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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 The Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway is a short-line railroad running from Aberdeen to Star, North Carolina. It was incorporated in 1987 and operates on a former Norfolk Southern Railway branch line. It also leases track from Norfolk Sout ...
(ACWR) * Acadiana Railway (AKDN) * Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY) *
Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III short line railroad which operates of railroad track between Adrian and Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated February 6, 1991, with company headquarters in Westland ...
(ADBF) * Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT) * Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) * Aiken Railway (AIKR) (WCRSC) *
Airlake Terminal Railway The Airlake Terminal Railway , a subsidiary of Progressive Rail, is a short line railroad operating approximately of track in a large industrial park in Lakeville, Minnesota. Typical traffic includes various bulk commodities and cargo for trans-sh ...
(ALKT) (PGR) *
Akron Barberton Cluster Railway The Akron Barberton Cluster Railway is a Class III railroad that operates on of track in and around Akron, Ohio. History ABC Railway's beginnings trace back to the organization of the Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad (ABB) which had been for ...
(AB) (WE) *
Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway is a Class II railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates of track from the Pensacola, Florida export terminals, west of downtown, north to Columbus, Mississippi, with trackage rights along BNSF Railway ...
(AGR) (GWRR) *
Alabama and Tennessee River Railway The Alabama and Tennessee River Railway is a shortline railway operating (via lease) over trackage formerly operated by CSX Transportation. The line's western terminus is a junction with the CSX (former Louisville and Nashville Railroad) main li ...
(ATN) (OMLX) * Alabama Export Railroad (ALE) (MSE) *
Alabama Southern Railroad The Alabama Southern Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in the southern United States. The ABS is one of several short line railroads owned by Watco. The railroad operates an line leased from the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCSR) ...
(ABS) (WATX) *
Alabama Warrior Railway The Alabama Warrior Railway is a terminal railroad in Birmingham, Alabama. The railroad operates within the confines of Walter Industries in North Birmingham. It began operations on August 7, 2009, and is owned and operated by Watco. History ...
(ABWR) (WATX) *
Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad The Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, a spinoff of Lockheed Martin., and began operation in 1996. The AGCR operates on about of trackage ...
(AGCR) (MMAX) * Alamo North Texas Railroad (ANTX) (MMAX) * Alaska Railroad (ARR) *
Albany and Eastern Railroad The Albany and Eastern Railroad is a 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 Lebanon, Oregon. Th ...
(AERC) *
Albany Port Railroad The Albany Port Railroad operates industrial trackage at the Port of Albany-Rensselaer located to the south of downtown Albany, NY along the Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through east ...
(APD) *
Alexander Railroad The Alexander Railroad Company is a Class III shortline railroad operating in North Carolina. The railroad has of track that runs northwest from Statesville to Taylorsville, North Carolina. History The Alexander Railroad began operations ...
(ARC) *
Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad The Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad is a six-mile short line railroad in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States, controlled by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. through its ownership of the Ohio Central Railroad System. It lies between CSX Transportat ...
(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 ...
(ALS) (UP) *
AN Railway The AN Railway is one of several shortline railroad companies owned by the Genesee & Wyoming parent company. It operates between Port Saint Joe, Florida and a connection with the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad at Chattahoochee, Florida. The ra ...
(AN) (GWRR) * Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR) * Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) (WATX) * Apache Railway (APA) * Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) (PLTX) *
Arcade and Attica Railroad The Arcade & Attica Railroad is a shortline railroad that hauls freight between Arcade and North Java, New York. The railroad originally connected Arcade with Attica, however the right of way from North Java north to Attica was abandoned in 1957 ...
(ARA) *
Arizona and California Railroad The Arizona and California Railroad is a class III short line railroad that was a subdivision of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF). The ARZC began operations on May 9, 1991, when David Parkinson of the ParkSierra RailGroup purchas ...
(ARZC) (GWRR) *
Arizona Central Railroad The Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad is an Arizona short-line railroad that operates from a connection with the BNSF Railway at Drake, Arizona. The AZCR runs from Drake to Clarkdale, Arizona. An excursion train also runs on the line through ...
(AZCR) (WG) *
Arizona Eastern Railway The Arizona Eastern Railway is a Class III railroad that operates of railroad between Clifton, Arizona, and Miami, Arizona, in the United States. This includes trackage rights over the Union Pacific Railroad between Lordsburg, New Mexico, and ...
(AZER) (GWRR) * Arkansas–Oklahoma Railroad (AOK) *
Arkansas and Missouri Railroad The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. The A&M, as it is known, operates of line from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Monett, Missouri. The railroad interchanges freight cars wit ...
(AM) * Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD) (GWRR) * Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS) (WATX) * Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM) (GWRR) *
Ashland Railway The Ashland Railway is a Class III railroad shortline railroad operating within North Central Ohio and based in Mansfield, Ohio. Since its inception in 1986, Ashland Railway has grown to provide service 24 hours a day 7 days a week along 55 miles ...
(ASRY) *
Ashtabula, Carson and Jefferson Railroad The Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railroad or Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Scenic Railroad is a Class III railroad that operates from a junction in Carson to Jefferson in Ashtabula County, Ohio. The main commodities hauled on the line are ferti ...
(ACJR) * AT&L Railroad (ATLT) *
Atlantic and Western Railway The Atlantic and Western Railway is a Class III short-line railroad operating about of track in Lee County, North Carolina. Atlantic and Western is part of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and formerly part of Rail Management and Consulting. It was ...
(ATW) (GWRR) *
Austin Western Railroad The Austin Western Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco. AWRR operates a 103 mile (166 km) line from Fairland, Texas to an interchange with the Union Pacific at Elgin. Tracks als ...
(AWRR) (WATX) *
Autauga Northern Railroad The Autauga Northern Railroad is a shortline operating between Maplesville, Alabama and a plant of the International Paper Company near Prattville, Alabama, . This trackage is leased from Norfolk Southern and was originally operated by the Mob ...
(AUT) (WATX) *
B&H Rail Corporation B&H Rail Corporation , formerly the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad, is a Class III shortline railroad. Initially the line served the communities of Bath, New York and Hammondsport, New York. In Bath, the railroad connected with the Erie Railroad an ...
(BH) (LAL) *
Baja California Railroad Baja California Railroad, Inc. (BJRR) is a class III railroad operating in the northwest of Baja California, interchanging with San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad in San Ysidro, California. After rehabilitation efforts are completed on the Des ...
(BJRR) * Baldwin City & Southern Railroad (BCSO) (MIDL) *
Ballard Terminal Railroad The Ballard Terminal Railroad Company LLC operates two Class III short line terminal railroads in western Washington, United States. Founded in 1997 to operate a three-mile spur through Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, the Ballard Terminal Rai ...
(BDTL) * Baton Rouge Southern Railroad (BRS) (WATX) * Batten Kill Railroad (BKRR) *
Bauxite and Northern Railway The Bauxite and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Arkansas. BXN operates over of track in Bauxite, Arkansas. Traffic consists of largely of alumina, and the railroad hauls 4,059 carloads per yea ...
(BXN) (GWRR) *
Bay Colony Railroad The Bay Colony Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Massachusetts. Formerly operating along most of the south coast region (including all lines on Cape Cod), Bay Colony currently operates only along a roughly six-mile stretch of track ...
(BCLR) * Bay Line Railroad (BAYL) (GWRR) * Bayway Terminal Switching Company (BAWT) * Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) *
Bee Line Railroad The Bee Line Railroad is a short-line railroad operated by the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad, serving agricultural communities in northwestern Warren County and southwestern Benton County in Indiana, USA. It joins the Kankakee, Be ...
(BLEX) (KBSR) * Bellingham International Railroad (BIRR) (BNSF) *
Belt Railway of Chicago The Belt Railway Company of Chicago , headquartered in Bedford Park, IL, is the largest switching terminal railroad in the United States. It is co-owned by six Class I railroads — BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Ra ...
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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, Pen ...
