2007 Award Winners

• Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway
  Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway
  The was incorporated in 1987 and operates on a former Norfolk Southern Railway branch line, running from Aberdeen to Star, North Carolina. It also leases track from Norfolk Southern between Charlotte and Gulf, North Carolina. It serves approximately 18 industries, mainly dealing in forest and...
  
  
• Alabama and Tennessee River Railway
  Alabama and Tennessee River Railway
  The Alabama & Tennessee River Railway is a shortline railway operating over trackage formerly operated by CSX Transportation. The line's western terminus is a junction with the CSX main line in Birmingham, Alabama, near CSX's Boyles Yard. The eastern terminus is Guntersville, Alabama, near the...
  
  
• Alliance Terminal Railroad
  Alliance Terminal Railroad
  The Alliance Terminal Railroad is a Class III terminal railroad in Haslet, Texas, responsible for the switching and operations of the Alliance Intermodal Facility. It is owned by OmniTRAX and subleases the terminal yard from Quality Terminal Services, also owned by OmniTRAX...
  
  
• Alexander Railroad
  Alexander Railroad
  The Alexander Railroad is a short line operating in North Carolina. The railroad has 20 miles of track that runs northwest from Statesville to Taylorsville, North Carolina.-History:The Alexander Railroad Company began operations in 1946...
  
  
• Angelina and Neches River Railroad
  Angelina and Neches River Railroad
  The Angelina and Neches River Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Lufkin, Texas.ANR operates an line from Dunagan, Texas, to an interchange with Union Pacific Railroad at Lufkin...
  
  
• Ann Arbor Railroad
• Appalachian and Ohio Railroad
  Appalachian and Ohio Railroad
  The Appalachian and Ohio Railroad is a class III railroad operating in West Virginia.Originally the Cowen and Pickens Subdivisions of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the railroad was a part of CSX until it was bought by Watco Companies, which began operating the railroad on March 25, 2005...
  
  
• Arkansas Midland Railroad
• Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
  Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
  The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.The A & M, as it is known, operates of line from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Monett, Missouri. The railroad interchanges freight cars with Kansas City Southern Railway at Fort Smith, with Union Pacific...
  
  
• Belt Railway of Chicago
  Belt Railway of Chicago
  The Belt Railway of Chicago , headquartered in Chicago, 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 Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union...
  
  
• Birmingham Southern Railroad
  Birmingham Southern Railroad
  Birmingham Southern Railroad is a subsidiary of Transtar, operator of several short-line railroad companies. The BS operates on 84 miles of track, providing switching services in the Birmingham, Alabama area.-History:...
  
  
• Brandywine Valley Railroad
  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...
  
  
• Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
  Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
  The Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad is a terminal switching railroad headquartered in Brownsville, Texas.BRG operates 42 miles of line at the Port of Brownsville, and interchanges with Union Pacific and TFM...
  
  
• Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
  Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
  The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway , also known as the Crandic is a Class III railroad operating in the US state of Iowa.-History:...
  
  
• Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad
  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 between Eugene and Weed, California via Medford, Oregon...
  
  
• Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad
  Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad
  The Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad , known to many as the South Shore Line, is a Class III freight railroad operating between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana...
  
  
• Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
• Cloquet Terminal Railroad
  Cloquet Terminal Railroad
  Cloquet Terminal Railroad is a small Class 3 terminal railroad operating of track in Cloquet, Minnesota. The railroad interchanges with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Canadian Pacific railroads in Cloquet and services the Sappi Paper Mill, a USG Ceiling Tile plant and a SMI Plant on the...
  
  
• Columbia and Cowlitz Railway
  Columbia and Cowlitz Railway
  The Columbia and Cowlitz Railway , is a wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company, and is headquartered in Longview, Washington; the railroad serves an route from the Weyerhaeuser Company mill in Longview to the junction just outside the city limits of Kelso...
  
  
• Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road
• Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
  Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
  The Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad is a terminal railroad originally created in 1924 to facilitate heavy bulk freight cargo traffic flow from the recently completed deep water port channel of the new Corpus Christi Port...
  
