User:NE2/US railroad list

Railroad Retirement Board

Coverage Decisions starting in the early 1990s
Total Employment by State and Last Railroad Employer (2006)
Selected Employers (2005)

Association of American Railroads

Association of Car Accounting and Car Service Officers

Circular No. OT-10 (2007-04-01)

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

Railroad Members

BNSF Railway

Shortline Partner Directory

Canadian National Railway

List of Shortlines

Canadian Pacific Railway

Shortlines

CSX Transportation

Short Line Directory

Kansas City Southern Railway

Short Line Connections

Norfolk Southern Railway

List of Short Lines

Union Pacific Railroad

Short Line Railroads

Interstate railroads

AL MS ABS Alabama Southern Railroad (2005-) owned by Watco Companies ← Kansas City Southern Railway
MI OH AA Ann Arbor Railroad (Ann Arbor Acquisition Corporation?)
AZ CA ARZC Arizona and California Railroad (-2000 → ParkSierra → 2002-) owned by RailAmerica
AR LA ALM Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
- ← ADN Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway (1912-1995/2002)
AR MO AM Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
AR OK ARS Arkansas Southern Railroad (2005-) owned by Watco Companies ← Kansas City Southern Railway
MD VA BCR Bay Coast Railroad (2006-) subsidiary of Cassat Management owned by Baymark Construction ← ESHR Eastern Shore Railroad (1981-2006)
AL FL BAYL Bay Line Railroad (1994-) ← ASAB Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad (-1993)
- ← AGRD A&G Railroad (1994-1996) operated by Railway Services ← AG Abbeville-Grimes Railway (1989-1993)
NJ PA BDRV Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (1995-) ← Conrail
KS OK BNG Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (2006-) ← BNR Blackwell and Northern Railway (2000-) ← South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
IL IA BJRY Burlington Junction Railway formerly subsidiary of Burlington Shortline Railroad
NC SC CALA Carolina Southern Railroad (1995-) subsidiary of Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
- ← MRR Mid Atlantic Railroad (-1995)
IN OH CIND Central Railroad of Indiana
NY PA CNYK Central New York Railroad (1972/2005-) owned by Delaware Otsego ← Norfolk Southern Railway
AL LA CGR CG Railway (ex-Central Gulf Railway) (2001-) operated by Terminal Railway ← Terminal Railway
AL GA CHAT Chattahoochee Bay Railroad (2006-) owned by Genesee and Wyoming
- ← CHAT Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad (2003-) ← ?
- ← HS H&S Railroad ← Hartford and Slocomb Railroad (-1992/1994)
GA TN CCKY Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway
NC VA CA Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (1990-) subsidiary of North Carolina and Virginia Railroad from 1999, owned by RailTex
IL IN OH CFE Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern subsidiary of Central Railroad of Indianapolis
IL IN CSS Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad
CO KS OK CVR Cimarron Valley Railroad (1996-) ← ?
NY VT CLP Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
AL MS CAGY Columbus and Greenville Railway
CT MA CSO Connecticut Southern Railroad (1996-) owned by RailTex ← ?
DE MI NJ PA CR/CRE Consolidated Rail Corporation
- ← Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1984)
- ← EL Erie Lackawanna Railway
- ← LHR Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
- ← LV Lehigh Valley Railroad
- ← Merchants Despatch Transportation (1936-1999)
- ← MGA Monongahela Railway (-1993)
- ← PC Penn Central Transportation
  - ← NYC New York Central Railroad
  - ← PRR Pennsylvania Railroad
  - ← PAE/PE Peoria and Eastern Railway
- ← RDG Reading Company
AR OK DQE De Queen and Eastern Railroad
AR LA DSRR Delta Southern Railroad (1989-) ← ?
CO UT Deseret Western Railway private carrier
IA SD DAIR D&I Railroad
AR IA LA TN EACH East Camden and Highland Railroad
DE PA ESPN East Penn Railroad (2007-) owned by Regional Rail
- ← EPRY East Penn Railways (1995-2007) ← Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- ← PRL Penn Eastern Rail Lines (1997-2007) owned by Emons Transportation Group
  - ← BITY Bristol Industrial Terminal Railway (1992-1997) ← new trackage?
  - ← CHTS Chester Valley Railway (1996-1997) ← Conrail
  - ← LANO Lancaster Northern Railway (1996-1997) ← ?
MI WI ELS Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
IL IN EVWR Evansville Western Railway (2005-) owned by Paducah and Louisville Railway ← CSX
NJ NY ExpressRail Staten Island
FL GA FCRD First Coast Railroad (2005-) owned by Genesee and Wyoming ← CSX
FL GA GFRR/GRFF Georgia and Florida RailNet (1999-) owned by North American RailNet
- ← Atlantic and Gulf Railroad subsidiary of Gulf and Ohio Railways (1991-1999) ← CSX
- ← Georgia and Florida Railroad (1995-1999) ← Norfolk Southern Railway
AL GA GSWR Georgia Southwestern Railroad (1995-) owned by RailTex ← ?
OK TX GNBC Grainbelt
ID WA GRNW Great Northwest Railroad (2004-) owned by Watco Companies ← CSP Camas Prairie RailNet (1998-2004) owned by North American RailNet ← Camas Prairie Railroad (1909-1998)
NH VT GMRC Green Mountain Railroad
CT MA NY HRRC Housatonic Railroad
- ← DTRR Danbury Terminal Railroad (1993-1996) ← Conrail
ID OR INPR Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (1993-) ← Union Pacific Railroad
IN OH IERR Indiana Eastern Railroad (2005-) owned by Respondek Railroad ← CSX
IL IN IHB Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
IN MI OH IN Indiana Northeastern Railroad (1992-)
- ← Hillsdale County Railway (-1992)
- ← PGRV Pigeon River Railroad (-1992)
IL IN SCIH ISG-South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (2002-) owned by International Steel Group ← CSL Chicago Short Line Railway (1901-2002)
IL IN KBSR Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad
KS MO KCT Kansas City Terminal Railway
KS MO KAW Kaw River Railroad (2004-) owned by Watco Companies ← ?
IL IA KJRY Keokuk Junction Railway
AR OK TX KRR Kiamichi Railroad
- ← CHRC Chaparral Railroad (1990-1995)
KY TN KWT KWT Railway
CA OR LCR Lake County Railroad (1997-) ← Great Western Railway of Oregon (1987-1997) ← Great Western Railway of Colorado
FL GA Live Oak, Perry and Georgia Railroad (1995-) operated by Georgia and Florida Railroad ← Norfolk Southern Railway
AR LA LNW Louisiana and North West Railroad
IN KY LIRC Louisville and Indiana Railroad (1994-) ← Conrail
AL MS LXVR Luxapalila Valley Railroad (1996-) ← ?
IL MO MRS Manufacturers Railway
DE MD MDDE Maryland and Delaware Railroad
MD PA MMID Maryland Midland Railway
IN OH MAW Maumee and Western Railroad (1997-) ← ?
AL MS MB/MNBR Meridian and Bigbee Railroad (now M&B Railroad?)
MS TN MIS/MSCI Mississippi Central Railroad (ex-NTR Natchez Trace Railroad until 1993)
MS TN MT/MTNR Mississippi Tennessee Railroad (2003-) owned by CGX, operates Mississippi Tennessee Holdings (2003-) ← Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet (1998-2003) ← Kansas City Southern Railway
CA OR MNRR Modoc Northern Railroad
CT MA NH VT NECR New England Central Railroad (1995-) ← CV/CVC/CVQ Central Vermont Railway (-1995)
NH VT NHCR New Hampshire Central Railroad (1993-) ← North Stratford Railroad (-1989)
ME NH NHN New Hampshire Northcoast
NJ NY NYNJ New York New Jersey Rail (2006-) owned by Mid Atlantic New England Rail ← NYCH New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal (1983-2006) owned by Mid Atlantic New England Rail
NC VA NCVA North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (1987-) owned by RailTex
MN ND OTVR Otter Tail Valley Railroad
AR LA OUCH Ouachita Railroad
ID OR WA PCC Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (1996-) ← ?
- ← BLMR Blue Mountain Railroad (1992-1998) ← Union Pacific Railroad
ID WA POVA Pend Oreille Valley Railroad operated by Port of Pend Oreille
MN WI PGR Progressive Rail (1996-)
AL MS RRC?/RRCI Redmont Railway (1995-) owned by CAGY Industries operates Mississippi-Alabama Railroad Authority (1995-) ← Norfolk Southern Railway
AL IL IN KY MO Respondek Railroad
KY TN RJCM R.J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line
MS TN RJCK R.J. Corman Railroad/Tennessee Terminal (2006-) ← BNSF Railway
IN OH RJCW R.J. Corman Railroad/Western Ohio Lines (1993-) ← ?
ME NH VT SLR St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
AL TN SQVR Sequatchie Valley Railroad
NJ PA SLRS SMS Rail Service (1994-) ← Pureland Association
- ← PJRL Penn Jersey Rail Lines (1997-2002) ← WMI Properties
NM OK TX SW Southwestern Railroad (1990-) ← Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
AL TN TSRR Tennessee Southern Railroad
KY TN TKEN Tennken Railroad
IL MO TRRA Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
AR TX TUST Texarkana Union Station Trust?
NM TX TNMR Texas-New Mexico Railroad
LA TX TIBR Timber Rock Railroad (1998-) ← BNSF Railway
IL IN TPW Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
- ← SFAL SF&L Railway (2001-2002) ← Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
MN SD TCWR Twin Cities and Western Railroad
IL IN VVRR Vermilion Valley Railroad (2003-) operates FNG FNG Logistics ← CSX
NY VT RUT/VTR/VTRL Vermont Railway
NC VA VSRR Virginia Southern Railroad subsidiary of North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
ID WA WIR Washington and Idaho Railway (2006-) ← Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad
NY PA WCOR Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (1993-) ← ?
MS TN WTNN West Tennessee Railroad subsidiary of WTNN from 2001
NY PA WNYP Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (2001-) owned by Livonia Avon and Lakeville ← Norfolk Southern Railway
OK TX WTJR Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway
MD VA WV WW Winchester and Western Railroad (Virginia)
MT ND YSVR Yellowstone Valley Railroad (2005-) owned by Watco Companies ← BNSF Railway
OH PA YSRR Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad (2006-) owned by Indiana Boxcar, operates Eastern States Railroad ← Columbiana County Port Authority operated by CQPA Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway (2001-?) owned by Arkansas Shortline Railroads; temporarily operated by Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad when CC&P went bankrupt ← Railroad Ventures (1996-2000) ← YS Youngstown and Southern Railway (-1996/1999) owned by Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Properties from 1993, operated by Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad

Tourist lines

CO NM Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (1982-) subsidiary of St. Louis Car Company until 1996 ← Scenic Railways (1971-1982)
GrandLuxe Railway (2006-) sleeping car carrier ← American Orient Express Railway (1995-2006) ← American European Express (1989-1991)

