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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 ...
(AR) * Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (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 The AG Valley Railroad is a Class III switching and terminal railroad servicing the Chicago Transload Facility in Chicago, Illinois on approximately 3.09 miles of track owned by Ag Valley Holdings, LLC. AVRR began operations on January 8, 2013. ...
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Aiken Railway Launched in 2012, The Aiken Railway is a short line railroad operating 19 miles of track leased from Norfolk Southern in southwestern South Carolina, in the United States. The leased track consists of 12.45 miles between Warrenville and Oakwoo ...
(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 form ...
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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 ...
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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 line ...
(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., ...
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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 ...
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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 (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 ...
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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. ...
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Appalachian and Ohio Railroad The Appalachian and Ohio Railroad is a class III railroad operating in West Virginia. Originally the Cowen and Pickens Subdivisions of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the railroad was a part of CSX until it was leased to Watco, which began operati ...
(AO) (PLTX) * Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA) * Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC) (GWRR) * Arizona Central Railroad (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 (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 The Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad is a short-line railroad in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas. Opened in 1908, it has undergone several corporate reorganizations, but has remained independent of larger carriers. In 2004, ...
(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 mi ...
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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 ...
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AT&L Railroad The AT&L Railroad was started in May 1985 by Wheeler Brothers Grain Company operating about of former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) track in Oklahoma. It replaced the North Central Oklahoma Railway, which operated the track b ...
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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 r ...
(ATW) (GWRR) * Austin Western Railroad (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 (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 ...
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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 (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 ...
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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 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) (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 (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 ...
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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 The Branford Steam Railroad is standard-gauge industrial railroad that serves the Tilcon Connecticut stone quarry in North Branford, Connecticut, in the United States. It was founded in 1903 by Louis A. Fisk, a businessman from Branford, Con ...
(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 (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 The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway is a short line railroad in the U.S. state of Montana which was incorporated in 1891. It was financed by the interests behind the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and operated primarily to carry copper ore fr ...
(BAP) (PATR) * C&NC Railroad (CNUR) *
Caldwell County Railroad The Caldwell County Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad operating over between Hickory and Lenoir, North Carolina. The CWCY is operated by Southeast Shortlines, Inc., which also operates the Thermal Belt Railway. History The Caldwell Co ...
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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 ...
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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 (CFWR) (IHRX) *
Canton Railroad The Canton Railroad is a Class III switching and terminal railroad, operating in eastern Baltimore City and Baltimore County. It serves the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore and local shipping companies, and connects with two Class I railro ...
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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 (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 (CPDR) (GWRR) * Cascade and Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) (GWRR) * CaterParrott Railnet (CPR) * CBEC Railroad (CBEC) *
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway , also known as the CRANDIC, is a Class III railroad operating in the US state of Iowa. The CRANDIC currently operates of main line and more than of yard trackage in four east central Iowa counties. The ...
(CIC) *
Central California Traction Company The Central California Traction Company is a Class III short-line railroad operating in the northern San Joaquin Valley, in San Joaquin County, California. It is owned jointly by the Union Pacific and BNSF Railway. Service The railroad opera ...
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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 (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. Central Montana Rail, Inc. is a short line railroad operating trackage in Judith Basin, Fergus, and Chouteau Counties, Montana. The company's main line extends approximately , between the towns of Moccasin and Geraldine; the line connects w ...
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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 (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 The Central Washington Railroad (reporting mark CWRR) is a common freight carrier that operates in the Yakima, Washington area. The shortline railroad operates on two routes in the Yakima River valley and is owned by the Temple family, which also ...
(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 (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 (CSS) (APH) * Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (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 estab ...
(CECR) (WATX) * Cimarron Valley Railroad (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 (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 outside ...
(CLC) (PATR) *
Columbia Basin Railroad The Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRR) is a common freight carrier that operates between Moses Lake and Connell in the state of Washington, USA. Route The CBRR connects the Washington communities of Moses Lake, Wheeler, Schrag, Warden, Othello and ...
(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 (CAGY) (GWRR) *
Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road The Columbus & Ohio River Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. state of Ohio owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The main line, formerly part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Panhandle," was acquired from Conrail in 1992. It begins in Columbus along C ...
(CUOH) (GWRR) * Commonwealth Railway (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 ...
(CPMY) * Coos Bay Rail Link (CBRL) *
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 ...
(CBRY) *
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 (DWRV) (IANR) * Dakota Northern Railroad (DN) (ILSX) * Dakota Southern Railway (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 (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 (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 The Denver Rock Island Railroad , formerly known as the Denver Terminal Railroad, is a Class III terminal railroad in Commerce City, Colorado. The DRIR works around Denver's stock yards and many industries in that area. History In June 2005, ...
(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 (DPRW) *
Detroit Connecting Railroad The Detroit Connecting Railroad Company is a Class III shortline railroad owned by the Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company. Its freight operations began in December 1998 with of track. Company information *Parent: Adrian & Blissfield Rail Ro ...
(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 (EACH) *
East Cooper and Berkeley 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 Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
(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 (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 The Elk River Railroad was a short line that runs for between Gilmer and Gassaway, West Virginia and has existed since July 1989, although it was originally built in the late 19th century and was once part of the Coal and Coke Railway, formally ...
(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 (EVWR) (PLTX) * Everett Railroad (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 ...
(FGLK) * First Coast Railroad (FCRD) (GWRR) * Flats Industrial Railroad (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 Fredonia may refer to: Places Colombia * Fredonia, Antioquia, a town and municipality United States * Fredonia, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Fredonia, Arizona, a town * Fredonia (Biscoe), Arkansas, a city * Fredonia, Indiana, an uni ...
