List of former North American railroad companies

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This list of former North American railways contains a list of no longer existing railroad companies , so-called " falling flags " in Canada , the United States and Mexico . Pure name changes due to legal reasons (e.g. bankruptcy) are not listed.

"Reporting marks" (freely translated: identification marks), which are issued by the Association of American Railroads , are listed in italics.

Predecessor of the BNSF Railway

society abbreviation from to Remarks
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF, AT&SF 1859 1995 Santa Fe
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1970 1995
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad
Great Northern Railway
GN 1889
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CBQ , CB&Q 1847 1970 Burlington Route
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad
1970
Northern Pacific Railway
NP 1864 1970
Colorado and Southern Railway
Forth Worth and Denver Railroad
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway
SLSF , SL&SF 1875 1980
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway
Washington Central Railroad

Predecessor to the Canadian National Railway

society abbreviation From To Remarks
Canadian Government Railways
Intercolonial Railway
European and North American Railway of New Brunswick
1851 December 21, 1867 Eastern Extension
National Transcontinental Railway
Canadian Northern Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Railway
Prince Edward Island Railway
Hudson Bay Railway
Newfoundland Railway
Illinois Central Railroad IC , ICG 1851 1998 1972–1988 as Illinois Central Gulf
Gulf, Mobile on Ohio Railroad
GM&O 1972
Alton Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Peabody short line
Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad
Mississippi Central Railroad
Central Vermont Railway
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
Wisconsin Central Limited WC 1987 2001
Green Bay and Western Railroad
GBW 1993
Fox River Valley Railroad
Algoma Central Railway
BC Rail formerly British Columbia Railway
Great Lakes Transportation GLT 2004
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
BLE
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
DMIR, DM&IR
Duluth and Iron Range Railroad
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway

Northern Alberta Railways

Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

EJ&E 1889 2009

Kent Northern Railway

03.1874 09/01/1929

St. John and Québec Railway

1910 08/07/1929

Predecessor to the Canadian Pacific Railway

society abbreviation from to Remarks

New Brunswick Railway

07/01/1890
St. John and Maine Railroad
1878 1883
European and North American Railway
1851 03/29/1878 only "New Brunswick Division"

Hereford Railway

06/23/1887 1928 bought from Maine Central

Delaware and Hudson Railway

DH, D&H 1823 Purchased by Guilford Transportation in 1991

Soo Line Railroad

SOO 1888 1990 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
MILW , CMStP & P 1847 1985 Milwaukee Road
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
Wisconsin Central Railway
WC 1871 1960

Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway

International Railway of Maine 1871 06.12.1886 until 1881 as "Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad"

Aroostook Valley Railroad

2.7.1902 1996 since 1932 majority owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway
Ontario and Quebec Railway O&C 1884 1998

Predecessor of the Conrail

society abbreviation from to Remarks
Central Railroad of New Jersey CNJ, CoNJ 1847 April 1, 1976
Lehigh and New England Railroad
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Lehigh Valley Railroad LV
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway LHR , L&HR 1861 April 1, 1976
Erie Lackawanna Railroad Tbsp
Erie Railroad
ERIE
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
DLW
Penn Central Pc 1968 April 1, 1976
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
NH 1872 1968
Central New England Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR 1834 1968
New York Central System
NYC 1968
New York Central Railroad
NYC 1968
New York Central Railroad and Hudson River Railroad
NYC & HRRR 1831
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
West Shore Railroad
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad
T & OC 1885 1952
Michigan Central Railroad
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
CCCI May 14, 1868
Bellefontaine Railroad
December 22, 1864 May 14, 1868
Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad
1848 December 22, 1864 through December 19, 1854 as Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad
Boston and Albany Railroad
Ulster and Delaware Railroad
Monongahela Railway
Reading Company