Out of service

TN TX CTRN Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company (1992-2000)
LA MS GLSR Gloster Southern Railroad?
IL IN GSOR/IHRC Indiana Hi-Rail (1981-1997) attempted to reorganize as WOHO Wabash and Ohio Railroad?
IN OH Indiana and Ohio Rail Passenger Corporation (1996-)
NH VT NHVT New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad (-1989)
- ← LVRC Lamoille Valley Railroad
- ← TSRD Twin State Railroad
MI WI WAND Wisconsin and Michigan Railway (1992-1995)

Class I railroads

BNRQ/BNSF/FSFL/SFQ/SFSF BNSF Railway (1996-) (ex-Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway) ← BN/BNFE/BNQ/RBBN Burlington Northern Railroad (-1996)
- ← ATSF/SFLC/SFRC Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (-1996)
- ← BNSF Acquisition (1996-) owned by BNSF Railway ← WCRC Washington Central Railroad (-1996)
- ← CBQ/RBBQ Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
- ← CS/RBCS Colorado and Southern Railway
- ← FWD Fort Worth and Denver Railway (1873-1982)
- ← GN Great Northern Railway
- ← MWRR Montana Western Railway (1986-2003/2005)
- ← NP Northern Pacific Railway
- ← SLSF St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
- ← SPS Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway

CSXE/CSXT CSX Transportation
- ← AWP Atlanta and West Point Rail Road
- ← BO Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (-1974)
  - ← BOCT Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
  - ← Staten Island Railroad (-1972) (ex-Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway until 1971)
  - ← WM Western Maryland Railway
- ← CO Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
- ← Fort Myers Southern Railroad
- ← GA Georgia Railroad
- ← New York Central Lines (1999-2004) operated by CSX ← Conrail
- ← PHD Port Huron and Detroit Railroad
- ← RFP Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
- ← SBD Seaboard System Railroad
  - ← Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
  - ← CRR Clinchfield Railroad
  - ← LN Louisville and Nashville Railroad
    - ← MON Monon Railroad
    - ← NC Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
  - ← SCL Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
    - ← ACL Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
    - ← SAL Seaboard Air Line Railroad
    - ← SCST Seaboard Transportation
- ← Three Rivers Railway (1992-1993) ← Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
  - ← POV Pittsburgh and Ohio Valley Railway (-1994)
- ← TSNR Tyson Railroad (-1992)
- ← WA Western Railway of Alabama (1883-2002)

CTIE/KCS Kansas City Southern Railway (1900-)
- ← ARW Arkansas Western Railway (-1992)
- ← FSVB Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway (-1992)
- ← GWWE Gateway Eastern Railway (1994-) owned by Gateway Western Railway ← ?
- ← GWWR Gateway Western Railway (1990-2001)
- ← GNA Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad (1922-1993)
- ← KM Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company (-1992)
- ← LA Louisiana and Arkansas Railway (-1992)
- ← MAYW Maywood and Sugar Creek Railway (-1992)
- ← MidSouth (-1994)
  - ← MDR MidLouisiana Rail (-1993)
    - ← NLG North Louisiana and Gulf Railroad
  - ← MSRC MidSouth Rail (-1993)
  - ← SR SouthRail (-1993)
    - ← GMSR Gulf and Mississippi Railroad
  - ← TNR TennRail (-1993)
    - ← CCR Corinth and Counce Railroad (-1991/1992)
- ← Southern Group (-1999)
← TM Texas Mexican Railway

NS Norfolk Southern
- ← AGS Alabama Great Southern Railway (1977-)
  - ← Chattanooga Terminal Railway (1935-1993)
  - ← Louisiana Southern Railway (1897-1993)
  - ← NOT New Orleans Terminal (1903-1993)
- ← AEC Atlantic and East Carolina Railway (1939-2003)
- ← BTC Birmingham Terminal (1901-1986)
- ← Camp Lejeune Railroad
- ← CG/GF Central of Georgia Railroad
  - ← Atlanta Terminal (1903-1986)
  - ← Georgia and Florida Railway (1963-1971)
  - ← SA Savannah and Atlanta Railway (-1963)
  - ← Wrightsville and Tennile Railroad (1883-1971)
- ← CHW Chesapeake Western Railway
- ← CNTP Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (1881-)
  - ← Chattanooga Traction Company (1911-1970)
  - ← New River Railway (1966-1975)
- ← GSF Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
  - ← GANO Georgia Northern Railway (-1993)
    - ← Albany and Northern Railroad (1964-1971)
    - ← Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester and Camilla Railway (1922-1971)
  - ← Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway (-1993)
- ← Lake Erie and Fort Wayne Railroad (-1982)
- ← Mobile and Birmingham Railroad (1873-) operated by Norfolk Southern Railway
- ← NW Norfolk and Western Railway (1896-1998)
  - ← ACY Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway (-1982)
  - ← Fairport, Painesville and Eastern Railroad (-1984)
  - ← ITC Illinois Terminal Railroad
  - ← NKP New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
  - ← Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway (1962-1983)
  - ← PWV Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
  - ← VGN Virginian Railway
  - ← WAB Wabash Railroad
- ← Pennsylvania Lines (1999-2004) operated by Norfolk Southern Railway ← Conrail
- ← SOU Southern Railway
  - ← CRN Carolina and Northwestern Railway (-1988)
  - ← INT Interstate Railroad
  - ← TAG Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway
- ← State University Railroad
- ← TENN Tennessee Railway?

UP/UPFE/UPP/UPR/UPY Union Pacific Railroad (1969-) (ex-SP/SPFE/SPQ Southern Pacific Transportation until 1998)
- ← CNW Chicago and North Western Transportation (-1995)
  - ← CGW Chicago Great Western Railway
  - ← CMO Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
  - ← FDDM Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
  - ← LM Litchfield and Madison Railway
  - ← MSTL Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
- ← DRGR?/DRGW Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (-1997)
- ← Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (-1987)
- ← ARDP/ARMH/ARMN/MP Missouri Pacific Railroad (-1997)
  - ← CEI Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
  - ← Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad (1882-1989)
  - ← MI Missouri-Illinois Railroad
  - ← BKTY/MKT/MKTT Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
  - ← OKKT Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad (1980-1989)
  - ← Southwestern States Management (1978-1994)
  - ← TNM Texas-New Mexico Railway
- ← Mount Hood Railway (-1987)
- ← OURD Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company (1888-1995)
- ← Oregon Short Line Railroad (-1987)
  - ← Des Chutes Railroad (-1987)
  - ← Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company (-1987)
- ← SSW St. Louis Southwestern Railway (1891-1997)
  - ← DALT Dallas Terminal Railway
- ← SSWN Southern Pacific Chicago St. Louis (-1997)
- ← SI Spokane International Railroad (-1987)
- ← TP Texas and Pacific Railway
- ← Union Pacific Railroad (1897-1998)
- ← Visalia Electric Railroad (1904-1992)
- ← WP/WPMW Western Pacific Railroad
- ← WRPI Western Railroad Properties

Regional railroads

AL FL MS AGR Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (1997-) ← BNSF Railway
AK ARR Alaska Railroad
NY PA BPRR Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (1988-) owned by Genesee and Wyoming
- ← ALY Allegheny and Eastern Railroad (1992-2004) owned by Genesee and Wyoming ← Allegheny Railroad (-1994)
- ← BR Bradford Industrial Rail (1993-2004) owned by Genesee and Wyoming ← Conrail
- ← PSR Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad (1996-2004) owned by Genesee and Wyoming
  - ← Mountain Laurel Railroad (-1996)
  - ← PS Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad (-1996)
  - ← Red Bank Railroad (-1996)
CA OR CORP Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (1994-) ← Southern Pacific Transportation
IA MN NE SD WY DME Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
MT ND SD DMVW Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
IL IN EJE Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
FL FEC Florida East Coast Railway
MI GLC Great Lakes Central Railroad (ex-TSBY Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway)
- ← Michigan Northern Railway (-1985/1988)
IL IN KY INRD Indiana Rail Road
IN MI OH IORY Indiana and Ohio Railway owned by RailTex
- ← Cincinnati Terminal Railway (1994-1997) owned by RailTex ← Conrail
- ← IOCR Indiana and Ohio Central Railroad (-2005) owned by RailTex
- ← INOH Indiana and Ohio Railroad (-1997) owned by RailTex
IL IA KS MN MO WI ICE Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (2002-) owned by Cedar American Rail Holdings ← IMRL I&M Rail Link (1997-2002) ← Soo Line Railroad
IL IA IAIS Iowa Interstate Railroad
- ← CBGR Council Bluffs Railway (ex-Great Western Railway of Iowa) subsidiary of Great Western Railway of Iowa
  - ← Council Bluffs and Ottumwa Railway (-1991)
    - ← OTT Ottumwa Terminal Railroad
- ← Lincoln and Southern Railroad
CO KS KO Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (2001-) ← CKRY Central Kansas Railway (1993-2001) ← ?
- ← KSW Kansas Southwestern Railway (1991-2000)
CO KS KYLE Kyle Railroad
AR KS MO MNA Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (1992-) ← Missouri Pacific Railroad
ID MT WA MRL Montana Rail Link
ME VT MMA Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (2003-)
- ← BAR Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (1891-2003)
  - ← NVR Northern Vermont Railroad
  - ← QSR Quebec Southern Railway
- ← CDAC Canadian American Railroad (1995-2003) ← Canadian Pacific
CO KS NE NKCR Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet (1996-) ← ?
NJ NY NYSW New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
- ← Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railway (-1992)
MN ND NPR Northern Plains Railroad (1996-) ← Soo Line Railroad
KY PAL Paducah and Louisville Railway (1986-) ← Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
CT ME MA NH NY VT Pan Am Railways ← GTIS Guilford Rail System
- ← BM Boston and Maine
- ← MEC Maine Central Railroad
- ← PTM Portland Terminal
- ← ST Springfield Terminal Railway
OR PNWR Portland and Western Railroad (1995-) ← Southern Pacific Transportation
CT MA NY RI PW Providence and Worcester Railroad
- ← CCCL Connecticut Central Railroad (1987-1998)
- ← Connecticut Rail Systems (1993-1993) owned by Providence and Worcester Railroad ← ?
- ← WRWK Warwick Railway
MN ND RRVW Red River Valley and Western Railroad
CA SJVR San Joaquin Valley Railroad
- ← Port Railroads operated by San Joaquin Valley Railroad ← Southern Pacific Transportation
KS OK SKOL South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
- ← SEKR Southeast Kansas Railroad (1987-1998)
TX TNER Texas Northeastern Railroad appears to have shrunk
TX TXPF Texas Pacifico Transportation (2001-) ← South Orient Railroad (1994-2001), Texas Train Management (1993-2001)
CO UT UTAH Utah Railway
MD OH PA WV WE Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
IL WI WSOR Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
- ← Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad (1985-1997)
  - ← Wisconsin Central Railroad (1980-1989) subsidiary of Southeastern Wisconsin Transportation
  - ← Wisconsin Western Railroad (1982-1989)