(BLE) (CN) *
BG&CM Railroad The BG&CM Railroad or Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad located in North Central Idaho. Summary The BG&CM operated a line between Spalding and Cottonwood, along the former Second Subdivision of the ...
(BGCM) (MPRL) * Big 4 Terminal Railroad (BFT) (CNUR) * Big Spring Rail System (BSR) * Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad (BDW) * Birmingham Terminal Railway (BHRR) (WATX) * Bi-State Development Agency (BSDA) *
Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad Belpre may refer to a place in the United States: * Belpre, Kansas * Belpre, Ohio Belpre (historically spelled Belpré; pronounced ) is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River near Parkersburg, West Virginia. I ...
(BIP) * Black River and Western Corporation (BRW) (CHD) *
Blacklands Railroad The Blacklands Railroad is a class III short-line railroad headquartered in Sulphur Springs, Texas. History The Blacklands Railroad began operations in 1999 on an abandoned Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific rail line tha ...
(BLR) *
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNGR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Blackwell, Oklahoma. It operates on tracks owned by the Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). The BNGR was ...
(BNG) * Bloomer Line (BLOL) * Blue Rapids Railway (BLRR) (UP) *
Blue Ridge Southern Railroad The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad operating over of track in Western North Carolina. The railroad is owned by Watco of Pittsburg, Kansas, and operates three lines that connect in the Asheville area that were pr ...
(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 (BVRR) (WATX) * Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY) * Border Transload & Transfer (BT) (RVSC) (IHRX) *
Border Pacific Railroad The Border Pacific Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Rio Grande City, Texas, United States. BOP operates a line from Rio Grande City to an interchange with Union Pacific (via Rio Valley Switching Company) at Mission, Texas. BOP ...
(BOP) *
Brandywine Valley Railroad The Brandywine Valley Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1981 by the Lukens Steel Company to operate trackage at Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the neighboring town of Modena. It was acquired, with t ...
(BVRY) (ARCL) * Branford Steam Railroad (BRFD) * Brookhaven Rail (BHR) (USRC) *
Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad The Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad) is a terminal switching railroad headquartered in Brownsville, Texas Brownsville () is a city in Cameron County in the U.S. state of Texas ...
(BRG) (OMLX) *
Buckingham Branch Railroad Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 275 miles (443 km) of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia. Sharing overhead traffic with CSX and Amtrak, the company's headquarters are in Dill ...
(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 (BSOR) * Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) * Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway (BAP) (PATR) * C&NC Railroad (CNUR) * Caldwell County Railroad (CWCY) *
California Northern Railroad The California Northern Railroad is one of several Class III short-line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. It operates over Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) tracks (now Union Pacific Railroad) under a long-term lease. The CFN ...
(CFNR) (GWRR) * Camden and Southern Railroad (CSR) (ARSL) * Camp Chase Railway (CAMY) (IBCX) *
Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...
(CN) *
Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
(CP) *
Caney Fork and Western Railroad The Caney Fork and Western Railroad is a shortline railroad operating since 1983 from a connection with CSX Transportation at Tullahoma to McMinnville, Tennessee, and ends in Sparta, Tennessee . Currently the railroad is a subsidiary of Ironhors ...
(CFWR) (IHRX) * Canton Railroad (CTN) *
Cape Fear Railways A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
(CF) (USAX) *
Cape May Seashore Lines Cape May Seashore Lines is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey. It offers two excursion services: a round trip between Richland and Tuckahoe and a round trip between Rio Grande, Cold Spring Village, and Cape May City. The track is ...
(CMSL) * Carolina Coastal Railway (CLNA) *
Carolina Piedmont Railroad The Carolina Piedmont Railroad is a class III railroad and subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. operating in the Upstate region of South Carolina. From an interchange with CSX Transportation at Laurens the railroad runs to the northwest, termin ...
(CPDR) (GWRR) *
Cascade and Columbia River Railroad The Cascade and Columbia River Railroad is a short line railroad that interchanges with BNSF Railway in Wenatchee, Washington and runs north to Oroville. The line from Wenatchee to Oroville was built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway to l ...
(CSCD) (GWRR) * CaterParrott Railnet (CPR) * CBEC Railroad (CBEC) * Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC) * Central California Traction Company (CCT) *
Central Indiana and Western Railroad The Central Indiana & Western Railroad is a short-line switching and terminal railroad in southwestern Madison County in Indiana. It branches off a CSX line near the city of Anderson and runs approximately seven miles west-southwest, terminatin ...
(CEIW) *
Central Maine and Quebec Railway The Central Maine & Québec Railway was a Class II freight railroad operating in the U.S. states of Maine and Vermont and the Canadian province of Quebec with headquarters in Bangor, Maine. It was owned by Railroad Acquisition Holdings, LLC, ...
(CMQ) (RAH) *
Central Midland Railway The Central Midland Railway , a division of Progressive Rail Incorporated of Lakeville, Minnesota, was a short line railroad in the U.S. state of Missouri, operating under lease of the former St. Louis Subdivision of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pac ...
(CMR) (PGR) * Central Montana Rail, Inc. (CM) *
Central New England Railroad The Central New England Railroad is a railroad in and near Hartford, Connecticut. It began operations in 1995 on former Conrail trackage. Central New England Railroad operates two different lines in Connecticut: the Armory Branch and the Griff ...
(CNZR) *
Central New York Railroad The Central New York Railroad is a shortline railroad operating local freight service along ex- Southern Tier Line trackage (ex-Erie Railroad/ Erie Lackawanna Railway mainline trackage) in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line ...
(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, Califor ...
(CORP) (GWRR) * Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND) (GWRR) * Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA) (GWRR) * Central Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW) *
CG Railway The CG Railway is a terminal railroad as reported by the Association of American Railroads. The CGR is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, and is owned and operated by a 50/50 joint venture between SEACOR Holdings and Genesee & Wyoming. The railro ...
(CGR) * Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS) (ADBF) * Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad (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 ...
(CA) (GWRR) *
Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad The Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating of rail line in northwestern Indiana. From the town of La Crosse, lines run northwest to the Porter County town of Malden, southeast to the Starke County towns ...
(CKIN) (IBCX) * Chessie Logistics (CLCY) * Chestnut Ridge Railroad (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 (CJRY) (PGR) * Chicago Port & Rail (CPRL) *
Chicago Port Railroad The Chicago Port Railroad (reporting mark CPC) is a Class III switching railroad located in South Deering, Chicago, Illinois. The CPC, owned by Ozinga Transportation, operates on approximately 1.3 miles of track and serves the Calumet River ...
(CPC) *
Chicago Rail Link The Chicago Rail Link is a shortline switching railroad in Illinois. It owns and operates more than 72 miles of track on the South Side of Chicago. It is owned by OmniTRAX. History The Chicago Rail Link was essentially organized 29 August 1 ...
(CRL) (OMLX) *
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad , also known as the South Shore Line, is a Class III freight railroad operating between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana. The railroad serves as a link between Class I railroads and loc ...
(CSS) (APH) *
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad The Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad is a short line railroad offering service from Tolleston, Indiana to Crestline, Ohio, United States over the former Fort Wayne Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It began operations in 2004 as a div ...
(CFE) (GWRR) * Chicago, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (CSP) (PGR) *
Cicero Central Railroad Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the esta ...
(CECR) (WATX) *
Cimarron Valley Railroad The Cimarron Valley Railroad was built c. 1912 and purchased from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in February 1996. It runs over former C.V. and Manter Subdivisions of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Oklahoma, Colorado ...
(CVR) (WG) *
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad The Cincinnati District is a railroad line owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway and operated by Cincinnati Eastern Railroad in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Cincinnati, Ohio southeast to Portsmouth, Ohio along a former Norfolk and ...
(CCER) * City of Prineville Railway (COP) * Clackamas Valley Railroad (CVLY)(PGR) * Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP) (VTR) * Cleveland and Cuyahoga Railroad (CCYH) (OMLX) * Cleveland Port Railroad (CPRY) (OMLX) * Cleveland Works Railway (CWRO) (ARCL) *
Clinton Terminal Railroad Clinton is an England, English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton, Cambridgeshire, Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton ha ...