Predecessor of CSX Transportation

society abbreviation from to Remarks
Conrail CR 1976 1999
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad PLE 1875 1992
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad RFP, RF&P 1991
Seaboard System Railroad SBD 1982 1986
Clinchfield Railroad
Western Railway of Alabama
WoA
Atlanta and West Point Rail Road
Georgia Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
SCL 1967 1982
Durham and Southern Railway
Piedmont and Northern Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
SAL
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad
SAL
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
ACL 1897 1967
Atlanta, Birmingham and Cast Railroad
Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
L&N, LN 1850 1982
Mobile and Montgomery Railroad
1881
Alabama and Florida Railway
1868
Mobile and Great Northern Railway
1868
Alabama and Florida Railway
1900
Alabama Mineral Railroad
1893
Anniston and Atlantic Railroad
1890
Anniston and Cincinnati Railroad
1890
Shelby Iron Company's Railroad
1890
Altamont and Manchester Railroad
1899
Athens and Tellico Railroad
1911
Tellico Railroad
1910
Nashville, Tellico and Charleston Railroad
1898
Nashville and Tellico Railroad
1892
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad
1905
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
1896
Knoxville Southern Railroad
1890
Bardstown and Louisville Railroad
1867
Louisville and Atlantic Railroad
1909
Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad
1900
Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad
1899
Monon Railroad
1971 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad
1879
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad
CIL 1956
Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad
1914
Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad
1916
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad
1898
Bedford and Bloomfield Railroad
1886
Chicago and Indianapolis Air Line Railway
1883
Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad
1881
New Albany and Salem Railroad
1873
Crawfordsville and Wabash Railroad
1852
Orleans, Paoli and Jasper Railway
1886
Birmingham Mineral Railroad
1893
Birmingham, Selma and New Orleans Railroad
1902
New Orleans and Selma Railroad
1886
Black Mountain Railroad
1923
Nashville and Decatur Railroad
1893
Central Southern Tennessee Railroad
1866
Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
1868
Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company
1924
Chesapeake and Nashville Railroad
1907
Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad
1884
Kentucky Central Railroad
1891
Covington and Lexington Railroad
1869
Maysville and Lexington Railroad
1869
Cumberland and Manchester Railroad
1927
Cumberland and Ohio Railroad
1893
Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad
1901
Shelbyville and Bloomfield Railroad
1900
Cumberland and Ohio Railway
1898
Cumberland River and Tennessee Railroad
1901
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad
1957
Duck River Valley Railroad
1889
Middle Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
1897
Decatur, Chesapeake and New Orleans Railroad
1893
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
1873
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad
1873
Nashville and Tuscaloosa Railroad
1880
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
1895
Tennessee Midland Railway
1892
Rome Railroad Company of Georgia
1895
Memphis Branch Railroad
1850
Southern Iron Company's Railroad
1893
St. Louis and Southeastern Railway
1880
Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad
1872
Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
1872
Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad
1872
Tennessee and Coosa River Railroad
1890
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad
1877
Tennessee Coal Railroad
1886
West Nashville Branch Railroad
1889
Western and Atlantic Railroad
W&A 1850 1890 Georgia State property , leased to CSX through 2019
Elkhart and Guthrie Railroad
1893
Elkton and Guthrie Railroad
1893
Owensboro and Nashville Railroad
1893
Evansville, Owensboro and Russellville Railroad
1877
Owensboro and Russellville Railroad
1873
Pensacola and Louisville Railroad
Florida and Alabama Railroad
1869
Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad
1909
Kentucky Midland Railway
1897
Glascow Railroad
1892
Henderson Bridge Company Railroad
1902
Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
1886
Jellico, Bird Eye and Northern Railroad
1902
Kensee Coal Railroad
1907
Kentucky Highlands Railroad
1915
Lexington and Eastern Railroad
1913
Kentucky Union Railroad
1894
Keokuk Union Railroad
1894
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad
1881
Lexington and Frankfort Railroad
1869
Lexington and Ohio Railroad
1849
Louisville and Frankfort Railroad
1869
Louisville Railway Transfer Company
1893
Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railroad
1929
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railroad
1896
Louisville, Hardinsburg and Western Railroad
1892
Louisville, Harrod Creek and Westport Railroad
1881
Manistee and Repton Railroad
1965
Memphis and Ohio Railroad
1867
Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad
1868
Middle and Eastern Tennessee Central Railroad
1907
Middlesborough Railroad
1897
Middlesborough Belt Railroad
1895
Mobile and Montgomery Railway
1893
Mount Pleasant Southern Railroad
1917
Nashville, Florence and Sheffield Railroad
1893
Nashville and Florence Railroad
1887
Tennessee Central Railroad
1968
Nashville Terminal Railroad
1909
New Orleans and Mobile Railroad
1880
Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company Railroad
1904
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
1891
Pensacola Railroad
1880
Pensacola and Louisville Railroad
1878
Pontchartrain Railroad
1888
Selma and Gulf Railroad
1879
Shelby Railroad
1893
South and North Alabama Railroad
1872
South and North Alabama Railway
1893
St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad
1879
Tennessee and Alabama Mineral Railroad
1901
Tennessee Midland Railroad
1895
Wasioto and Black Mountain Railroad
1911
Yellow River Railroad
1906

