• Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
  Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
  The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad is a shortline 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:...
  
   (AR)
• 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...
  
   (ACWR)
• Acadiana Railway
  Acadiana Railway
  The Acadiana Railway Company is a short line railroad based in Opelousas, Louisiana. It operates about of track, not including trackage rights....
  
   (AKDN)
• Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
  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, Michigan...
  
   (ADBF)
• Airlake Terminal Railway
  Airlake Terminal Railway
  The Airlake Terminal Railway , affiliated with Progressive Rail, is a short line railroad operating approximately of track in a large industrial park in Lakeville, Minnesota. Typical traffic include various bulk commodities and cargo for trans-shipment to trucks at warehouses operated in...
  
   (ALT)
• Akron Barberton Cluster Railway (AB)
• Alabama and Florida Railway
  Alabama and Florida Railway
  The Alabama and Florida Railway is a class III railroad as reported by the AAR. The AF is headquartered in Andalusia, Alabama and is owned and operated by Pioneer Railcorp of Peoria, Illinois...
  
   (AF)
• Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
  Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
  The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway is one of several Class III short-line railroad companies owned by RailAmerica, Inc. It operates of track from the Pensacola, Florida export terminals, west of downtown, north to Columbus, Mississippi, with trackage rights along BNSF Railway to Amory, Mississippi...
  
   (AGR)
• 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...
  
   (ATN)
• Alabama Railroad
  Alabama Railroad
  The Alabama Railroad is a class III railroad as reported by the AAR. The ALAB is headquartered in Monroeville, Alabama and is owned and operated by Pioneer Railcorp of Peoria, Illinois. The railroad operates approximlty of railroad from Flomaton, Alabama to Peterman, Alabama...
  
   (ALAB)
• Alabama Southern Railroad
  Alabama Southern Railroad
  The Alabama Southern Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in the southern United States.ABS is one of several short line railroads owned by the Watco Companies....
  
   (ABS)
• Alabama Warrior Railway
  Alabama Warrior Railway
  The Alabama Warrior Railway is a terminal railroad as reported by the AAR. The ABWR is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama within the confines of the Walter Industries/Sloss facility and is owned and operated by the Watco Companies of Pittsburg, Kansas. The railroad operates approximately of...
  
   (ABWR)
• Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad
  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....
  
   (AGCR)
• Alaska Railroad
  Alaska Railroad
  The Alaska Railroad is a Class II railroad which extends from Seward and Whittier, in the south of the state of Alaska, in the United States, to Fairbanks , and beyond to Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright in the interior of that state...
  
   (ARR)
• Albany and Eastern Railroad
  Albany and Eastern Railroad
  The Albany and Eastern Railroad was created when the BNSF Railway spun off its Sweet Home Branch Line in May 1998. In November 2000, the AERC was combined with the Willamette Valley Railway but maintained the AERC name. It operates about of track and is based in Lebanon, Oregon. The line runs...
  
   (AERC)
• Albany Port Railroad (APD)
• 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...
  
   (ARC)
• Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR)
• Allegheny Valley Railroad
  Allegheny Valley Railroad
  The Allegheny Valley Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania, and is owned by Carload Express, Inc.AVR acts as a feeder line connecting its many and varied customers to Class I railroads such as CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway , and regional lines...
  
   (AVR)
• 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...
  
   (ATR)
• Alton and Southern Railway (ALS)
• AN Railway
  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 CSX's Pensacola & Atlantic and Tallahassee Subdivisions at Chattahoochee, Florida, with a short spur to Apalachicola, Florida...
  
   (AN)
• 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...
  
   (ANR)
• Ann Arbor Railroad (AA)
• Apache Railway (APA)
• 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...
  
   (AO)
• Appanoose County Community Railroad
  Appanoose County Community Railroad
  The Appanoose County Community Railroad is based out of Centerville, Iowa. It is a shortline running to the community of Albia, Iowa, where it distributes cars from Centerville to be put on the BNSF Railway's trains....
  
   (APNC)
• Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA)
• Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC)
• Arizona Central Railroad
  Arizona Central Railroad
  The Arizona Central Railroad is an Arizona shortline 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 Verde Canyon and is operated by the same owners under the Verde...
  
   (AZCR)
• Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER)
• Arkansas–Oklahoma Railroad (AOK)
• 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...
  
   (AM)
• Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD)
• Arkansas Southern Railroad
  Arkansas Southern Railroad
  The Arkansas Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad which started service in October 2005.ARS operates two disconnected lines consisting of 61 total miles, which are leased from the Kansas City Southern Railway :...
  
   (ARS)
• Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
  Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
  The Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad is a short-line railroad in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas. Opened in 1908, it has undergone several corporate reorganizations, but has remained independent of larger carriers. In 2004, paper producer Georgia-Pacific sold the company to...
  
   (ALM)
• Ashland Railway
  Ashland Railway
  Ashland Railway is a Class III railroad shortline railroad operating within North Central Ohio and based in Mansfield, Ohio. Since inception in 1986, Ashland Railway has grown to provide service 24 hours a day 7 days a week along 55 miles of track, to industries within Ashland, Huron, Richland...
  
   (ASRY)
• Ashtabula, Carson and Jefferson Railroad (ACJR)
• AT&L Railroad
  AT&L Railroad
  The AT&L Railroad was started in May 1985 by the Wheeler Brothers Grain Company operating about of former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad track in Oklahoma. It replaced the North Central Oklahoma Railway who operated the track prior between 1983 and 1985...
  
   (ATLT)
• Atlantic and Western Railway
  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...
  
   (ATW)
• Austin Western Railroad (AWRR)
• B&H Rail Corporation (BH)
• Ballard Terminal Railroad
  Ballard Terminal Railroad
  The Ballard Terminal Railroad , a short line terminal railroad in Seattle, Washington, USA's Ballard neighborhood, was formed in 1997 to operate trains on three miles of track on the north side of Salmon Bay. The spur had been abandoned earlier that year by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe...
  
   (BDTL)
• Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
  Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
  The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad is a terminal railroad in the Chicago area, formerly giving various other companies access to Grand Central Station...
  
   (BOCT)
• Baton Rouge Southern Railroad (BRS)
• Batten Kill Railroad
  Batten Kill Railroad
  The Batten Kill Railroad is a class III railroad operating in New York. The BKRR was formed in 1982 beginning operations on October 22 of a pair of abandoned Delaware and Hudson Railway branch lines, totaling about 30 miles of track.-History:...
  
   (BKRR)
• Bauxite and Northern Railway
  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 year...
  
   (BXN)
• Bay Coast Railroad
  Bay Coast Railroad
  The Bay Coast Railroad operates the former Eastern Shore Railroad line from Pocomoke City, Maryland, to Norfolk, Virginia. The Bay Coast Railroad interchanges with the Norfolk Southern Railway at both Norfolk, Virginia and Pocomoke City, Maryland.-History:...
  
   (BCR)
• Bay Colony Railroad
  Bay Colony Railroad
  The Bay Colony Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Massachusetts.The BCLR operates in the Millis - Milford - Needham Corridor. In addition to moving freight for its customers, Bay Colony also performs AAR-certified repairs on rolling stock and contract track construction projects for...
  
   (BCLR)
• Bay Line Railroad
  Bay Line Railroad
  The Bay Line Railroad is one of several short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates between Panama City, Florida, and Dothan, Alabama, including a branch from Grimes to Abbeville, Alabama, reached via trackage rights on CSX's Dothan Subdivision between Dothan and Grimes...
  
   (BAYL)
• Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM)
• 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...
  
   (BRC)
• Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
  Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
  The Belvidere and Delaware River Railway is class III railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1995 when the Conrail Delaware Secondary was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, which operates several railroad services in western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.The main service...
  
   (BDRV)
• Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
  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, Pennsylvania, a distance of 139 miles...
  
   (BLE)
• BG&CM Railroad (BGCM)
• Bi-State Development Agency Railroad (BSDA)
• Big 4 Terminal Railroad (BFRR)
• Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad (BDW)
• 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:...
  
   (BS)
• Black River and Western Corporation (BRW)
• Blacklands Railroad
  Blacklands Railroad
  The Blacklands Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The name comes from the "black gumbo" soil prevalent in the area....
  
   (BLR)
• Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
  Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
  Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad is a shortline railroad in Blackwell, Oklahoma. It is owned by the Blackwell Industrial Authority and Oklahoma Department of Transportation , and operated by US Rail Partners, Ltd.John Howell is president....
  
   (BNG)
• Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad
  Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad
  The Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad , headquartered in Gibson City, Illinois, is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois.-History:...
  
   (BLOL)
• BNSF Railway
  BNSF Railway
  The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
  
   (BNSF)
• Boise Valley Railroad
  Boise Valley Railroad
  The Boise Valley Railroad is a shortline railroad connecting Nampa, Idaho with the state capital Boise, Idaho-History:In late 2009 Boise Valley Railroad purchased the Union Pacific branch from Nampa, Idaho on the main Oregon Short Line to Boise,Idaho....
  
   (BVRR)
• Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
  Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
  The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad in Boone County, Iowa.-History:The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers primarily to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad. The original track was built in the 1890s and...
  
   (BSVY)
• Boot Hill and Western Railway
  Boot Hill and Western Railway
  The Boot Hill and Western Railway , is a railway between Dodge City and Wilroads in Kansas owned by the Boot Hill and Western Railway Company. It consists of a single track section, about 42 kilometers long. It mainly transported agricultural products and had two interchanges, one with the BNSF...
  
   (BHWY)
• Border Pacific Railroad
  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 at Mission, Texas....
  
   (BOP)
• Brandon Railroad (BRAN)
• 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...
  
   (BVRY)
• 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...
  
   (BRG)
• Buckingham Branch Railroad
  Buckingham Branch Railroad
  Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 200 miles of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia...
  
   (BB)
• Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
  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 and Wyoming Industries. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, connections are made to the city center via the...
  
   (BPRR)
• Buffalo Southern Railroad
  Buffalo Southern Railroad
  The Buffalo Southern Railroad is a class III railroad operating in western New York.The BSOR is locally owned and operates in the Buffalo area. It should not be confused with the South Buffalo Railway which is a separate railroad....
  
   (BSOR)
• Burlington Junction Railway
  Burlington Junction Railway
  The Burlington Junction Railway is a Class III short line railroad which was chartered in 1985. Originally operating on of former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line in Burlington, Iowa, it provides short freight hauling, switching operations, locomotive repair, and transloading...
  
   (BJRY)
• Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
  Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
  The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway is a short line railroad in the U.S. state of Montana which was founded in 1892. It was financed by the interests behind the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and operated primarily to carry copper ore from the mines at Butte, Montana to the smelters at...
  
   (RARW)
• C&NC Railroad
  C&NC Railroad
  The C&NC Railroad, also known as the Connersville and New Castle Railroad , is a Class III short-line railroad that connects the cities of Connersville and New Castle in eastern Indiana...
  
   (CNUR)
• C&S Railroad (CSKR)
• Caddo Valley Railroad
  Caddo Valley Railroad
  Caddo Valley Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Glenwood, Arkansas.CVYR operates a 52 mile line in Arkansas from Gurdon, Arkansas to Bird Mill, Arkansas....
  