Alabama railroads

ALAB Alabama Railroad
AF Alabama and Florida Railway (1992-) ← AFLR Alabama and Florida Railroad (-1992)
ATN Alabama and Tennessee River Railway (2004-) owned by OmniTRAX ← CSX
BS Birmingham Southern Railroad
COEH Conecuh Valley Railroad (2001-) owned by Gulf and Ohio Railways ← SUAB Southern Alabama Railroad (1988-2001)
EARY Eastern Alabama Railway
Fairfield Southern
HMCR Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
JEFW Jefferson Warrior Railroad
Rapid Switching Services (1996-) (ex-Connersville Railroad) switching at Kerr-McGee
Southern Electric Railroad
TASD Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
TNHR Three Notch Railroad (2001-) owned by Gulf and Ohio Railways ← Alabama and Florida Railway
WGCR Wiregrass Central Railroad

Out of service

Blasingame Brothers (1985-2002) ← Huntsville and Madison County Railroad
Cheney Railroad (1989-1996)
PBRR Pine Belt Southern Railroad (1995-) ← Central of Georgia Railroad
Railway Services?? (1992-2006)

Alaska railroads

Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company (1979-) operates WPY White Pass and Yukon Route

Arizona railroads

APA Apache Railway
AZCR Arizona Central Railroad (RRB says it became Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad in 1997)
AZER Arizona Eastern Railway
BLKM Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad private railroad
CBRY Copper Basin Railway
SPSR San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad (2003-) subsidiary of San Pedro Railroad Operating Company, owned by Arizona Railroad Group ← SWKR Operating Company (1992-2003) (ex-San Pedro and Southwestern Railway until 1994)

Tourist lines

GCRX Grand Canyon Railway (1989-)
Verde Canyon Railroad

Out of service

BHP Arizona Railroad (ex-MAA Magma Arizona Railroad until 1996)
SMA San Manuel Arizona Railroad
TCG Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad (1915-1985)
WMSC White Mountain Scenic Railroad
USG/YVR Yuma Valley Railway

Arkansas railroads

2002 State Rail Plan

AKMD/DPRS? Arkansas Midland Railroad
BXN Bauxite and Northern Railway
CVRY/CVYR Caddo Valley Railroad (2000-) ← Arkansas Midland Railroad
DR Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad
DVS Delta Valley and Southern Railway
DKS Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railway operated by Union Pacific Railroad
EDW El Dorado and Wesson Railway
FP Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
FSR Fort Smith Railroad
H&M International Transportation (1998-) in-plant switching
LRPA Little Rock Port Authority Railroad
LRWN Little Rock and Western Railway
PNW Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
WSR Warren and Saline River Railroad

Tourist lines

Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway (1981-)
White River Scenic Railroad (1997-)

Out of service

AUG Augusta Railroad
Helena Southwestern Railroad (-1984/1986)

California railroads

GIS metadata (2004), property values (2008)

ABL Alameda Belt Line operated by BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad
AL Almanor Railroad
CFNR/CNRR California Northern Railroad (1993-2000 → ParkSierra → 2002-) owned by RailAmerica ← Southern Pacific Transportation
CZRY Carrizo Gorge Railway (2001-) ← San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
CCT Central California Traction owned by BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad
LAJ Los Angeles Junction Railway
MCR/MR McCloud Railway (1992-) ← McCloud River Railroad (1897-1992)
CWR Mendocino Railway (2004-) owned by Sierra Railroad ← California Western Railroad (1976-2003) (ex-Mendocino Coast Railway until 1988) subsidiary of CWR CWRR from 1996
MET Modesto and Empire Traction
NVRR Napa Valley Railroad
NWP Northwestern Pacific Railroad ← Northwestern Pacific Railway (2000/2001-2001) ← Rail-Ways (1998-2001) ← Northwestern Pacific Railroad (1907-1998) (ex- North Coast Railroad Authority, 1992-1996)
- ← Eureka Southern Railroad (-1992)
- ← Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad (-1985)
OTCR Oakdale Traction
OTR Oakland Terminal Railway
PHL Pacific Harbor Line (1997-) ← HBL Harbor Belt Line Railroad (1997?-1998)
POAK Port of Oakland Railway?
QRR Quincy Railroad (1986-) subsidiary of Sierra Pacific from 1995 ← Southern Pacific Transportation
RPRC Richmond Pacific Railroad (ex- Parr Terminal Railroad)
SAV Sacramento Valley Railroad (2008-) owned by Patriot Rail ← McClellan Business Park
SDIY San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (1984-) ← San Diego and Arizona Eastern Transportation (1979-1984) owned by Kyle Railways ← San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (-1979/2001) owned by Southern Pacific Transportation until 1979, then San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board
San Francisco Bay Railroad (2000-) (ex-LB Railco aka "Landbridge") ← San Francisco Port Commission ← Port Railroads (-1993)
SCBG Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (1985/1990-)
SMV Santa Maria Valley Railroad (1911-) subsidiary of Coast Belle Rail from 2006
Sierra Northern Railway (ex-YSLR Yolo Shortline Railroad)
- ← SERA Sierra Railroad (1995-) originally subsidiary of Coast Enterprises ← Eccles and Eastern Railroad (1994-1995) subsidiary of Sierra Pacific Coast Railway ← Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
  - ← Sierra Railroad (-1995) subsidiary of Silver Foot
SRYC Sierra Railway of California?
Southern California Railroad switching for United States Gypsum
STE Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad
TRC Trona Railway owned by IMC Global
TVRR Tulare Valley Railroad (1992-) operated by San Joaquin Valley Railroad ← Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
VCRR Ventura County Railroad (1998-) ← VCY Ventura County Railway (1911-1998)
WFS West Isle Line (1998-) owned by Western Farm Services ← BNSF Railway
YW Yreka Western Railroad

Tourist lines

Out of service

AFRR Amador Foothills Railroad (1998-2004) subsidiary of SierraPine owned by Sierra Pacific ← AMC Amador Central Railroad (-1997)
LAPT Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (-?/2002)
SUN Sunset Railway (-2004) operated by BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad?

Colorado railroads

CW Colorado and Wyoming Railway owned by CF&I Steel
DRIR Denver Rock Island Railroad (1994?-) (ex-Denver Terminal Railroad)
- ← Platte Valley Railway?? subsidiary of Great Western Railway
  - ← Denver Railway (-1993)
Great Western Lines operated by Great Western Railway of Colorado
GWR Great Western Railway of Colorado
RRRR Rock and Rail (1998-) operates Royal Gorge Express (1998-) ← Union Pacific Railroad
SLC San Luis Central Railroad
SLRG San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (2003-) owned by RailAmerica ← Union Pacific Railroad
- ← SSLV Southern San Luis Valley Railroad (1955-1996)
VST Towner Railway subsidiary of V&S Railway ← CKP Colorado, Kansas and Pacific Railway (2000-2003) ← Colorado Department of Transportation

Tourist lines

Ansco Investment (1987-) operates Ski Train
Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Georgetown Loop Railroad
Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad (ex-Leadville-Climax Shortline Railway?)
Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
Platte Valley Trolley operated by Denver Rail Heritage Society
Royal Gorge Route Railroad (1999-) (ex-Canon City and Royal Gorge Railroad)

Out of service

DUT Denver Union Terminal Railway (1912-2001)
KVR Kern Valley Railroad? (2001-) operated by Colorado Central Railroad (2001-2002) ← Trinidad Railway
Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority (1997-) ← Southern Pacific Transportation
RMRR Rocky Mountain Railcar and Railroad (-1997)
TRIN Trinidad Railway (1992-2000) operated by others ← Colorado and Wyoming Railway

Connecticut railroads

ConnDOT: Ownership and Service (2007)

BRFD Branford Steam Railroad
CNZR Central New England Railroad (1995-) ← Connecticut Department of Transportation
NAUG Naugatuck Railroad (1995-) ← State of Connecticut
VALE Valley Railroad

Delaware railroads

DCLR Delaware Coast Line Railroad (1999-) Maryland and Delaware Railroad ← Delaware Coast Line Railroad (1982-1994)
WWRC Wilmington and Western Railroad

District of Columbia railroads

WATC Washington Terminal

Florida railroads

FDOT: Florida Railroad Company Contacts

AN AN Railway (2002-) owned by Rail Management Corporation ← Apalachicola Northern Railroad (1903-2002)
FCEN Florida Central Railroad
FMID Florida Midland Railroad
FNOR Florida Northern Railroad
FWCR Florida West Coast Railroad
JTCO Jacksonville Terminal?
Kennedy Space Center Railroad
Port Manatee Railroad owned by Manatee County Port Authority
Port of Palm Beach District private carrier
SJRT St. Johns River Terminal?
SGLR Seminole Gulf Railway
SCXF South Central Florida Express (1994-) ← SCFE South Central Florida Railroad (1990-1994) subsidiary of Brandywine Valley Railroad
TTR Talleyrand Terminal Railroad (1996-) ← Jaxport Terminal Railway (1990-1996)

Tourist lines

Inland Lakes Railway (2005-)

Out of service

Mount Dora, Tavares and Eustis Railroad (1998-)

Georgia railroads

GDOT: Railroad Maps (2005-2006)

Albany Bridge (1993-) operated by others ← South Carolina Central Railroad, Georgia Great Southern Division
ABR Athens Line
CIRR Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
FCR Fulton County Railway (2004-) ← CSX
GC Georgia Central Railway
GMR Georgia Midland Railroad (2004-) owned by Atlantic Western Transportation ← Ogeechee Railway
GNRR Georgia Northeastern Railroad
GWRC Georgia Woodlands Railroad
GITM Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (1998-) ← Colonel's Island Railroad (1983-1998)
GRWR Great Walton Railroad
HRT Hartwell Railroad (1995-) operated by Great Walton Railroad ← Norfolk Southern Railway
HOG Heart of Georgia Railroad (2000-) ← Georgia Southwestern Railroad, State of Georgia
LW Louisville and Wadley Railway
MTCO Macon Terminal?
RSOR Riceboro Southern Railway (2004-) ← CSX
SM St. Mary's Railroad (1924-) (ex-Durango Railroad for a bit from 2000) owned by Durango Paper
SMW St. Marys Railway West
SAN Sandersville Railroad
SAPT Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (1998-) ← Savannah State Docks Railroad (1953-1998)
VR Valdosta Railway

Out of service

Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway (1907-1997)
Chattahoochee Valley Railway (1900-1993)
ORC Ogeechee Railway (1989-2005) operated by Georgia Midland Railroad, Heart of Georgia Railroad from 2004

Hawaii railroads

Idaho railroads

BGCM BG&CM Railroad (2005-) ← Great Northwest Railroad
City of Boise Railroad
EIRR Eastern Idaho Railroad (1993-) ← Union Pacific Railroad
ISRC Idaho and Sedalia Transportation (2004-) ← Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad
STMA St. Maries River Railroad (1980-)
- ← Idaho Western Railway (1985-2000) owned by StatesRail