(CTR) *
Cloquet Terminal Railroad Cloquet Terminal Railroad is a small Class 3 terminal railroad operating of track in Cloquet, Minnesota. The railroad interchanges with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Canadian Pacific railroads in Cloquet and services the Sappi Paper Mil ...
(CTRR) * CMC Railroad (CMC) *
Coffeen and Western Railroad Coffeen and Western Railroad is a subsidiary of Ameren for receiving coal at its power plant south of Coffeen, Illinois. It also owns hopper cars often hauled by Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Comp ...
(CAEG) (Ameren) *
Colorado and Wyoming Railway Founded in 1899, the Colorado and Wyoming Railway is a subsidiary of the Evraz North America. It hauls coal, ore and steel products on about five miles of track inside ERVAZ - Pueblo, CO Steel Mills facility (formerly Colorado Fuel and Iron's ...
(CW) *
Columbia and Cowlitz Railway The Columbia and Cowlitz Railway is a short-line railroad owned by Patriot Rail Corporation, and is headquartered in Longview, Washington. The railroad serves an route from the Weyerhaeuser Company mill in Longview to the junction just outsid ...
(CLC) (PATR) * Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW) * Columbia Business Center Railroad (CBCX) * Columbia Terminal Railroad (CT) * Columbia & Walla Walla Railway (CWW) (FTRX) *
Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad is a freight railroad running from Girard, Alabama, to Mahrt, Alabama and has shared trackage rights with the Norfolk Southern to use the track between NS Columbus yard in Columbus, Georgia and Girard, AL. ...
(CCH) (GWRR) *
Columbus and Greenville Railway There have been two uses of Columbus and Greenville Railway, both for the same rail line. Original Columbus and Greenville The first Columbus and Greenville Railway was formed by the sale of the Southern Railway operated Southern Railway in M ...
(CAGY) (GWRR) * Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road (CUOH) (GWRR) *
Commonwealth Railway The Commonwealth Railway, Inc. is a United States Class III short-line railroad operating of track of a former Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway line from Suffolk, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Virginia. The main office is in the Wilroy area ...
(CWRY) (GWRR) *
Conecuh Valley Railroad The Conecuh Valley Railway, L.L.C. connects with the CSX at Troy, Alabama, and travels to Goshen, Alabama. This short line railroad was created after 2001 from the former Southern Alabama Railroad and is currently owned and operated by Genesee ...
(COEH) (GWRR) *
Connecticut Southern Railroad The Connecticut Southern Railroad is a long short-line railroad operating in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The company was formed in 1996 as a spinoff of Conrail by shortline holding company RailTex and subsequently acquired in 2000 by RailA ...
(CSOR) (GWRR) *
Coopersville and Marne Railway The Coopersville and Marne Railway is a tourist railroad and common carrier in West Michigan. It connects with the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad. The for-profit company owns the track, which runs from Walker, Michigan to Coopersville, Michigan i ...
(CPMY) *
Coos Bay Rail Link The Coos Bay Rail Line is a railroad line from the Willamette Valley to the Port of Coos Bay on the Oregon Coast and Coquille, Oregon, in the United States. It is owned and operated by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. The rail is operated ...
(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 (CCPN) (GWRR) *
Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad The Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway (formerly American Rail Heritage, Ltd. d/b/a Crab Orchard, and Egyptian Railroad Company) is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad that operates in the cities of Marion and Herrin in the Southern I ...
(COER) (PGR) *
CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
(CSXT) * Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR) *
D&W Railroad The D&W Railroad is a shortline railroad operated by the Iowa Northern Railway. History The D&W Railroad was formed in 2002 by TRANSCO Railway Products in order to acquire the rail line from Dewar to Oelwein, Iowa, from the Union Pacific Railr ...
(DWRV) (IANR) * Dakota Northern Railroad (DN) (ILSX) *
Dakota Southern Railway The Dakota Southern Railway is a railroad that until late May 2021 ran between Kadoka, South Dakota, and Mitchell, South Dakota, and which continues to service the approximately of remaining active track of the Napa Junction–Platte Line in ...
(DSRC) (MPRL) * Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad (DMVW) *
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad The Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Richardson, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, having been acquired when GWRR purchased RailAme ...
(DGNO) (GWRR) *
Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad The Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Company (D&R) is a Class III railroad, Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Russellville, Arkansas. D&R operates a line in Arkansas from Russellville (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) t ...
(DR) (ARSL) * De Queen and Eastern Railroad (DQE) (PATR) *
Decatur Central Railroad The Decatur Central Railroad (reporting mark DCC) is an American railroad that operates in central Illinois. It was founded in August 2016 as a joint venture between short-line railroad operator OmniTrax, which operates the railroad, and grain co ...
(DCC) (OMLX) * Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (DREI) (WATX) *
Decatur Junction Railway The Decatur Junction Railway is a Class III railroad which operates in the state of Illinois. It is one of several short-line railroads owned by Pioneer Railcorp. On September 23, 1993, the Decatur Junction Railway Co. (DT) signed a lease agreem ...
(DT) (PREX) *
Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the Scranton area. DL began service in August 1993 and is the designated operator for of trackage in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, La ...
(DL) (GVTX) * Delray Connecting Railroad (DC) (TSTR) *
Delmarva Central Railroad The Delmarva Central Railroad is an American short-line railroad owned by Carload Express that operates of track on the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The railroad operates lines from Porter, Delaware to Hal ...
(DCR) (CLEX) *
Delta Southern Railroad Delta Southern Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Tallulah, Louisiana. DSRR operates two disconnected lines, both of which interchange with Union Pacific: *A 14-mile line from Monroe, Louisiana, to Sterlingt ...
(DSRR) (WBIH) * Delta Valley and Southern Railway (DVS) * Denver Rock Island Railroad (DRIR) *
Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad The Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad is a class III railroad operating in New York. It is a subsidiary of Genesee Valley Transportation (GVT). The DLWR is composed of two operations, one located between Depew, New York and Lancaster, New Yor ...
(DLWR) (GVTX) *
Deseret Power Railroad The Deseret Power Railway () , formerly known as the ''Deseret-Western Railway'', is an electrified private Class III railroad operating in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. It does not connect to the national rail network and has no ...
(DPRW) * Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON) (ADBF) *
Dover and Delaware River Railroad The Dover and Delaware River Railroad is a short-line railroad operating along of track in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey between Phillipsburg and Newark. It was created in 2019 to take over local freight operations from Nor ...
(DD) (CHD) * Dover & Rockaway River Railroad (DRRV) (CHD) * Dubois County Railroad (DCRR) (ITM) * East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad (EBSR) *
East Camden and Highland Railroad The East Camden and Highland Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in East Camden, Arkansas. EACH operates a 47.6 mile (76.6 km) line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills (where it interchanges with Union P ...
(EACH) * East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad (ECBR) (PRRY) * East Erie Commercial Railroad (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 (ETRY) (GWRR) *
East Troy Electric Railroad The East Troy Electric Railroad is an interurban Heritage railway, heritage railroad owned and operated by the East Troy Railroad Museum. Passenger excursions run on a stretch of track from East Troy, Wisconsin, East Troy to Mukwonago, Wiscons ...
(ETER) (METW) *
Eastern Alabama Railway Eastern Alabama Railway, LLC is one of many short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. On November 26, 1990, the line was sold by CSX to the Eastern Alabama Railway, a subsidiary of Kyle Railways. Kyle Railways later sold ...
(EARY) (GWRR) *
Eastern Idaho Railroad The Eastern Idaho Railroad commenced on November 21, 1993, as a collection of two disconnected clusters of former Union Pacific (UP) branches. A subsidiary of Watco, EIRR operates two segments that move more than 35,000 carloads per year to the Un ...
