWN) (GWRR) * Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA) *
Live Oak Railroad Live may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film * ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film *'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD) Music *Live (band), American alternative rock band * List of albums ...
(LOR) *
Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad The Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad is a short line railroad that operates in Livingston County and Monroe County in New York, United States. The railroad interchanges with CSX at Genesee Junction in Chili, New York, the Rochester and Sou ...
(LAL) * Longview Switching Company (LVSW) (BNSF) (UP) * Lorain Northern Railroad (LNOR) (TSTR) * Los Angeles Junction Railway (LAJ) (BNSF) *Louisiana and Delta Railroad (LDRR) (GWRR) *Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW) (PATR) *Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS) (WATX) *Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC) (APH) *Lubbock and Western Railway (LBWR) (WATX) *Lucas Oil Rail Lines (LORL) *Luxapalila Valley Railroad (LXVR) (GWRR) *Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway (LS) (OHRY) *Lycoming Valley Railroad (LVRR) (NSHR) *M&B Railroad (MNBR) (GWRR) *Madison Railroad (CMPA) *Mahoning Valley Railway (MVRY) (GWRR) *Maine Northern Railway (MNRY) (NBSR) *Manning Rail (MANN) (Manning Grain) *Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ) (OMLX) (o/s) *Marquette Rail, LLC (MQT) (GWRR) *Maryland and Delaware Railroad (MDDE) *Maryland Midland Railway (MMID) (GWRR) *Massachusetts Central Railroad (MCER) *Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (MC) (IPH) *Massena Terminal Railroad (MSTR) (GWRR) *Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN) (BDTL) *Meridian Southern Railway (MDS) (OHRY) *MG Rail, Inc. (MGRI) (CTLC) (CGBE) *Michigan Shore Railroad (MS) (GWRR) *Michigan Southern Railroad (1989), Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO) (PNRC) *Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR) (GWRR) *Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH) *Middletown and New Jersey Railroad (MNJ) (RRLX) *Milford-Bennington Railroad (MBRX) *Mineral Range Railroad (MRAX) *Minnesota Commercial Railway (MNNR) *Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN) (ILSX) (KBNI) *Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (MPLI) (TCWR) *Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW) *Mission Mountain Railroad (MMT) (WATX) *Mississippi Central Railroad (present), Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI) (PNRC) *Mississippi Delta Railroad (MSDR) (ROCK) *Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE) *Mississippi Southern Railroad (MSR) (WATX) *Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, Mississippi Tennessee Railroad (MTNR) (IHRX) *Itawamba Mississippian Railway (MSRW) (HMI) *Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) (GWRR) *Missouri North Central Railroad (MNC) (MRIX) *Modesto and Empire Traction Company (MET) *Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MHWA) (GVTX) *Montana Rail Link (MRL) *Morristown and Erie Railway (ME) *Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad (MCSA) *Mount Hood Railroad (MH) (IPH) *Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT) *Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad (NDW) (PNRC) *Nashville and Eastern Railroad (NERR) (RJCR) *Nashville and Western Railroad (NWR) (RJCR) *Natchez Railway (NTZR) (AKRM) *Naugatuck Railroad Company (NAUG) *Navajo Mine Railroad (TNMR) *NDC Railroad, Northampton Switching Company (NDCR) *Nebraska Central Railroad (NCRC) (RGPC) *Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (NKCR) (OMLX) *Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW) *Nevada Industrial Switch (NISX) (PSGX) *New Castle Industrial Railroad (NCIR) *New Century AirCenter Railroad (JCAX) *New England Central Railroad (NECR) (GWRR) *New England Southern Railroad (NEGS) *New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR) *New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN) *New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (NHRR) *New Jersey Rail Carriers, LLC (NJRC) *New Jersey Seashore Lines (NJSL) (CMSL) *New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway (NOGC) (RGPC) *New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) *New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA) (ARH) *New York and Lake Erie Railroad (NYLE) (OCTL) *New York and Ogdensburg Railway (NYOG) (VTR) *New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ) *New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) *Newburgh