Illinois railroads

IDOT: Illinois Railroad Map (2006)

ALS Alton and Southern Railway
BRC Belt Railway of Chicago
BLOL Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad
Bulkmatic Railroad (2002-) owned by Bulkmatic Transport, operated by Chicago Heights Switching (2002-) ← Bulkmatic Transport
Calumet Transload and Railroad (2005-) ← ?
C&C Railroad (2001-) ← Centerpoint Properties
CIRY Central Illinois Railroad (2001-) ← Canadian Pacific Rail System, Union Pacific Railroad
CCUO Chicago-Chemung Railroad
CPC Chicago Port Railroad (2005-) ← Ozinga Transportation
CRL Chicago Rail Link
- ← Chicago West Pullman Transportation (-1994) owned by OmniTRAX
- ← CWP Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad (1900-1996)
CTM Chicago Terminal Railroad (2007-) owned by Permian Basin Railways, Iowa Pacific Holdings ← Soo Line Railroad
CUST Chicago Union Station owned by Amtrak
CIR City of Rochelle Railroad operated by Burlington Junction Railway from 2006, earlier Total Logistic Control from 1999 ← RRCO Rochelle Railroad (1996-1998) ← Rochelle, Illinois
CAEG Coffeen and Western Railroad
COER Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad
DT Decatur Junction Railway (1993-) ← Indiana Hi-Rail
DOT Rail Service switching
EIRC Eastern Illinois Railroad
EFRR Effingham Railroad (1997-) ← Conrail
Hooper-Myron operated by Kankakee, Beaverville, and Southern Railroad (2000-) ← Illiana Railroad Service (1990-2000) operated by Kankakee, Beaverville, and Southern Railroad
IR Illinois RailNet (1997-) owned by North American RailNet ← BNSF Railway
IMRR Illinois and Midland Railroad (1996-) ← Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway (1986-1996)
ILW Illinois Western Railroad
Joliet Junction Railroad switching ← Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
JE Joppa and Eastern Railroad (1991-) owned by Electric Energy, operated by Burlington Northern Railroad ← new trackage
KKRX Kaskaskia Regional Port District Railroad
MJ Manufacturers' Junction Railway
North American Industrial Railway
PPU Peoria and Pekin Union Railway operated by Tazewell and Peoria Railroad from 2004
Peoria, Peoria Heights and Western Railroad ← PRY Pioneer Industrial Railway (1998-) ← Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
RVPR Riverport Railroad (1999-) ← Jo-Daviess/Carroll County Local Redevelopment Authority
STR Shawnee Terminal Railway (1996-) ← CTML Cairo Terminal Railroad (1982-1996)
SIRS Shelbyville Industrial Rail Spur?
TZPR Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (2004-) owned by Genesee and Wyoming ← Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
VRRC Vandalia Railroad

Tourist lines

AEFR Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric

Out of service

CWI Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad?
CHTT Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer?
ESLJ East St. Louis Junction Railroad
WAER Wabash and Erie Railroad?

Indiana railroads

INDOT: Indiana Railroads (2008)

AWW Algers, Winslow and Western Railway
Bee Line Railroad operated by Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad
BFRR Big 4 Terminal Railroad ← Wabash Central Railroad
Browns, Grayville and Poseyville Railway
CKSI Carthage, Knightstown and Shirley Railroad?
CEIW Central Indiana and Western Railroad
CERA Central Railroad of Indianapolis
CKIN Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (2004-) owned by Indiana Boxcar ← CSX
City of Auburn Port Authority
CNUR C&NC Railroad (1997-) ← Norfolk and Western Railway
DCRR Dubois County Railroad (1993-) ← Southern Indiana and Ohio River Railway (1988-1993; never operated) ← ?
EWR Elkhart and Western Railroad (2001-) owned by Pioneer Railcorp ← Michigan Southern Railroad
FC Fulton County Railroad extended along Norfolk and Western Railway trackage in 1998
HCRR Honey Creek Railroad (1993-) ← Conrail
Hoosier Heritage Port Authority operated by Indiana Rail Road?
HOS Hoosier Southern Railroad (1995-) subsidiary of Perry County Port Authority ← ?
Illinois Indiana Development (2000-) operated by Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad ← North Shore Railway
ICRK Indian Creek Railroad
ISRR Indiana Southern Railroad owned by RailTex
ISW Indiana Southwestern Railway (2000-) owned by Pioneer Railcorp
- ← AB Rail Investments
- ← EVT Evansville Terminal (1996-2000) ← ?
IU Indianapolis Union Railway?
KTR Kendallville Terminal Railway (2001-) owned by Pioneer Railcorp ← Michigan Southern Railroad
Kokomo Rail (1993-) operated by Central Railroad of Indianapolis ← CSX
LMIC Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad subsidiary of ISG Railways from 2003, owned by Bethlehem Steel; was subsidiary of Keystone Railroad until 2001 ← Burns Harbor Shortline Railroad?
LER Logansport and Eel River Short-Line
LNAC/LNAL Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad (1888-) subsidiary of Lucas Rail Lines, subsidiary of BPM Rail from 1988 to 2006
CMPA Madison Railroad
Marksman Corporation (1997-) operated by Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway ← J. K. Line
MGRI MG Rail ← Clark Shortline Railroad?
Monon Rail Preservation (1998-) operated by Indiana Rail Road ← CSX
OVR Ohio Valley Railroad
OTCO Owensville Terminal (1996-) owned by RailAmerica, operated by Huron and Eastern Railway ← Poseyville and Owensville Railroad (-1996)
SIND Southern Indiana Railway
Southwind Shortline Railroad
SCS Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (2002-) owned by Respondek Railroad ← Norfolk Southern Railway
- ← Yankeetown Dock (1953-) private carrier operated by Amax Coal
WBCR Wabash Central Railroad (1997-) ← ?
WSRY Winamac Southern Railway (1993-) ← Conrail

Tourist lines

Out of service

ARE A&R Line (1995-) operated by J. K. Line ← Winamac Southern Railway
BRRC Borinstein Railroad
COOK Cook Transit
Corydon Scenic Railroad
Ferdinand Corporation (1990-2006) ← FRDN Ferdinand and Huntingburg Railroad (-1990) owned by Itel Rail
JKL J. K. Line?
Muncie and Western Railroad (1937-1995)
PSLL Plymouth Short Line
TBER Terre Haute, Brazil and Eastern Railroad (1987-1993)

Iowa railroads

Iowa DOT: Profiles of Railroads Operating in Iowa (2000)

APNC Appanoose County Community Railroad
BSVY Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
CBEC Railway (1997-) ← ISR Iowa Southern Railroad
CIC Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
D&W Railroad (2003-) operated by Iowa Northern Railway ← Union Pacific Railroad
IANR Iowa Northern Railway
IANW Iowa Northwestern Railroad (2001-) subsidiary of General Railway ← Dickinson Osceola Railroad Association (2001-2001) ← Union Pacific Railroad
IARR Iowa River Railroad (2006-) ← North Central Railway Association, Union Pacific Railroad
IATR Iowa Traction Railroad
- ← Iowa Terminal Railroad (-1987)
KEWA Kewash Railroad
SCT Sioux City Terminal Railway
SIRR Southern Industrial Railroad?

Tourist lines

Keokuk Electric Railway (1993-)

Out of service

Iowa Transfer Railway (1905-1994)
Narragansett Railway (1988-1991)

Kansas railroads

KDOT: Railroads in Kansas, Kansas Rail Plan (2006)

Blue Rapids Railway (1994-) owned by Georgia-Pacific, operated by Mid-Michigan Railroad, Northeast Kansas and Missouri Division ← Union Pacific Railroad
BHWY Boothill and Western Railway (2000-) owned by Right Cooperative Association ← Dodge City Ford and Bucklin Railroad
GCW Garden City Western Railway
- ← Garden City Northern Railway (-1991)
HN Hutchinson and Northern Railway
KE Kansas Eastern Railroad (1996-) operated by South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad ← Burlington Northern Railroad
New Century AirCenter
VSR V&S Railway (2000-) operated by Kansas Southern Railway until 2002 ← Central Kansas Railway
- ← Kiowa, Hardtner and Pacific Railroad (1908-2003)
WTA Wichita Terminal Association owned by BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad
WUT Wichita Union Terminal Railway?

Tourist lines

Out of service

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad had trackage rights over Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad between Chase and Silica [1]
KCTV KCT Railway (1990-1991)
T and P Railway (-1993) operated by Southeast Kansas Railroad

Kentucky railroads

Cando Contracting switching
CARR Carrollton Railroad owned by CSX?
FVRR Fredonia Valley Railroad
Glasgow Railway operated by CSX
HSRR Hardin Southern Railroad (1993-) ← JJRD J&J Railroad (-1993)
KT Kentucky and Tennessee Railway
PI Paducah and Illinois Railroad
RJCR R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line (1987-) ← CSX
RJCC R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines (2003-) ← LXOH Lexington and Ohio Railroad (1996-2003) ← Norfolk Southern Railway
R.J. Corman Railroad Switching (2001-) switching for ThyssenKrupp Budd
TTIS Transkentucky Transportation Railroad
WKRL Western Kentucky Railway (1995-) ← TWRY Tradewater Railway (-1995)

Out of service

MWCL Midwest Coal Handling

Louisiana railroads

AKDN Acadiana Railway
LDRR Louisiana and Delta Railroad
LAS Louisiana Southern Railroad (2005-) owned by Watco Companies ← Kansas City Southern Railway
NOGC New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway (1999-) owned by Rio Grande Pacific ← NOLR New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad (1991-1999)
NOPB New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Southern Gulf Railway (2000-) owned by Entergy, operated by Timber Rock Railroad ← ?