(EIRR) (WATX) * Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC) * Eastern Kentucky Railway Company (EKRC) * Eastern Maine Railway (EMRY) (NBSR) * Effingham Railroad (EFRR) * El Dorado and Wesson Railway (EDW) * Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad (EZR) * Elk River Railroad (ELKR) (ARCS) *
Elkhart and Western Railroad The Elkhart & Western Railroad Co. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp , is a Class III short-line railroad operating three unconnected lines in northern Indiana. The first, the Elkhart Branch, is in and around the city of Elkha ...
(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 ...
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Evansville Western Railway The Evansville Western Railway is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad operating in the southern Illinois and Indiana region. It is one of three regional railroad subsidiaries owned and operated by P&L Transportation. Overview Foun ...
(EVWR) (PLTX) *
Everett Railroad The Everett Railroad is a shortline and heritage railroad that operates on ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two separate lines, one from Brooks Mill and ...
(EV) * Fairfield Southern Company (FS) (TSTR) *
Falls Road Railroad The Falls Road Railroad is a Class III short line railroad owned by Genesee Valley Transportation (GVT). The railroad operates in Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties in New York. Operations The railroad's right-of-way consists of of ...
(FRR) (GVTX) * Farmrail Corporation (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 l ...
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First Coast Railroad The First Coast Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Florida and Georgia, owned by Genesee & Wyoming. The name is derived from its area of operations around the First Coast of Florida. The FCRD was founded in April 2005 to lease 32 mile ...
(FCRD) (GWRR) *
Flats Industrial Railroad The Flats Industrial Railroad is a Class III railroad that provides short-line commercial/industrial switching service in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, primarily with CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. History Trains h ...
(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 ...
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Fort Smith Railroad The Fort Smith Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas. FSR operates an line in Arkansas from Fort Smith (where it interchanges with Kansas City Southern Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, and Arkansas a ...
(FSR) (PNRC) *
Fort Worth and Western Railroad The Fort Worth and Western Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Operating only within the state of Texas, its main freight service route is between Carrollton, Fort Worth and Brownwood. History Much ...
(FWWR) * Foxville and Northern Railroad (FVN) * Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR) (MMAX) * FreightCar Short Line (FCSL) * FTRL Railway (FTRL) *
Fulton County Railroad The Fulton County Railroad is a privately held short-line railroad that runs from Rochester to Argos, Indiana, where it connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is a switching railroad that originally provided service to only one custo ...
(FC) (EWRY) (PNRC) * Fulton County Railway (FCR) (OMLX) *
Galveston Railroad The Galveston Railroad is a Class III terminal switching railroad headquartered in Galveston, Texas. It primarily serves the transportation of cargo to and from the Port of Galveston. GVSR operates of yard track at Galveston, over a facility. ...
(GVSR) (GWRR) * Garden City Western Railway (GCW) (PNRC) *
Gardendale Railroad Gardendale is the name of several places in the United States: * Gardendale, Alabama *Gardendale, Texas Gardendale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Ector County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,574 at the ...
(GRD) (IHRX) *
Gary Railway The Gary Railway is owned and operated by Transtar, Inc., a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. It currently runs along 63 miles of yard track throughout Gary, Indiana as a class III switching carrier for local steel supply. The ...
(GRW) (TSTR) * Gateway Eastern Railway (GWWE) (KCS) * Gateway Industrial Railroad (GIRR) * Geaux Geaux Railroad (GOGR) (WATX) *
Georges Creek Railway The Georges Creek Railway is a shortline railroad in Western Maryland that performed contract switching and owns a 14-mile line between Westernport and Carlos. The railroad was headquartered at 119 Pratt Street in Luke in the former Luke Pos ...
(GCK) *
Georgetown Railroad The Georgetown Railroad is a class III short-line railroad headquartered in Georgetown, Texas. History The original Georgetown Railroad Company was chartered on May 31, 1878, with a commitment to build a railroad the approximately 10 mile dista ...
(GRR) * Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR) (OMLX) *
Georgia Central Railway The Georgia Central Railway operates about of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, swi ...
(GC) (GWRR) *
Georgia Northeastern Railroad The Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a short line freight railroad which runs from the town of Elizabeth, Georgia (now within Marietta, northwest of Atlanta) to the city of Blue Ridge, Georgia. Goods hauled are mostly timber, grain, poultry, ...
(GNRR) (PATR) *
Georgia Southern Railway Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
(GS) (PNRC) *
Georgia Southwestern Railroad The Georgia Southwestern Railroad is a Class III short line railroad company that operates over of track in southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama. Beginning in 1989 as a division of the South Carolina Central Railroad on a pair of forme ...
(GSWR) (GWRR) *
Georgia Woodlands Railroad The Georgia Woodlands Railroad operates of track between Washington, Georgia, and Barnett, Georgia. Originally a subsidiary of the Chicago West Pullman Transportation Corporation, it was acquired by OmniTRAX in 1992. Primary commodities inc ...
(GWRC) (OMLX) *
Gettysburg and Northern Railroad The Gettysburg and Northern Railroad is a short-line railroad located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The railroad operates a long line running between Gettysburg in Adams County and Mount Holly Springs in Cumberland County. The Gettysbur ...
(GET) (PNRC) * Global Container Terminals New York (GCTX) * Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM) (GWRR) *
Golden Triangle Railroad The Golden Triangle Railroad is a railway in central Mississippi, totalling length. It is owned by the Patriot Rail Corporation. The GTRA interchanges with the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) at Columbus, Mississippi, and with Burlington Nor ...
(GTRA) (PATR) * Goose Lake Railway (GLRY) (FTRX) *
Grafton and Upton Railroad The Grafton and Upton Railroad is a Class III railroad, Class III short line railroad in east-central Massachusetts. This 24.85 mile line runs from Grafton, Massachusetts, Grafton to Franklin, Massachusetts, Franklin and connects to CSX Transpor ...
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Grainbelt Corporation Farmrail System, Inc. is an employee-owned holding company for two Class III common-carrier railroads comprising "Western Oklahoma’s Regional Railroad" based in Clinton, Oklahoma. Farmrail Corporation has acted since 1981 as a lessee-operato ...
(GNBC) (FMRC) *
Grand Elk Railroad The Grand Elk Railroad is a Class III railroad which operates in the states of Indiana and Michigan. It is one of 40+ short-line railroads owned by Watco. The company leases a line from the Norfolk Southern running south from Grand Rapids, Mich ...
(GDLK) (WATX) *
Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad The Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad is a railroad in western Michigan, United States. The line runs east–west through Grand Rapids, Michigan to Lowell. Its of trackage ends at the Saint Mary's Siding, where it meets the Coopersville and Marne ...
(GR) (GWRR) *
Grand River Railway The Grand River Railway was an interurban electric railway (known as a radial in Ontario) in what is now the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Southwestern Ontario. History Background Preston and Berlin Railway Starting in the 185 ...
(GRRL) *
Great Lakes Central Railroad The Great Lakes Central Railroad is an American Class II regional railroad, operating in the state of Michigan. It was originally called the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway , which was formed on August 26, 1977, to operate over former Penn Cen ...
(GLC) * Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) (WATX) *
Great Walton Railroad The Great Walton Railroad is a class III railroad that operates of track in Georgia, United States. In addition to its own line between Monroe and Social Circle, Georgia, the railroad operates the Athens Line, LLC and the Hartwell Railroad. C ...
(GRWR) *
Great Western Railway of Colorado The Great Western Railway of Colorado operates about of track in Colorado and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad as well as the BNSF Railway. It is currently a subsidiary of OmniTRAX but was founded in 1902 to serve the Great Western ...
(GWR) (OMLX) *
Green Mountain Railroad The Green Mountain Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Vermont. GMRC operates on tracks that had been owned by the Rutland Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad. The railroad operates on a rail line between North Walpole, New Hampsh ...
(GMRC) (VTR) * Greenville and Western Railway (GRLW) (WCRSC) *
Grenada Railway The Grenada Railroad (reporting mark GRYR) is a 228-mile long (290 km) shortline railroad that runs from Southaven, Mississippi to Canton, Mississippi, along the former Illinois Central Railroad trackage. The GRYR interchanges at Canton, ...