(FVRR) (MMAX) * FreightCar Short Line (FCSL) * FTRL Railway (FTRL) * Fulton County Railroad (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 The Garden City Western Railway is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Kansas. GCW was organized in 1916, first owned by The Garden City Sugar and Land Company and then owned by the Garden City Coop, Inc. The GCW is located in southwest ...
(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 (GRW) (TSTR) *
Gateway Eastern Railway The Gateway Eastern Railway is a railroad subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) (Later the CPKC Railway), owning a main line between East Alton and East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Originally created in 1994 as a subsidiar ...
(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 Georgia and Florida Railway or Georgia and Florida Railroad may refer to: *Georgia and Florida Railway (2005) The Georgia and Florida Railway is a short line railroad operating in Georgia and Florida, and is a subsidiary of OmniTRAX. The railroa ...
(GFRR) (OMLX) * Georgia Central Railway (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 (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 incl ...
(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 Gettysburg ...
(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 Nort ...
(GTRA) (PATR) *
Goose Lake Railway A goose ( : geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera ''Anser'' (the grey geese and white geese) and ''Branta'' (the black geese). Some other birds, mostly related to the sheld ...
(GLRY) (FTRX) * Grafton and Upton Railroad (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 (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 (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 (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 ...
) *
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 expan ...
(HOG) (GWRR) * Heritage Railroad (HR) (SARM) * Herrin Railroad (HRRL) * High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad (HPTD) (CSXT) (NS) * Hilton & Albany Railroad (HAL) (GWRR) * Hondo Railway (HRR) * Hoffman Transportation (HTCX) * Hoosier Southern Railroad (HOS) (TNW) * Housatonic Railroad (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 Railwa ...
(HMCR) * Huron and Eastern Railway (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 The Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (reporting mark: INPR) is a small railroad in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon in the United States. It owns 120 miles of former Union Pacific branch lines, and is a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacifi ...
(INPR) (RGPC) * Illini Terminal Railroad (ITR) (RRC) *
Illinois and Midland Railroad The Illinois and Midland Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. state of Illinois, serving Peoria, Springfield and Taylorville. Until 1996, when Genesee & Wyoming Inc. bought it, the company was named the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway . I ...
(IMRR) (GWRR) * Illinois Railway (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 (IERR) * Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (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 (INRD) * Indiana Southern Railroad (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. Th ...
(ISW) (PNRC) * Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) (RDC) * Iowa & Middletown Railway (IMRY) (REG) * Iowa Northern Railway (IANR) * Iowa River Railroad (IARR) (MPRL) *
Iowa Southern Railway Progressive Rail Inc. is a shortline railroad and owner of several other shortlines. PGR is directly operating several separate branches in Minnesota including the Airlake Terminal Railway. Progressive Rail also acquired the Wisconsin Northern ...
(ISRY) (PGR) *
Iowa Traction Railroad The Iowa Traction Railway Company , formerly the Iowa Traction Railroad Company, is a shortline railroad operating in the United States as a common carrier. It was originally founded in 1896 as the Mason City and Clear Lake Railway, a passenger c ...
(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 ...
(JTFS) *
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 and also connects with Norfolk Southern Railway The N ...
(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 The Kingman Terminal Railroad operates about 3 miles of track at the Kingman Industrial Park north of Kingman, Arizona. It is owned by Patriot Rail Company and its reporting mark A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of r ...
(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 Owned by Eastman Kodak Company, the Kodak Park Railroad is a private railroad that services Kodak Park in Rochester, New York Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in th ...
(KPK) (KODK) (RSS) *
KWT Railway KWT may refer to: * KWT Global - public relations agency * KWT Railway - former short line railroad (Kentucky West Tennessee) * Kilowatt * Kuwait * Kwesten language * Kwethluk Airport * Kwun Tong station, an MTR station in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong * Kr ...
(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 (LSI) * Lake Terminal Railroad (LT) (TSTR) * Lancaster and Chester Railway (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 (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 (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 The Louisiana and Northwest Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Homer, Louisiana. LNW operates a line in Arkansas and Louisiana from McNeil, Arkansas (where it interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad), to Gibsland, Louisiana (wh ...
(LNW) (PATR) * Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS) (WATX) *
Louisville and Indiana Railroad The Louisville and Indiana Railroad is a Class III railroad that operates freight service between Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, with a major yard and maintenance shop in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is owned by Anacostia Rail Ho ...
(LIRC) (APH) * Lubbock and Western Railway (LBWR) (WATX) *
Lucas Oil Rail Lines Lucas Oil Rail Line is a short line railway that operates in Harrison County, Indiana between Corydon Junction and Corydon, a distance of 7.7 miles (12.39 km). History On May 25, 2006, the former Louisville, New Albany & Corydon Rail ...
(LORL) *
Luxapalila Valley Railroad The Luxapalila Valley Railroad is a 38-mile short line freight railroad that operates between Columbus, Mississippi, and Belk, Alabama. The LXVR interchanges with the Columbus & Greenville, Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern. Commoditie ...
(LXVR) (GWRR) *
Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway The Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway is a shortline railroad in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It both serves local traffic and connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Pittston and to the Norfolk Southern Railway at three sep ...
(LS) (OHRY) *
Lycoming Valley Railroad The Lycoming Valley Railroad is a short line that operates of track in Lycoming and Clinton counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System. The line runs generally west between Muncy (in ...