   (CVYR)
• Caldwell County Railroad (CWCY)
• California Northern Railroad (CFNR)
• Camp Chase Industrial Railroad
  Camp Chase Industrial Railroad
  The Camp Chase Industrial Railroad is a short-line switching and terminal railroad in and near Columbus, Ohio, United States, running past the former Camp Chase. Owned by Carload Express, Inc., it acquired a former New York Central Railroad line between Columbus and Lilly Chapel from Conrail in 1994...
  
   (CCRA)
• Canadian National Railway
  Canadian National Railway
  The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
  
   (CN)
• Canadian Pacific Railway
  Canadian Pacific Railway
  The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
  
   (CP)
• Caney Fork and Western Railroad
  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, . Currently the railroad is a subsidiary of Ironhorse Resources....
  
   (CFWR)
• Cannon Valley Railroad (CVRC)
• Canton Railroad
  Canton Railroad
  The Canton Railroad is a Class III switching and terminal railroad, operating in eastern Baltimore City and Baltimore County. It serves the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore and local shipping companies, and connects with two Class I railroads: CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern...
  
   (CTN)
• Cape Fear Railways (CF)
• Cape May Seashore Lines
  Cape May Seashore Lines
  Cape May Seashore Lines is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey. It offers two excursion services; a 30-mile round trip between Richland and Tuckahoe, and a 14-mile round trip between Rio Grande, Cold Spring Village, and Cape May City. The track is owned by New Jersey Transit and leased to...
  
   (CMSL)
• Carolina Coastal Railway
  Carolina Coastal Railway
  Carolina Coastal Railway is a shortline railroad.CLNA operates of line from Pinetown to Belhaven, North Carolina. CLNA interchanges with Norfolk Southern at Pinetown....
  
   (CLNA)
• Carolina Piedmont Railroad (CPDR)
• Carolina Southern Railroad
  Carolina Southern Railroad
  Carolina Southern Railroad operates between Mullins, South Carolina and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina via Whiteville, North Carolina, with a branch extending into Chadbourn, North Carolina.-History:...
  
   (CALA)
• Carrizo Gorge Railway
  Carrizo Gorge Railway
  The Carrizo Gorge Railway is a freight operator on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway from Tijuana, Mexico to Plaster City, California , San Diego, California to La Mesa, California and San Diego, California to Santee, California...
  
   (CZRY)
• Carrollton Railroad (CARR)
• Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
  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...
  
   (CSCD)
• 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:...
  
   (CIC)
• Cedar River Railroad
  Cedar River Railroad
  The Cedar River Railroad is a shortline subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway that operates on former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad trackage. In 1991, the railroad was formed as a reorganization of the bankrupt Cedar Valley Railroad, which had begun operations in 1984...
  
   (CEDR)
• Central California Traction Company (CCT)
• Central Illinois Railroad
  Central Illinois Railroad
  The Central Illinois Railroad is a shortline railroad in Illinois. The switching and terminal railroad operates trackage near Peoria, Illinois...
  
   (CIRY)
• Central Indiana and Western Railroad
  Central Indiana and Western Railroad
  The Central Indiana and 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, terminating at Lapel near the western border of the county. ...
  
   (CEIW)
• Central Midland Railway
  Central Midland Railway
  The Central Midland Railway is a railroad in the U.S. state of Missouri, operating under lease the line of the Missouri Central Railroad , the former St. Louis Subdivision of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. The CMR only uses a small part of the line which used to stretch from St....
  
   (CMR)
• Central Montana Rail, Inc. (CM)
• Central New England Railroad
  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.The line currently operates two sections of track: The 8.7 mile former Griffin Secondary from Hartford Union Station northwest to industrial areas in Bloomfield,...
  
   (CNZR)
• Central New York Railroad
  Central New York Railroad
  The Central New York Railroad is a short line railroad operating local freight service along the ex-Erie Railroad Southern Tier Line in the U.S states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line begins at Port Jervis, following the West Branch Delaware River to Deposit and the Susquehanna River from...
  
   (CNYK)
• 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...
  
   (CORP)
• Central Railroad of Indiana
  Central Railroad of Indiana
  Central Railroad Company of Indiana is a Class III short-line railroad that operates of track in Southeastern Indiana and Southwestern Ohio....
  
   (CIND)
• Central Railroad of Indianapolis
  Central Railroad of Indianapolis
  Central Railroad of Indianapolis is a Class III short-line railroad that operates approximately miles of rail line in north central Indiana....
  
   (CERA)
• Central Washington Railroad (CWA)
• CG Railway
  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 the International Shipholding Corporation. The railroad operates an approximate train ferry between the Port of Mobile at Mobile,...
  
   (CGR)
• Charlotte Southern Railroad
  Charlotte Southern Railroad
  Charlotte Southern Rail Road is a short line railroad operating in Michigan. It connects Charlotte, Michigan with the CN rail system. It is a freight system, and carries mainly grain. It is operated by the Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company....
  
   (CHS)
• Chattahoochee Bay Railroad (CHAT)
• Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
  Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
  Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad is a class III railroad located in southern Georgia.It connects Cedar Springs, Hilton and Saffold over a 15 mile route, interconnecting with CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern....
  
   (CIRR)
• Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway
  Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway
  The Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway is a short-line railroad which is headquartered in LaFayette, Georgia. The railroad operated twenty-two miles of the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Kensington, Georgia, which went reverted to the Norfolk Southern System...
  
   (CCKY)
• Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad
  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 Albemarle Sound and on to Mackeys Ferry and Plymouth...
  
   (CA)
• Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad
  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 of English Lake and North Judson, and northeast through...
  
   (CKIN)
• Chestnut Ridge Railroad (CHR)
• Chicago–Chemung Railroad (CCUO)
• Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
  Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
  The Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad was a Class II railroad operating on the former Illinois Central Railroad mainline between Chicago, Illinois, Albert Lea, Minnesota, Omaha, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa. The railroad was formed as a spinoff from the IC, with operations beginning on...
  
   (CC)
• Chicago Port Railroad (CPC)
• Chicago Rail Link
  Chicago Rail Link
  The Chicago Rail Link is a shortline railroad in Illinois. It owns and operates more than 72 miles of track on the South Side of Chicago. It is owned by OmniTRAX.-External links:*...
  
   (CRL)
• 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...
  
   (CSS)
• Chicago Terminal Railroad
  Chicago Terminal Railroad
  The Chicago Terminal Railroad is a switching and terminal railroad operating over former Milwaukee Road/Canadian Pacific and Chicago and North Western/Union Pacific trackage in northern Illinois. The railroad began its operations on January 2, 2007...
  
   (CTM)
• Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad
  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 division of the Central Railroad of Indianapolis , under...
  
   (CFE)
• Cimarron Valley Railroad
  Cimarron Valley Railroad
  The Cimarron Valley Railroad was built circa 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 and Kansas. One line runs from Dodge City, KS...
  
   (CVR)
• City of Prineville Railway (COP)
• Claremont Concord Railroad (CCRR)
• Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP)
• Cleveland Commercial Railroad (CCRL)
• Cleveland Works Railway (CWRO)
• Clinton Terminal Railroad (CTR)
• 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...
  
   (CTRR)
• CMC Railroad (CMC)
• Coffeen and Western Railroad
  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.-External links:*...
  
   (CAEG)
• Colorado and Wyoming Railway
  Colorado and Wyoming Railway
  Originally founded in 1899, the Colorado and Wyoming Railway is a subsidiary of the Oregon Steel Mills. It hauls coal, ore and steel products on about five miles of track inside Oregon Steel's Rocky Mountain Steel Mills facility in Pueblo, Colorado, and connects to the Union Pacific Railroad and...
  
   (CW)
• 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...
  
   (CLC)
• Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW)
• Columbia Terminal Railroad (CT)
• Columbus and Greenville Railway
  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 Mississippi, to local interests...
  
   (CAGY)
• Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road (CUOH)
• Commonwealth Railway
  Commonwealth Railway
  The Commonwealth Railway, Inc. is a 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 of Suffolk. Commonwealth Railway is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc....
  
   (CWRY)
• Conecuh Valley Railroad
  Conecuh Valley Railroad
  The Conecuh Valley Railroad 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 Gulf and Ohio Railways....
  
   (COEH)
• Connecticut Southern Railroad
  Connecticut Southern Railroad
  The Connecticut Southern Railroad operates about of track in Connecticut and Massachusetts. It is a subsidiary of RailAmerica. The line is headquartered in East Hartford, CT and interchanges with CSX at West Springfield, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut.The railroad began operations in...
  
   (CSO)
• Coopersville and Marne Railway
  Coopersville and Marne Railway
  The Coopersville and Marne Railway is a tourist railroad in west Michigan. It connects with the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad. The volunteer organization owns the track, which runs from Walker, Michigan to Marne, Michiganin Kent and Ottawa counties....
  
   (CPMY)
• Copper Basin Railway (CBRY)
• 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...
  
   (CCPN)
• Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad
  Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad
  The Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad that operates between the cities of Marion and Herrin in the Southern Illinois region. It is most historically recognized by the FRA for being the last U.S...
  
   (COER)
• CSX Transportation
  CSX Transportation
  CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...
  
   (CSXT)
• D&I Railroad (DAIR)
• Dakota Northern Railroad
  Dakota Northern Railroad
  The Dakota Northern Railroad is a Class III short line railroad that operates over 72 miles of track in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Dakota....
  
   (DN)
• Dakota Southern Railway
  Dakota Southern Railway
  The Dakota Southern Railway is a railway that runs between Kadoka, South Dakota and Mitchell, South Dakota. It connects with the BNSF Railway in Mitchell.-History:...
  
   (DSRC)
• Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
  Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
  The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad is a Class II railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States...
  
   (DME)
• Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
  Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
  The Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad started operations in September 1990 operating over 360 miles of former Soo Line Railroad track in Montana and North Dakota. The railroad operates approximately 523 miles of track...
  
   (DMVW)
• Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad
  Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad
  The Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad is a railroad headquartered in Richardson, Texas.DGNO operates over rail lines totaling approximately , including industrial leads. The line extends from Trenton, Texas to Garland, Texas, then from Garland to Dallas via trackage rights over Kansas City...
  
   (DGNO)
• Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad
  Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad
  The Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Russellville, Arkansas.DR operates a 4.8 mile line in Arkansas from Russellville to a point beside the Arkansas River, across from Dardanelle, Arkansas. Current DR traffic generally consists of...
  
   (DR)
• De Queen and Eastern Railroad
  De Queen and Eastern Railroad
  The De Queen and Eastern Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in De Queen, Arkansas.QE operates of track in Arkansas on a line from De Queen, where it interchanges with both the Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad to Perkins, Arkansas, where...
  
   (DQE)
• Decatur Junction Railway
  Decatur Junction Railway
  - Decatur Junction Railway : The Decatur Junction Railway Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp.On September 23, 1993, the Decatur Junction Railway Co...
  
   (DT)
• Delaware Coast Line Railroad
  Delaware Coast Line Railroad
  The Delaware Coast Line Railroad is a short-line railroad located in Sussex County, Delaware. The company operates two lines on track owned by the State of Delaware: One running from Ellendale east to Milton and another running from Georgetown east to Lewes...
  
   (DCLR)
• Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad (DL)
• Delaware and Hudson Railway
  Delaware and Hudson Railway
  The Delaware and Hudson Railway is a railroad that operates in the northeastern United States. Since 1991 it has been a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, although CPR has assumed all operations and the D&H does not maintain any locomotives or rolling stock.It was formerly an important...
  