Chessie system

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O, BO 1830 1987
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
BRP 1932
Allegheny and Western Railroad
1900
Clearfield and Mahoning Railway
1893
Bridgeport and Widemire Railroad
1913
Coal Glen Railroad
1907
Mahoning Valley Railway
1896
Reynoldsville and Falls Creek Railroad
1929
Falls Creek Railway
1897
Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
1885
Rochester and State Line Railroad
1887
Rural Valley Railroad
1925
Silver Lake Railroad
1910
Rochester and Pine Creek Railroad
1877
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
1927
Bowling Green and Toledo Railroad
1887
Cincinnati and Dayton Railroad
1889
Louisville, Cincinnati and Dayton Railroad
1889
Cincinnati and Dayton Traction Company Railroad
1926
Cincinnati, Dayton and Chicago Railroad
1895
Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
1891
Dayton and Ironton Railroad
1887
Cincinnati, Dayton and Ironton Railroad
1891
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railway
1886
Cincinnati and Indianapolis Junction Railroad
1872
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway
1906
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad
1902
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railroad
1902
Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railroad
1894
Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railway
1887
Indiana and Illinois Central Railroad
1875
Dayton and Michigan Railroad
1886
Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railroad
1903
American Midland Railroad
1890
Home Avenue Railroad
1897
Toledo, Findlay and Springfield Railroad
1890
Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
1872
Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad
1887
Hempfield Railroad
1871
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
1900
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore Railroad
1889
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
1883
Hillsboro and Cincinnati Railroad
1854
Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad
1864
Marietta Railroad
1900
United Terminal Railroad
1897
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
1893
Springfield and Illinois Southeastern Railroad
1873
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railroad
1876
Bay Ridge and Annapolis Railroad
1903
Belington and Northern Railroad
1920
Bellaire and St. Clairsville Railroad
1889
St. Clairsville Railroad
1885
Bellaire and St. Clairsville Railway
1880
Berkley Springs and Potomac Railroad
1899
Berlin Railroad
1882
Buffalo Valley Railroad
1879
Big Level and Kinzua Railroad
1911
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
1932
Coudersport and Wellsboro Railroad
1894
Cross Fork Railroad
1893
Galeton and Eastern Railroad
1901
New York and North Pennsylvania Railroad
1898
Medix Run Railroad
1905
Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad
1893
Susquehanna and New York Railroad
1901
Susquehanna and Southern Railroad
1905
Susquehanna Railroad
1893
Wellsville, Coudersport and Pine Creek Railroad
1895
Central Ohio Railroad
1866
Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad
1869
Mansfield and Sandusky Railroad
1856
Newark and Mansfield Railroad
1856
Columbus and Lake Erie Railroad
1853
Coal and Coke Railroad
1918
Charleston, Clendennin and Sutton Railroad
1903
Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad
1905
Roaring Creek and Charleston Railroad
1904
Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad
1924
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad
CIW 1927
Eastern Ohio Railroad
1899
Cincinnati, Wheeling and New York Railroad
1891
Eastern Ohio Railway
1882
West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad
1900
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