(LVRR) (NSHR) *
M&B Railroad The M&B Railroad , formerly the Meridian and Bigbee Railroad, was a Class III railroad that operates 189 miles of railroad from Meridian, Mississippi eastward to Burkville, Alabama. Additionally, the M&B has trackage rights over CSX from Burkevi ...
(MNBR) (GWRR) *
Madison Railroad The Madison Railroad , a division of the City of Madison Port Authority, is a short-line railroad in southeastern Indiana. The Madison Railroad begins along the Ohio River in the western part of the city of Madison and from there runs generally ...
(CMPA) *
Mahoning Valley Railway Mahoning Valley Railway (MVRY) is a short-line railroad in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It has an interchange with Norfolk Southern Railway at its east end. The west end is Youngstown Belt Railroad which i ...
(MVRY) (GWRR) *
Maine Northern Railway The Maine Northern Railway Company Limited is a U.S. and Canadian short line railroad owned by the New Brunswick Railway Company, a holding company that is part of "Irving Transportation Services", a division within the industrial conglomerate ...
(MNRY) (NBSR) * Manning Rail (MANN) (Manning Grain) * Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ) (OMLX) (o/s) *
Marquette Rail, LLC Marquette Rail is a short line railroad operating in Michigan. It is based in Ludington and operates of trackage north from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where connections with CSX and Norfolk Southern are located. It serves chemical, paper products ...
(MQT) (GWRR) *
Maryland and Delaware Railroad The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad, formed in 1977 to operate several branch lines of the former Penn Central Railroad in both Maryland and Delaware, United States. These branches were omitted from the ...
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Maryland Midland Railway The Maryland Midland Railway is a Class III short-line railroad operating approximately 63 miles of track in central Maryland. It was originally headquartered in the former Western Maryland Railway station in Union Bridge, Maryland: it has sinc ...
(MMID) (GWRR) * Massachusetts Central Railroad (MCER) *
Massachusetts Coastal Railroad The Massachusetts Coastal Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class III railroad serving south-eastern Massachusetts. The railroad maintains track from Hyannis to Framingham, with the railroad operating its own trains on the 97 miles of lines betwe ...
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Massena Terminal Railroad The Massena Terminal Railroad is a Class III railroad, Class III terminal railroad operating in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It operates over of track from the CSX Transportation yard in Massena north to the Alcoa plant, the ...
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Meeker Southern Railroad The Meeker Southern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad owned by Ballard Terminal Railroad Company LLC that travels approximately between East Puyallup ("Meeker") and McMillin, Washington, United States. The Meeker Southern runs on for ...
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Meridian Southern Railway Founded in 2001, Meridian Southern Railway , in east Mississippi, USA, is a short line freight railroad linking Meridian, and Waynesboro, Mississippi and intermediate stations. The railroad is connected to the national rail network by its connecti ...
(MDS) (OHRY) * MG Rail, Inc. (MGRI) (CTLC) (CGBE) *
Michigan Shore Railroad The Michigan Shore Railroad is a short line railroad in the United States owned by Genesee & Wyoming that operates of track, connecting Fremont to CSX at West Olive, Michigan. The railroad began operations in 1990, and was purchased by RailAm ...
(MS) (GWRR) * Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO) (PNRC) *
Mid-Michigan Railroad The Mid-Michigan Railroad is a railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates 39.8 miles of track in Michigan. History The company incorporated in 1987, for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned ...
(MMRR) (GWRR) * Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH) * Middletown and New Jersey Railroad (MNJ) (RRLX) *
Milford-Bennington Railroad The Milford-Bennington Railroad, founded in 1987, is a shortline railroad in New Hampshire, United States. The company primarily hauls gravel, sand, and aggregates. The railroad operates of track owned by the State of New Hampshire between Bennin ...
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Mineral Range Railroad The Mineral Range Railroad (reporting mark MRA) is a shortline railroad in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It began operations in 2002. In 2012, it acquired an ex- Lake Superior and Ishpeming line between Humboldt Mill and Ishpeming. The Humbol ...
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Minnesota Commercial Railway The Minnesota Commercial Railway is a short line railroad in the United States. This railroad operates out of the St. Paul area with service to Minneapolis, Bayport, Hugo, Fridley and New Brighton. It is considered a switching and terminal ra ...
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Minnesota Northern Railroad The Minnesota Northern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates over of track in northwestern Minnesota. The railroad is co-owned by KBN Incorporated and Independent Locomotive Service and is headquartered in Crookston, Minnes ...
(MNN) (ILSX) (KBNI) * Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (MPLI) (TCWR) *
Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway Minnesota Dakota and Western Railway is a shortline railroad operating 4 miles of track between International Falls and Ranier, Minnesota as well as between International Falls and Fort Frances, Ontario via the Fort Frances – International ...
(MDW) * Mission Mountain Railroad (MMT) (WATX) * Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI) (PNRC) *
Mississippi Delta Railroad The Mississippi Delta Railroad is a shortline railroad company operating from Swan Lake, Mississippi, Swan Lake to Jonestown, Mississippi, a distance of ; the railroad interchanges with the Canadian National at Swan Lake. Currently the railroad ...
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Mississippi Export Railroad The Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE) is a 42-mile shortline railroad founded in 1922 which operates in the state of Mississippi from Pascagoula to Evanston. The company owns a North-South line between its two termini, along which it interchange ...