   (DH)
• Delray Connecting Railroad
  Delray Connecting Railroad
  Delray Connecting Railroad is a railroad operating on Zug Island in Michigan. The railroad interchanges with the Grand Trunk Western , Norfolk Southern , CSX and Conrail....
  
   (DC)
• Delta Southern Railroad
  Delta Southern Railroad
  The Delta Southern Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Tallulah, Louisiana.DSRR operates three disconnected lines, all of which interchange with Union Pacific:...
  
   (DSRR)
• Delta Valley and Southern Railway
  Delta Valley and Southern Railway
  The Delta Valley and Southern Railway is a short-line railroad headquartered in Wilson, Arkansas.DVS operates a two mile line in Arkansas near Wilson with one switch engine....
  
   (DVS)
• Denver Rock Island Railroad
  Denver Rock Island Railroad
  The Denver Rock Island Railroad , formerly known as the Denver Terminal Railroad, is a Class III terminal railroad in Commerce City, Colorado. The DRIR works around Denver's stock yards and many industries in that area. The DRIR has two SW1500 locomotives, two NW2 locomotives, one SW1 locomotive...
  
   (DRIR)
• Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad
  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 . The DLWR is composed of two operations, one located between Depew, New York and Lancaster, New York and the other in Batavia, New York...
  
   (DLWR)
• Detroit Connecting Railroad
  Detroit Connecting Railroad
  The Detroit Connecting Railroad Company is a Class III shortline railroad owned by the Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company. Its freight operations began in December 1998 with of track.-Company information:*Parent: Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Company...
  
   (DCON)
• Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railway (DKS)
• Dubois County Railroad
  Dubois County Railroad
  The Dubois County Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad serving Dubois County in southern Indiana, United States, and is a for-profit subsidiary of the Indiana Railway Museum....
  
   (DCRR)
• Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
  Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
  The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway is a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that hauls iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota...
  
   (DMIR)
• Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
  Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
  The Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway is a subsidiary railroad of Canadian National Railway operating in northern Minnesota, United States. A CN system-wide rebranding beginning in 1995 has seen the DWP logo and name largely replaced by its parent company...
  
   (DWP)
• Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
  Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
  The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad , as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia.-Trains:The DGVR...
  
   (DGVR)
• East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad (EBSR)
• 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...
  
   (EACH)
• East Chattanooga Belt Railway (ECTB)
• East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad (ECBR)
• East Erie Commercial Railroad (EEC)
• East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company (EJR)
• East Penn Railroad
  East Penn Railroad
  The 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...
  
   (ESPN)
• East Tennessee Railway
  East Tennessee Railway
  The East Tennessee Railway is a short line railroad linking Elizabethton, Tennessee to CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway in Johnson City, Tennessee, away. Since 1996, the railroad has been owned by Genesee and Wyoming, an international operator of short line railroads, as part...
  
   (ETRY)
• East Troy Electric Railroad
  East Troy Electric Railroad
  The East Troy Electric Railroad is a heritage railroad operating passenger excursions on a 7-mile stretch of track from East Troy, Wisconsin to Mukwonago, Wisconsin.- History :...
  
   (METW)
• Eastern Alabama Railway
  Eastern Alabama Railway
  The Eastern Alabama Railway is one of many short line railroad companies owned by RailAmerica. On November 26, 1990, the line was sold by CSX to the Eastern Alabama Railway, a subsidiary of Kyle Railways...
  
   (EARY)
• Eastern Idaho Railroad
  Eastern Idaho Railroad
  The Eastern Idaho Railroad started running on November 21, 1993, as a collection of two disconnected clusters of former Union Pacific branches. EIRR is owned by Watco, Inc , of Pittsburg, Kansas, a short line operator...
  
   (EIRR)
• Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)
• Eastern Maine Railway (EMRY)
• Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad (EWG)
• Effingham Railroad (EFRR)
• El Dorado and Wesson Railway
  El Dorado and Wesson Railway
  The El Dorado and Wesson Railway is a short-line railroad headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas.EDW operates a 5.5 mile line in Arkansas from El Dorado to Newell, Arkansas....
  
   (EDW)
• 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...
  
   (EJE)
• Elk River Railroad
  Elk River Railroad
  The Elk River Railroad runs for 61 miles between Gilmer and Hartland, West Virginia and has existed since July 1989 although it was originally built in the late 1900s and was once part of the Coal and Coke Railway that ran from Charleston to Elkins. Operations ended indefinitely in 1999, though...
  
   (ELKR)
• Elkhart and Western Railroad
  Elkhart and Western Railroad
  The Elkhart and Western Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating in and around the city of Elkhart in Elkhart County, Indiana, and is a subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp....
  
   (EWR)
• Ellis and Eastern Company (EE)
• 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....
  
   (ELS)
• Evansville Western Railway
  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 Four Rivers Transportation Inc.- Overview :...
  
   (EVWR)
• Everett Railroad
  Everett Railroad
  The Everett Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates 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 Sproul, and the other, owned by the Morrison's Cove Railroad, from...
  
   (EV)
• Falls Road Railroad
  Falls Road Railroad
  The Falls Road Railroad is a Class III short line railroad owned by Genesee Valley Transportation. The railroad operates in Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties in New York. The railroad's right-of-way consists of of track, known as the Falls Road Branch, that were acquired from Conrail on...
  
   (FRR)
• 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...
  
   (FMRC)
• 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....
  
   (FGLK)
• First Coast Railroad
  First Coast Railroad
  The First Coast Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Florida and Georgia, owned by Rail Link Inc..The FCRD was founded in April 2005 to lease 32 miles of a former Seaboard Air Line Railroad from CSX...
  
   (FCRD)
• Flats Industrial Railroad
  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 :...
  
   (FIR)
• Florida Central Railroad
  Florida Central Railroad (current)
  The Florida Central Railroad is one of several short line railroads run by the Pinsly Railroad Company. Its only interchange point is with CSX in downtown Orlando, Florida; it has trackage rights from there south to Taft Yard...
  
   (FCEN)
• Florida East Coast Railway
  Florida East Coast Railway
  The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad.Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a project of Standard Oil principal Henry Morrison...
  
   (FEC)
• Florida Midland Railroad
  Florida Midland Railroad (current)
  The Florida Midland Railroad is one of several short line railroads run by the Pinsly Railroad Company. It has connections to CSX at Wildwood, Florida, Winter Haven, Florida and West Lake Wales, Florida....
  
   (FMID)
• Florida Northern Railroad
  Florida Northern Railroad (current)
  The Florida Northern Railroad is one of several short line railroads run by the Pinsly Railroad Company. It has connections to CSX at Ocala, Florida, running north to Lowell, Florida and south to Candler, Florida...
  
   (FNOR)
• Florida West Coast Railroad
  Florida West Coast Railroad
  The Florida West Coast Railroad is a 13-mile railroad owned by CSF Acquisition, Inc., which acquired it from CSX on December 13, 1987 as its first acquisition. It runs west from a CSX line at Newberry to Trenton....
  
   (FWCR)
• Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
  Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
  The Fordyce and Princeton Railroad Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in Crossett, Arkansas.F&P operates of line from Fordyce, Arkansas , to an interchange with Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad at Crossett.F&P traffic generally consists of lumber and paper products.F&P...
  
   (FP)
• Fore River Transportation Corporation (FRVT)
• Fort Smith Railroad
  Fort Smith Railroad
  The Fort Smith Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas.FSR operates an 18 mile line in Arkansas from Fort Smith to Fort Chaffee.FSR traffic generally consists of grain, food products, paper products, scrap and finished...
  
   (FSR)
• Fort Worth and Dallas Belt Railroad (FWDB)
• Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad (FWDR)
• Fort Worth and Western Railroad
  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:...
  
   (FWWR)
• Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR)
• Fremont Northwestern Railroad (FNW)
• Fulton County Railroad
  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 provides service to only one customer, Wilson Fertilizer and Grain in Rochester, and operates...
  
   (FC)
• Fulton County Railway
  Fulton County Railway
  The Fulton County Railway began operations in 2004, operating on about 55 miles of track owned by CSX Transportation in Georgia. It is owned by OmniTRAX....
  
   (FCR)
• Galveston Railroad
  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)
• Garden City Western Railway
  Garden City Western Railway
  The Garden City Western Railway is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Kansas. GCW was organized in 1916, first owned by The Garden City Sugar and Land Company and then owned by the Garden City Coop, Inc. The GCW is located in southwest Kansas and totals of operating railroad and...
  
   (GCW)
• Gary Railway
  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...
  
   (GRW)
• Gateway Eastern Railway
  Gateway Eastern Railway
  The Gateway Eastern Railway is a railroad subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway , owning a main line between East Alton and East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Originally created in 1994 as a subsidiary of the Gateway Western Railway, which acquired the East St...
  
   (GWWE)
• Georges Creek Railway
  Georges Creek Railway
  The Georges Creek Railway is a shortline railroad in Western Maryland. Headquartered in Luke, the line rosters seven locomotives, including six historic Western Maryland Railway units , and a former Pennsylvania Railroad T-6 switcher.Operating since December 2007 on former CSX Transportation...
  
   (GCK)
• 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...
  
   (GRR)
• Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR)
• Georgia Central Railway
  Georgia Central Railway
  The Georgia Central Railway operates about of track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, switching Interstate Paper LLC. It connects with CSX Transportation and the...
  
   (GC)
• Georgia Midland Railroad
  Georgia Midland Railroad
  The Georgia Midland Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates several lines in Georgia acquired from the former Ogeechee Railway. The railroad is controlled by the Atlantic Western Transportation Company. The lines were acquired from Ogeechee in a sublease transaction on February 19, 2004,...
  
   (GMR)
• Georgia Northeastern Railroad
  Georgia Northeastern Railroad
  The Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a short line freight railroad which runs from the town of Elizabeth, Georgia to the city of Blue Ridge, Georgia. Goods hauled are mostly timber, grain, poultry, and marble products. The GNRR's subsidiary, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, also operates on this...
  
   (GNRR)
• Georgia Southwestern Railroad
  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...
  
   (GSWR)
• Georgia Woodlands Railroad
  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....
  
   (GWRC)
• Gettysburg and Northern Railroad (GET)
• Gloster Southern Railroad
  Gloster Southern Railroad
  The Gloster Southern Railroad is a United States shortline railroad that operates in Mississippi and Louisiana. The GLSR began operation in 1986 and provides freight service from Gloster, Mississippi, to the Illinois Central Railroad interchange at Slaughter, Louisiana.The line was owned by...
  
   (GLSR)
• GNP Railway (GNPR)
• 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....
  
   (GITM)
• Golden Triangle Railroad
  Golden Triangle Railroad
  The Golden Triangle Railroad is a railway in central Mississippi, totalling in length. The GTRA interchanges with the Kansas City Southern Railway at Columbus, Mississippi, and with Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Norfolk Southern via trackage rights over the KCS.The GTRA serves a Weyerhaeuser...
  
   (GTRA)
• Grafton and Upton Railroad
  Grafton and Upton Railroad
  The Grafton and Upton Railroad is a Class III short line railroad in east-central Massachusetts. This 16.5 mile line connects runs from Grafton to Milford and connects to CSX Transportation lines at both ends...
  