Out of service

New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (-2002)

Maine railroads

EMRY Eastern Maine Railway (1995-) owned by New Brunswick Railway ← Canadian Pacific
MERR Maine Eastern Railroad (2003-) subsidiary of Morristown and Erie Railway ← Safe Handling Rail (2000-2003) ← Maine Coast Railroad (1990-2000)
Sappi Fine Paper North America subsidiary of S.D. Warren, operated by Cascade Transportation (2002-) switching ← Maine Central Railroad, Springfield Terminal Railway
TI Turners Island
VB Van Buren Bridge

Out of service

AVL Aroostook Valley Railroad (1902-1997)
BML Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad (1867-) subsidiary of Railstar from 2003

Maryland railroads

CTN Canton Railroad
GCK Georges Creek Railway
PBR Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad subsidiary of ISG Railways from 2003, owned by Bethlehem Steel

Tourist lines

WS Walkersville Southern Railroad (1993-) ← State of Maryland

Massachusetts railroads

BCLR Bay Colony Railroad
BTCO Boston Terminal?
EBSR East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad (2004-) ← CSX
FRVT Fore River Transportation (2001-) ← QBT Quincy Bay Terminal (1992-2001) ← Fore River Railway (1986-1992)
GU Grafton and Upton Railroad
MCER Massachusetts Central Railroad
MC Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (2008-) ← Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PVRR Pioneer Valley Railroad

Tourist lines

Cape Cod Central Railroad (1999-)

Michigan railroads

ADBF Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road ← Lenawee County Railroad (1977-1990)
CHS Charlotte Southern Railroad (2000-) owned by Michigan Short Lines ← Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
DC Delray Connecting Railroad
DCON Detroit Connecting Railroad (2000-) owned by Michigan Short Lines ← Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
FSUD Fort Street Union Depot?
GR Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (1993-) ← Central Michigan Railroad
HESR Huron and Eastern Railway owned by RailAmerica
- ← CMGN Central Michigan Railway
- ← SGVY Saginaw Valley Railway (1991-2004) owned by RailAmerica
LSRC Lake State Railway
- ← DM Detroit and Mackinac Railway (1984-1992)
LSI Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
LIRR Lapeer Industrial Railroad (2000-) owned by Michigan Short Lines ← Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
MQT Marquette Rail (2005-) ← CSX
MAL Michigan Air-Line Railway (1984-) (ex-CRLE Coe Rail until 2006) owned by Railmark Holdings from 2006
Michigan Central Railway planned
MS Michigan Shore Railroad
MSO Michigan Southern Railroad subsidiary of Wabash and Western Railway from 1996 (ex-Wabash and Western Railway)
MMRR Mid-Michigan Railroad owned by RailTex
- ← Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (1993-1998)??
- ← Michigan Shore Railroad (1990-1998)??
Mineral Range Railroad
SBS Saginaw Bay Southern Railway (2005-) owned by J&JG Holding Company, operated by Lake State Railway ← CSX
TCBY Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad
WMI West Michigan Railroad (ex-WJ West Jersey Railroad) ← KLSC Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad (1987-1995) subsidiary of Southwestern Michigan Railroad
WYS Wyandotte Southern Railroad?

Tourist lines

Coopersville and Marne Railway freight operated by Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad ← Central Michigan Railway
Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation
Train Travel (1989-)

Out of service

LTCR Leelanau Transit
Ludington and Northern Railway (1901-1997)
Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad (-1988)
Union Belt of Detroit (-1992)

Minnesota railroads

ALT Airlake Terminal Railway (2002-) owned by Progressive Rail ← Progressive Rail
CVRC Cannon Valley Railroad subsidiary of Progressive Rail
Cliffs Erie Railroad
CTRR Cloquet Terminal Railroad (2002-) ← DNE Duluth and Northeastern Railroad (1898-2002)
IBT International Bridge and Terminal
MNNR Minnesota Commercial Railway
MDW Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway
MNN Minnesota Northern Railroad (1996-) ← Burlington Northern Railroad
MPLI Minnesota Prairie Line (2002-) owned by Twin Cities and Western Railroad ← Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority
Minnesota River Bridge (1996-) operated by Twin Cities and Western Railroad ← Soo Line Railroad
MSWY Minnesota Southern Railway (2000-) ← Buffalo Ridge Regional Rail Authority (2000-2000) ← NRR Nobles Rock Railroad (1993-2000) subsidiary of Rail Equipment and Transportation until 1998; owned by Cascade Railcorp from 1998 ← Buffalo Ridge Regional Rail Authority
- ← Buffalo Ridge Railroad (1989-1992)
MSL Montgomery Short Line
NLR Northern Lines Railway (2005-) ← BNSF Railway
Northshore Mining
SCXY St. Croix Valley Railroad (1997-) owned by RailAmerica ← BNSF Railway
SPUD St. Paul Union Depot (?)

Tourist lines

Minnesota Transportation Museum
Minnesota Zephyr (1986-)

Out of service

DAKR Dakota Rail (1982-2000)
MCTA Minnesota Central Railroad (1994-2000) ← MNVA Railroad (-1994)

Mississippi railroads

CNOW Columbia and Northern Railway
GTRA Golden Triangle Railroad
GTR Great River Railroad operated by Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Commission
KSRY Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway (2000-) subsidiary of Mississippi Rail Group ← State of Mississippi
MDS Meridian Southern Railway (2000-) ← Kansas City Southern Railway
MD/MSDR Mississippi Delta Railroad subsidiary of Gulf and Ohio Railways from 1985 until 2001, then of C&J Railroad
MSE Mississippi Export Railroad
MSV Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad
MSR Mississippi Southern Railroad (2005-) owned by Watco Companies ← Kansas City Southern Railway
MISS/MSRW Mississippian Railway Cooperative
OAR Old Augusta Railroad (1982-) owned by Georgia-Pacific until 2004, Koch Cellulose from 2004
PRV Pearl River Valley Railroad
PBVR Port Bienville Railroad
TISH Tishomingo Railroad (2000-) ← ?
VSOR Vicksburg Southern Railroad (2006-) owned by Watco Companies ← Kansas City Southern Railway

Out of service

CLSL Columbia and Silver Creek Railroad (1982-1992)

Missouri railroads

BSDA Bi-State Development Agency Railroad (1989-) operated by Respondek Railroad, formerly by Railroad Switching Services of Missouri
CMR Central Midland Railway (2001-) owned by Progressive Rail operates MOC Missouri Central Railroad (1999-) ← operated by General Railway (1999-2001) ← LKWR Lackland Western Railroad never operated ← Union Pacific Railroad
CT Columbia Terminal Railroad
GCRC Golden Cat Railroad?
IC&E-Kansas City Southern Joint Agency (ex-Soo-Kansas City Southern Joint Agency, then I&M-Kansas City Southern Joint Agency)
Jackson, Gordonville and Deltaville Railroad operated by Jackson and Southern Railroad ← Golden Cat Railroad, Jackson Industrial Development
KCTL Kansas City Transportation (2006-) owned by Kansas City Terminal Railway ← ?
MNC Missouri North Central Railroad subsidiary of Motive Rail ← CBRM Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority (1987-1990, 1994-) subsidiary of GHRD Green Hills Rural Development ← Wabash and Grand River Railway (1990-1993)
MVP Missouri and Valley Park Railroad (2002-) owned by American Railroads ← BNSF Railway
Motive Rail (1998-) ← SEMO Port Railroad
OVRR Ozark Valley Railroad (2007-) ← Kansas City Southern Railway
RSM Railroad Switching Services of Missouri
SLOI St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
SE SEMO Port Railroad (1994-) owned by Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, operated by Respondek Railroad ← Missouri Pacific Railroad
SSJR Sheffield Station Junction Railway subsidiary of Locomotive Preservation and Operating Group
TransitAmerica Services (2005-) owned by TransitAmerica, switching for Herzog Contracting Corp. ← Herzog Contracting

Tourist lines

Branson Scenic Railway (1993-)

Out of service

Bootheel Regional Rail (1995-1996) ← Burlington Northern Railroad
JSRC Jackson and Southern Railroad (-1993)
Kansas City Public Service Freight Operation
Lakeside Transportation (1993-1994) ← Norfolk and Western Railway

Montana railroads

Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway (ex-RARW Rarus Railway)
CM Central Montana Rail
MMT Mission Mountain Railroad (2003-) owned by Watco Companies ← BNSF Railway
Tongue River Railroad planned

Tourist lines

Missoula Gulch and Butte Hill Line operated by Butte/Anaconda Historic Park and Railroad (1987-)

Nebraska railroads

BRAN Brandon Corporation
FNW Fremont Northwestern Railroad
NRI Nebkota Railway (1994-) ← Chicago and North Western Transportation
NCRC Nebraska Central Railroad (1993-) ← Union Pacific Railroad
NENE Nebraska Northeastern Railway (1996-) owned by TNW Corporation ← Burlington Northern Railroad
OLB Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway
SLGG S&L Railroad (2002-) owned by Progress Rail ← Sidney and Lowe Railroad (1982-2002)

Out of service

FWRY Fillmore Western Railway (1996-1999) ← ?

Nevada railroads

Nevada Industrial Switch

Out of service

Robinson Nevada Railroad (1996-) (ex-BHP BHP Nevada Railroad) ← NN Northern Nevada Railroad (1995-1996) ← Nevada Northern Railway

New Hampshire railroads

NHDOT: Railroads, State Rail Plan (2001)

CCRR Claremont Concord Railroad
Fraser N.H. owned by Fraser Papers, operated by St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad ← BMS Berlin Mills Railway (1970-1999)
Milford-Bennington Railroad
NEGS New England Southern Railroad

Tourist lines

Conway Scenic Railroad
MWRC Mount Washington Cog Railway

New Jersey railroads

Bayshore Terminal switching
BRW Black River and Western Railroad
Bound Brook and Raritan River Railroad (1995-) switching for Union Carbide
CMSL Cape May Seashore Lines
EJR East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company
HIRR Hainesport Industrial Railroad (2005-) ← Hainesport Industrial Park Railroad Association
ME Morristown and Erie Railway
New Jersey and Northern Railway switching
NJRC New Jersey Rail Carrier (2004-) ← Columbia Terminals
NYGL New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1996-) ← Conrail
PJR Port Jersey Railroad
Rahway Valley Railroad operated by Morrestown and Erie Railway? ← Rahway Valley Company (1909-1992)
RCRY Raritan Central Railway (2001-) ← Durham Transport (1994-2001) ← ?
SDBB Somerset Terminal Railroad operated by Standard Terminal Railroad of New Jersey?
SRNJ Southern Railroad of New Jersey (1991-) subsidiary of JP Rail ← Shore Fast Line (-1991)
WW Winchester and Western Railroad (New Jersey)

Out of service

HMR Hoboken Manufacturers

New Mexico railroads

Out of service

NMGR New Mexico Gateway Railroad

New York railroads

APD Albany Port Railroad
ARA Arcade and Attica Railroad
BH B&H Rail (2001-) (ex-Conhocton Valley Railroad) owned by Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad ← Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad ← Bath and Hammondsport Railroad (1872-1994)
BKRR Batten Kill Railroad
BSOR Buffalo Southern Railroad
DLWR Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad
FRR Falls Road Railroad (1996-) owned by Genesee Valley Transportation ← Conrail
FGLK Finger Lakes Railway (1995-) ← Conrail
LAL Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad
- ← CGNE Champagne Railroad (1993-1996) ← Conrail
LBR Lowville and Beaver River Railroad
MSTR Massena Terminal Railroad
MNJ Middletown and New Jersey Railway
MHWA Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad
NYA New York and Atlantic Railway (1997-) owned by Anacostia and Pacific ← Long Island Rail Road
NYER New York and Eastern Railway
NYLE New York and Lake Erie Railroad
NYOG New York and Ogdensburg Railway (1998-) ← St. Lawrence and Raquette River Railroad (1990-1998) ← NSL Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad
ONCT Ontario Central Railroad
OMID Ontario Midland Railroad
OHRY Owego and Harford Railway
RSR Rochester and Southern Railroad
- ← DMM Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad
- ← GNWR Genesee and Wyoming Railroad
SNY SMS Rail Lines of New York
SOM Somerset Railroad
South Brooklyn Railway
SB South Buffalo Railway