1889
Clarksburg, Weston and Glenville Railroad
1889
Weston and Buckhannon Railroad
1890
Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railroad
1909
Valley Railway
1895
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad
1909
Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling Railroad
1883
Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railroad
1875
St. Clairsville and Northern Railroad
1903
Cleveland, Wooster and Muskingum Valley Railroad
1892
Columbus and Cincinnati Midland Railroad
1890
Curtis Bay Railroad
1983
Dayton and Union Railroad
1936
Greenville and Miami Railroad
1862
Delaware Western Railroad
1883
Wilmington and Western Railroad
1877
Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
1891
Ellwood Short Line Railroad
1891
Karns City and Butler Railroad
1881
Parker and Karns City Railroad
1881
Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railroad
1883
Emlenton, Shippenville and Clarion Railroad
1881
Foxburg, St. Petersburg and Clarion Railroad
1881
Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
1884
Pittsburgh, New Castle and Lake Erie Railroad
1879
Pittsburgh, Painesville and Fairport Railroad
1886
Painesville and Youngstown Railroad
1886
Red Bank and Youngstown Railroad
1881
Fairmount Belt Railroad
Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad
1875
Fayette County Railroad
1864
Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad
1892
Hamilton Belt Railroad
1927
Moorefield and Virginia Railroad
1915
Hampshire Southern Railroad
1911
Indian Creek Valley Railroad
1926
Somerset and Cambria Railroad
1912
Johnstown and Somerset Railroad
1882
Somerset and Mineral Point Railroad
1879
Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad
1932
Keating and Smethport Railroad
1911
Kushequa Railroad
1898
Little Kanawha Railroad
1920
Monongahela River Railroad
1900
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
1922
Newark, Somerset and Straitsville Railroad
1885
Northwestern Railroad of Virginia
1868
Ohio and Little Kanawha Railroad
1910
Zanesville and Ohio River Railroad
1900
Ohio River Railroad
1903
Pittsburgh Junction Railroad
1902
Pittsburgh Southern Narrow Gauge Railroad
1884
Pittsburgh, Castle Shannon and Washington Railroad
1878
Pittsburgh, Rochester and Buffalo Railroad
1932
Ravenswood, Spencer and Glenville Railroad
1910
Ripley and Mill Creek Valley Railroad
1904
Salisbury Railroad
1912
Strouds Creek and Muddlety Railroad
1944
Tylerdale Connecting Railroad
1902
Valley Railroad
1910
Washington Branch Railroad
1864
West Virginia Short Line Railroad
1903
Winchester and Potomac Railroad
1867
Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad
WAG
Western Maryland Railway
WM 1857 1983
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&O, CO
Hocking Valley Railway
Pere Marquette Railroad
PM

Predecessor to Kansas City Southern

society abbreviation from to Remarks
Gateway Western Railway GWWR 09/01/1990 05/05/1997
Chicago, Missouri and Western Railroad
CM&W 04/28/1987 1989 Spin-off from the Illinois Central Railroad
Texas Mexican Railway TM , TexMex 06/25/1881 01/01/2005
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway L&A 1928 1995
MidSouth Corporation 11.1985 December 31, 1993
MidSouth Rail
MSRC March 31, 1986 01/01/1994 Spin-off from the Illinois Central Railroad
SouthRail
04/14/1988 01/01/1994
Gulf and Mississippi Railroad
GMSR 07/10/1985 04/14/1988 Spin-off from the Illinois Central Railroad

Predecessor of Norfolk Southern Corporation

society abbreviation from to Remarks

Conrail

CR 1.4.1976 1999

Norfolk and Western Railway

N&W, NW 1838 1982
Atlantic and Danville Railway
Illinois Terminal Railroad
Virginian Railway
Wabash Railway
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
NKP 1881 1964 Nickel Plate Road
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway

Southern Railway

Atlantic and East Carolina Railway
Atlantic and Yadkin Railway
Central of Georgia Railway
CofG 1971
Savannah and Atlanta Railway
Wrightsville and Tennille
Georgia and Florida Railroad
Georgia Northern Railway
Interstate Railroad
Norfolk Southern Railroad

Predecessor to the Union Pacific Railroad

society abbreviation from to Remarks

Chicago and North Western Railway

CNW 1859 1995
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Omaha route
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Litchfield and Madison Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad
CGW 1885 1968
Illinois Terminal Railroad
Southern Pacific Lines SP
Southern Pacific Railroad
SP 1988
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
SSW Cotton Belt Route
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
NWP
Pacific Electric Railway
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
DRGW 1870 1988
Denver and Salt Lake Railway
San Diego and Arizona Railway

Western Pacific Railroad

WP
Nevada-California-Oregon Railway
Sacramento Northern Railway

Spokane International Railway

Missouri Pacific Railroad

MP, Mopac
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
CEI
Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad
Texas and Pacific Railway
Midland Valley Railroad
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad MKT, KATY
Sacramento Northern Railway
Tidewater Southern Railway

Predecessor of other companies

Pan Am Railways

society abbreviation from to Remarks

Maine Central Railroad

MEC 10/28/1862 1981
Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad
05/28/1845 10/28/1862
Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad
04/07/1845 10/28/1862
Androscoggin Railroad
08/10/1848 11/16/1874 leased from Maine Central since July 1st, 1871
Portland and Kennebec Railroad
04/01/1846 11/16/1874 Leased from Maine Central since May 12, 1870
Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
08/10/1848 11/16/1874 Leased from Portland & Kennebec since 1852
European and North American Railway
08/20/1850 04/01/1882
Bangor, Old Town and Milford Railroad
03/08/1832 04/01/1880 until March 14, 1855 "Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Co."
Eastern Maine Railway
1871 05/01/1883 until 02/01/1882 "Bucksport and Bangor Railroad"
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
02/11/1867 08/20/1888 until June 8th, 1886 "Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad"
Maine Shore Line Railroad
03/04/1881 10/22/1888 Leased from Maine Central since July 16, 1883
Knox and Lincoln Railway
1868 02/20/1901 leased from Maine Central since 11/01/1891
Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad
03/28/1907 05/01/1907
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
06/22/1847 04/01/1907 until
April 15, 1857 "Buckfield Branch Railroad", until 03.03.1874 "Portland and Oxford Central Railroad",
until 08.11.1890 "Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad"
Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
09/11/1894 04/01/1907
Sebasticook and Moosehead Lake Railroad
07/24/1886 07/01/1911
Somerset Railway
03/19/1860 07/01/1911 until 1883 "Somerset Railroad"
Washington County Railway
1893 07/01/1911 until December 18, 1903 "Washington County Railroad"
St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
1870 1898
Calais and Baring Railroad
1837 1870 until 1839 "Calais and Baring Railway"
Calais Railroad
1832 1849
Lewey's Island Railroad
1855 1870
Bridgton and Saco River Railroad
07/19/1881 1911
Dexter and Newport Railroad
03/30/1853 December 27, 1939 Leased from Maine Central since December 1st, 1868
Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad
10/24/1888 December 27, 1939 Leased from Maine Central since 12/13/1888
Boston and Maine Railroad B&M, BM 06/27/1835 1983
Delaware and Hudson Railroad 1984

Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway

society abbreviation from to Remarks

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

BAR 1891 2003
Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
5.3.1861 1.4.1899 leased from BAR since 1892
Aroostook Northern Railroad
1897 July 1, 1901 leased from BAR since 1897
Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway
2.8.1881 July 1, 1901 leased from BAR since 1892
Patten and Sherman Railroad
10/17/1895 July 1, 1901
Fish River Railroad
12/15/1902 July 1903 Leased from BAR since the beginning
Schoodic Stream Railroad
1906 1.7.1907
Northern Maine Seaport Railroad
12/15/1904 7.7.1907 Leased from BAR since July 7, 1907