(MSE) * Mississippi Southern Railroad (MSR) (WATX) * Mississippi Tennessee Railroad (MTNR) (IHRX) * Itawamba Mississippian Railway (MSRW) (HMI) *
Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad The Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad, LLC is a Class III shortline railroad headquartered in Carthage, Missouri. It is not to be confused with the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad which connected Joplin, Missouri with Helena, Arkansa ...
(MNA) (GWRR) *
Missouri North Central Railroad Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to th ...
(MNC) (MRIX) *
Modesto and Empire Traction Company The Modesto and Empire Traction Company is a Class III short-line railroad operating in California's San Joaquin Valley. It is owned by the Beard Land & Investment Company; the Beard family has always owned the railroad. The Beards also creat ...
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Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad The Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MA&N) is a class III railroad operating in Central and Northern New York. Specifically, it serves Oneida, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. It operates over trackage of the former New Yo ...
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Montana Rail Link Montana Rail Link is a privately held Class II railroad in the United States. It operates on trackage originally built by the Northern Pacific Railway and leased from its successor BNSF. MRL is a unit of The Washington Companies and is he ...
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Morristown and Erie Railway Morristown & Erie Railway is a short-line railroad based in Morristown, New Jersey, chartered in 1895 as the Whippany River Railroad. It operates freight rail service in Morris County, New Jersey and surrounding areas on the original Whippany ...
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Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad The Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad Company is a Class III short line railroad headquartered in Camden, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific. The MCSA operates a 6.9 mi (11.1 km) line from Camden to an interchange ...
(MCSA) * Mount Hood Railroad (MH) (IPH) * Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT) *
Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad The Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad (NDW) (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Michigan Southern Railroad) is a Class III railroad in the United States owned by the Patriot Rail Company that operates between Woodburn, Indiana and Napoleon, Ohi ...
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Nashville and Eastern Railroad The Nashville and Eastern Railroad is a shortline railroad which administers of track between Nashville and Monterey, Tennessee, of which are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee. The Nashville and Eastern was for ...
(NERR) (RJCR) * Nashville and Western Railroad (NWR) (RJCR) * Natchez Railway (NTZR) (AKRM) *
Naugatuck Railroad Company Founded in 1996, the Naugatuck Railroad is a common carrier railroad owned by the Railroad Museum of New England and operated by Naugatuck Railroad on tracks leased by Naugatuck Railroad from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The orig ...
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Navajo Mine Railroad The Navajo Mine is a surface coal mine owned and operated by Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC), LLC in New Mexico, USA, within the Navajo Nation. It operates of track between the Four Corners Generating Station and Navajo Mine (formerly ...
(TNMR) * Northampton Switching Company (NDCR) *
Nebraska Central Railroad Launched in 1993, the Nebraska Central Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates about of track solely in Nebraska. It runs on former Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway track in central Nebraska. It is a subsidiary of the Rio Gra ...
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Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway The Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway , formerly the Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet, is based in Grant, NE and operates about of track in Southwestern Nebraska, Northern Kansas and Northeastern Colorado. It carries mainly agricultural rel ...
(NKCR) (OMLX) *
Nebraska Northwestern Railroad The Nebraska Northwestern Railroad is a Class III railroad that began operations in April 2010 after it purchased of former Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern, now Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad, previously Chicago and North Western Railway ...
(NNW) * Nevada Industrial Switch (NISX) (PSGX) *
New Castle Industrial Railroad New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
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New Century AirCenter Railroad New Century AirCenter Railroad (JCAX) provides rail switching services within the New Century AirCenter business park in Johnson County, Kansas. Clients include Altiras Chemical LLC, CFS Sauer Foods Inc., IFF Nutrition and Health, deElliotte Co ...
(JCAX) * New England Central Railroad (NECR) (GWRR) * New England Southern Railroad (NEGS) *
New Hampshire Central Railroad The New Hampshire Central Railroad is a freight railroad in New Hampshire and Vermont, United States. Founded in 1993, the railroad operates several branch lines owned by the state of New Hampshire. History The company initially began operations ...
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New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation The New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation is a Class III railroad owned by Boston Sand & Gravel and offering freight service in parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. The company owns of the former Boston and Maine Cor ...
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New Hope and Ivyland Railroad The New Hope Railroad , formerly and colloquially known as the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad, is a shortline and heritage railroad located in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Today, the railroad operates both steam and diesel powered locomotives and is a ...
(NHRR) * New Jersey Rail Carriers, LLC (NJRC) *
New Jersey 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 and Tuckahoe and a round trip between Rio Grande, Cold Spring Village, and Cape May City. The track i ...
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New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway The New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway Company (NOGC) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. It is a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Company and operates two former Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Rai ...
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New Orleans Public Belt Railroad The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad is a Class III railroad, and a subsidiary of the Port of New Orleans. It connects with six Class I railroads serving the city, and provides switching and haulage service. It is estimated that one-third of the ...
(NOPB) * New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA) (ARH) *
New York and Lake Erie Railroad The New York & Lake Erie is a class III railroad operating in Western New York. The NYLE was formed in 1978 to operate a portion of former Erie trackage that Conrail no longer wanted. Today, the railroad operates between Gowanda to Conewango ...
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New York and Ogdensburg Railway The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority owns two segments of shortline railroad that are operated by a private contractor dba the New York and Ogdensburg Railway . This railroad serves the Port of Ogdensburg and connects with CSX Transportatio ...
(NYOG) (VTR) * New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ) *
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (or New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and also known as the Susie-Q or the Susquehanna) is a Class II American freight railway operating over 400 miles (645 km) of track in th ...