and South Shore Railroad (NSR) (OMLX) *Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER) (NSHR) *Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPB) *Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and subsidiaries: Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), Camp Lejeune Railroad, Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), Chesapeake Western Railway (CHW), Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNTP), Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GSF), Interstate Railroad (INT), State University Railroad, Tennessee Railway (TENN), Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (TAG) *North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (NCVA) (GWRR) *North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad (NLA) (ARSL) *North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania), North Shore Railroad (NSHR) *Northern Lines Railway (NLR) (ARH) *Northern Ohio and Western Railway (NOW) (OMLX) *Northern Plains Railroad (NPR) *Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad (NOKL) *Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) (NCRA) *Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE) *Ogeechee Railway (OGEE) *Ohi-Rail Corporation (OHIC) *Ohio Central Railroad (1988), Ohio Central Railroad (OHCR) (GWRR) *Ohio South Central Railroad (OSCR) (IERR) *Ohio Southern Railroad (1986), Ohio Southern Railroad (OSRR) (GWRR) *Ohio Terminal Railway (OHIO) (CLEX) *Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc. (OCTL) *Old Augusta Railroad (OAR) *Olympia and Belmore Railroad (OLYO) (GWRR) *Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway (OLB) *Ontario Central Railroad (ONCT) (FGLK) *Ontario Midland Railroad (OMID) *Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT) *Oregon Eastern Railroad (OERR) (WG) *Oregon Pacific Railroad (1997), Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR) *Oregon Railconnect (ORC) (FTRX) *Otter Tail Valley Railroad (OTVR) (GWRR) *Ouachita Railroad (OUCH) (ARSX) *Owego and Harford Railway (OHRY) *Ozark Valley Railroad (OVRR) (MPRL) *Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL) (APH) *Pacific Sun Railroad (PSRR) (WATX) *Paducah and Illinois Railroad (PI) (IC) (CN) *Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) (PLTX) *Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC) (WATX) *Pan Am Railways (PAR) *Pan Am Southern (PAS) (PAR) *Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR) (OMLX) *Patriot Woods Railroad (PAW) (CLC) (PATR) *Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS) (WATX) *Pee Dee River Railway (PDRR) (AR) *Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) *Peninsula Terminal Company (PT) *Pennsylvania and Southern Railway (PSCC) (REG) *Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad (PSWR) (WATX) *Perry County Railroad (PCYR) *Peru Industrial Railroad (PIRR) (IR) (OMLX) *Pickens Railway, Honea Path Division (PICK) *Pioneer Industrial Railroad (PRY) (PNRC) *Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) (PNSY) *Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad (POHC) (GWRR) *Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM) *Plainsman Switching Company (PMSW) *Plainview Terminal Company (PTM) (LBWR) (WATX) *Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN) (GWRR) *Port Bienville Railroad, Port Bienville Short Line Railroad (PBVR) *Port Harbor Railroad (PHRR) (RRC) *Port Jersey Railroad (PJR) (NYNJ) *Port Manatee Railroad (MAUP) *Port of Beaumont Railroad (PBR) (ECRX) *Port of Catoosa, Port of Catoosa Terminal Railroad (POCA) *Port of Muskogee, Port of Muskogee Railroad (PMR) *Port of Palm Beach District (PPBD) *Port of Tucson, Port of Tucson Railroad (POT) *Port Rail Saint Charles, Port Rail, Inc (PRLC) (LCHD) *Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA) *Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina (PTR) (PRRY) *Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) (GWRR) *Portland Terminal Railroad (PTRC) (BNSF) (UP) *Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) (CBRW) *Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW) (AKMD) (GWRR) *Progressive Rail, Inc. (PGR) *Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (GWRR) *Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) (GWRR) *Quincy Railroad (California), Quincy Railroad (QRR) (Sierra Pacific) *Quinwood Coal Company (QCC) *Rainer Rail (RANR) (FTRX) *Rawhide Short Line (RHSL) (PRPA) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Lines (RJCN) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line (RJCR) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Carolina Line (RJCA) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines (RJCC) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Cleveland Line (RJCL) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line (RJCM) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines (RJCP) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Tennessee Terminal (RJCK) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Texas Lines (RJCD) *R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line (RJCV) *R.J. Corman Railroad/Western Ohio Lines (RJCW) *Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad (RCPE) (GWRR) *Raritan Central Railway (RCRY) (REG) *Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN) *Red River Valley and Western Railroad (RRVW) *Republic N&T Railroad (NTRY) *Riceboro Southern Railway (RSOR) (GWRR) *Richmond Pacific Railroad (RPRC) *Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) (IHRX) *Ripley & New Albany Railroad (RNAB) (PNRC) *Riverport Railroad (RVPR) *Rochester and Southern Railroad (RSR) (GWRR) *Rock and Rail LLC (RRRR) *Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad (RSS) (GWRR) (o/s) *Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad (RVT) (CCTX) *RSL Railroad, Republic Short Line (RSL) *S&L Railroad (SLGG) (Progress Rail) *Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN) *Sacramento Southern Railroad (SSRR) (CARM) *Sacramento Valley Railroad (2008), Sacramento Valley Railroad (SAV) (PATR) *Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway (SLGW) *San Antonio Central Railroad (SAC) (WATX) *San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIY) (GWRR) *San Francisco Bay Railroad, San Francisco Bay Railway (SFBR) *San Joaquin Valley Railroad (SJVR) (GWRR) *San Manuel Arizona Railroad (SMA) *San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) (IPH) *San Luis Central Railroad (SLC) (PVCX) *San Pedro Valley Railroad (SPVR) (IHRX) *Santa Teresa Southern Railroad (STSR) (IHRX) *Sand Springs Railway (SS) (OMLX) *Sandersville Railroad (SAN) *Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (SCBG) *Santa Maria Valley Railroad (SMV) *Saratoga and North Creek Railroad (SNC) (IPH) *Savage Bingham and Garfield Railroad (SBG) (SVGX) *Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT) (GWRR) *Seaview Transportation Company (SVTX) *Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR) *SEMO Port Railroad (SE) *Sequatchie Valley Railroad, Sequatchie Valley Switching Company (SQSC) (IHRX) *Shamokin Valley Railroad (SVRR) (NSHR) *Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line), Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV) (DGVR) *Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) *Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR) (TCWR) *SJRE Railroad (SJRE) *SMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC (SNY) (SMS) *SMS Rail Service, Inc. (SLRS) (SMS) *South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR) *South Buffalo Railway (SB) *South Carolina Central Railroad (SCRF) (GWRR) *South Central Florida Express, Inc. (SCXF) (USSG) *South Central Tennessee Railroad (SCTR) (WTNN) *South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH) (ARCL) *South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL) (WATX) *South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL) *South Plains Switching, Ltd (SAW) (PMSW) *Southern California Railroad (SCRR) (USG) *Southern Electric, Southern Electric Railroad Company (SERC) *Southern Indiana Railway (SIND) *Southern Railroad of New Jersey (SRNJ) *Southern Switching Company (SSC) (IHRX) *Southwest Gulf Railroad (SWG) *Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (SWP) (CLEX) *Southwestern Railroad (New Mexico), Southwestern Railroad (SW) (WG) *Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (SCS) (RRC) *St. Croix Valley Railroad (SCXY) *St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (GWRR) *St. Maries River Railroad (STMA) (MPRL) *St. Mary's Railroad (SM) *St. Marys Railway West (SMW) *Stillwater Central Railroad (SLWC) (WATX) *St Paul and Pacific Northwest Railroad, St. Paul and Pacific Northwest Railroad (SPPN) (PGR) *St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (SPPR) (PGR) *Stockton Public Belt Railway (SPBT) (CCT) *Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE) (OMLX) *Stourbridge Railroad (SBRR) *Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) *Swan Ranch Railroad (SRRR) (WATX) *Tacoma Rail (TMBL) *Tacoma Rail Mountain Division (TRMW) (TMBL) *Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (TZPR) (GWRR) *Temple