   (GU)
• Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC)
• Grand Elk Railroad
  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 several short-line railroads owned by Watco Companies of Pittsburg, Kansas....
  
   (GDLK)
• Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
  Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
  The Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad is a railroad in western Michigan that runs east-west through Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Its of trackage ends at the Saint Mary's Siding, where it meets the Coopersville and Marne Railway. It interchanges with CSX Transportation at Grand Rapids and...
  
   (GR)
• Grand Trunk Western Railroad
  Grand Trunk Western Railroad
  The Grand Trunk Western Railroad is an important subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway , constituting the majority of CN's Chicago Division ....
  
   (GTW)
• Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC)
• Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW)
• Great River Railroad
  Great River Railroad
  The Great River Railroad is a 30 mile long shortline railroad that runs from Rosedale to a connection with the Columbus and Greenville Railway in Greenville, Mississippi....
  
   (GTR)
• 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....
  
   (GSM)
• Great Walton Railroad
  Great Walton Railroad
  The Great Walton Railroad is a class III railroad that operates of track in Georgia. In addition to its own line between Monroe and Social Circle, Georgia, the railroad operates the Athens Line, LLC and the Hartwell Railroad....
  
   (GRWR)
• 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...
  
   (GWR)
• Green Mountain Railroad
  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 Hampshire and Rutland, Vermont. Corporate colors are green...
  
   (GMRC)
• Greenville and Western Railway
  Greenville and Western Railway
  The Greenville and Western Railway is a Class III railroad that operates from a point south of Belton to Pelzer, South Carolina. Connections are made with Pickens Railway at Belton and CSX at Pelzer...
  
   (GRLW)
• Grenada Railway (GRYR)
• Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway (GCSR)
• Hainesport Industrial Railroad (HIRR)
• Hampton and Branchville Railroad
  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 was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly...
  
   (HB)
• Heart of Georgia Railroad
  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. The railroad has since expanded to include more than of track, reaching as far as Midville, Georgia...
  
   (HOG)
• Heritage Railroad (HR)
• High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
  High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
  The High Point, Thomasville, and Denton Railroad is a 20-mile short-line railroad jointly owned by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway . It was a subsidiary of Winston-Salem Southbound Railway...
  
   (HPTD)
• Hollis and Eastern Railroad
  Hollis and Eastern Railroad
  Hollis and Eastern Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The railroad's tracks connect Duke to connections with the BNSF Railway, Farmrail and Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway at Altus, Oklahoma.-History:...
  
   (HE)
• Hondo Railway
  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, and carries ethanol, food, agricultural products and...
  
   (HRR)
• Honey Creek Railroad
  Honey Creek Railroad
  Honey Creek Railroad is a short-line railroad in Rush County, Indiana. The line begins at its interchange with CSX on the west side of Rushville and stretches north approximately six miles, ending at the town of Sexton. Honey Creek's operations began October 1, 1993 and consist almost...
  
   (HCRR)
• Hoosier Southern Railroad
  Hoosier Southern Railroad
  The Hoosier Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad owned and operated by the Perry County Port Authority of Perry County, Indiana.-History:...
  
   (HOS)
• Housatonic Railroad
  Housatonic Railroad
  The Housatonic Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and has since expanded north and south, as well as west into New York State.The...
  
   (HRRC)
• Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
  Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
  The Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority was created in 1984 to operate on 14 miles of track that was abandoned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad....
  
   (HMCR)
• 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....
  
   (HESR)
• Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company (ISRC)
• 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...
  
   (INPR)
• Illinois and Midland Railroad (IMRR)
• Illinois Central Railroad
  Illinois Central Railroad
  The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa...
  
   (IC)
• Illinois Railway (IR)
• Illinois Western Railroad (ILW)
• Indian Creek Railroad
  Indian Creek Railroad
  The Indian Creek Railroad is a short-line railroad in Madison County, Indiana, United States. The line is owned by Rydman & Fox, an agricultural products and services company, and connects their property at with the Norfolk Southern Railway's Marion Branch in northern Anderson, carrying outbound...
  
   (ICRK)
• 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...
  
   (IORY)
• Indiana Eastern Railroad
  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...
  
   (IERR)
• Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
  The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is a Class III railroad in the United States. The line comprises of track—30 miles of single mainline track, of double-main track and of additional yard and side track—starting northwest of Chicago in Franklin Park, Illinois, traveling southeast...
  
   (IHB)
• 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...
  
   (IN)
• Indiana Rail Road
  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 155 miles...
  
   (INRD)
• Indiana Southern Railroad
  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, and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000....
  
   (ISRR)
• Indiana Southwestern Railway
  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 operates on 23 miles of track from Evansville, Indiana, northward to Cynthiana, Indiana....
  
   (ISW)
• 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:...
  
   (IAIS)
• Iowa Northern Railway
  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 the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad...
  
   (IANR)
• Iowa Northwestern Railroad (IANW)
• Iowa River Railroad
  Iowa River Railroad
  The Iowa River Railroad operates freight service from Marshalltown, Iowa to Ackley, Iowa, for a distance of 41.89 miles. Traffic includes plastics, fertilizers and grain products.- History :...
  
   (IARR)
• Iowa Traction Railroad
  Iowa Traction Railroad
  The Iowa Traction Railroad is an electrically operated common carrier railroad running between Mason City and Clear Lake, Iowa, Iowa. It can trace its roots back to the Mason City and Clear Lake Railway which was founded in 1896. The shops were situated in Emery, the midpoint between the two...
  
   (IATR)
• Jefferson Warrior Railroad
  Jefferson Warrior Railroad
  The Jefferson Warrior Railroad was a terminal railroad as reported by the AAR. The JEFW began in 1895 as the Marylee Railroad took its current name in 1985. It operated about of railroad in and around Birmingham, Alabama. The railroad was taken over by Watco Companies and renamed the Alabama...
  
   (JEFW)
• Juniata Valley Railroad
  Juniata Valley Railroad
  The Juniata Valley Railroad is a short line that operates 11 miles of track in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System....
  
   (JVRR)
• Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad
  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:...
  
   (KBSR)
• 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....
  
   (KO)
• Kansas City Southern Railway
  Kansas City Southern Railway
  The Kansas City Southern Railway , owned by Kansas City Southern Industries, is the smallest and second-oldest Class I railroad company still in operation. KCS was founded in 1887 and is currently operating in a region consisting of ten central U.S. states...
  
   (KCS)
• Kasgro Rail Lines (KRL)
• Kaw River Railroad (KAW)
• Kendallville Terminal Railway (KTR)
• Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (KT)
• Keokuk Junction Railway
  Keokuk Junction Railway
  The Keokuk Junction Railway Company , is a Class III railroad terminal railroad in the US states of Illinois and Iowa.KJRY started service as a terminal railroad operating over tracks built in 1857 as part of the Keokuk & Des Moines Valley Railroad...
  
   (KJRY)
• Kettle Falls International Railway
  Kettle Falls International Railway
  The Kettle Falls International Railway is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It operates approximately of track that was formerly owned by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. It is owned by OmniTRAX.- Route :The railroad...
  
   (KFR)
• 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....
  
   (KRR)
• Kiski Junction Railroad
  Kiski Junction Railroad
  The Kiski Junction Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates in Western Pennsylvania near the city of Pittsburgh. The railroad is based in the small community of Schenley which is situated at the point where the Kiskiminetas River flows into the Allegheny River...
  
   (KJR)
• Klamath Northern Railway (KNOR)
• Knoxville and Holston River Railroad
  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 & Ohio Railways, the Three Rivers Rambler....
  
   (KXHR)
• Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway
  Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway
  The Kosciusko Railway was formed to operate the former Aberdeen District of the Illinois Central Railroad between Aberdeen Junction and Munsons Crossing, Mississippi...
  
   (KSRY)
• KWT Railway (KWT)
• 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...
  
   (KYLE)
• Lake County Railroad
  Lake County Railroad
  The Lake County Railroad , based in Lakeview, Oregon, United States, is owned by the Lake County government and operated by the Modoc Northern Railroad. It runs south from Lakeview to Alturas, California, and then back every Thursday...
  
   (LCR)
• Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad (LMIC)
• 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....
  
   (LSRC)
• 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...
  
   (LSI)
• Lake Terminal Railroad (LT)
• Lancaster and Chester Railway
  Lancaster and Chester Railway
  The Lancaster and Chester Railway is a railway headquartered in Lancaster, South Carolina, in the United States. The original route connects Lancaster, in Lancaster County, with Chester in Chester County...
  
   (LC)
• Landisville Terminal and Transfer Company (LNVT)
• Lapeer Industrial Railroad
  Lapeer Industrial Railroad
  The Lapeer Industrial Railroad is a short switching operation in Lapeer, Michigan, operating 1.34 miles of track....
  
   (LIRR)
• Laurinburg and Southern Railroad
  Laurinburg and Southern Railroad
  The Laurinburg and Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad operating in North Carolina. The railroad has of track that runs south from Raeford to Laurinburg, North Carolina. In the past the Laurinburg and Southern controlled a number of other small railroads in North Carolina and Virginia...
  
   (LRS)
• Lehigh Railway (LRWY)
• Lehigh Valley Rail Management – Bethlehem Division (LVRB)
• Lehigh Valley Rail Management – Johnstown Division (LVRJ)
• Little Rock and Western Railway
  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)
• Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA)
• Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad
  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...
  
   (LAL)
• Logansport and Eel River Short-Line Company (LER)
• Los Angeles Junction Railway
  Los Angeles Junction Railway
  The Los Angeles Junction Railway is a switching railroad operating in the Los Angeles area. It provides switching services on 64 miles of track, primarily in the industrial areas in and around Vernon, CA. LAJ is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and its predecessor, the Santa Fe...
  
   (LAJ)
• 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...
  
   (LDRR)
• Louisiana and North West Railroad
  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 , to Gibsland, Louisiana...
  
   (LNW)
• Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS)
• Louisville and Indiana Railroad
  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....
  
   (LIRC)
• Louisville and Wadley Railway (LW)
• Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad
  Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad
  The Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad was a short line railway that operated for over 100 years in Harrison County, Indiana between Corydon Junction and Corydon, a distance of 7.7 miles . It was sold to its main customer, Lucas Oil Products, on May 25, 2006...
  
   (LNAL)
• Lowville and Beaver River Railroad
  Lowville and Beaver River Railroad
  The Lowville and Beaver River Railroad is a short-line railroad owned by Genesee Valley Transportation of Batavia, New York. The Lowville & Beaver River runs from an interchange, with GVT subsidiary Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad to Croghan, New York.-History:The Lowville &...
  
   (LBR)
• Luxapalila Valley Railroad
  Luxapalila Valley Railroad
  Luxapalila Valley Railroad operates of track between Columbus, Mississippi, and Belk, Alabama.LXVR was incorporated in 1996, and was previously a subsidiary of CAGY Industries which owned several railroads in the Southeastern United States. In 2008, CAGY was purchased by Genesee & Wyoming Inc.,...
  
   (LXVR)
• Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway (LS)
• Lycoming Valley Railroad
  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....
  
   (LVRR)
• M&B Railroad (MNBR)
• Madison Railroad
  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 northwest through Jefferson County, then crosses...
  
   (CMPA)
• Mahoning Valley Railway
  Mahoning Valley Railway
  Mahoning Valley Railway is a short-line railroad in Mahoning County, Ohio, USA, owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It has an interchange with Norfolk Southern Railway at its east end. The west end is Youngstown Belt Railroad which is also owned by Genesee & Wyoming. This services Youngstown, Ohio area...
  