Tourist lines

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad (1999-) owned by Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society

Out of service

Burgundy Champagne Railroad? (1994-)
RSB Rochester Subway
TIRL Tonawanda Island Railroad (1983-1996)

North Carolina railroads

ACWR Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway
- ← CHRR Chesapeake Railroad (1995-1999) ← Maryland Department of Transportation
AR Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
- ← Dunn-Erwin Railway (1988-1989)
ARC Alexander Railroad
ATW Atlantic and Western Railway
CWCY Caldwell County Railroad (1994-) owned by Thermal Belt Railway ← Carolina and Northwestern Railroad (1990-1994)
CF Cape Fear Railways
CLNA Carolina Coastal Railway
CTR Clinton Terminal Railroad (1995-) subsidiary of Clinton Industrial Switching ← CSX?
Craggy Mountain Line
GSM Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
HPTD High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
LRS Laurinburg and Southern Railroad (1909-) owned by L&S Holding Company until 1998
MHSF Morehead and South Fork Railroad (2005-) ← CRIJ Carolina Rail Service (1994-2005) owned by Canal Industries ← Carolina Rail Services (-1994) owned by Southern Terminal Holdings
- ← BMH Beaufort and Morehead Railway (2001-2002) ← NCPR North Carolina Ports Railway Commission (2000-2001/2002) ← Beaufort and Morehead Railway (1991-1999) ← Beaufort East Coast Railroad (-1991)
NCYR Nash County Railroad (ex-Rocky Mount and Western Railroad)
North Carolina Railroad operated by Norfolk Southern Railway
RSNR Red Springs and Northern Railroad
TBRY Thermal Belt Railway subsidiary of Southeast Shortlines
WTRY Wilmington Terminal Railroad
WSS Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
YVRR Yadkin Valley Railroad subsidiary of Piedmont and Atlantic Railroad

Out of service

North Carolina Ports Railway Commission (1980-1988)
WAR Warrenton Railroad (1976-1985)

North Dakota railroads

CHS Holdings (2002-) operated by Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives (switching) ← J. K. Line
DN Dakota Northern Railroad (2006-) owned by KBN Incorporated ← BNSF Railway
MRI Mohall Railroad (2000-) operated by Northern Plains Railroad ← BNSF Railway
MHC Mohall Central Railroad (2005-) operated by Northern Plains Railroad ← BNSF Railway
RL Rutland Line (1997-) operated by Red River Valley and Western Railroad ← BNSF Railway

Ohio railroads

AB Akron Barberton Cluster Railway (1994-) ← ABB Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad (1902-1994)
ASRY Ashland Railway
ACJR Ashtabula, Carson and Jefferson Railroad
CCRA Camp Chase Industrial Railroad (1994-) ← Conrail
Carey Short Line (1993-) operated by others ← Conrail
CCRL Cleveland Commercial Railroad (2004-) ← CVRI Connotton Valley Railway (2002-2004?) ← Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
CUOH Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road
Delphos Terminal (1997-) owned by Central Soya, operated by Conrail (later CSX, now Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern) ← Indiana Hi-Rail
Economic Development Rail Corporation operated by Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
FIR Flats Industrial Railroad (1996-) ← Conrail
GMRY Great Miami and Scioto Railway (1994-) ← Indiana and Ohio Eastern Railroad (1987-1993)
Great Miami and Western Railway (1994-) switching contract with Champion International ← Great Miami Incorporated (1988-1994)
CWRO ISG-Cleveland Works Railway (2002-) owned by International Steel Group
- ← CUVA Cuyahoga Valley Railway (1905-2002)
- ← RT River Terminal Railway (1909-2002)
LT Lake Terminal Railroad
MVRY Mahoning Valley Railway
NSR Newburgh and South Shore Railroad
NTRY Nimishillen and Tuscarawas (1999-) ← Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway (-1999) owned by Republic Engineered Steels
NOW Northern Ohio and Western Railway (1995-) ← ?
OHIC Ohi-Rail
OHCR Ohio Central Railroad
- ← PLW PL&W Railroad (1993-1995) ← Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, Youngstown and Southern Railway
OHPA Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad (1995-) ← ?
OSRR Ohio Southern Railroad
ORA Ormet Railroad
Republic N&T Railroad (ex-PAV Railroad until 2004) (2003-) owned by PAV Republic ← N&T Railway (2003-2003) owned by Republic Engineered Products ← Nimishillen and Tuscarawas (1999-2002) ← Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway (-1999)
RJCL R.J. Corman Railroad/Cleveland Line (1995-) ← ?
South Charleston Railroad owned by Clark Landmark, operated by Indiana and Ohio Central Railroad ← Conrail
SYRR Sandusky River Railroad
SBLN Sterling Belt Line Railway
US Rail
WTRM Warren and Trumbull Railroad (1994-) leases Economic Development Rail II Corporation, operated by Ohio Central Railroad ← CSX
West Central Ohio Port Authority (1994-) operated by Indiana and Central Ohio Railroad ← Conrail
YARR Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
YB Youngstown Belt Railroad (1997-) operated by Ohio Central Railroad ← Warren and Trumbull Railroad

Tourist lines

Lake Shore Railway Association

Out of service

PF Pioneer and Fayette Railroad (1933-1991)

Oklahoma railroads

AOK Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad (1996-) ← State of Oklahoma
ATLT AT&L Railroad
FMRC Farmrail
HE Hollis and Eastern Railroad (1959-)
NOKL Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
ORR Osage Railroad subsidiary of Southeast Kansas Railroad
SS Sand Springs Railway
SLWC Stillwater Central Railroad (1998-) ← State of Oklahoma
TOE Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad
TSU Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
WFEC Railroad (1997-) operated by Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad ← new trackage

Out of service

North Central Oklahoma and Midlands Railway (1990-1990/1994) never operated
Oklahoma Eastern Railway (1991-) subsidiary of Sunbelt Railroad Historical Trust (never operated)

Oregon railroads

ODOT: railroads operating in Oregon (January 2008)

AERC Albany and Eastern Railroad (1998-) ← BNSF Railway
COP City of Prineville Railway
HLSC Hampton Railway (1995-) operated by Willamette and Pacific Railroad ← Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway
Klamath Northern Railway (1995-) owned by Crown Pacific ← Southern Pacific Transportation ← Klamath Northern Railway? (-1992)
MH Mount Hood Railroad (1987-)
OPR Oregon Pacific Railroad (1997-)
- ← EPTC East Portland Traction Company (-1996)
  - ← PRTD Portland Traction
- ← Molalla Western Railway (1993-1996) subsidiary of Hillvista Investment Company ← ?
PT Peninsula Terminal
POTB Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
NPT/PTRC Portland Terminal Railroad
Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration
WURR Wallowa Union Railroad Authority (2003-) ← Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad
WCTR WCTU Railway
WPRR Willamette and Pacific Railroad (1993-) owned by Genesee and Wyoming ← Southern Pacific Transportation
WVR Willamette Valley Railway (1993-) ← Southern Pacific Transportation
- ← WGR Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway (1988-1996) ← Willamette Valley Railroad
  - ← Willamette Valley Railroad (-1994)
Wyoming Colorado Railroad, Oregon Eastern Division (1990-)

Tourist lines

Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (2006-)

Out of service

Longview, Portland and Northern Railway
Oregon, California and Eastern Railway (1915-1990/1991)
OPE Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway (-1994)
Union Rail Enterprises (1987-1993) ← Union Railroad of Oregon (-1987)

Pennsylvania railroads

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission: Railroad Companies Operating in PA, June 2008 Trains

AOR Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (2002-) owned by Summit View ← ALQS Aliquippa and Southern Railroad (1906-2002)
AVR Allegheny Valley Railroad (1995-) ← Conrail
BVRY Brandywine Valley Railroad subsidiary of ISG Railways from 2003, owned by Bethlehem Steel
- ← DV Delaware Valley Railway (1994-1999) owned by RailAmerica ← Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, SEPTA
CSKR C&S Railroad operated by Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad?
- ← Panther Valley Railroad (1983-1991)
CHR Chestnut Ridge Railroad (2004-) ← Chestnut Ridge Railway (1902-2004)
Cumberland Mine Railroad
DL Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (1993-) owned by Genesee Valley Transportation ← Lackawanna Railway (1991-1993) operated by LVAL Lackawanna Valley Railroad ← Lackawanna County Rail Authority (1985-1991) operated by Lackawanna Valley Railroad ← Conrail
- ← Pocono Northeast Railway (1982-1995)
EASO EASX Railroad (1993-) subsidiary of EASX, operated by ISS Railroad ← Three Rivers Railway
EEC East Erie Commercial Railroad
EV Everett Railroad
GET Gettysburg and Northern Railroad owned by Pioneer Railcorp (2001-)
- ← Delaware Valley Railway
- ← Gettysburg Railway (-2001) owned by Delaware Transportation Group from 1997
HRS Hollidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad (1995-) operated by Everett Railroad ← Conrail
JVRR Juniata Valley Railroad (1996-) ← Conrail
KRL Kasgro Rail Lines
KJR Kiski Junction Railroad (1995-) subsidiary of Berkman Rail Services until 2005 ← Conrail
KKRR Knox and Kane Railroad
LNVT Landisville Terminal and Transfer Company (2001-) ← Landisville Railroad (-2000) owned by AMHR Amherst Industries of Pennsylvania
LVRB Lehigh Valley Rail Management, Bethlehem Division operates ISG Railways (2003-) ← Keystone Railroad (-2003) (ex-PBNE Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad) owned by Bethlehem Steel
LVRJ Lehigh Valley Rail Management, Johnstown Division operates ISG Railways (2003-) ← Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad (-2003) owned by Bethlehem Steel
LS Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway (1994-) operates Luzerne County Rail (1994-) ← F&L Realty, Pocono Northeast Railway
LVRR Lycoming Valley Railroad (1996-) ← Conrail
MKC McKeesport Connecting Railroad
MCLR McLaughlin Line Railroad
MIDH Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
Mount Union Connecting Railroad
MVC Transportation (2004-) operated by CSX ← P&LE Properties
NDCR NDC Railroad (now Northampton Switching?)
NCIR New Castle Industrial Railroad (1992-) (ex-ISSR ISS Rail) ← Penn Power Company
NHRR New Hope and Ivyland Railroad d/b/a Bucks County Railroad Preservation and Restoration?
NBER Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad
NSHR North Shore Railroad
OCTL Oil Creek and Titusville Lines
PSCC Pennsylvania and Southern Railway
PSWR Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad (2003-) owned by Watco Companies ← J&L Specialty Steel
- ← MDLR Midland Terminal (1983-2005)
PBL Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad (1889-1992, 2007-)
PAM Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
POHC Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad (2001-) owned by Summit View ← PIR Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad (1996-2001) owned by Summit View ← PCY Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway (-1996)
RBMN Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (1990-)
- ← BMRG Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad (1983-1995)
- ← EMHR East Mahanoy and Hazleton Railroad (1992-1996) ← Conrail
RJCN R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Lines (1996-) ← ?
RJCP R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines (1996-) ← Conrail
SVRR Shamokin Valley Railroad
SWP Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (1995-) ← Conrail
SH Steelton and Highspire Railroad subsidiary of ISG Railways from 2003, owned by Bethlehem Steel; was subsidiary of LI Acquisition
SBRR Stourbridge Railroad
SRC Strasburg Rail Road
TMSS Towanda-Monroeton Shippers Lifeline (1976-) ← ?
TCKR Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad
TYBR Tyburn Railroad
TYC Tylerdale Connecting?
URR Union Railroad
UCIR Union County Industrial Railroad (1994-) operated by North Shore Railroad
UMP Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad subsidiary of ISG Railways from 2003, owned by Bethlehem Steel
WCRL West Chester Railroad (1997-) subsidiary of 4 States Railway Service ← West Chester, Pennsylvania
WTSE West Shore Railroad
YRC York Railway (1999-)
- ← MPA Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad owned by York Railway
- ← YKR Yorkrail owned by York Railway