Van Buren Bridge Company

January 30, 1913 9.1.2003 daughter of BAR since the beginning, 2003 merger with MMA

Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad

From August 1911 to 1923 the SR & RLR was owned by the Maine Central Railroad .

society abbreviation from to Remarks

Franklin and Megantic Railway

07/01/1884 01/30/1908 until June 3rd, 1897 "Franklin and Megantic Railroad"

Kingfield and Dead River Railroad

06/19/1893 01/30/1908

Sandy River Railroad

04/08/1879 01/30/1908

Phillips and Rangeley Railroad

04/17/1889 07/01/1908

Madrid Railroad

04/29/1902 07/01/1908

Eustis Railroad

04/29/1903 08/24/1911

Predecessor of the Mexican railways

society abbreviation From To Remarks
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México NdeM 1908
Ferrocarril Mexicano
FCM 1855 December 29, 1960
Ferrocarril Coahuila y Zacatecas
CyZ 1972
Ferrocarril del Pacífico
FCP 1951 1987
South Pacifico de México
SPdeM 1909 1951 Southern Pacific of Mexico
Cananea, Rio Yaqui and Pacific Railroad
CRY & P 1909
Sonora Railway
1881 1911
Ferrocarril del Nacozari
FCN 1968
Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste
UdelS 1969 1987
Ferrocarril del Sureste
FCS 1969
Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán
UdeY 1902 1969
Ferrocarril Progreso a Mérida
1874 1902
Ferrocarril Mérida a Valladolid
1902
Ferrocarril Peninsular
1902
Ferrocarril de Mérida a Peto
1909
Ferrocarril de Chihuahua al Pacífico
ChP 1955 1987
Ferrocarril Kansas City, Mexico Y Oriente
KCMO 04/30/1900 1955 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Ferrocarril Nor-Oeste de Mexico
TyT 1909 1955 Mexico North-Western Railway
Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico
1897 1909
Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific Railroad
RGSM & P 06/11/1897 1909
Sierra Madre and Pacific Railroad
1909 joint venture between RGSM & P and FCaP
Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California
SBC 1923 1987 Sonora-Baja California Railway
Ferrocarril Tijuana y Tecate
TyT 1970

Other former railway companies

society abbreviation from to Remarks
Abbotsford and Northeastern Railroad A&NE 1889 ?
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad BML 02/28/1862 06/09/2005
Bristol Railroad 1890 1930
Chicago & Indiana Railroad CINR June 1979 December 1979
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CRIP , RI , ROCK 1851 1980 Rock island; Breaking up after bankruptcy
Erie Western Railway ERES 1977 June 1979
Green Mountain Railway 1883 1890
JK Line JKL 1990 2003
Kennebec Central Railroad 10/03/1889 1929
Knox Railroad 08/10/1889 1934
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad LWV 1901 1976
Monson Railroad 11/01/1882 1943
Oneida & Western Railroad 08/05/1913 1954
Oneida & Western Transportation OWTX 1979 1987 Rail vehicle owner
Pittsburgh Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad PW&S 07/20/1899 09/23/1916 The railway is closed immediately after the surrounding forests have been cleared.
Sierra Valley and Mohawk Valley Railroad SV&MV 1885 1895
Skaneateles Short Line Railroad SSL 1867 1981
South Manchester Railroad 05/30/1866 1980s
Susquehanna Connecting Railroad SUSC December 18, 1896 198x
Tippecanoe Railroad TIP 1980 1990
Upper Coos Railroad 1884 1932 Bought by Maine Central, but later sold to the state of New Hampshire or closed down.
Washington and Old Dominion Railroad W&OD 1870 1968
Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad WBC 11/18/1912 199x
Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad 02/15/1892 194x
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway 04/15/1854 06/15/1933

See also