(GRYR) (
RailUSA Gulf & Atlantic Railways is an American holding company that owns two railroads in Florida. History Gulf & Atlantic Railways was founded in October 2018 by private equity firm Equity Group Investments purchasing Grenada Railroad from Iowa Paci ...
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Gulf Coast Switching A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodie ...
(GCSX) (APH) * Hainesport Secondary Railroad (HSCR) (HT) *
Hampton and Branchville Railroad The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a South Carolina railroad that has served the western part of the state since the 1920s. The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a successor of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company, which ...
(HB) (PRRY) (o/s) *
Hartwell Railroad The Hartwell Railroad dates to 1878 when the company was chartered to build a narrow gauge rail line between Hartwell and Bowersville in Hart County, Georgia. The 10-mile railroad was completed the following year. In 1898, it was reorganized a ...
(HRT) (GRWR) *
Heart of Georgia Railroad The Heart of Georgia Railroad is a shortline railroad created in 1999 to lease and operate of track owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation between Mahrt, Alabama and Vidalia, Georgia, in the United States. The railroad has since exp ...
(HOG) (GWRR) *
Heritage Railroad A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
(HR) (SARM) * Herrin Railroad (HRRL) * High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad (HPTD) (CSXT) (NS) * Hilton & Albany Railroad (HAL) (GWRR) *
Hondo Railway The Hondo Railway is a Class III shortline railroad that operates about of trackage to the west of San Antonio, Texas. Roughly half of the railroad's track () is terminal trackage leased from Texas Liquid Terminal, Inc. It was formed in 2006, an ...
(HRR) * Hoffman Transportation (HTCX) *
Hoosier Southern Railroad The Hoosier Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad owned and operated by the Perry County Port Authority (PCPA) of Perry County, Indiana. History The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3 mile line between the Indiana communities of Cann ...
(HOS) (TNW) *
Housatonic Railroad The Housatonic Railroad ( ) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and ...
(HRRC) * Huntsville and Madison County Airport Authority (HMQR) (IICX) (NS) *
Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority The Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority was created in 1984 to operate on of track that was abandoned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The line was originally constructed by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail ...
(HMCR) *
Huron and Eastern Railway Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb and Flint/Tri-Cities area of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is currently owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., who purchased it from RailAmerica in 2012. Its ...
(HESR) (GWRR) * Hussey Terminal Railroad (HTRC) *
Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
(ISR) * Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR) (RGPC) * Illini Terminal Railroad (ITR) (RRC) * Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR) (GWRR) *
Illinois Railway The Illinois Railway , formerly Illinois Railnet, is a shortline railroad operating in Northern Illinois owned by OmniTRAX. It operates of former BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of ...
(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, and parts of southeastern Indiana. It is owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming, who acquired the railroad in the 2012 purchase of RailAmeri ...
(IORY) (GWRR) *
Indiana Eastern Railroad The Indiana Eastern Railroad is a short-line railroad in the U.S. states of Indiana and Ohio, operating a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line between Richmond, Indiana and Fernald, Ohio under lease from CSX Transportation. It began operatio ...
(IERR) *
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is a Class III railroadSurface Transportation BoardThe Belt Railway Company of Chicago -- Trackage Rights Exemption -- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company January 9, 2002 in the United States. Ownership The IHB ...
(IHB) *
Indiana Northeastern Railroad The Indiana Northeastern Railroad is a Class III short line freight railroad operating on nearly in southern lower Michigan, northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company began operations in December 1992 and ...
(IN) *
Indiana Rail Road The Indiana Rail Road is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of . This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road's Indi ...
(INRD) *
Indiana Southern Railroad The Indiana Southern Railroad is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property, and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by G ...
(ISRR) (GWRR) *
Indiana Southwestern Railway Indiana Southwestern Railway is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp, operator of several short-line railroad companies. The ISW is a Class III railroad, and operated on 17 miles of track from Evansville, Indiana, northward to Cynthiana, Indiana. ...
(ISW) (PNRC) *
Iowa Interstate Railroad The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a Class II regional railroad operating in the central United States. The railroad is owned by Railroad Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. History The railroad was formed on November 2, 1984, u ...
(IAIS) (RDC) * Iowa & Middletown Railway (IMRY) (REG) *
Iowa Northern Railway The Iowa Northern Railway is a Class III shortline railroad operating in the U.S. state of Iowa. History The origin of the Iowa Northern Railway starts with the major portion of the Manly to Cedar Rapids line which was built in the 1870s by th ...
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Iowa River Railroad The Iowa River Railroad (IARR) operates freight service from Ackley, Iowa to end of track 1.4 miles south of U.S. Highway 20, north of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, for a distance of about 9 miles. With its office located in Steamboat Rock, Iowa, IARR car ...
(IARR) (MPRL) * Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY) (PGR) * Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR) (PGR) *
Ithaca Central Railroad The Ithaca Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania, owned by Watco. The ITHR leases and operates the Norfolk Southern-owned Ithaca Secondary from Sayre, Pennsylvania (Norfolk Southern interchange), to Lud ...
(ITHR) (WATX) * Jackson & Lansing Railroad (JAIL) (ADBF) * Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad (JXPT) (WATX) * Joppa and Eastern Railroad (JE) *
Juniata Terminal Company Juniata Terminal Co. is a locomotive leasing and railcar storage company. The company takes its name from the facility in Philadelphia from which it operates. The company owns a number of restored diesel locomotives, including a pair of former ...
(JTFS) * Juniata Valley Railroad (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, ...
(KO) (WATX) *
Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and ...
(KCS) * Kansas City Transportation Lines (KCTL) (KAW) (WATX) * Kaw River Railroad (KAW) (WATX) *
Kendallville Terminal Railway The Kendallville Terminal Railway (reporting marks KTR) is a Class III common carrier owned by Pioneer Railcorp, in Northern Indiana. The line runs for 1.1 miles in Kendallville, Indiana Kendallville is a city in Wayne Township, Noble County, ...
(KTR) (PNRC) * Kennewick Terminal Railroad (KET) (FTRX) *
Kentucky and Tennessee Railway Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia t ...
(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 ...
(KJRY) (PNRC) *
Kiamichi Railroad The Kiamichi Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma. KRR operates two lines totaling which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional of track. The main line (1 ...
(KRR) (GWRR) * Kingman Terminal Railroad (KGTR) (PATR) * Kinston and Snow Hill Railroad (KSH) (G&O) *
Kiski Junction Railroad The Kiski Junction Railroad was a short-line railroad that operated in Western Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. The railroad was based in the small community of Schenley which is situated at the point where the Kiskiminetas River flows ...
(KJR) *
Klamath Northern Railway Klamath Northern Railway Company (KNOR) is a shortline railroad operating from Gilchrist, Oregon to Gilchrist Jct, Oregon where is connects with Union Pacific Railroad's Cascade Subdivision. The line was constructed in 1938 by the Gilchrist Tim ...
(KNOR) * KM Railways (KM) (KMTX) *
Knoxville and Holston River Railroad The Knoxville and Holston River Railroad operates over within Knoxville and Marbledale, Tennessee. This short line railroad was created in 1998 and is currently owned by Gulf and Ohio Railways. The railroad also hosts a tourist train run by Gulf ...
(KXHR) (G&O) * Kodak Park Railroad (KPK) (KODK) (RSS) * KWT Railway (KWT) (GWRR) *
Kyle Railroad The Kyle Railroad is a regional railroad line that runs from North Central Kansas into Eastern Colorado. It is based in Phillipsburg, Kansas and runs on track, mostly the former Rock Island Railroad Chicago to Denver main line. The Kyle was o ...
(KYLE) (GWRR) * Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad (LMIC) (ARCL) (NS) * Lake State Railway (LSRC) *
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad , is a U.S. railroad offering service from Marquette, Michigan, to nearby locations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It began operations in 1896. The LS&I continues to operate as an independent railroad f ...