(NYSW) * Newburgh and South Shore Railroad (NSR) (OMLX) *
Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad The Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad is a short line railroad that operates of track in Blair, Centre, and Clinton counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System. The line runs generally northea ...
(NBER) (NSHR) *
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad The Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad is a class III railroad operating in southern Virginia. The NPBL serves Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth and Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake and has been operating since ...
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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) and subsidiaries: Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), Camp Lejeune Railroad,
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 ...
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Chesapeake Western Railway The Chesapeake Western Railway is an intrastate railroad in west-central Virginia and it is an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway. It extended from Elkton, Virginia on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River in Rockingham Cou ...
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Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (abbreviated: CNO&TP; ) is a railroad that leases the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati, Ohio, south to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and sub leases it to the Norfolk Southern Railway sys ...
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Georgia Southern and Florida Railway The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway , also known as the ''Suwanee River Route'' from its crossing of the Suwanee River, was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida ''Railroad'' and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, ...
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Interstate Railroad The Interstate Railroad was a railroad in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It extended from the Clinchfield Railroad at Miller Yard in northeastern Scott County north and west to Appalachia and north to the main yard at Andover ...
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State University Railroad The State University Railroad is a 10.2 mile railroad spur of the North Carolina Railroad that began offering service from Glenn, North Carolina, near Hillsborough to a point west of Chapel Hill, North Carolina on January 1, 1882. History As ...
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Tennessee Railway The Tennessee Railroad was a short line standard gauge (4 ft 8in) common carrier railroad running from Oneida, Tennessee to Fork Mountain, Tennessee. Reorganized in 1973 by the Southern Railway as the Tennessee Railway, it remains a subsid ...
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Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway The Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad was created through a reorganization of the Chattanooga Southern Railway in 1911. A few years later, in 1922, the line's name was changed to the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway and was also kn ...
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North Carolina and Virginia Railroad The North Carolina and Virginia Railroad is a short-line railroad operating in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. Formed in 1987 to operate a CSX Transportation branch, the NCVA operates of track. It is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyo ...
(NCVA) (GWRR) * North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad (NLA) (ARSL) * North Shore Railroad (NSHR) *
Northern Lines Railway Northern Lines Railway is a shortline railroad operating of track in and near St. Cloud in central Minnesota. The railroad was formed in 2004 to operate Burlington Northern Santa Fe trackage in and near the St. Cloud area and started operations ...
(NLR) (ARH) *
Northern Ohio and Western Railway The Northern Ohio and Western Railway is a rail line owned by OmniTRAX located in Northwest Ohio. It is based in Tiffin, Ohio, and operates between Tiffin, located on CSX's Williard Subdivision, and Woodville. It originally was a Pennsylva ...
(NOW) (OMLX) *
Northern Plains Railroad The Northern Plains Railroad is a short line railroad that operates over of track in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota and the northern U.S. state of North Dakota. The railroad interchanges with the Canadian Pacific Railway in Kenmare, North ...
(NPR) * Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad (NOKL) *
Northwestern Pacific Railroad The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional shortline railroad utilizing a stretch of the 271 mile mainline between Schellville and Windsor with freight and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) commuter trains. Formerly, it was a regi ...
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Oakland Global Rail Enterprise Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
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Ogeechee Railway Ogeechee may refer to: * Ogeechee River, a river in Georgia, US * Ogeechee lime tree, a deciduous tree with edible fruit * USS ''Ogeechee'' (AOG-35), a World War II U.S. Navy gasoline tanker * Ogeechee Technical College, a college in Statesboro, ...
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Ohi-Rail Corporation Ohi-Rail Corporation was a short line railroad that ran from Minerva, Ohio to Hopedale, Ohio, United States, with the reporting mark "OHIC". Interchanges were with Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Wheeling and ...
(OHIC) * Ohio Central Railroad (OHCR) (GWRR) * Ohio South Central Railroad (OSCR) (IERR) * Ohio Southern Railroad (OSRR) (GWRR) * Ohio Terminal Railway (OHIO) (CLEX) *
Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc. The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad is a tourist railroad that runs from Titusville to Rynd Farm north of Oil City in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Oil Creek and Titusville Lines is the designated operator of the railroad, as well as ...
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Old Augusta Railroad The Old Augusta Railroad is a shortline railroad that runs from the Georgia-Pacific Leaf River Cellulose pulp mill near the Old Augusta Historic Site in New Augusta, Mississippi to an interchange with the Canadian National Railway (CN) between ...
(OAR) *
Olympia and Belmore Railroad The Olympia and Belmore Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Centralia, Washington, USA. The railroad operates a line leased from the BNSF Railway which runs between Olympia and Belmore. The company began operations in 2016. It is ...
(OLYO) (GWRR) *
Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway The Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway , "The Big Red Line", was founded in 1903 as an attempt to carry passengers between the three Nebraska cities. Although it never extended outside Lincoln, the OL&B currently exists as a Class III switching ...
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Ontario Central Railroad The Ontario Central Railroad is an American class III railroad company operating in Ontario County, New York. As of 2007, the ONCT has been under the ownership of the Finger Lakes Railway which is based in Geneva, New York.Ontario Midland Railroad The Ontario Midland Railroad Corporation is an American Class III railroad company operating in western New York.Onta ...
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Orange Port Terminal Railway Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...
(OPT) * Oregon Eastern Railroad (OERR) (WG) * Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR) * Oregon Railconnect (ORC) (FTRX) *
Otter Tail Valley Railroad The Otter Tail Valley Railroad is a Class III railroad operating of track between Moorhead, Minnesota, and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and short branch lines from Fergus Falls to French and from Fergus Falls to Hoot Lake. The railroad began opera ...