   (MVRY)
• Maine Eastern Railroad
  Maine Eastern Railroad
  Maine Eastern Railroad is a railroad that operates in coastal Maine between Brunswick and Rockland on the state-owned Rockland Branch rail line...
  
   (MERR)
• Manufacturers' Junction Railway (MJ)
• Manufacturers Railway (MRS)
• Marquette Rail, LLC (MQT)
• 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...
  
   (MDDE)
• Maryland Midland Railway
  Maryland Midland Railway
  The Maryland Midland Railway is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 63 miles of track in central Maryland. It was originally headquartered in the former Western Maryland Railway station in Union Bridge, Maryland, however it is now located in a new facility across the street from the...
  
   (MMID)
• Massachusetts Central Railroad
  Massachusetts Central Railroad
  The Massachusetts Central Railroad is a short line railroad in western Massachusetts, USA. It was established in 1979 to provide railroad transportation services between Palmer and South Barre on the old Right of Way of the Ware River Railroad....
  
   (MCER)
• Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
  Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
  The Massachusetts Coastal Railroad is the successor operator of portions of Bay Colony Railroad.-History:On December 31, 2007 the contract to operate the freight railroad lines owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts administered by the Executive Office of Transportation expired. These...
  
   (MC)
• Massena Terminal Railroad (MSTR)
• Maumee and Western Railroad
  Maumee and Western Railroad
  Maumee and Western Railroad is a railroad company in the United States which operates between Woodburn, Indiana and Liberty Center, Ohio. The railroad originally went to Toledo. Now half of the line is a walking trail....
  
   (MAW)
• McCloud Railway
  McCloud Railway
  The McCloud Railway is a class III railroad operated around Mount Shasta, California. It began operations on July 1, 1992 when it took over operations from the McCloud River Railroad...
  
   (MCR)
• McKeesport Connecting Railroad (MKC)
• Meeker Southern Railroad
  Meeker Southern Railroad
  The Meeker Southern Railroad is a shortline railroad owned by the Ballard Terminal Railroad that travels from Puyallup to McMillin, Washington, United States. Approximately five miles long, the Meeker Southern runs on former NP/BNSF tracks.-References:...
  
   (MSN)
• Meridian Southern Railway
  Meridian Southern Railway
  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 connection to the Kansas City Southern Railway at Meridian...
  
   (MDS)
• MG Rail, Inc. (MGRI)
• Michigan Air-Line Railway
  Michigan Air-Line Railway
  The Michigan Air–Line Railway is a shortline railroad in Oakland County, Michigan.It runs from West Bloomfield, Michigan to Wixom, Michigan, where it connects to CSX. The headquarters and station are in Walled Lake, Michigan. It is owned by Railmark Holdings, Inc...
  
   (MAL)
• 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....
  
   (MS)
• Michigan Southern Railroad
  Michigan Southern Railroad (1989)
  The Michigan Southern Railroad , owned by Pioneer Railcorp, operates a portion of the former Michigan Southern Railroad between White Pigeon and Sturgis, Michigan, United States. At White Pigeon, it connects with the Grand Elk....
  
   (MSO)
• Mid-Michigan Railroad
  Mid-Michigan Railroad
  The Mid-Michigan Railroad is a railroad owned by RailAmerica, having been acquired in 2000. It operates of track in Michigan.-History:The company incorporated in 1987, for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at inception by RailTex, a Texas-based...
  
   (MMRR)
• Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
  Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
  The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad is a shortline railroad which operates freight and passenger excursion trains in Middletown, Pennsylvania to Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, just outside of Hershey and Harrisburg.-Passenger excursion trains:...
  
   (MIDH)
• Middletown and New Jersey Railroad (MNJ)
• Minnesota Commercial Railway
  Minnesota Commercial Railway
  The Minnesota Commercial Railway is a short line railroad in the United States.This railroad operates out of the St. Paul area with service to Minneapolis, Bayport, Hugo, Fridley and New Brighton. It is considered a terminal and switching line. It is based out of a roundhouse on Cleveland Ave. in...
  
   (MNNR)
• Minnesota Northern Railroad
  Minnesota Northern Railroad
  The Minnesota Northern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates over of track in northwestern Minnesota. The railroad is co-owned by KBN Incorporated and Independent Locomotive Service and is headquartered in Crookston, Minnesota....
  
   (MNN)
• Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (MPLI)
• Minnesota Southern Railway
  Minnesota Southern Railway
  The Minnesota Southern Railway is a shortline railroad in the United States.-History as Chicago and North Western Railway:The dominant railroad in southern Minnesota was the Chicago and North Western, and by 1875 had all of its mainlines complete in Minnesota. For the next 35 years, it would...
  
   (MSWY)
• Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW)
• Mission Mountain Railroad (MMT)
• Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad
  Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad
  The Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad was incorporated on June 1st, 1925 and extends 21 miles from a connection with the Grenada Railway at Bruce Junction in Coffeeville, MS to serve a hardwood mill in Bruce, MS....
  
   (MSV)
• Mississippi Central Railroad
  Mississippi Central Railroad
  Mississippi Central Railroad may refer to:*Mississippi Central Railroad , a line from Oxford, Mississippi to Grand Junction, Tennessee owned by Pioneer Railcorp...
  
   (MSCI)
• Mississippi Delta Railroad
  Mississippi Delta Railroad
  The Mississippi Delta Railroad is a shortline railroad company operating from Swan Lake to Jonestown, Mississippi, a distance of ; the railroad interchanges with the Illinois Central at Swan Lake. Currently the railroad is owned by Coahoma County and was a former subsidiary of Gulf and Ohio...
  
   (MD)
• Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE)
• Mississippi Southern Railroad (MSR)
• Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
  Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
  The Mississippi Tennessee Railroad is a 27 mile long shortline railroad that runs from New Albany to Falkner, MS, and previously extended from Houston, Mississippi to Middleton, Tennessee along former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio trackage....
  
   (MTNR)
• Mississippian Railway Cooperative (MSRW)
• 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...
  
   (MNA)
• Missouri and Valley Park Railroad (MVP)
• Missouri North Central Railroad (MNC)
• Modesto and Empire Traction Company (MET)
• Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MHWA)
• Montana Rail Link (MRL)
• Montgomery Short Line LLC (MSL)
• Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
  Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
  The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway is a Class II freight railroad operating in the U.S. states of Maine and Vermont and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. Its Canadian subsidiary is the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Canada Company. The entire system is owned by Rail World,...
  
   (MMA)
• Morehead and South Fork Railroad
  Morehead and South Fork Railroad
  The Morehead and South Fork Railroad is a terminal switching railroad serving the port facilities of Morehead City, North Carolina and Radio Island with of track...
  
   (MHSF)
• 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...
  
   (ME)
• Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad
  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....
  
   (MCSA)
• Mount Hood Railroad
  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....
  
   (MH)
• Mount Vernon Terminal Railway
  Mount Vernon Terminal Railway
  The Mount Vernon Terminal Railway is a terminal railroad located in Mt. Vernon, Washington. The MVT runs on the former Pacific Northwest Traction Company interurban tracks and interchanges with the BNSF Railway's Seattle-Vancouver mainline....
  
   (MVT)
• Napa Valley Railroad (NVRR)
• Nash County Railroad
  Nash County Railroad
  The Nash County Railroad is the operator of the Rocky Mount & Western railroad, connecting with CSX Transportation at Rocky Mount and running to Nashville, North Carolina...
  
   (NCYR)
• Nashville and Eastern Railroad
  Nashville and Eastern Railroad
  The Nashville and Eastern Railroad is a short line railroad which administers 137 miles of track between Nashville, Tennessee and Monterey, Tennessee, of which 130 miles are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee....
  
   (NERR)
• Nashville and Western Railroad (NWR)
• Natchez Railway (NTZR)
• Naugatuck Railroad
  Naugatuck Railroad
  The Naugatuck Railroad was a railroad that ran through south central Connecticut from 1849 to 1887. In the latter year the line was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and was wholly owned by the New Haven by 1906. At its greatest extent the Naugatuck ran from Bridgeport north...
  
   (NAUG)
• NC Railroad (NCRL)
• NDC Railroad (NDCR)
• Nebkota Railway
  Nebkota Railway
  The Nebkota Railway is a Class III railroad that began operations in 1994 with of former Chicago and North Western Railway Cowboy Line track between Merriman and Chadron, Nebraska. Due to a loss of grain shipments from Gordon, Nebraska in 2006 the railroad abandoned the eastern of its line...
  
   (NRI)
• Nebraska Central Railroad (NCRC)
• Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (NKCR)
• 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...
  
   (NENE)
• New Castle Industrial Railroad (NCIR)
• 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:...
  
   (NECR)
• New England Southern Railroad
  New England Southern Railroad
  The New England Southern Railroad is a railroad that operates out of Concord, New Hampshire, and serves industries in Concord and central New Hampshire.-Operations:...
  
   (NEGS)
• New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR)
• New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation
  New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation
  The New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation operates part of the former Boston and Maine Corporation's Conway Branch between Rollinsford and Ossipee, New Hampshire. The railroad's primary traffic is quarried sand...
  
   (NHN)
• New Hope and Ivyland Railroad
  New Hope and Ivyland Railroad
  The New Hope and Ivyland Railroad is a shortline railroad in Pennsylvania. It also operates a heritage railroad, offering passenger excursions....
  
   (NHRR)
• New Jersey Rail Carriers, LLC (NJRC)
• New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway
  New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway
  The New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway is a small railroad that operates around New Orleans. It operates about 32 miles of track on the "Westbank" of New Orleans, running from Westwego, LA to Algiers , and then down river from Algiers to just below Belle Chasse, LA. It is a subsidiary of the Rio...
  
   (NOGC)
• 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....
  
   (NOPB)
• 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...
  
   (NYA)
• New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
  New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1996)
  The New York and Greenwood Lake Railway is a shortline railroad owned by Jim Wilson and based in Passaic, New Jersey. It operates primarily to service transfer station facilities for a few private companies, with a trans-load facility at its yard in Passaic...
  
   (NYGL)
• New York and Lake Erie Railroad
  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 Valley, New York with a branch between Dayton, New York...
  
   (NYLE)
• New York and Ogdensburg Railway
  New York and Ogdensburg Railway
  The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority owns two segments of shortline railroad that are operated by a private contractor d/b/a the New York and Ogdensburg Railway...
  
   (NYOG)
• New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ)
• New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
  New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
  The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway , also known as the Susie-Q, or simply the Susquehanna, is a Class II American freight railway operating over 500 miles of track in the northeastern states of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It was formed in 1881 from the merger of several...
  
   (NYSW)
• Newburgh and South Shore Railroad
  Newburgh and South Shore Railroad
  The Newburg & South Shore Railroad is a railroad that operates in Cleveland, Ohio. The line operates on 13 miles of railroad track. It was originally built to service U.S. Steel mills in Cleveland. The line is owned by Omnitrax....
  
   (NSR)
• Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad
  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....
  
   (NBER)
• Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPB)
• Norfolk Southern Railway
  Norfolk Southern Railway
  The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada...
  
   (NS) and subsidiaries: Alabama Great Southern Railroad
  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 , running southwest from Chattanooga to New Orleans through Birmingham and Meridian...
  