(LSI) * Lake Terminal Railroad (LT) (TSTR) *
Lancaster and Chester Railway The Lancaster and Chester Railroad or L&C is a railway headquartered in Lancaster, South Carolina. The original route connects Lancaster in Lancaster County with Chester in Chester County. The line's nickname is The Springmaid Line, which refe ...
(LC) (G&O) * Landisville Railroad (LVR) *
Lapeer Industrial Railroad The Lapeer Industrial Railroad is a short switching operation in Lapeer, Michigan Lapeer ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,841. Most of the cit ...
(LIRR) (ADBF) * LaSalle Railway (LSRY) *
Laurinburg and Southern Railroad The Laurinburg and Southern Railroad (reporting mark LRS) is a short-line railroad operating in North Carolina. The railroad has of track that runs south from Raeford to Laurinburg, North Carolina and industries south of there. However much of th ...
(LRS) (G&O) *
Leetsdale Industrial Terminal Railway Leetsdale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 1,218 at the 2010 census. History Leetsdale was incorporated on March 28, 1904. Leetsdale at one time had ...
(LIT) *
Lehigh Railway The Lehigh Railway is a shortline railroad in Wyoming County and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Mehoopany and to Norfolk Southern in Athens, just south of Sayre. It operates a ...
(LWRY) (OHRY) * Lehigh Valley Rail Management – Bethlehem Division (LVRB) (LVRM) * Lehigh Valley Rail Management – Johnstown Division (LVRJ) (LVRM) * Lewisburg and Buffalo Creek Railroad (LBCX) (UCIR) (NSHR) * Little Kanawha River Railroad (LKRR) *
Little Rock and Western Railway The Little Rock and Western Railway is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Perry, Arkansas, and owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. LRWN operates over a line from Danville, Arkansas to Pulaski, Arkansas, then over of Union Pacific R ...
(LRWN) (GWRR) * Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA) *
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Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad The Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad is a short line railroad that operates in Livingston County and Monroe County in New York, United States. The railroad interchanges with CSX at Genesee Junction in Chili, New York, the Rochester and Sou ...
(LAL) * Longview Switching Company (LVSW) (BNSF) (UP) * Lorain Northern Railroad (LNOR) (TSTR) * Los Angeles Junction Railway (LAJ) (BNSF) * Louisiana and Delta Railroad (LDRR) (GWRR) *
Louisiana and North West Railroad 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 H ...
(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 Burke ...
(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 (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 The Manufacturers' Junction Railway is a shortline railroad in Cicero, Illinois. Originally a subsidiary of Western Electric used to switch their Hawthorne Works, after the plants were phased out it was sold to OmniTRAX, a company offering railro ...
(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 ...
(MDDE) *
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 The Massachusetts Central Railroad is a short line railroad in western Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1975 to provide railroad transportation services on portions of the Boston & Maine Wheelwright Branch in and around their ...
(MCER) *
Massachusetts Coastal Railroad The Massachusetts Coastal Railroad is a 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 between Hyannis and Fa ...
(MC) (IPH) *
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 ...
(MSTR) (GWRR) * Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN) (BDTL) *
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 (MMRR) (GWRR) *
Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad is a shortline railroad which operates freight and tourist passenger trains between Middletown to Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. Passenger excursion trains The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (M&H) uses ...
(MIDH) *
Middletown and New Jersey Railroad The Middletown and New Jersey Railroad is one of two railroads in the city of Middletown, New York; the other being its interchange partner, Norfolk Southern Railway. The MNJ consists of of track in southeastern New York serving Orange County ...
(MNJ) (RRLX) * Milford-Bennington Railroad (MBRX) * Mineral Range Railroad (MRAX) * Minnesota Commercial Railway (MNNR) * Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN) (ILSX) (KBNI) * Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (MPLI) (TCWR) *
Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway 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 The Mission Mountain Railroad is a shortline railroad in northwestern Montana, operating two segments of the former Great Northern Railway (later Burlington Northern and BNSF) since December 2004. MMT is a subsidiary of Watco, operator of severa ...
(MMT) (WATX) *
Mississippi Central Railroad Mississippi Central Railroad (reporting mark MSCI) is a short line railroad operating over 51 miles from Oxford, Mississippi, to Grand Junction, Tennessee, owned by Pioneer Railcorp. The railroad's principal commodities are wood products and ...
(MSCI) (PNRC) * Mississippi Delta Railroad (MSDR) (ROCK) *
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 (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 ...
(MET) *
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 ...
(MHWA) (GVTX) *
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 ...
(MRL) *
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 ...
(ME) *
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 The Mount Hood Railroad is a heritage and shortline freight railroad located in Hood River, Oregon, east of Portland, Oregon, United States. The majority of the railroad's revenue is generated from passenger excursions although a few small ...
(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 ...
(NDW) (PNRC) *
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 f ...
(NERR) (RJCR) * Nashville and Western Railroad (NWR) (RJCR) * Natchez Railway (NTZR) (AKRM) * Naugatuck Railroad Company (NAUG) *
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 ...
(NCRC) (RGPC) *
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 (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, ...
(NCIR) *
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 The New England Central Railroad is a regional railroad in the New England region of the United States. It began operations in 1995, as the successor of the Central Vermont Railway (CV). The company was originally a subsidiary of holding comp ...
(NECR) (GWRR) *
New England Southern Railroad The New England Southern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates out of Canterbury, New Hampshire, and serves industries in central New Hampshire, in the United States. History In 1975, the Boston & Maine Railroad Corporation ...
(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 ...
(NHCR) *
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 ...
(NHN) *
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 ...
(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 ...
(NJSL) (CMSL) *
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 ...
(NOGC) (RGPC) *
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 The New York and Atlantic Railway (NY&A) is a short line railroad formed in 1997 to provide freight service over the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road, a public commuter rail agency which had decided to privatize its freight operations. An af ...
(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 ...
(NYLE) (OCTL) *
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 New York New Jersey Rail, LLC is a switching and terminal railroad that operates the only car float operation across Upper New York Bay between Jersey City, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York. Since mid-November 2008, it has been owned by t ...
(NYNJ) * New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) *
Newburgh and South Shore Railroad The Newburg & South Shore Railroad is a railroad that operates in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States on of track. It opened in 1904 to service steel mills in the Cleveland area. History The company was incorporated in 1899 as a subsidiary of t ...
(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 ...
(NPB) *
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 The Alabama Great Southern Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. It is an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS), running southwest from Chattanooga (where it ...
(AGS), Camp Lejeune Railroad, Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), Chesapeake Western Railway (CHW),
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 ...
(CNTP),
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 ...
(GSF),
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 ...
(INT),
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 subsi ...
(TENN),
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 ...
(TAG) *
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 (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 ...
(NWP) (NCRA) * Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE) *
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 Ogeechee Technical Coll ...
(OGEE) *
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. (OCTL) *
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 Ma ...
(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 ...
(OLB) *
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 ...
(OMID) * Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT) * Oregon Eastern Railroad (OERR) (WG) * Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR) * Oregon Railconnect (ORC) (FTRX) * Otter Tail Valley Railroad (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 The Ozark Valley Railroad is a 27-mile shortline railroad connecting Mexico, Missouri, and Fulton, Missouri. Connection The Kansas City Southern Railway links to the Ozark Valley Railroad at Mexico, Missouri. Motive Power * EMD GP7 The E ...
(OVRR) (MPRL) * Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL) (APH) * Pacific Sun Railroad (PSRR) (WATX) *
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 The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The line was purchased from Illinois Central Gu ...
(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 Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR) is a subsidiary of CSX Corporation that operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine, to Rotterdam Junction, New York. Pan Am Railways is primarily made up of former Clas ...
(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 (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 * Patrio ...
(PAW) (CLC) (PATR) * Pecos Valley Southern Railway (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 ...
(POVA) * Peninsula Terminal Company (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 (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 (PMSW) * Plainview Terminal Company (PTM) (LBWR) (WATX) * Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN) (GWRR) * Port Bienville Short Line Railroad (PBVR) * Port Harbor Railroad (PHRR) (RRC) *
Port Jersey Railroad 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 Ha ...