and Central Texas Railway (TC) (PATR) *Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR) (PATR) *Tennken Railroad (TKEN) (WTNN) *Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) *Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks (TASD) *Texas – New Mexico Railroad, Texas & New Mexico Railroad (TXN) (WATX) *Texas and Eastern Railroad (TESR) (WG) *Texas and Northern Railway (TN) (TSTR) *Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR) *Texas Central Business Lines Corporation (TCB) *Texas City Terminal Railway (TCT) *Texas North Western Railway (TXNW) (TNW) *Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER) (GWRR) *Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF) *Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR) (TNW) *Texas South-Eastern Railroad (TSE) *Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN) (TNW) *Thermal Belt Railway (TBRY) *Three Notch Railroad (TNHR) (GWRR) *Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) (WATX) *Toledo Junction Railroad (TJR) (JBCX) *Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW) (GWRR) *Tomahawk Railway (TR) (GWRR) *Baltimore Industrial Railroad, Tradepoint Rail (TPR) *Trona Railway (TRC) *Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway (TSU) *Turners Island, LLC (TI) *Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TCWR) *Tyburn Railroad (TYBR) (RRLX) *Tyner Terminal Railway (TYNT) (TVRM) *Union City Terminal Railroad (UCTR) (IBR) *Union County Industrial Railroad (UCIR) (NSHR) *Union Pacific Railroad (UP) *Union Railroad (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Union Railroad (URR) (TSTR) *Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad (UMP) (ARCL) *Utah Railway (UTAH) (GWRR) *Utah Central Railway (1992), Utah Central Railway (UCRY) (PATR) *V&S Railway (VSR) (AKRM) *Valdosta Railway (VR) (GWRR) *Vandalia Railroad (1983), Vandalia Railroad (VRRC) (PNRC) *Ventura County Railroad (VCRR) (GWRR) *Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) (IBCX) *Vermont Railway (VTR) *Vicksburg Southern Railroad (VSOR) (WATX) *Virginia Southern Railroad (VSRR) (BB) *Wabash Central Railroad (WBCR) *Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad, Walking Horse Railroad (WHRR) (IHRX) *Wallowa Union Railroad Authority (WURR) *Warren and Saline River Railroad (WSR) (AKMD) (GWRR) *Warren and Trumbull Railroad (WTRM) (YB) (GWRR) *Washington and Idaho Railway (WIR) (MPRL) *Washington County Railroad (1980), Washington County Railroad (WACR) (VTR) *Washington Eastern Railroad (WERR) (WG) *Washington Royal Line (WRL) (FTRX) *Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (WCOR) (GWRR) *West Belt Railway (WBRW) (PATR) *West Isle Line (WFS) (FTRX) *West Michigan Railroad (WMI) *West Shore Railroad Corporation (WSRC) (UCIR) (NSHR) *West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN) *Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR) *Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (2001), Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) (LAL) *Western Rail Road (WRRC) *Western Washington Railroad (WWR) (FTRX) *Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990), Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) *White Deer and Reading Railroad (WDRR) (UCIR) (NSHR) *Wichita Terminal Association (WTA) (UP) *Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (WTJR) (RGPC) *Willamette Valley Railway (WVR) *Wilmington Terminal Railroad (WTRY) (GWRR) *Wilmington and Western Railroad (WWRC) *Winchester and Western Railroad (WW) *Winston-Salem Southbound Railway (WSS) (CSXT) (NS) *Wiregrass Central Railroad (WGCR) (GWRR) *Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) (WATX) *Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGNR) *Wisconsin Northern Railroad (WN) (PGR) *Wolf Creek Railroad (WCKR) (REG) *Yakima Central Railroad (YCR) (FTRX) *Yadkin Valley Railroad (YVRR) (G&O) *Yellowstone Valley Railroad (YSVR) (WATX) *York Railway (YRC) (GWRR) *Youngstown and Austintown Railroad (YARR) (GWRR) *Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad (YSRR) (IBCX) *Youngstown Belt Railroad (YB) (GWRR) *Yreka Western Railroad (YW) (RMKX)


See also

*List of Canadian railways *
Reporting mark A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks. The code typically reflects the name or identifying number of the owner, lessee, or operator of the equip ...
*List of defunct railroads of North America *Narrow gauge railroads in the United States *List of U.S. Class I railroads *Transportation in the United States *Oldest railroads in North America


References

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