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s operate in the

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West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...

Common freight carriers

* Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) *Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) * CSX Transportation (CSXT) *

Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad , as well ...

(DGVR) operates Durbin Railroad and

West Virginia Central Railroad The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad , as well ...

(WVC) * Elk River Railroad (ELKR) * Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA) * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) *R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line (RJCV) *

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 net ...

(SBVR) * Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) *

Winchester and Western Railroad The Winchester and Western Railroad is a shortline railroad operating from Gore through Winchester, Virginia and West Virginia to Hagerstown, Maryland. It also operates several lines in southern New Jersey, connecting to Conrail Shared Assets Op ...

(WW)

Private freight carriers

*Little Kanawha River Rail, Inc. (LKRR) *Short Line Services operates Big Eagle Rail, LLC, lessor of Kanawha Rail Corporation *Kanawha River Terminal Railroad (KRT)

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(AMTK) *

Cass Scenic Railroad Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, an long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and oper ...

MARC Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...

Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Romney, West Virginia. The railroad operates excursion trains over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line that runs between Green Spring and Petersburg. The West Virginia S ...

Defunct railroads

;Electric * Appalachian Power Company * Charleston–Dunbar Traction Company * Charleston Interurban Railroad * City Railway *

East Liverpool Traction and Light Company 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 ...

* Grafton Light and Power Company *

Kanawha Traction and Electric Company Kanawha may refer to: Places * Kanawha River in West Virginia, joining the Ohio River at Point Pleasant ** Kanawha Falls, a waterfall on the Kanawha River ** Kanawha Falls, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Fayette County near the water ...

Lewisburg and Ronceverte Electric Railway Lewisburg is the name of several places in the United States of America: *Lewisburg, Indiana *Lewisburg, Kentucky *Lewisburg, former name of Melber, Kentucky *Lewisburg, Ohio *Lewisburg, Oregon *Lewisburg, Pennsylvania *Lewisburg, Tennessee *Lewisb ...

Monongahela Valley Traction Company Monongahela or Mon Valley may refer to: Places *Monongahela, Pennsylvania, a city in Washington County **Monongahela Cemetery, a historic cemetery in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania **Monongahela City Bridge, spans the Monongahela River *Monongahela ...

* Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railway * Morgantown and Wheeling Railway * Newell Bridge and Railway Company * Ohio Valley Electric Railway * Pan Handle Traction Company * Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway * Princeton Power Company * South Morgantown Traction Company * Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company * Steubenville, Wellsburg and Weirton Railway * Tyler Traction Company * Union Traction Company * Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railway *

West Virginia Traction and Electric Company West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

* Wheeling and Elm Grove Railway * Wheeling Traction Company

Notes

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Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...