(PJR) (NYNJ) *
Port Manatee Railroad A port is a maritime law, maritime facility comprising one or more Wharf, wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge Affreightment, cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can a ...
(MAUP) * Port of Beaumont Railroad (PBR) (ECRX) * Port of Catoosa Terminal Railroad (POCA) * Port of Muskogee Railroad (PMR) *
Port of Palm Beach District 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 ...
(PPBD) * Port of Tucson Railroad (POT) * Port Rail, Inc (PRLC) (LCHD) * Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA) *
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 The Portland and Western Railroad is a Class II railroad serving the U.S. state of Oregon, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of shortline and regional railroad holding company Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The PNWR includes a subsidiary, the Willamette ...
(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 a ...
(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 cons ...
(PNW) (AKMD) (GWRR) * Progressive Rail, Inc. (PGR) *
Providence and Worcester Railroad The Providence and Worcester Railroad is a Class II railroad operating of tracks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, as well as New York via trackage rights. The company was founded in 1844 to build a railroad between Providence ...
(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 The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad , sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. The RBMN provides freight service on of track. Its mainl ...
(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 secondar ...
(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 t ...
(RSOR) (GWRR) *
Richmond Pacific Railroad The Richmond Pacific Railroad is a terminal railroad owned by the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation. The RPRC operates on of track in the shipping terminal and wharves at Richmond, California. The RPRC also interchanges with the Union Pa ...
(RPRC) * Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) (IHRX) * Ripley & New Albany Railroad (RNAB) (PNRC) * Riverport Railroad (RVPR) *
Rochester and Southern Railroad The Rochester and Southern Railroad , a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., is a class III shortline that runs from the city of Rochester in Monroe County to Silver Springs, NY. The RSR started in 1986, when the B&O sold off its Buffalo a ...
(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 RailAmerica, Inc., ba ...
(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 (SRN) *
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 (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 The San Luis Central Railroad is a railroad company based in the U.S. state of Colorado. It was founded in 1913 to haul sugar beets from grower to processor. The railroad was acquired in 1969 by the Pea Vine Corporation and today operates freig ...
(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 ...
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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 (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, whic ...
(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 The Sierra Northern Railway is a common carrier railroad company operating in California. The company owns several right of ways originating from those of the former Sacramento Northern Railroad, Northern Electric Railway (California), Northern ...
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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 net ...
(SBVR) * South Buffalo Railway (SB) *
South Carolina Central Railroad The South Carolina Central Railroad is a class III railroad that operates of former CSX Transportation trackage in South Carolina. Originally a RailTex subsidiary upon its start in 1987, the railroad passed to RailAmerica following their acquis ...
(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 South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a short line railroad which operates of rail lines in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri that used to belong to Missouri Pacific, Frisco and Santa Fe lines. SKOL is a unit of Watco. The present railroad was create ...
(SKOL) (WATX) * South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL) * South Plains Switching, Ltd (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 The Southern Railroad of New Jersey is a small short-line railroad company based in Winslow Township, New Jersey. The railroad operates freight trains in two areas in Southern New Jersey. In the Winslow area, trains operate between Winslow Jun ...
(SRNJ) * Southern Switching Company (SSC) (IHRX) * Southwest Gulf Railroad (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 ...
(SWP) (CLEX) * Southwestern Railroad (SW) (WG) * Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (SCS) (RRC) * St. Croix Valley Railroad (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 C ...
(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 (STE) (OMLX) * Stourbridge Railroad (SBRR) *
Strasburg Rail Road The Strasburg Rail Road is a heritage railroad and the oldest continuously operating standard-gauge railroad in the western hemisphere, as well as the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1832, the Strasburg Rai ...
(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 (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 (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 The Texas and Northern Railway is an eight-mile (13 km) railroad connecting Lone Star, Texas, to the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway at Veals Switch between Daingerfield and Hughes Springs Hughes Springs is a city in Cass and Morris ...
(TN) (TSTR) * Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR) *
Texas Central Business Lines Corporation Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by bo ...
(TCB) *
Texas City Terminal Railway The Texas City Terminal Railway is an American terminal railroad that operates of track at the Port of Texas City in Texas City, Texas. Established in 1921, the TCTR is jointly owned by the Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad ...
(TCT) * Texas North Western Railway (TXNW) (TNW) * Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER) (GWRR) *
Texas Pacifico Transportation Texas Pacifico Transportation Ltd. is a Class III railroad operating company in West Texas owned by Grupo México. The company operates over the South Orient Rail Line under a lease and operating agreement with the Texas Department of Transpor ...
(TXPF) * Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR) (TNW) *
Texas South-Eastern Railroad Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by bo ...
(TSE) * Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN) (TNW) * Thermal Belt Railway (TBRY) *
Three Notch Railroad The Three Notch Railroad runs from a connection with CSX Transportation at Georgiana to Andalusia, Alabama, . This short line railroad was created in 2001 and is currently a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming. Primary commodities include chemical ...
(TNHR) (GWRR) *
Timber Rock Railroad The Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) is a shortline rail carrier operating in the states of Texas and Louisiana. Its single line runs from Kirbyville, Texas to DeRidder, Louisiana, about 41.5 miles. It is owned by the Watco Companies. History The ...
(TIBR) (WATX) * Toledo Junction Railroad (TJR) (JBCX) *
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway The Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway is a short line railroad that operates of track from Mapleton, Illinois, through Peoria across Illinois to Logansport, Indiana. TP&W has trackage rights between Galesburg, Illinois, and Peoria, between Lo ...
(TPW) (GWRR) *
Tomahawk Railway The Tomahawk Railway is the trade name employed by Genesee & Wyoming to operate of railroad in northern Wisconsin.Tomahawk Railway
(TR) (GWRR) * Tradepoint Rail (TPR) *
Trona Railway The Trona Railway is a short-line railroad owned by Searles Valley Minerals. The TRC interchanges with the Lone Pine Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad (former Southern Pacific Transportation Company) at Searles, California. History The ...
(TRC) *
Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway Company, L.L.C. is a class III railroad, Class III Shortline railroad, shortline rail carrier which operates freight service between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Sapulpa, Oklahoma over 10 miles of track known as the Sapulpa Lead ...
(TSU) * Turners Island, LLC (TI) *
Twin Cities and Western Railroad The Twin Cities and Western Railroad is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Minnesota which started operations on July 27, 1991. Trackage includes the former Soo Line Railroad The Soo Line Railroad is the primary United States railroad ...
(TCWR) *
Tyburn Railroad The Tyburn Railroad is a short-line railroad in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania owned by Regional Rail, LLC. The railroad operates of track, serving a rail to truck transload facility. It interchanges with CSX Transportation and Norfolk S ...
(TYBR) (RRLX) * Tyner Terminal Railway (TYNT) (TVRM) *
Union City Terminal Railroad Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...
(UCTR) (IBR) *
Union County Industrial Railroad The Union County Industrial Railroad is a short line railroad that operates on approximately 12 miles (20 km) of track in Union County in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System. The line is alon ...
(UCIR) (NSHR) *
Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
(UP) * Union Railroad (URR) (TSTR) * Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad (UMP) (ARCL) *
Utah Railway Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its we ...
(UTAH) (GWRR) * Utah Central Railway (UCRY) (PATR) *
V&S Railway The V&S Railway is a shortline railroad that operates two disconnected lines in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is affiliated with A&K Railroad Materials. The company acquired its first line, a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line betw ...
(VSR) (AKRM) *
Valdosta Railway The Valdosta Railway is a shortline railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia, connecting Clyattville to CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway at Valdosta. The company began operations in 1992 as a subsidiary of the Rail Management a ...
(VR) (GWRR) * Vandalia Railroad (VRRC) (PNRC) *
Ventura County Railroad The Ventura County Railroad is a class III railroad subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, connecting the Union Pacific Railroad in Oxnard to South Oxnard and Port Hueneme. It began operations in 1998 under RailAmerica, leasing its lines from the Ventu ...