(OTVR) (GWRR) *
Ouachita Railroad The Ouachita Railroad Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. OUCH operates a 26.2 mile line in Arkansas and Louisiana from El Dorado (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) to Lillie, Louisiana. ...
(OUCH) (ARSX) *
Owego and Harford Railway Owego may refer to two locations in Tioga County, New York: * Owego (village), New York * Owego (town), New York See also * Oswego (disambiguation) {{geodis ...
(OHRY) * Ozark Valley Railroad (OVRR) (MPRL) * Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL) (APH) *
Pacific Sun Railroad Pacific Sun Railroad was a short line railroad in San Diego County, California that worked on the Escondido Sub, the Miramar Branch, and in Stuart Mesa Yard. It was based out of Stuart Mesa Yard in Oceanside. It is owned by Watco. History The Pa ...
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Paducah and Illinois Railroad Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missour ...
(PI) (IC) (CN) * Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) (PLTX) *
Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad The Palouse ( ) is a distinct geographic region of the northwestern United States, encompassing parts of north central Idaho, southeastern Washington, and, by some definitions, parts of northeast Oregon. It is a major agricultural area, primar ...
(PCC) (WATX) * Pan Am Railways (PAR) *
Pan Am Southern Pan Am Southern, LLC is a freight railroad jointly owned by Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and CSX Corporation subsidiary Pan Am Railways (PAR). After the June 2022 acquisition of PAR by CSX, PAS will be independently operated by the Berkshire ...
(PAS) (PAR) *
Panhandle Northern Railroad The Panhandle Northern Railroad is a class III short-line railroad that operates 31 miles of track between Borger, Texas and Panhandle, Texas. The line operates on former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway trackage that was sold off in 1993. ...
(PNR) (OMLX) *
Patriot Woods Railroad A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism. Patriot may also refer to: Political and military groups United States * Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution * Patriot m ...
(PAW) (CLC) (PATR) *
Pecos Valley Southern Railway The Pecos Valley Southern Railway is a short-line railroad headquartered in Pecos, Texas, United States. PVS operates a line from Saragosa to an interchange with Union Pacific at Pecos. The line generally parallels State Highway 17. The ...
(PVS) (WATX) *
Pee Dee River Railway The Pee Dee River Railway is a South Carolina railroad that serves the far eastern portion of the state. The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad established the Pee Dee River Railway between McColl, South Carolina, and Bennettsville, South Carolina, in ...
(PDRR) (AR) *
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad The Pend Oreille Valley Railroad is a shortline railroad located in Usk, in northeast Washington. Route The POVA serves the communities of Usk, Dalkena, Newport, Oldtown, Priest River, Laclede and has trackage rights from Dover- Sandpoint ...
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Peninsula Terminal Company A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
(PT) * Pennsylvania and Southern Railway (PSCC) (REG) *
Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Mar ...
(PSWR) (WATX) * Perry County Railroad (PCYR) *
Peru Industrial Railroad , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy fo ...
(PIRR) (IR) (OMLX) * Pickens Railway, Honea Path Division (PICK) * Pioneer Industrial Railroad (PRY) (PNRC) *
Pioneer Valley Railroad The Pioneer Valley Railroad, founded in 1982, is a Class III short line freight railroad operating the former Conrail (née- New York, New Haven & Hartford) trackage in the western part of Massachusetts in towns of Westfield, Holyoke, and ...
(PVRR) (PNSY) *
Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad The Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad is a short-line railroad operating of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. It also operated a small portion of the former Conrail Panhandle Route between Carnegie and Walkers M ...
(POHC) (GWRR) * Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM) *
Plainsman Switching Company Plainsman or The Plainsman may refer to: Films: * ''The Plainsman'', a 1936 Western film starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur * ''The Plainsman'' (1966 film), a Technicolor remake of the 1936 film Newspapers: * ''Plainsman'' (South Africa), a lo ...
(PMSW) * Plainview Terminal Company (PTM) (LBWR) (WATX) *
Point Comfort and Northern Railway The Point Comfort and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the U.S. state of Texas. The railroad operates over of track between Point Comfort, Texas, (at the Port of Port Lavaca - Point Comfort) and Lolita, Texas, where the rai ...
(PCN) (GWRR) * 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 Terminal Railroad (POCA) * Port of Muskogee Railroad (PMR) * Port of Palm Beach District (PPBD) * Port of Tucson Railroad (POT) * Port Rail, Inc (PRLC) (LCHD) *
Port Terminal Railroad Association The Port Terminal Railroad Association is an American terminal railroad that operates of track at the Port of Houston in Houston, Texas. It is an independent association comprising Port of Houston Authority, the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway, ...
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Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...
(PTR) (PRRY) * Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) (GWRR) * Portland Terminal Railroad (PTRC) (BNSF) (UP) *
Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad The Lewis and Clark Railway is a county-owned railroad located in Clark County, Washington. The line is long, beginning at the BNSF interchange at Rye Junction in Vancouver, Washington and stretching northeast, passing through Brush Prairie an ...
(PVJR) (CBRW) *
Prescott and Northwestern Railroad The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Prescott, Arkansas. It is operated by Arkansas Midland Railroad, which is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. The railroad was chartered in 1890, for the purpose of const ...