  
• East Camden and Highland Railroad
  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 line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills...
  
  
• Eastern Illinois Railroad
• Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
  Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
  The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway is a Class II railroad that operates in the suburbs surrounding Chicago. The railroad is a link between Class I railroads in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana...
  
  
• Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
  Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
  The Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad is a privately held shortline railroad that operates in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The ELS has expanded from the original 65 miles that was purchased in 1978 to over 235 miles as of 2005....
  
  
• Farmrail Corporation
  Farmrail Corporation
  Farmrail System, Inc. is an employee-owned holding company for two Class III common-carrier railroads comprising "Western Oklahoma’s Regional Railroad" based in Clinton, Oklahoma...
  
  
• Finger Lakes Railway
  Finger Lakes Railway
  The Finger Lakes Railway is a class III railroad in the Finger Lakes region of New York.The Finger Lakes Railway began operation on July 23, 1995 and operates in Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Schuyler and Yates counties....
  
  
• Florida Northern Railroad
  Florida Northern Railroad
  The following railroads have been called Florida Northern Railroad:*Florida Northern Railroad - a former railroad north of Jacksonville, Florida*Florida Northern Railroad - a short line railroad near Ocala, Florida...
  
  
• Georgetown Railroad
  Georgetown Railroad
  The Georgetown Railroad is a 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 distance between Georgetown and Round Rock. The first board of...
  
  
• Golden Isles Terminal Railroad
  Golden Isles Terminal Railroad
  The Golden Isles Terminal Railroad is a terminal railroad that began operations in 1998, taking over from the Colonel's Island Railroad. It operates 33 miles of track in and around the port at Brunswick, GA. Starting in 1998, GITM is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc....
  
  
• Grainbelt Corporation
• Great Northwest Railroad
• Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
  Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
  The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is a freight and heritage railroad in North Carolina with a depot in Bryson City. The railroad operates over the western leg of the "Murphy Branch", a former branch line of the Southern Railway....
  
  
• Great Western Railway of Colorado
  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 a currently a subsidiary of OmniTRAX but was founded in 1901 to serve the Great Western Sugar Company and other sugar, beet, and molasses...
  
  
• Huron and Eastern Railway
  Huron and Eastern Railway
  Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is one of many shortlines owned by Rail America, and was the first railroad owned by the conglomerate....
  
  
• Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad
  Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad
  The Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad is a small railroad that runs in Southwest Idaho and Eastern Oregon in the United States. It operates about 210 miles of former Union Pacific branch lines and is currently a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Company...
  
  
• Illinois and Midland Railroad
• Indiana Northeastern Railroad
  Indiana Northeastern Railroad
  Indiana Northeastern Railroad is a short-line railroad operating in northeastern Indiana, northwestern Ohio and southern Michigan.-Routes:In northeastern Indiana, the INR operates a line that runs along the southern edge of Steuben County from South Milford east through Ashley, Steubenville and...
  
  
• Indiana and Ohio Railway
  Indiana and Ohio Railway
  The Indiana and Ohio Railway is an American railroad that operates of track in Ohio and parts of southeastern Indiana. It is owned and operated by RailAmerica, having been acquired in 2000. The Indiana and Ohio Railroad was formed in 1978 to operate a branch between Valley Junction, Ohio and...
  
  
• Iowa Interstate Railroad
  Iowa Interstate Railroad
  The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a Class II railroad operating in the central United States. The railroad is owned by Railroad Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.-History:...
  
  
• Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
  Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
  The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in the western United States.The tracks Kansas and Oklahoma operate on include the Kansas City-Colorado main line formerly operated by the Missouri Pacific and later Union Pacific railways....
  
  
• Kaw River Railroad
• Kiamichi Railroad
  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....
  
  
• Kyle Railroad
  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 has been owned by Rail America since 2002.-History:The...
  
  
• Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad
• Lake State Railway
  Lake State Railway
  Lake State Railway is a railroad operating in the northeast quadrant of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The railroad moves large quantities of aggregate and limestone....
  
  
• Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
  Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
  The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad , a U.S. railroad offering service from Marquette, Michigan, to nearby locations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, began operations in 1896...
  