(VCRR) (GWRR) * Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) (IBCX) *
Vermont Railway The Vermont Railway is a shortline railroad in Vermont and eastern New York, operating much of the former Rutland Railway. It is the main part of the Vermont Rail System, which also owns the Green Mountain Railroad, the Rutland's branch to Be ...
(VTR) *
Vicksburg Southern Railroad The Vicksburg Southern Railroad is a Shortline railroad in and near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States, owned by Watco. It connects with the Kansas City Southern Railway's Meridian Speedway in Vicksburg, and stretches north to Redwood and sou ...
(VSOR) (WATX) *
Virginia Southern Railroad The Virginia Southern Railroad is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad , a subsidiary of the Genesee & Wyoming, with rights to operate of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North C ...
(VSRR) (BB) * Wabash Central Railroad (WBCR) * Walking Horse Railroad (WHRR) (IHRX) *
Wallowa Union Railroad Authority The Wallowa Union Railroad Authority is a short-line railroad owned by Wallowa County and Union County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It operates freight and tourist trains over a ex-Union Pacific Railroad line from the end of an Idaho Northern a ...
(WURR) *
Warren and Saline River Railroad The Warren and Saline River Railroad is an short-line railroad connecting Cloquet, Arkansas to the Arkansas Midland Railroad at Warren. It has always been independent of larger carriers, and was previously owned by the Potlatch Corporation, a l ...
(WSR) (AKMD) (GWRR) * Warren and Trumbull Railroad (WTRM) (YB) (GWRR) *
Washington and Idaho Railway The Washington and Idaho Railway was a shortline railroad that operated in the area south of Spokane, Washington, connecting the BNSF Railway at Marshall to Palouse, Washington, Harvard, Idaho, and Moscow, Idaho. It began operations in 2006 on ...
(WIR) (MPRL) * Washington County Railroad (WACR) (VTR) * Washington Eastern Railroad (WERR) (WG) *
Washington Royal Line Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...
(WRL) (FTRX) *
Wellsboro and Corning Railroad The Wellsboro and Corning Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates between Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and Corning, New York, passing through Tioga, and Lawrenceville. It parallels PA Route 287 and U.S. Route 15, following the valleys of ...
(WCOR) (GWRR) *
West Belt Railway 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 Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
(WBRW) (PATR) *
West Isle Line The West Isle Line is a private railroad and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nutrien (formerly Western Farm Service). The line is operated by a contractor and the line does not have any employees. The line began service on January 7, 1998 af ...
(WFS) (FTRX) *
West Michigan Railroad The West Michigan Railroad is a shortline railroad in southwest Michigan. It began operations in 1995, replacing the bankrupt Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad on an ex-Pere Marquette Railway line between Hartford and Paw Paw, Michigan. ...
(WMI) * West Shore Railroad Corporation (WSRC) (UCIR) (NSHR) *
West Tennessee Railroad The West Tennessee Railroad is a shortline railroad in the Southern U.S., connecting Corinth, Mississippi, to Fulton, Kentucky, via western Tennessee. The company began operating in 1984 on a portion of the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad (M&O) m ...
(WTNN) *
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR) is a heritage railroad based in Cumberland, Maryland, that operates passenger excursion trains and occasional freight trains using both steam and diesel locomotives over ex-Western Maryland Railway (WM) ...
(WMSR) * Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) (LAL) *
Western Rail Road The Western Rail Road is a shortline railroad owned by Cemex that connects a Cemex quarry and cement plant at Dittlinger, Texas (just south of New Braunfels), to the Austin Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). The company was incorp ...
(WRRC) * Western Washington Railroad (WWR) (FTRX) * Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE) * White Deer and Reading Railroad (WDRR) (UCIR) (NSHR) *
Wichita Terminal Association The Wichita Terminal Association is a switching and terminal railroad in northern Wichita, Kansas, jointly owned by the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad. It handles mainly grain and some scrap steel, serving customers at the former Wichita ...
(WTA) (UP) *
Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway The Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway is a shortline railroad subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation that operates in Oklahoma and Texas. The line for which it is named extends from Wichita Falls, Texas to just north of Altus, Oklahom ...
(WTJR) (RGPC) *
Willamette Valley Railway The Willamette Valley Railway (reporting marks WVR, WGR) is a short-line railroad that operates in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It leased a line from Woodburn to Stayton from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in February 1993, as w ...
(WVR) *
Wilmington Terminal Railroad The Wilmington Terminal Railroad is a shortline railroad serving the Port of Wilmington (North Carolina). It began operations in 1986 over trackage owned by the North Carolina Ports Railway Commission, whose other lines (at Morehead City) were s ...
(WTRY) (GWRR) *
Wilmington and Western Railroad The Wilmington and Western Railroad is a freight and heritage railroad in northern Delaware, operating over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) branch line between Wilmington and Hockessin. The railroad operates both steam and diesel loc ...
(WWRC) *
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) *
Winston-Salem Southbound Railway The Winston-Salem Southbound Railway is a short-line railroad jointly owned by CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), which provide it with equipment. It connects with NS at the north end in Winston-Salem, CSX at the south ...
(WSS) (CSXT) (NS) *
Wiregrass Central Railroad The Wiregrass Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating of track from a CSX Transportation connection at Waterford, near Newton, to Enterprise, Alabama via the south side of Fort Rucker. The company was initially a subsidiary of Gu ...
(WGCR) (GWRR) *
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad is a Class II regional railroad in Southern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois currently operated by Watco. It operates former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) and Chicago ...
(WSOR) (WATX) * Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGNR) *
Wisconsin Northern Railroad The Wisconsin Northern Railroad is the trade name employed by Progressive Rail to operate of railroad in northern Wisconsin and began operations on November 29, 2004. Trackage The railroad operates on trackage leased from the Union Pacific Ra ...
(WN) (PGR) * Wolf Creek Railroad (WCKR) (REG) * Yakima Central Railroad (YCR) (FTRX) *
Yadkin Valley Railroad The Yadkin Valley Railroad is the trade name of the Piedmont and Atlantic Railroad and is a shortline railroad operating two lines leased from the Norfolk Southern Railway (Then purchased outright in 2009) originating out of Rural Hall, North C ...
(YVRR) (G&O) *
Yellowstone Valley Railroad The Yellowstone Valley Railroad is a shortline railroad in northeastern Montana, also crossing into North Dakota. It operates two branch lines leased from the BNSF Railway in 2005 - Snowden to Glendive and Bainville to Scobey - connected by t ...
(YSVR) (WATX) *
York Railway The York Railway is a shortline railroad operating of track in and near York, Pennsylvania. The company was created in 1999 through a consolidation of Yorkrail, Inc. and the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (M&P), both owned by the Emons Rail ...
(YRC) (GWRR) * Youngstown and Austintown Railroad (YARR) (GWRR) *
Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad The Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad is a short-line railroad subsidiary of Midwest & Bluegrass Rail that operates freight trains between Youngstown, Ohio and Darlington, Pennsylvania, United States. The line is owned by the 'Columbiana County ...
(YSRR) (IBCX) * Youngstown Belt Railroad (YB) (GWRR) * Yreka Western Railroad (YW) (RMKX)


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List of Canadian railways Freight railways by province National Multiple provinces Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Freight railways with trackage rights only Passen ...
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List of defunct railroads of North America The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The following is a list of the past railroad companies. Defunct railroad companies *Algoma Central Railway (AC) *Atchison, Topeka a ...
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Narrow gauge railroads in the United States Standard gauge was favored for railway construction in the United States, although a fairly large narrow-gauge system developed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah. Isolated narrow-gauge lines were built in many areas to minimize constru ...
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List of U.S. Class I railroads In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, Class II, or Class III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The S ...
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Transportation in the United States Transportation in the United States is facilitated by road, air, rail, and waterways. The vast majority of passenger travel occurs by automobile for shorter distances, and airplane (or railroad, in some regions) for longer distances. In desc ...
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