   (AGS), Camp Lejeune Railroad, Central of Georgia Railroad
  Central of Georgia Railroad
  The Central of Georgia Railway started as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company in 1833. As a way to better attract investment capital, the railroad changed its name to Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. This railroad was constructed to join the Macon and Western Railroad at...
  
   (CG), Chesapeake Western Railway
  Chesapeake Western Railway
  The Chesapeake Western Railway is an intrastate railroad operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway in west-central Virginia. It extended from Elkton on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River in Rockingham County to Stokesville in Augusta Country at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains. ...
  
   (CHW), Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
  Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
  The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway is a railroad that runs from Cincinnati, Ohio, south to Chattanooga, Tennessee, forming part of the Norfolk Southern Railway system. The rail line that it operates, the Cincinnati Southern Railway, is owned by the City of Cincinnati and is...
  
   (CNTP), Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
  Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
  Also known as the Suwanee River Route from its crossing of the Suwanee River, the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, GA in 1889, extending to Palatka, FL in 1890...
  
   (GSF), Interstate Railroad
  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, with many branches to the north into the mountains...
  
   (INT), State University Railroad, Tennessee Railway (TENN), Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway
  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 known as the TAG Route. The TAG ran from Chattanooga,...
  
   (TAG)
• North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
  North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
  The North Carolina and Virginia Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates of track.The NCVA began operations in 1987 on a former Seaboard Coast Line Railroad from Boykins, Virginia, to Tunis in Cofield, North Carolina. The headquarters are in Ahoskie, North Carolina...
  
   (NCVA)
• North Shore Railroad (NSHR)
• Northern Lines Railway
  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 former Burlington Northern Santa Fe trackage in the St. Cloud area. Interchange is made with BNSF in east St. Cloud.The railroad operates...
  
   (NLR)
• Northern Ohio and Western Railway
  Northern Ohio and Western Railway
  Northern Ohio and Western Railway is a railine owned by OmniTRAX located in Northwest Ohio. It is based in Tiffin, Ohio and operates between Tiffin and Woodville....
  
   (NOW)
• 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...
  
   (NPR)
• Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
  Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
  The Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Woodward, Oklahoma.It provides switching services for industrial customers and interchanges with the BNSF Railway in Woodward.- External links :*...
  
   (NOKL)
• Oakdale Traction Corporation (OTCR)
• Oakland Terminal Railway
  Oakland Terminal Railway
  The Oakland Terminal Railway is a terminal railroad in West Oakland, California. The OTR was jointly acquired in 1943 by the Western Pacific Railroad and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to take over the Key System's freight railroad known as the Oakland Terminal Railroad. Today, the OTR...
  
   (OTR)
• Ohi-Rail Corporation
  Ohi-Rail Corporation
  The Ohi-Rail Corporation is a railroad company that operates out of Youngstown area. The line begins in Minerva and ends in Hopedale. There are two branches on the line. The interchanges with Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. The...
  
   (OHIC)
• Ohio Central Railroad
  Ohio Central Railroad (1988)
  The Ohio Central Railroad is a part of the Ohio Central Railroad System, operating a former Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway line between Warwick and Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Operations began in 1988...
  
   (OHCR)
• Ohio Southern Railroad
  Ohio Southern Railroad (1986)
  Ohio Southern Railroad is a railroad that is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It begins in Zanesville, Ohio along the intersections of Ohio Central Railroad and Columbus and Ohio River Railroad which are both also owned by Genesee & Wyoming...
  
   (OSRR)
• Ohio Valley Railroad (OVR)
• Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc.
  Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc.
  The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad is a tourist railroad that runs from Titusville to Rynd Farm north of Oil City in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania...
  
   (OCTL)
• Old Augusta Railroad (OAR)
• Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway (OLB)
• Ontario Central Railroad
  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....
  
   (ONCT)
• Ontario Midland Railroad
  Ontario Midland Railroad
  The Ontario Midland Railroad is an American railroad company operating in western New York.It was founded on 5 October 1979 and was created to save the entire Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad line from Oswego's West Yard to Suspension Bridge in Niagara Falls. However, the railroad managed...
  
   (OMID)
• Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT)
• Oregon Eastern Railroad (WYCO)
• Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR)
• Otter Tail Valley Railroad
  Otter Tail Valley Railroad
  The Otter Tail Valley Railroad is a Class III railroad operating of track between Moorhead, Minnesota and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and short branch lines from Fergus Falls to French and from Fergus Falls to Hoot Lake....
  
   (OTVR)
• Ouachita Railroad
  Ouachita Railroad
  The Ouachita Railroad Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas.OUCH operates a 26.2 mile line in Arkansas and Louisiana from El Dorado to Lille, Louisiana....
  
   (OUCH)
• Owego and Harford Railway (OHRY)
• Ozark Valley Railroad
  Ozark Valley Railroad
  -External links:*...
  
   (OVRR)
• Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL)
• Pacific Sun Railroad
  Pacific Sun Railroad
  Pacific Sun Railway is a short line railroad in San Diego County, California that works on the Escondido Sub, the Miramar Branch, and in Stuart Mesa Yard. It is based from Stuart Mesa Yard. It is owned by Watco Companies.-History:...
  
   (PSRR)
• Paducah and Illinois Railroad (PI)
• 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...
  
   (PAL)
• Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC)
• Panhandle Northern Railroad
  Panhandle Northern Railroad
  The Panhandle Northern Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates of track between Borger, Texas and Panhandle, Texas....
  
   (PNR)
• Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad (PBR)
• Pearl River Valley Railroad
  Pearl River Valley Railroad
  The Pearl River Valley Railroad was a shortline railroad that ran from Nicholson to Picayune, Mississippi. It began operation in 1917 and was abandoned in 2007.- External links :*http://hawkinsrails.net/shortlines/prv/prv.htm...
  
   (PRV)
• Pecos Valley Southern Railway
  Pecos Valley Southern Railway
  The Pecos Valley Southern Railway is a short-line railroad headquartered in Pecos, Texas, United States.PVS operates a 29.3 mile line from Saragosa to an interchange with Union Pacific at Pecos...
  
   (PVS)
• Pee Dee River Railway
  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 1987....
  
   (PDRR)
• Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
• Peninsula Terminal Company (PT)
• Pennsylvania and Southern Railway (PSCC)
• Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad (PSWR)
• Pickens Railway
  Pickens Railway
  Pickens Railway is a shortline railroad operating on two separate divisions in the Upstate Region of South Carolina:* Easley to Pickens: * Anderson, through Belton to Honea Path:...
  
   (PICK)
• Pickens Railway, Honea Path Division (PKHP)
• Pioneer Industrial Railway (PRY)
• 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....
  
   (PVRR)
• Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad
  Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad
  The Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad is a short-line railroad operating 35 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania...
  
   (POHC)
• Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
  Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
  The Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad is a switching railroad that serves industrial complexes in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. It formerly served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yard across the Ohio River via a car ferry service, operated with the steamboat "Steel...
  
   (PAM)
• Plainview Terminal Company (PTC)
• Point Comfort and Northern Railway
  Point Comfort and Northern Railway
  The Point Comfort and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. The railroad operates over of track between Point Comfort, Texas and Lolita, Texas, where the railroad transfers cars with the Union Pacific Railroad.PCN was purchased by the holding...
  
   (PCN)
• Port Bienville Railroad
  Port Bienville Railroad
  The Port Bienville Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Mississippi.All mainline rail operated by PBVR has 286,000 pound gross-weight-on-rail capability. PBVR can store up to 429 rail cars at any one time. Multi-modal warehouse and trans-load facilities are available...
  
   (PBVR)
• Port Jersey Railroad (PJR)
• Port Manatee Railroad (MAUP)
• 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...
  
   (POTB)
• Port Terminal Railroad Association
  Port Terminal Railroad Association
  The Port Terminal Railroad Association is an American terminal railroad that operates of track at the Port of Houston in Houston, Texas....
  
   (PTRA)
• Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina (PTR)
• Port Utilities Commission of Charleston, South Carolina (PUCC)
• Portland and Western Railroad
  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...
  
   (PNWR)
• Portland Terminal Railroad (PTRC)
• Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
  Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
  The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Prescott, Arkansas. The railroad was chartered in 1890, for the purpose of constructing a railroad north-northwest from Prescott to access timberlands for the Ozan Lumber Company...
  
   (PNW)
• Progressive Rail, Inc. (PGR)
• Providence and Worcester Railroad
  Providence and Worcester Railroad
  The Providence and Worcester Railroad is a Class II railroad in the United States. The railroad connects from Gardner in central Massachusetts, south through its namesake cities of Worcester and Providence, Rhode Island, and west from Rhode Island through Connecticut and into New York City...
  
   (PW)
• Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad
  Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad
  The Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad is headquartered in Elma, Washington. The company began operations on August 30, 1997, when the line was purchased from the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway by the ParkSierra Railgroup...
  
   (PSAP)
• Quincy Railroad (QRR)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Lines (RJCN)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line (RJCR)
• 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
  R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines
  R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines is a railroad in the R.J. Corman Railroad Group, operating a number of lines in central Pennsylvania. It primarily carries coal between mines and Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Cresson and Keating...
  
   (RJCP)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Tennessee Terminal (RJCK)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line (RJCV)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Western Ohio Lines (RJCW)
• Raritan Central Railway (RCRY)
• Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN)
• Red River Valley and Western Railroad
  Red River Valley and Western Railroad
  The Red River Valley and Western Railroad is a regional railroad operating in the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota, which began operations in 1987...
  
   (RRVW)
• Red Springs and Northern Railroad (RSNR)
• Redmont Railway
  Redmont Railway
  The Redmont Railway operates a segment of railroad that is leased from the Mississippi-Alabama Railroad Authority and operated by Sunshine Mills that runs between Corinth, Mississippi, and Red Bay, Alabama. Primary products hauled included grain and custom trucks...
  
   (RRC)
• Republic N&T Railroad
  Republic N&T Railroad
  Republic N&T Railroad is a line-haul operator in Canton, Ohio that operates on Norfolk Southern there. The company was formed in 2008. Reporting mark NTRY....
  
   (NTRY)
• Riceboro Southern Railway
  Riceboro Southern Railway
  The Riceboro Southern Railway began operations in 2004 operating on about 33 miles of track, some of which is leased from CSX Transportation. The track on which it operates is part of the ex-Seaboard Air Line route from Savannah, Georgia to Jacksonville, Florida. The tracks were taken up...
  
   (RSOR)
• Richmond Pacific Railroad
  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....
  
   (RPRC)
• Rio Valley Switching Company
  Rio Valley Switching Company
  The Rio Valley Switching Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in McAllen, Texas.RVSC operates four lines, all leased from Union Pacific:...
  
   (RVSC)
• Riverport Railroad (RVPR)
• Rochester and Southern Railroad
  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 and Rochester branches...
  
   (RSR)
• Rock and Rail LLC (RRRR)
• Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
  Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
  The Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. It consists of of track between Rockdale and Marjorie, Texas.In 2005, the holding company RailAmerica purchased the railroad....
  
   (RSS)
• Sabine River and Northern Railroad
  Sabine River and Northern Railroad
  Sabine River and Northern Railroad operates freight service from Bessmay to Echo, Texas and over an branch line from Buna to Evadale. SRN has connections with Union Pacific Railroad at Echo and Mauriceville, with Kansas City Southern Railway at Lemonville, and with a BNSF Railway shortline...
  