  
• Louisiana and Delta Railroad
  Louisiana and Delta Railroad
  Louisiana and Delta Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in New Iberia, Louisiana.LDRR operates over 114 miles of branch line in southern Louisiana between Lafayette, Louisiana and Raceland, Louisiana, with most of the lines near US 90...
  
  
• Louisiana Southern Railroad
• Manufacturers Railway
• Marquette Rail
• Maryland and Delaware Railroad
  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. These branches were omitted from the system plan for Conrail in 1976 and would have been discontinued...
  
  
• Michigan Shore Railroad
  Michigan Shore Railroad
  The Michigan Shore Railroad is a short line railroad owned by RailAmerica that operates of track, connecting Fremont to CSX Transportation at West Olive, Michigan, United States....
  
  
• Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway
• Mission Mountain Railroad
• Mississippi Export Railroad
• Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad
  Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad
  The Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Carthage, Missouri.MNA operates approximately of line in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. Its main line extends 384.1 miles from Kansas City, Missouri to Newport, Arkansas...
  
  
• Modesto and Empire Traction Company
• Montana Rail Link
• Morristown and Erie Railway
  Morristown and Erie Railway
  The Morristown and Erie Railway is a freight short line railroad based in Morristown, New Jersey. It operates freight rail service five days a week in Morris County, New Jersey and surrounding areas...
  
  
• Nebraska Central Railroad
• Nebraska Northeastern Railway
  Nebraska Northeastern Railway
  The Nebraska Northeastern Railroad is a shortline railroad that began operations on July 23, 1996, in northeastern Nebraska. It operates on about 120 miles of former Burlington Northern Railroad track between Ferry Station, NE and O'Neill, Nebraska, as well as trackage rights over the BNSF...
  
  
• New England Central Railroad
  New England Central Railroad
  The New England Central Railroad is a subsidiary of RailAmerica that began operations in 1995. It runs from New London, Connecticut, to Alburgh, Vermont, a distance of .-History:...
  
  
• New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
  New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
  The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad is a non-profit terminal switching railroad, owned by the City of New Orleans. It connects with six Class I railroads serving the city, and provides switching and haulage service....
  
  
• New York and Atlantic Railway
  New York and Atlantic Railway
  The New York and Atlantic Railway 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...
  
  
• Northern Plains Railroad
  Northern Plains Railroad
  The Northern Plains Railroad is a short line railroad that operates over 344 miles of track in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota and the northern U.S...
  
  
• Paducah and Louisville Railway
  Paducah and Louisville Railway
  The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky.The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August, 1986. The 223-mile main route runs between Paducah and Louisville with a branch line from...
  
  
• Panhandle Northern Railroad
  Panhandle Northern Railroad
  The Panhandle Northern Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates of track between Borger, Texas and Panhandle, Texas....
  
  
• Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
• Pioneer Valley Railroad
  Pioneer Valley Railroad
  Pioneer Valley Railroad, a subsidiary of Pinsly Railroad Company was founded in 1982. Based in Westfield, Massachusetts, this short line railroad controls portions of track between Southampton, Westfield and Holyoke. The rail lines were owned by Conrail prior to 1982....
  
  
• Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
  Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
  The Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad is a shortline railroad in northwestern Oregon, United States. Purchased from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in 1990 by the Port of Tillamook Bay, the railroad was used to transport lumber and agricultural products over the Coast Range between the...
  
  
• Progressive Rail
  Progressive Rail
  Progressive Rail Inc. , headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota , is a short line railroad operating several branches including the Airlake Terminal Railway. Not all segments physically connect...
  
  
• San Joaquin Valley Railroad
  San Joaquin Valley Railroad
  The San Joaquin Valley Railroad is one of several short line railroad companies and is part of the Sunset Division of RailAmerica. It operates about of track primarily on several lines in California's Central Valley/San Joaquin Valley outside of Fresno, California and Bakersfield, California...
  