Tourist lines

Gettysburg Scenic Rail Tours (1996-) ← Gettysburg Passenger Service (-1996)
Tioga Central Railroad

Out of service

CI Cambria and Indiana Railroad subsidiary of ISG Railways from 2003, owned by Bethlehem Steel
Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad (1913-1992/1993)
MCRR Monongahela Connecting Railroad (1885-2002)
MTR Montour Railroad (1897-2003) owned by Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Properties
OCTR Octoraro Railway (-1994) subsidiary of Morristown and Eastern Railway?
STRT Stewartstown Railroad

Rhode Island railroads

Seaview Transportation

Out of service

NAP Narragansett Pier Railroad

South Carolina railroads

Beaufort Railroad (2006-) owned by South Carolina Public Railways Commission ← PRYL Port Royal Railroad (1985-2003) subsidiary of Tangent Transportation owned by South Carolina Public Railways
CPDR Carolina Piedmont Railroad subsidiary of South Carolina Central Railroad ← GRN Greenville and Northern Railway (-1997)
ECBR East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad
GRLW Greenville and Western Railway (2006-) ← CSX
HB Hampton and Branchville Railroad
LC Lancaster and Chester Railway
PDRR Pee Dee River Railway (1988) subsidiary of Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad from 1989
PICK Pickens Railway (1996-) originally subsidiary of Pickens Railway Acquisition Company ← Pickens Railroad (-1996) owned by Emergent Group (1977-1996) (ex-National Railway Utilization Corporation until 1991)
PKHP Pickens Railway, Honea Path Division
PTR Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina
PUCC Port Utilities Commission of Charleston, South Carolina
SCRF South Carolina Central Railroad
WCLC/WCLR Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad (1987-) subsidiary of Carolina Southern Railroad from 1995 ← Horry County Railway (-1987)

Out of service

EM Edgemoor and Manetta Railway
Marion County Railway (1984-1985)

South Dakota railroads

DSRC Dakota Southern Railway
EE Ellis and Eastern (1989-) owned by Sweetman Construction ← Chicago and North Western Transportation
SMRR Sisseton Millbank Railroad (1989-) operates SLA Property Management
SSOR Sisseton Southern Railway?
South Dakota Railroad Authority operated by others
SNR Sunflour Railroad (2000-) ← Soo Line Railroad

Out of service

DAKS Dakota Short Line (2003-2003) ← Dakota Southern Railway

Tennessee railroads

2006 DOT map, September 2007 Trains

CFWR Caney Fork and Western Railroad
ECTB East Chattanooga Belt Railway (2001-) owned by TVRM Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ← Norfolk Southern Railway
ETRY East Tennessee Railway
Franklin Industries (2000?-) ← Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
HR Heritage Railroad owned by Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, operated by (Walden's Ridge Railroad (2003-) ← SFR Southern Freight Railroad (1997-2003/2004) subsidiary of Southern Freight Logistics)
IRW Railway (2000-) owned by South Central Rail Group ← Gibson County Railroad Authority
AGLF/KXHR Knoxville and Holston River Railroad (1998-) ← Norfolk Southern Railway
MUSC Memphis Union Station?
NERR Nashville and Eastern Railroad
NWR Nashville and Western Railroad (2000-) ← Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company (1992-2000) ← Cheatham County Rail Authority ← McCormick-Ashland City and Nashville Railroad (1988-1993)
NCRL NC Railroad (2006-) owned by National Coal ← Norfolk Southern Railway
SCTR South Central Tennessee Railroad (1978-) subsidiary of SCTRR from 2001; previously owned by RailAmerica
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association (2002-) ← CSX
URY Union Railway of Memphis?
WHOE Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad

Tourist lines

Hiwassee River Rail Adventure
NACR Nashville and Ashland City Railroad (-1992)
New River Railway
Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
Tennessee Central Railway Museum
Tennessee Valley Railroad (1970-) subsidiary of Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Three Rivers Rambler

Out of service

Harriman and Northeastern Railroad

Texas railroads

AGCR Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (1996-) ← Southern Pacific Transportation
Alamo North Texas Railroad (2004-) owned by Martin Marietta Materials ← new trackage
ATR Alliance Terminal Railroad (2004-) owned by OmniTRAX ← BNSF Railway
ANR Angelina and Neches River Railroad
AWRR Austin Western Railroad (2007-) owned by Watco Companies ← AUAR Austin Area Terminal Railroad (2000-2007) initially subsidiary of Trans-Global Solutions ← LHRR Longhorn Railway (-2000) subsidiary of Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company
- ← Austin and Northwestern Railroad subsidiary of Austin Railroad
BLR Blacklands Railroad (1999-) ← ETC East Texas Central Railroad (1996-1998) ← Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District
BOP Border Pacific Railroad
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge
BRG Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
CMC CMC Railroad (1997-) ← GWSW GWI Switching Services (1994-1997) owned by Genesee and Wyoming ← ?
CMC Railroad I switching
CCIM Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (1997-) ← Corpus Christi Authority
CYCY Crystal City Railroad
DGNO Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad owned by RailTex
DUTC Dallas Union Terminal?
Formosa Plastics
FWDR Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad owned by Tarantula Corporation, operated by Fort Worth and Western Railroad?
FWDB Fort Worth and Dallas Belt Railroad (1994-) owned by Tarantula Corporation, operated by Fort Worth and Western Railroad ← St. Louis Southwestern Railway
FWWR Fort Worth and Western Railroad
GVSR Galveston Railroad (1991-) ← Galveston Railway (1987-1991)
GRR Georgetown Railroad
GCSR Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway (1993-) ← Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
HRR Hondo Railway (2007-) ← ?
HBT Houston Belt and Terminal Railway?
Logistics Support (2006-) ← Gulf Coast Rail Service
MCSA Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad (1898-) owned by Georgia-Pacific from 2007
Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District operated by East Texas Central Railroad ← St. Louis Southwestern Railway
OPT Orange Port Terminal Railway (1995-) subsidiary of Gulf Coast Rail Service until 1996 ← Southern Pacific Transportation
PNR Panhandle Northern Railroad (1993-) owned by OmniTRAX ← Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
PVS Pecos Valley Southern Railway
Plainsman Switching
PTC Plainview Terminal (1995-) owned by RailAmerica ← FAPR Floydada and Plainview Railroad (-1995)
PCN Point Comfort and Northern Railway
PTRA Port Terminal Railroad Association
PYCO Industries (2007-) operated by West Texas and Lubbock Railroad ← South Plains Switching
Quality Terminal Services (1994-) switching at Alliance Intermodal Facility; owned by MCS Properties
Rio Valley Railroad (1993-) operated by Rio Valley Switching? ← Missouri Pacific Railroad
RVSC Rio Valley Switching (1994-) ← Union Pacific Railroad
RSS Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
SRN Sabine River and Northern Railroad
South Orient Railroad (1994-) (ex-CTE Cen-Tex Rail Link) ← TEXC Texas Central Railroad (-1994)
SLAL South Plains Lamesa Railroad (1993-) ← ?
SAW South Plains Switching (1999-) operated by South Plains Lamesa Railroad ← BNSF Railway
SSC Southern Switching (1994-) operates LSRR Lone Star Railroad ← Burlington Northern Railroad
Sweetwater Central Switching (1994-) owned by Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway ← ?
TCB Texas Central Business Lines (2001-) ← ?
TCT Texas City Terminal Railway
TXGN Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (1992-) ← Southern Pacific Transportation
TN Texas and Northern Railway
TXNW Texas North Western Railway
TXOR Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1991-) operated by Rio Grande Pacific, Texas North Orient (1991-) ← Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ← Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway subsidiary of Rio Grande Pacific
TXR Texas Rock Crusher Railway (1998-) owned by TNW Corporation ← BNSF Railway
TSE Texas South-Eastern Railroad
Texas Train Management (1993-) ← South Orient Railroad (1992-1993) operated by Rail Operators ← Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
WTL/WTLC/WTLR West Texas and Lubbock Railway (2002-) ← West Texas and Lubbock Railroad (1995-2002) owned by RailAmerica ← SWGR Seagraves, Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad (-1995)
WRRC Western Rail Road

Tourist lines

Austin and Texas Central Railroad
Grapevine Vintage Railroad (2006-) ← Grapevine, Texas (2000-2006) ← Grapevine Forth Worth Stockyards Steam Excursion Train (-2000)
Tarantula Steam Train subsidiary of Coe Sun

Out of service

CBYN Crosbyton Railroad
Mineral Wells and Eastern Railway (-1992)
RSP Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway? (-1986)
SEI Southeastern International
TXTC Texas Transportation (1897-2000)
Union Stock Yards San Antonio (1894-2001)
WBTS Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway

Utah railroads

Iron Bull Railroad (2006-)
KENN Kennecott Company Railroad?
SLGW Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
SL Salt Lake City Southern Railroad (1993-) subsidiary of Utah Railway from 1999 ← Union Pacific
SBG Savage Bingham and Garfield Railroad (2007-) ← Union Pacific Railroad
UCRY Utah Central Railway (1992-) ← Westinghouse Electric

Tourist lines

HVRX Heber Valley Railroad

Vermont railroads

SLQ St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) (1998-) owned by Emons Transportation Group ← ?
WACR Washington County Railroad (1999-) ← Vermont Railway (1999-1999) ← ← New England Central Railroad (1999-1999) ← Washington County Railroad (1980-1999) operated by New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad ← Montpelier and Barre Railroad

Out of service

Northern Vermont Railroad (1996-) operated by Canadian American Railroad ← ?