   (SRN)
• Sacramento Valley Railroad (SAV)
• Salt Lake City Southern Railroad
  Salt Lake City Southern Railroad
  The Salt Lake City Southern Railroad is a 25-mile shortline operating between Salt Lake City, Utah and Murray, Utah. The SL began operating on April 19, 1993 as a RailTex subsidiary. Today the SL is a subsidiary of the Utah Railway and is owned by the Genesee & Wyoming Inc.-History:The line was...
  
   (SL)
• Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
  Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
  The Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway, also known as the Saltair Route, is a short line railroad based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally incorporated as a resort railroad, it now provides switching services to industries in the Salt Lake City area....
  
   (SLGW)
• San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
  San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
  The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad is a freight operator on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway from San Diego, California to San Ysidro, California . The SD&IV has been owned and operated by RailAmerica since 2000; it had been previously owned by RailTex and operated with the...
  
   (SDIY)
• 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...
  
   (SJVR)
• San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
  San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
  The San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Colorado.The SLRG began operations in 2003 using 154 miles of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiating from Alamosa, Colorado. The SLRG operates an eclectic variety of equipment from the...
  
   (SLRG)
• San Luis Central Railroad
  San Luis Central Railroad
  Founded in 1913, the San Luis Central Railroad was founded to haul sugar beets from grower to processor. The railroad was acquired in 1969 by the Pea Vine Corporation and today operates freight traffic through a connection with the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad hauling mainly grain, potatoes...
  
   (SLC)
• San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad (SPSR)
• Sand Springs Railway
  Sand Springs Railway
  The Sand Springs Railway is a class III railroad operating in Oklahoma.It provides freight rail service between Sand Springs and Tulsa over a 32 mile route. The company primarily hauls steel, pulp, scrap iron, scrap paper, petroleum products, plastic, and lumber...
  
   (SS)
• Sandersville Railroad
  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....
  
   (SAN)
• Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
  Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
  The Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway is a freight and heritage railroad in Northern California.It uses diesel locomotives to haul excursion trains over an route between Olympia, California and an interchange with the Union Pacific Railroad at the Santa Cruz Wye, though the line is now...
  
   (SCBG)
• Santa Fe Southern Railway (SFS)
• Santa Maria Valley Railroad
  Santa Maria Valley Railroad
  The Santa Maria Valley Railroad is a 14.8 mile shortline railroad that interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad's Coast Line at Guadalupe, California. It is owned by the Coast Belle Rail Corporation.-Traffic:...
  
   (SMV)
• Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company
  Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company
  Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company is a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Central Ltd. It operates a railroad bridge over the St. Marys River between Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.-References:HAER MI-324...
  
   (SSAM)
• Savage Bingham and Garfield Railroad (SBG)
• 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....
  
   (SAPT)
• Seminole Gulf Railway
  Seminole Gulf Railway
  The Seminole Gulf Railway is a short line railroad located in Southwest Florida. It has two separate lines. The one line runs from Oneco south to Sarasota, with branches from Sarasota to Matoka and Fruitville. The other line runs from Arcadia to Vanderbilt Beach/North Naples, with no significant...
  
   (SGLR)
• SEMO Port Railroad (SE)
• Sequatchie Valley Railroad
  Sequatchie Valley Railroad
  The Sequatchie Valley Railroad was originally part of the Jasper Branch Railroad that was founded in 1860. The SQVR took over in the mid 1990s and now runs from Bridgeport, Alabama, to near Jasper, Tennessee. It is categorized as a "Local Railroad" by the AAR.- References :*...
  
   (SQVR)
• Shamokin Valley Railroad
  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....
  
   (SVRR)
• Shawnee Terminal Railway (STR)
• Sidney and Lowe Railroad
  Sidney and Lowe Railroad
  The Sidney and Lowe Railroad is a switching line that runs between Sidney, Nebraska, a connection with BNSF Railway at Huntsman, Nebraska and a connection with Union Pacific Railroad at Brownson, Nebraska. It was founded in 1980 by Oscar J. Glover, President and CEO of Glover Group, Inc. to...
  
   (SLGG)
• Sierra Northern Railway
  Sierra Northern Railway
  The Sierra Northern Railway originates from the Sacramento Northern Railway, the Northern Electric Railway, the Sierra Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad, and Yolo Shortline Railroad. It handles all freight operations and track maintenance for its parent company, the Sierra Railroad Company...
  
   (SERA)
• Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR)
• SMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC (SNY)
• SMS Rail Service, Inc.
  SMS Rail Service, Inc.
  SMS Rail Lines is a shortline railroad based at Pureland Industrial Park in Bridgeport, New Jersey. The company handles all freight car delivery to businesses located within the industrial park. It also operates lines in Paulsboro, New Jersey, Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and Albany, New York....
  
   (SLRS)
• Soo Line Railroad
  Soo Line Railroad
  The Soo Line Railroad is the primary United States railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway , controlled through the Soo Line Corporation, and one of seven U.S. Class I railroads. Although it is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste...
  
   (SOO)
• 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...
  
   (SBVR)
• South Buffalo Railway
  South Buffalo Railway
  The South Buffalo Railway operates more than fifty miles of railway lines along the southeast shore of Lake Erie. South Buffalo connects to CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National Railway.-Historical connections:...
  
   (SB)
• 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...
  
   (SCRF)
• South Central Florida Express, Inc.
  South Central Florida Express, Inc.
  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...
  
   (SCXF)
• South Central Tennessee Railroad (SCTR)
• South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway
  South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway
  The South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway , owned by the International Steel Group, is the former Chicago Short Line Railway which operates of track between Chicago, Illinois and East Chicago, Indiana....
  
   (SCIH)
• South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
  South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
  South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a short line railroad which operates 511 miles of rail lines in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. SKOL is a unit of Watco Companies....
  
   (SKOL)
• South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL)
• Southern Indiana Railway (SIND)
• Southern Railroad of New Jersey
  Southern Railroad of New Jersey
  The Southern Railroad of New Jersey is a small short-line railroad company based in Winslow, New Jersey. Trains operate between Winslow Junction and Pleasantville and between Winslow Junction and Vineland...
  
   (SRNJ)
• Southern Switching Company (SSC)
• Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (SWP)
• Southwestern Railroad (SW)
• Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
• Squaw Creek Southern Railroad
  Squaw Creek Southern Railroad
  The Squaw Creek Southern Railroad is a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad Corporation. The name comes from an Indiana coal hauling line that Respondek purchased. The name is also used for Respondek's Georgia operation which leases the former Central of Georgia Athens to Macon main line between...
  
   (SCS)
• St. Croix Valley Railroad
  St. Croix Valley Railroad
  The St. Croix Valley Railroad is a Class III short line railroad that operates over 36 miles of track in eastern Minnesota. The railroad is co-owned by KBN Incorporated and Independent Locomotive Service and is headquartered in Rush City, Minnesota.As of 2008, the St. Croix Valley Railroad...
  
   (SCXY)
• St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
  St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
  The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad , known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec in Canada, is a short line railroad operating between Portland, Maine on the Atlantic Ocean and Montreal, Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the Canada-U.S...
  
   (SLR)
• 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 :...
  
   (STMA)
• St. Mary's Railroad
  St. Mary's Railroad
  The St. Mary's Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Georgia USA.-History:The St. Marys and Kingsland Railroad was founded in 1865 by Captain Lemuel Johnson. It received its charter from the state of Georgia, and its first two locomotives purchased were #207 and #308.The SM&K eventually...
  
   (SM)
• St. Marys Railway West (SMW)
• Steelton and Highspire Railroad (SH)
• 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....
  
   (SLWC)
• Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad
  Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad
  Established in 1908, the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad provides service to several companies around the Stockton, California area. Being located in Stockton places the STE in an ideal situation for the consolidation and distribution of freight. This includes PDM Steel, Lipton, and Salt...
  
   (STE)
• Stourbridge Railway (SBR)
• Strasburg Rail Road
  Strasburg Rail Road
  The Strasburg Rail Road is a heritage railroad located near Strasburg, Pennsylvania. It operates excursion trains hauled by steam locomotives in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country.Across the street lies the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania...
  
   (SRC)
• Sunflour Railroad
  Sunflour Railroad
  The Sunflour Railroad is a short-line railroad which owns trackage in Roberts County and Marshall County, South Dakota. The company owns approximately 26.3 route-miles of track, between the towns of Rosholt and Veblen; the line connects with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Rosholt.The trackage...
  
   (SNR)
• 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...
  
   (TMBL)
• Tacoma Rail Mountain Division (TRMW)
• Talleyrand Terminal Railroad
  Talleyrand Terminal Railroad
  The Talleyrand Terminal Railroad is a short line terminal railroad run by Rail Link, Inc., a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It serves the Jacksonville Port Authority and tenants with over ten miles of track. It has only one main line, running west from the Tallyrand Marine Terminal on the St...
  
   (TTR)
• Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
  Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
  The Tazewell & Peoria Railroad is a short-line railroad, running entirely in Peoria County and Tazewell County, Illinois, and formed by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. to lease the assets of the century-old Peoria and Pekin Union Railway , which is owned by Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern and Canadian...
  
   (TZPR)
• Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad
  Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad
  The Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad is a railroad originally built by the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad. It was acquired by the Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road in Lenawee County, Michigan....
  
   (TCBY)
• Temple and Central Texas Railway (TC)
• 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...
  
   (TSRR)
• Tennken Railroad (TKEN)
• 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:...
  
   (TRRA)
• 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:...
  
   (TASD)
• Texas – New Mexico Railroad
  Texas – New Mexico Railroad
  The Texas–New Mexico Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in west Texas and southeast New Mexico. The railroad line operates on 104 miles of track from a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad at Monahans, Texas, and terminates at Lovington, New Mexico...
  
   (TNMR)
• 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...
  
   (TN)
• Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR)
• Texas Central Business Lines Corporation (TCB)
• Texas City Terminal Railway
  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 and BNSF Railway....
  
   (TCT)
• Texas Mexican Railway
  Texas Mexican Railway
  The Texas Mexican Railway is a class 1 railroad that operates as a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern Railway in Texas. It is often referred to as the Tex-Mex, or TexMex Railway....
  
   (TM)
• Texas North Western Railway (TXNW)
• Texas Northeastern Railroad
  Texas Northeastern Railroad
  The Texas Northeastern Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas that began operations in 1990. It consists of of track on two lines....
  
   (TNER)
• Texas Pacifico Transportation
  Texas Pacifico Transportation
  Texas Pacifico Transportation Ltd. is a railroad operating company in West Texas that is owned by Grupo México. The company operates over the South Orient Rail Line under a lease and operating agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation and the South Orient Rural Rail Transportation...
  
   (TXPF)
• Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR)
• Texas South-Eastern Railroad (TSE)
• Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway
  Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway
  The Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway is a shortline railroad that operates of track between Harwood, Texas and Gonzales, Texas....
  
   (TXGN)
• Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad
  Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad
  The Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in De Queen, Arkansas.TOE operates a 39.8 mile line in Oklahoma from the Arkansas state line to Valliant, Oklahoma .TOE traffic generally...
  