  
• Santa Fe Southern Railway
• Savannah Port Terminal Railroad
  Savannah Port Terminal Railroad
  The Savannah Port Terminal Railroad is a terminal railroad that began operations on June 9, 1998, taking over track operations from the Savannah State Docks Railroad. It operates about 23 miles of track and handles about 46,000 cars annually. The owner is Genesee & Wyoming Inc....
  
  
• South Branch Valley Railroad
  South Branch Valley Railroad
  The South Branch Valley Railroad consists of a 52.4 mile length of railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia extending north along the South Branch Potomac River from Petersburg to the CSXT mainline at Green Spring adjacent to the Potomac River...
  
  
• South Carolina Central Railroad
  South Carolina Central Railroad
  The South Carolina Central Railroad is a class III railroad that operates over on two separate track segments in South Carolina. Originally a RailTex subsidiary upon its start in 1987, the railroad passed to RailAmerica following their acquisition of RailTex in 2000.Primary commodities include...
  
  
• South Central Florida Express
  South Central Florida Express
  South Central Florida Express, Incorporated is a short line railroad in southern Florida run by U.S. Sugar. It serves customers at 26 locations.U.S. Sugar, the only sugar company in the continental U.S...
  
  
• St. Maries River Railroad
  St. Maries River Railroad
  The St. Maries River Railroad is a shortline Class III railroad that operates 71 miles of freight service in northern Idaho. From 1980 until 2010, it was a subsidiary of Potlatch Corp.- History and Trackage :...
  
  
• Steelton and Highspire Railroad
• Stillwater Central Railroad
  Stillwater Central Railroad
  Stillwater Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Oklahoma.A subsidiary of the Watco Companies, the SLWC operates over of track in the state from Sapulpa through Oklahoma City through Lawton to Snyder and has trackage rights over BNSF from Sapulpa to Tulsa, and from Snyder to Long....
  
  
• Tacoma Rail
  Tacoma Rail
  Tacoma Rail is a shortline railroad. It is operated as a public utility and owned by the city of Tacoma, Washington as part of the municipally-owned Tacoma Public Utilities service. It provides rail services for freight switching...
  
  
• Tennessee Southern Railroad
  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 is owned by Patriot Rail Corporation...
  
  
• Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
  Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
  The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis is a terminal railroad owned by railroads in St. Louis, Missouri which handles traffic through its metropolitan area.-Components:It was founded in 1889 in a deal orchestrated by Jay Gould by:...
  
  
• Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
  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:...
  
  
• Texas and Northern Railway
  Texas and Northern Railway
  The Texas and Northern Railway is an eight-mile railroad connecting Lone Star, Texas, to the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, now a line of the Kansas City Southern Railway, between Daingerfield and Hughes Springs...
  
  
• Texas North Western Railway
• Timber Rock Railroad
• Trona Railway
  Trona Railway
  The Trona Railway is a shortline railroad owned by Searles Valley Minerals.The TRC interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad at Searles, California....
  
  
• Twin Cities and Western Railroad
  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 "Ortonville Line", originally built as the first part of the Pacific extension of the Milwaukee Road...
  
  
• Union Railroad
  Union Railroad
  The following railroads have been named Union Railroad or Union Railway, usually because they connected or merged several other railroads. See joint railway for the concept of a railroad owned by more than one company.Freight carriers...
  
  
• Utah Railway
  Utah Railway
  The Utah Railway is a class III railroad operating in Utah and Colorado, and owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc.-History:The Utah Railway Company was incorporated on January 24, 1912, with the name of Utah Coal Railway, shortened to Utah Railway in May of the same year...
  
  
• Vicksburg Southern Railroad
  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 south to Cedars...
  
  
• West Tennessee Railroad
  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 part of the former Mobile and Ohio Railroad main line between Jackson and Kenton, Tennessee...
  
  
• Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
  Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
  The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Cumberland, Maryland. It operates over ex-Western Maryland Railway trackage to Frostburg, Maryland and back using both steam and diesel locomotives....
  
  
• Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
• Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
• Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
  Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
  The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad is a Class II regional railroad in the southern portion of Wisconsin and the northeast corner of Illinois. It operates former Chicago, Milwaukee, St...