(PNW) (AKMD) (GWRR) *
Progressive Rail, Inc. Progressive Rail Inc. is a shortline railroad and owner of several other shortlines. PGR is directly operating several separate branches in Minnesota including the Airlake Terminal Railway. Progressive Rail also acquired the Wisconsin Northern ...
(PGR) * Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (GWRR) *
Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad The Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad operates over 150 miles of track serving the U.S. State of Washington, and is headquartered in Centralia, Washington where interchanges with the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad are made. History ...
(PSAP) (GWRR) * 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 Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad is a Class II railroad operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extend into Wyoming and Nebraska. It is owned and opera ...
(RCPE) (GWRR) *
Raritan Central Railway Raritan Center is a business park located in Edison, New Jersey. Sited on part of the former Raritan Arsenal, the Raritan Center Business Park is a logistics center with office buildings and millions of square feet of light manufacturing or dis ...
(RCRY) (REG) * Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN) *
Red River Valley and Western Railroad Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...
(RRVW) * Republic N&T Railroad (NTRY) *
Riceboro Southern Railway The Riceboro Southern Railway began operations in 2004 operating on about 33 miles of track, some of which is leased from CSX Transportation. The track on which it operates is part of the ex-Seaboard Air Line route from Savannah, Georgia to ...
(RSOR) (GWRR) * Richmond Pacific Railroad (RPRC) *
Rio Valley Switching Company The Rio Valley Switching Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in McAllen, Texas. RVSC operates four lines, all leased from Union Pacific: *A 41-mile line from an interchange with Union Pacific at Harlingen, Texas to an interchange with ...
(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 The Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad was a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. It consisted of of track between Rockdale and Marjorie, Texas. In 2005, the holding company RailAmerica purchased the railroad. ...
(RSS) (GWRR) (o/s) * Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad (RVT) (CCTX) * Republic Short Line (RSL) * S&L Railroad (SLGG) (Progress Rail) *
Sabine River and Northern Railroad Sabine River and Northern Railroad operates freight service from Bessmay to Echo, Texas, and over an branch line from Buna to Evadale. SRN has connections with Union Pacific Railroad at Echo and Mauriceville, with Kansas City Southern Railwa ...
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Sacramento Southern Railroad The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railroad owned by the California State Railroad Museum which operates excursion trains on it. The railroad extends from the museum property located in Old Sacramento south along the east bank of the ...
(SSRR) (CARM) * Sacramento Valley Railroad (SAV) (PATR) *
Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway The Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway , nicknamed through most of its history as ''The Saltair Route'', is a short line railroad located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally incorporated as a dual passenger and freight railroad, it now provides ...
(SLGW) * San Antonio Central Railroad (SAC) (WATX) *
San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SD&IV) is a class III railroad operating freight rail service in the San Diego area, providing service to customers in the region and moving railcars between the end of the BNSF Railway in Downtown San ...
(SDIY) (GWRR) * San Francisco Bay Railway (SFBR) *
San Joaquin Valley Railroad The San Joaquin Valley Railroad is one of several short line railroad companies and is part of the Pacific Region Division of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates over about of owned or leased track primarily on several lines in California's C ...
(SJVR) (GWRR) *
San Manuel Arizona Railroad The San Manuel Arizona Railroad is an List of Arizona railroads, Arizona short-line railroad that operates from a connection with the Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) at Hayden, Arizona to San Manuel, Arizona, . History San Manuel Arizona Railroad ...
(SMA) *
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad The Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad (formerly the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad) is a class III railroad operating in south-central Colorado. It runs on 154 miles of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiati ...
(SLRG) (IPH) * San Luis Central Railroad (SLC) (PVCX) *
San Pedro Valley Railroad The San Pedro Valley Railroad , formerly the San Pedro & Southwestern Railroad, is an Arizona shortline railroad, currently operating from a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) at Benson, Arizona, seven miles to Curtiss, Arizona we ...
(SPVR) (IHRX) * Santa Teresa Southern Railroad (STSR) (IHRX) *
Sand Springs Railway The Sand Springs Railway (originally the Sand Springs Interurban Railway) is a class III railroad operating in Oklahoma. It was originally formed in 1911 by industrialist Charles Page to connect his newly formed city of Sand Springs to Tulsa, ...
(SS) (OMLX) *
Sandersville Railroad The Sandersville Railroad was originally operated from Tennille, Georgia, to Sandersville, Georgia and chartered in 1893 as a subsidiary of the Central of Georgia Railroad. Location It was extended north five miles from Sandersville to a kaolin ...
(SAN) *
Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway The Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway is operated as a seasonal tourist attraction in Northern California, also referred to as the "Beach Train". Its partner line, the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, is a heritage railro ...
(SCBG) *
Santa Maria Valley Railroad The Santa Maria Valley Railroad is a shortline railroad that interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad's (former Southern Pacific) Coast Line at Guadalupe, California. As of 2006, the Railroad is owned by the Coast Belle Rail Corporation. Tr ...
(SMV) * Saratoga and North Creek Railroad (SNC) (IPH) *
Savage Bingham and Garfield Railroad Savage may refer to: Places Antarctica * Savage Glacier, Ellsworth Land * Savage Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land * Savage Ridge, Victoria Land United States * Savage, Maryland, an unincorporated community * Savage, Minnesota, a city * Savage, ...
(SBG) (SVGX) * Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT) (GWRR) * Seaview Transportation Company (SVTX) *
Seminole Gulf Railway The Seminole Gulf Railway is a short line freight and passenger excursion railroad headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida, that operates two former CSX Transportation railroad lines in Southwest Florida. The company's Fort Myers Division, which ...