Virginia railroads

BB Buckingham Branch Railroad
CWRY Commonwealth Railway
NPB Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
SV Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1994-) subsidiary of Greater Shenandoah Valley Development operated by Buckingham Branch Railroad

Washington railroads

WSDOT: Regional and Shortline Railroads (outdated), Freight Railroad Contacts, Rail System Map (2007)

BDTL Ballard Terminal Railroad (1998-) ← Sea Lion Railroad (1997?-1998) ← BNSF Railway
BIRR Bellingham International Railroad (1998-) owned by Bellingham Cold Storage, operated by BNSF Railway
CSCD Cascade and Columbia River Railroad (1996-) owned by RailAmerica ← Burlington Northern Railroad
CWA Central Washington Railroad (2004-) ← BNSF Railway
- ← White Swan Branch Line operated by Toppenish, Simcoe and Western Railroad
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad (ex?-LINC Lewis and Clark Railway) operated by Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad
CBRW Columbia Basin Railroad (1996-) ← WCRC Washington Central Railroad (1986-1996)
CLC Columbia and Cowlitz Railway
EWG Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad (2007-) owned by U.S. Rail Partners ← Washington State Department of Transportation
KFR Kettle Falls International Railway (2004-) owned by OmniTRAX ← BNSF Railway
Longview Switching
MSN Meeker Southern Railroad subsidiary of Ballard Terminal Railroad
MVT Mount Vernon Terminal Railway
Port of Chehalis operated by Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad
PSAP Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (2002-) owned by RailAmerica ← ParkSierra ← Arizona and California Railroad
TRMW Tacoma Rail (ex-TMBL Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway)
- ← TE Tacoma Eastern Railway (1995-1998) ← ?
Tri-City and Olympia Railroad (2000-) (ex-TCRY Tri-City Railroad) operates Port of Benton ← Livingston Rebuild Center)
WRS Western Rail Switching (2004-) ← Spokane County, Washington
Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad
YRPL Yelm Roy Prairie Line

Tourist lines

Battle Ground, Yacolt and Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association
Chehalis-Centralia Railroad
Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
Yakima Electric Railway Museum subsidiary of Yakima Interurban Lines Association
Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum Association
- ← TSWR Toppenish, Simcoe and Western Railroad (1993-2005) subsidiary of Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum until 2002 ← Washington Central Railroad
YVT Yakima Valley Transportation

Out of service

Curtis, Milburn and Eastern Railroad (1976-1993)
Naches Line operated by Yakima Interurban Lines Association
OLYR Olympic Railroad (1988-?/2006)
PTRR Port Townsend Railroad?
Royal Slope Line
Spirit of Washington Dinner Train

West Virginia railroads

WVDOT: freight railroads

AO Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (2005-) owned by Watco Companies ← CSX
BEEM Beech Mountain Railroad
Big Eagle Rail (2000-) operated by Appalachian Railcar Services until 2003, Short Line Services from 2003 ← Kanawha Rail ← WNFR Winifrede Railroad (-1987)
DGVR Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (1998-) ← West Virginia State Rail Authority
ELKR Elk River Railroad (1991-) ← CSX
LKRR Little Kanawha River Rail (1989-) owned by Marietta Industrial Enterprises
RJCV R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line ← The Railroad (2003-) operated by WVSR WV Southern Railway ← CSX
SBVR South Branch Valley Railroad subsidiary of West Virginia State Rail Authority
VRR Vaughan Railroad
WVC West Virginia Central Railroad

Out of service

GRIV Gauley River Railroad
Kelly's Creek and Northwestern Railroad (-1993)
WVN West Virginia Northern Railroad (1987-) subsidiary of Kingwood Northern from 1994

Wisconsin railroads

WisDOT: Facilities Development Manual, 2008 Wisconsin Railroads

METW East Troy Railroad Museum (1985-) (ex-East Troy Electric Railroad, subsidiary of Wisconsin Trolley Museum) ← East Troy, Wisconsin
TR Tomahawk Railway
WN Wisconsin Northern Railroad subsidiary of Progressive Rail

Tourist lines

Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society
WGNS Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (1997-)

Out of service

NBNR Nicolet Badger Northern Railroad (-1994)
Rat River Transportation

Wyoming railroads

WYDOT: 2007 Transportation Facts

BDW Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad (2002-) ← Bad Water Railway (2000-2002) ← Bad Water Line (1989-2000)
WYCO Wyoming Colorado Railroad

Passenger railroads

Detroit Transportation (1987-) operates Detroit People Mover
LI Long Island Rail Road
MARC Maryland Transit Administration
Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad (2003-) ← Amtrak (1987-2003)
MNCW Metro-North Commuter Railroad
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
AMTK National Railroad Passenger Corporation
NJTR New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
North San Diego County Transit Development Board (1992-) operated by San Diego Northern Railway/Amtrak ← Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad
NICD Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
Port Authority Trans-Hudson
SEPA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Southern California Regional Rail Authority
Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (1971-1987/) ← Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
Transit Solutions Group (2006-) ← Regional Transportation Authority

Canadian railroads

MI MN NY BCNE/CN/CNA/CNIS/CNQ Canadian National Railway
- ← ARN Alberta RailNet
- ← BCIT/BCOL BC Rail
  - ← PGE Pacific Great Eastern Railway
- ← BLE Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
- ← Canadian National Railway, Noyes Division
- ← CEDR Cedar River Railroad
  - ← Cedar Valley Railroad (1984-1991)
  - ← CCRY Charles City Railway Line (-1994)
- ← CC Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
- ← DMIR Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
- ← DWC/DWP Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway subsidiary of Canadian National Railway
  - ← Minnesota and Manitoba Railway (1901-1996)
- ← FVW Fox Valley and Western (1993-)
  - ← AHW Ahnapee and Western Railway (1979-1993)
  - ← Fox River Valley Railroad (-1993)
  - ← GBW Green Bay and Western Railroad (-1993)
- ← GTA/GTQ?/GTW/GTWQ Grand Trunk Western Railroad
  - ← DTI Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
  - ← DTS Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
- ← IC Illinois Central Railroad (1972-) (ex-ICG Illinois Central Gulf Railroad until 1988)
  - ← CIW Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad
  - ← GMO Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
  - ← Waterloo Railroad
- ← NAR Northern Alberta Railways
- ← NFLD Newfoundland Railway
- ← Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock
- ← SSAM Sault Ste. Marie Bridge owned by Wisconsin Central
- ← SAR Savage Alberta Railway
- ← WLO/WRY Waterloo Railway
- ← WC/WCQ Wisconsin Central
- ← WCCL Wisconsin Chicago Link (1999-) owned by Wisconsin Central Transportation ← Wisconsin Central

NJ NY PA CP/CPAA/CPI/CPRS/CPT Canadian Pacific Railway
- ← CASO Canada Southern Railway
- ← DRI Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway (-1995)
- ← DH/DHNY Delaware and Hudson Railway
  - ← NJ Napierville Junction Railway
- ← DA Dominion Atlantic Railway
- ← EN Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
- ← QC Quebec Central Railway
- ← STLH St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway
- ← SOO Soo Line Railroad
  - ← DSA Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad
  - ← MILW Milwaukee Road
  - ← MNS Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
- ← THB Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway

AC/ACIS Algoma Central Railway
ANY Athabasca Northern Railway
CBC Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs
BCRY Barrie-Collingwood Railway
BNML Burlington Northern (Manitoba)
CGT Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway
BRCY Cando Contracting
CBNS Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway
CTRW Carlton Trail Railway
CEMR Central Manitoba Railway
CWRL Central Western Railway
DVR Devco Railway
ECO ECORail
ENR E&N Railway
ETL Essex Terminal Railway
FLR Fife Lake Railway
GROI Genesee Rail-One
GEXR Goderich-Exeter Railway
GFC Grand Falls Central Railway
GFR Grand Forks Railway
GRNR Grand River Railway now CP
GWRS/GWSR Great Western Railway
HBRY Hudson Bay Railway
HCRY Huron Central Railway
IRRS International Rail Road Systems
Jersey Southern Railway
KPR Kelowna Pacific Railway
CFL Chemin de fer Lanaudière
LEN Lake Erie and Northern Railway now CP
RLGN RailLink Mackenzie Northern
CFMG Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe
MOTC Montreal Tramways
NBEC New Brunswick East Coast Railway
NBSR New Brunswick Southern Railway
OKAN Okanagan Valley Railway
OLO Ontario L'Orignal Railway
ONT/ONTA Ontario Northland Railway
OS Ontario Southland Railway
OCRR Ottawa Central Railway
RLK RailLink Ottawa Valley
- ← TOR Trans-Ontario Railway
QRC Quebec Railway
QCR Quebec Central Railway
QGRY Quebec Gatineau Railway
RLHH RailLink Southern Ontario
RCRR Red Coat Road and Rail
RS Roberval and Saguenay Railway
SMNR Southern Manitoba Railway
SORA Southern Rails Cooperative
BCH/SRY Southern Railway of British Columbia
SVI Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
SCR Sydney Coal Railway
TRR Thunder Rail
GOT Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority
TRRY Trillium Railway
TSH Tshiuetin Rail Transportation
Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway now CP
VIA VIA Rail Canada (1978-) in the U.S. until 2004
WHRC Windsor and Hantsport Railway

Mexican railroads

BJRR Baja California Railroad?
LFCD Línea Coahuila Durango
FCCM Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab
CHP Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico
KCSM Kansas City Southern de Mexico ← FNE/TFM TFM
FXE Ferrocarril Mexicano
FCM/FCP/FPN/FST/FUS/NDM/TVM Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
- ← SBC Ferrocarril Sonora Baja California
FSRR Ferrosur (ex-Ferrocarril del Sureste)
TFVM Terminal Ferroviaria del Valle de México

Unknown

ASR Allegheny Southern Railroad (?)
CNOR Cincinnati Northern (?)
FBDC Ford County Historical Railroad Preservation Foundation (?)
OCR Oklahoma Central Railroad (?)
SKPR Southern Kent and Pacific Railroad (?)
SOPR South Pierce Railroad (?)
SPCH Quest Communications (?)
SSH South Shore (?)

Non-carriers

AIG AIG Commercial Equipment Finance?
AK WA Alaska Rail Marine
ACBL American Commercial Barge Lines
ART American Refrigerator Transit
AAR Association of American Railroads
Boat Company (1982-1983/1985)
CFWY Consolidated Freightways
CMSN Crowley Marine Services
CSX Sea-Land Terminals (-1993)
DGBY Digby Truck Lines
DLC Drummond Lighterage
FGMR Fruit Growers Express
FLT Foss Launch and Tug
ITB Island Tug and Barge
KNC Kingcome Navigation
MOT Marine Oil Transportation
Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation/Michconsin (-1995)
NAVE Navajo Express
PNS Philadelphia and Norfolk Steamship
PLE Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Properties (1965-2003) (ex-Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad)
PSFL Puget Sound Freight Lines
RAIL Railinc
R.J. Corman Railroad Property (2002-) (ex-R.J. Corman Equipment Company) operated by R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line and others ← CSX
RYAN Ryan Industries
SSPB Seaspan International
SNBL Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Line
TMT Trailer Marine Transportation
WATR Water Carriers
WIF West India Fruit and Steamship
WTCO Western Transportation
WYEC Wye Transportation?

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