List of railroad companies in the United States
The list of railroad companies in the United States provides an overview of railroad companies that provide freight, passenger, and tourist services.
In 2017, there were 614 public railroad companies operating goods transportation in the United States . According to the classification of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) as of December 31, 2009 there were 7 Class 1 companies, 23 Regional Railroads , 339 Local Railroads , 194 shunting companies and two Canadian companies (CN and CP).
Class 1 - Railway companies
Railways with sales exceeding $ 401.4 million
- BNSF Railway
- CSX Transportation
- Kansas City Southern Railway
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Soo Line Railroad , subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Grand Trunk Corporation , a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
Regional Railroads (Class 2)
A railroad company that operates more than 350 miles and / or has more than $ 40 million in revenue.
Local Railroads (Class 3)
no "Class 1" or "Class 2" railways, but with scheduled operation
Shunting companies
Railways that do not carry out point-to-point transports (regular services), but rather establish the connection between end customers and the other railway companies.
Operating and holding companies
- Atlantic Western Transportation
- Anacostia and Pacific Company
- CAGY Industries
- Carload Express
- Farmrail Systems Inc.
- Four Rivers Transportation
- Genesee and Wyoming
- Genesee Valley Transportation Company
- Georgia Pacific Corporation
- Gulf and Ohio Railways
- Iowa Pacific Holdings
- Omnitrax
- Patriot Rail
- Pioneer Railcorp
- RailAmerica
- Rail Management Corporation
- Railroad Development Corporation
- RailServe
- Rail World
- Rio Grande Pacific Corporation
- Transtar Inc.
- Watco Companies
- Weyerhaeuser
passenger traffic
- Amtrak
- Bay Area Rapid Transit
- NCTD Coaster
- CalTrain
- Central Puget Sound Regional Rail
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Long Island Railroad
- Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC)
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- Metra
- Metro-North Railroad
- Metrolink
- Metro North
- New Jersey Transit
- New Mexico Rail Runner Express
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
- Shore Line East
- Tri-Rail
- Trinity Railway Express
- Virginia Railway Express (VRE)
Tourist railways
- Conway Scenic Railroad
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
- Grand Canyon Railway (GCRX)
- Juniata Terminal
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rail Fast Facts For 2017. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Association of American Railroads , December 2018, archived from the original on January 5, 2019 ; accessed on January 5, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