(SGLR) * SEMO Port Railroad (SE) * Sequatchie Valley Switching Company (SQSC) (IHRX) *
Shamokin Valley Railroad The Shamokin Valley Railroad is a short line railroad that operates 27 miles of track in southern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System. The line runs generally southeast bet ...
(SVRR) (NSHR) * Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV) (DGVR) * Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) *
Sisseton Milbank Railroad The Sisseton Milbank Railroad (Reporting Mark SMRR) is a railroad subsidiary of the Twin Cities and Western Railroad that operates between its namesake, the cities of Sisseton, South Dakota, Sisseton and Milbank, South Dakota, Milbank in South Dakot ...
(SMRR) (TCWR) * SJRE Railroad (SJRE) * SMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC (SNY) (SMS) * SMS Rail Service, Inc. (SLRS) (SMS) *
South Branch Valley Railroad The South Branch Valley Railroad is a railroad in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The branch line, which parallels the South Branch Potomac River, runs north from Petersburg to Green Spring, where it connects to the national rail netw ...
(SBVR) *
South Buffalo Railway The South Buffalo Railway operates more than fifty miles of railway lines along the southeast shore of Lake Erie, in the United States. South Buffalo connects to CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National Railway. Historical ...
(SB) * South Carolina Central Railroad (SCRF) (GWRR) *
South Central Florida Express, Inc. South Central Florida Express, Inc. (originally known as the South Central Florida Railroad ) is a common carrier shortline railroad in southern Florida run by U.S. Sugar Corporation. Its trains operate from Sebring to Fort Pierce via Clewist ...
(SCXF) (USSG) *
South Central Tennessee Railroad South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
(SCTR) (WTNN) *
South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway The South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway , owned by Mittal Steel Company (originally the International Steel Group), is the former Chicago Short Line Railway which operates of track between Chicago, Illinois and East Chicago, Indiana East C ...
(SCIH) (ARCL) * South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL) (WATX) *
South Plains Lamesa Railroad South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
(SLAL) *
South Plains Switching, Ltd South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
(SAW) (PMSW) * Southern California Railroad (SCRR) (USG) * Southern Electric Railroad Company (SERC) *
Southern Indiana Railway Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...
(SIND) * Southern Railroad of New Jersey (SRNJ) *
Southern Switching Company Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...
(SSC) (IHRX) *
Southwest Gulf Railroad The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...
(SWG) *
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad The Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates in southwestern Pennsylvania. The SWP uses rail branches that were acquired from CSX Transportation (originally the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) and Conrail (originally t ...
(SWP) (CLEX) * Southwestern Railroad (SW) (WG) *
Squaw Creek Southern Railroad The Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (reporting mark SCS) is a Class III railroad subsidiary of Respondek Railroad operating in the southern portion of the State of Indiana. Originally, the Squaw Creek Southern started operating 21 miles of former Y ...
(SCS) (RRC) *
St. Croix Valley Railroad The St. Croix Valley Railroad is a Class III short line railroad that operates over of track in eastern Minnesota. The railroad is owned by KBN Incorporated jointly between Independent Locomotive Service of Bethel MN and Midwest Locomotive Se ...
(SCXY) *
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad , known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec in Canada, is a short-line railway operating between Portland, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean, and Montreal, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the Can ...
(SLR) (GWRR) * St. Maries River Railroad (STMA) (MPRL) *
St. Mary's Railroad The St. Marys Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia United States. History The St. Mary's and Kingsland Railroad, incorporated on October 24, 1906, was founded in 1865 by Captain Lemuel Johnson. It received ...
(SM) * St. Marys Railway West (SMW) *
Stillwater Central Railroad Stillwater Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Oklahoma. A subsidiary of Watco, the SLWC operates over of track in the state from Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Sapulpa through Oklahoma City through Lawton, Oklahoma, Lawton to Snyder, Okl ...
(SLWC) (WATX) * 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 Established in 1908, the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad provides service to several companies around the Stockton area, in San Joaquin County, California. OmniTRAX acquired the ST&E in 2011. Service The railroad operates of track con ...
(STE) (OMLX) *
Stourbridge Railroad The Stourbridge Line is a shortline railroad that operates of former Erie Lackawanna Railroad trackage between Honesdale and Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where it connects with Norfolk Southern Railway. The line was previously owned by the Lacka ...
(SBRR) * Strasburg Rail Road (SRC) * Swan Ranch Railroad (SRRR) (WATX) *
Tacoma Rail Tacoma Rail is a publicly owned Class III shortline railroad. It is owned by the city of Tacoma, Washington and operated as a public utility. It is one of three operating divisions of the municipally-owned Tacoma Public Utilities service, but unl ...
(TMBL) * Tacoma Rail Mountain Division (TRMW) (TMBL) * Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (TZPR) (GWRR) *
Temple and Central Texas Railway A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
(TC) (PATR) *
Tennessee Southern Railroad The Tennessee Southern Railroad began operations in 1988 and currently operates in middle Tennessee and northwestern Alabama. The main line consists of and the total track has .
(TSRR) (PATR) * Tennken Railroad (TKEN) (WTNN) *
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis is a Class III switching and terminal railroad that handles traffic in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. It is co-owned by five of the six Class I railroads that reach the city. Present ope ...
(TRRA) *
Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks is a terminal railroad according to the AAR. It operates on about of track and is a subsidiary of the Alabama State Port Authority located at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama. Connections * Alaba ...
(TASD) * 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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