   (TOE)
• Thermal Belt Railway
  Thermal Belt Railway
  The Thermal Belt Railway is a Class III shortline railroad that operates for freight service on a irregular schedule on a former CSX line from Bostic to Forest City and on a former Norfolk Southern line from Forest City to Alexander Mills, North Carolina. Total mileage is . Connections are made...
  
   (TBRY)
• Three Notch Railroad
  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 Gulf and Ohio Railways....
  
   (TNHR)
• Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR)
• Tishomingo Railroad (TISH)
• Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
  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, and includes a branch line between Logansport to Winamac, Indiana...
  
   (TPW)
• Tomahawk Railway (TR)
• Towanda–Monroeton Shippers Lifeline, Inc. (TMSS)
• Towner Railway (VST)
• Transkentucky Transportation Railroad (TTIS)
• Tri-City and Olympia Railroad (TCRY)
• 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....
  
   (TRC)
• Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway (TSU)
• Turners Island, LLC (TI)
• Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad
  Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad
  The Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad is a short line railroad that operates in Pennsylvania. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dura-Bond Corporation of Export, Pennsylvania. The TCKR was created when Conrail abandoned the line in 1982...
  
   (TCKR)
• 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...
  
   (TCWR)
• Tyburn Railroad (TYBR)
• U S Rail Corporation (USRP)
• Union County Industrial Railroad
  Union County Industrial Railroad
  The Union County Industrial Railroad is a short line railroad that operates on approximately 12 miles of track in Union County in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. It is part of the North Shore Railroad System....
  
   (UCIR)
• Union Pacific Railroad
  Union Pacific Railroad
  The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
  
   (UP)
• Union Railroad
  Union Railroad (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  The Union Railroad is a Class III switching railroad located in Allegheny County in Western Pennsylvania. The company is owned by Transtar, Inc., which is itself a subsidiary of USS Corp, more popularly known as United States Steel...
  
   (URR)
• Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad (UMP)
• 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...
  
   (UTAH)
• Utah Central Railway
  Utah Central Railway (1992)
  The Utah Central Railway is a shortline railroad serving Ogden, Utah and surrounding areas. It interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad , as well as with BNSF Railway trains running over the UP via trackage rights. The company began operations in 1992 as a private switching railroad, and...
  
   (UCRY)
• Utah Southern Railroad (USR)
• V&S Railway
  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, a scrap dealer. The company acquired its first line, a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line between Medicine Lodge and a BNSF Railway...
  
   (VSR)
• Valdosta Railway
  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 and Consulting Corporation, and was acquired by Genesee...
  
   (VR)
• Vandalia Railroad
  Vandalia Railroad (1983)
  The Vandalia Railroad is a shortline railroad subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp, providing local service from a CSX Transportation connection in Vandalia, Illinois. The line part of the original main line of the Illinois Central Railroad, completed in the 1850s between Cairo and Galena...
  
   (VRRC)
• Ventura County Railroad
  Ventura County Railroad
  The Ventura County Railroad is a shortline railroad subsidiary of RailAmerica, connecting the Union Pacific Railroad in Oxnard to South Oxnard and Port Hueneme. It began operations in 1998, leasing its lines from the Ventura County Railway , owner of lines first opened in about 1905 that have...
  
   (VCRR)
• Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR)
• Vermont Railway
  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 Bellows Falls...
  
   (VTR)
• 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...
  
   (VSOR)
• Virginia Southern Railroad
  Virginia Southern Railroad
  The Virginia Southern Railroad is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad, a RailAmerica subsidiary, operating of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North Carolina and Burkeville, Virginia...
  
   (VSRR)
• Wabash Central Railroad
  Wabash Central Railroad
  The Wabash Central Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates between Van Buren and Craigville, Indiana, United States, crossing a Norfolk Southern Railway line in Bluffton. It began operations in 1997, replacing the Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation on an ex-Toledo, St...
  
   (WBCR)
• Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad
  Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad
  The Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad is currently a short-line railroad operation of the Carolina Southern Railroad, extending from Conway to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The line was opened in 1900 by the Conway Coast and Western Railroad, a predecessor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad...
  
   (WCLR)
• Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad
  Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad
  The Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad is a short-line railroad that connects Shelbyville to CSX Transportation at Wartrace, Tennessee, United States. It operates over a branch line completed in 1853 by the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, a Louisville and Nashville Railroad predecessor...
  
   (WHOE)
• Wallowa Union Railroad Authority
  Wallowa Union Railroad Authority
  The Wallowa Union Railroad Authority is a short-line railroad owned by Wallowa County and Union Counties 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 and Pacific Railroad branch at Elgin to Joseph,...
  
   (WURR)
• Warren and Saline River Railroad
  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 has been owned by the Potlatch Corporation, a lumber company, since June 1959...
  
   (WSR)
• Warren and Trumbull Railroad
  Warren and Trumbull Railroad
  The Warren and Trumbull Railroad is a part of the Ohio Central Railroad System, which was bought by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. in 2008, operating three lines in and near Warren...
  
   (WTRM)
• Washington and Idaho Railway
  Washington and Idaho Railway
  The Washington and Idaho Railway is a shortline railroad that operates in the area south of Spokane, Washington, connecting the BNSF Railway at Marshall to Palouse, Washington, Harvard, Idaho, and Moscow, Idaho...
  
   (WIR)
• Washington County Railroad (WACR)
• WCTU Railway
  WCTU Railway
  The WCTU Railway is a shortline railroad that connects White City, Oregon, United States to a junction north of Medford with the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, which hauls its cars to the Union Pacific Railroad at Eugene or Weed...
  
   (WCTR)
• Wellsboro and Corning Railroad
  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 Marsh Creek, Crooked Creek, and the Tioga River...
  
   (WCOR)
• West Michigan Railroad
  West Michigan Railroad
  The West Michigan Railroad is a shortline railroad subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp. 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 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...
  
   (WTNN)
• West Texas and Lubbock Railway
  West Texas and Lubbock Railway
  The West Texas and Lubbock Railway is a shortline railroad in Texas, owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings through its Permian Basin Railways subsidiary. It connects the BNSF Railway in Lubbock with agricultural and oil-producing areas to the west and southwest...
  
   (WTLC)
• Western Kentucky Railway
  Western Kentucky Railway
  The Western Kentucky Railway is a shortline railroad in Kentucky, connecting coal mines with CSX Transportation at Providence. The lines were part of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad until March 1982, when Costain Coal, Inc. bought the trackage and set up the Tradewater Railway to operate it...
  
   (WKRL)
• Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP)
• Western Rail Road
  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 , to the Austin Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad . The company was incorporated in March 1974 as the PB Railroad, and the present name was adopted in September...
  
   (WRRC)
• Western Rail Switching
  Western Rail Switching
  Western Rail Switching was a switching and terminal railroad operating a line west of Spokane, Washington. It was owned by Western Rail, Inc., a used locomotive seller located on the line....
  
   (WRS)
• Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
• Wichita Terminal Association
  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 Union Stock Yards...
  
   (WTA)
• Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway
  Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway
  The Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway is a shortline railroad subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation that operates two disconnected lines in Oklahoma and Texas, mostly owned by the state of Oklahoma. The line for which it is named extends from Wichita Falls, Texas to Altus, Oklahoma,...
  
   (WTJR)
• Willamette and Pacific Railroad (WPRR)
• Willamette Valley Railway
  Willamette Valley Railway
  The Willamette Valley Railway 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 well as a branch from Geer west to Salem , and purchased the property in 1996...
  
   (WVR)
• Wilmington and Western Railroad (WWRC)
• Wilmington Terminal Railroad
  Wilmington Terminal Railroad
  The Wilmington Terminal Railroad is a shortline railroad serving the Port of Wilmington . It began operations in 1986 over trackage owned by the North Carolina Ports Railway Commission, whose other lines were simultaneously leased to the Carolina Rail Services Company...
  
   (WTRY)
• Winchester and Western Railroad
  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 Operations at Millville and Vineland...
  
   (WW)
• Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
  Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
  The Winston-Salem Southbound Railway is a short-line railroad jointly owned by CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway , which provide it with equipment...
  
   (WSS)
• Wiregrass Central Railroad
  Wiregrass Central Railroad
  The Wiregrass Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating of track from a CSX Transportation connection at Newton to Enterprise, Alabama via the south side of Fort Rucker. The company, a subsidiary of Gulf and Ohio Railways, began operations in 1987 on a former CSX Transportation...
  
   (WGCR)
• 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...
  
   (WSOR)
• Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
• Wisconsin Northern Railroad
  Wisconsin Northern Railroad
  The Wisconsin Northern Railroad is the trade name employed by Progressive Rail Inc. to operate of railroad in northern Wisconsin.-Overview:The railroad began operations on November 29, 2004, leasing its trackage from the Union Pacific Railroad and Wisconsin Central Ltd. . The UP trackage extends...
  
   (WN)
• Wyoming Colorado Railroad
  Wyoming Colorado Railroad
  The Wyoming Colorado Railroad was a shortline railroad formerly operating three separate divisions in Colorado, Wyoming, and Oregon. Of the original system, only the Oregon division is still in operation as the Oregon Eastern Railroad....
  
   (WYCO)
• Yadkin Valley Railroad
  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 originating out of Rural Hall, North Carolina for a distance of...
  
   (YVRR)
• Yellowstone Valley Railroad
  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 trackage rights over BNSF's Northern Transcon between...
  
   (YSVR)
• York Railway (YRC)
• Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
  Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
  Youngstown and Austintown Railroad is a short-line railroad that exists just west of Youngstown, Ohio, USA. It is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It connects with the Youngstown Belt Railroad which is owned by the same company. The lines are very short and they service the steel industry in...
  
   (YARR)
• Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad
  Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad
  The Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad is a short-line railroad subsidiary of the Indiana Boxcar Corporation that operates freight trains between Youngstown, Ohio and Darlington, Pennsylvania, United States...
  
   (YSRR)
• Youngstown Belt Railroad
  Youngstown Belt Railroad
  The Youngstown Belt Railroad is a part of the Ohio Central Railroad System, which was bought by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. in 2008, serving the area northwest of Youngstown, Ohio. It began operations in 1997, mainly on ex-Erie Railroad trackage owned by the affiliated Warren and Trumbull Railroad ,...
  
   (YB)
• Yreka Western Railroad
  Yreka Western Railroad
  The Yreka Western Railroad is an shortline railroad that operates freight and tourist trains between the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad at Montague and the city of Yreka, California...
  
   (YW)

See also

• List of Canadian railways
• List of reporting marks
• Defunct railroads of North America
  Defunct railroads of North America
  The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada and the United States. Here is a list of the past railroad companies.- Railroads of the past :*Algoma Central Railway *Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...
  
  
• Narrow gauge railroads in the United States
  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. Isolated narrow gauge lines were built in many areas to minimize construction costs for industrial transport or resort access, and...
  
  
• List of U.S. Class I railroads
• Transportation in the United States
  Transportation in the United States
  Transportation in the United States is facilitated by road, air, rail, and water networks. The vast majority of passenger travel occurs by automobile for shorter distances, and airplane for longer distances...
  
  
• Oldest railroads in North America
  Oldest railroads in North America
  - Early experimental railroads :*1720: A railroad is reportedly used in the construction of the French fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia.*1764: Between 1762 and 1764 a gravity railroad is built by British military engineers at the Niagara Portage in Lewiston, New York.*1795: A wooden railway on...