Opened in 1890, became part of the Wisconsin Central Ry. in 1910.
Aberdeen & Rockfish RR
Abilene & Southern RR
Addison & North Pennsylvania RR
Adirondack & St. Lawrence Ry. (see Mohawk & Malone)
Opened in 1891, became the Mohawk & Malone Ry. in June, 1892.
Adirondack Ry.
Opened in 1865, became part of the Delaware & Hudson Co. in 1902.
Ahnapee & Western RR
Opened in 1893, taken over by the Green Bay & Western RR in 1907. (GB&W 1907-47)
Akron Canton & Youngstown Ry.
A switching line that acquired the Northern Ohio Ry. in 1920, became part of the Norfolk & Western Ry. in 1982.
Akron Transportation Co.
Alabama & North Western RR
From "Marengo Choctaw & Meridian," a rebuilt private lumber road, opened in June, 1912, abandoned in 1934.
Alabama & Vicksburg Ry.
Opened in 1889, became part of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR in 1926. (dba Queen & Crescent Route to 1916)
Alabama Midland RR
Opened in 1889, leased by the Savannah Florida & Western Ry. in 1892.
Alabama Great Southern RR
From Alabama & Chattanooga RR in 1877, leased by the Southern Ry. in 1917. (dba Queen & Crescent Route c1884-1917, SOU after 1917)
Alabama Tennessee & Northern RR
Opened in 1906, became part of the St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. (see also StL&SF) in 1971.
Alaska Engineering Commission
From Alaska Northern + Tanana Valley in 1918, became the Alaska RR in 1923.
Alaska RR
From Alaska Engineering Commission in 1923, operating as of 2007
Albany & Northern RR
Albany & Susquehanna RR
Albany Northern RR
Albany Southern RR
Opened in 1909, became the Eastern New York Utilities in 1924.
Albany (NY) Union Depot
Alberta & Great Waterways Ry.
Opened in 1914, became part of the Northern Alberta Rys. in 1929. (AGL after @ 1927)
Alberta Government Lines
From a consolidation of the ED&BC+CC+A&GW+PV in 1928, became part of the Northern Alberta Rys. in 1929. (ED&BC+CC+A&GW+PV)
Alberta Ry. & Coal Co.
Opened in 1890, became part of the Canadian Pacific Ry. in 1903.
Alcolu RR
Alexander RR
Algiers & Western RR
Algiers Ry. & Lighting Co.
From a mule car line in 1907, became the South New Orleans Light & Traction Co. in 1917.
Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Ry.
Opened in 1912, became the Algoma Central Railway in 1965
Algoma Central Ry./Corp
From AC & HB in 1965, acquired by the WC in 1995 which was acq. by CN in 2001. (Wisc. Cent. 1995-2001, CN after 2001)
Algoma Eastern RR
Algoma RR
Alleghany Central RR
Allegheny Valley RR
Opened in 1856, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in 1900.
Allentown & Reading Traction Co.
From Allentown & Kutztown RR in 1902, converted to bus operation in 1936.
Allentown RR
Alma & Jonquieres Ry.
Alton & Southern RR
Alton Granite & St. Louis Traction Co.
Opened in 1904, became the St. Louis & Alton Ry. in 1926. (EStL&S)
Alton RR
From Chicago & Alton RR in 1931, became part of the Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR in 1947. (B&O to 1943)
Altoona Clearfield & Northern RR
Amador Central RR
American Railroad of Porto Rico
Opened in 1902, ceased operations in 1953. Meter gage.
Amtrak (National Railway Passenger Corp.)
Took over most American intercity passenger service in 1971.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Street Ry. Dept.
Opened in 1902, abandoned in 1951.
Androscoggin Electric Co. (see Portland-Lewiston Interurban RR)
Angelina & Neches River RR
Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti RR
Ann Arbor RR
Reorg of Toledo Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan RR on 21 Sep 1895, became part of the Conrail in 1976.
Anthony & Northern Ry.
Opened in 1913, became the Wichita Falls & Northwestern RR in 1919.
Apache Ry.
Opened in 1920, operating in2003
Apalachicola Northern RR
Opened in 1907, operating in2003
Appleyard System (CL&S, CGC&SW, DS&UE)
Opened in 1902, became the indiana Columbus & Eastern Traction Co. in 1906.
Arcade & Attica RR
Opened in 1917, operating in2003
Arcata & Mad River RR
Opened in 1883, abandoned in 1985
Argentine & Gray's Peak Ry.
Opened in 1914, abandoned in 1917
Argentine Central Ry.
Opened in 1906, became the Argentine Central & Gray's Peak in 1913.
Arizona & Colorado RR
Opened in 1903, became part of the Arizona Eastern RR in 1909. (SP after 1903)
Arizona Eastern RR (see SP)
From consol. of AE+GVG&N+M&P+A&C in 1910, became part of the Southern Pacific RR in 1924.
Arkansas City - Winfield Northern Ry. (see Arkansas Valley Interurban)
Aquired by the AVI From Southwestern Interurban Ry. in 1922, abandoned on 8 Jun 1927.
Arkansas Midland RR
Opened in 1878, became the St. Louis Iron Mountain& Southern Ry. (MP 1880-1917) in 1909. (SLIM&S aft. 1902)
Arkansas Valley Interurban Ry.
Opened in 1910, abandoned in 1942.
Arkansas Western RR
Opened in 1901, became owned and operate by the Kansas City Southern Ry. in 1910.
Arlington & Fairfax Ry.
From Washington-Virginia RR in 1927, became the Arlington & Fairfax Auto RR 1937.
Arlington & Fairfax Auto RR
From Arlington & Fairfax Ry. in 1937, abandoned in 1939.
Aroostook Valley RR
Opened in 1910, became the Aroostook Valley (diesel) after pax service disc. in 1946. (CP after 1931)
Artemus-Jellico RR
From Cumberland RR in 1924, abandoned in 1952
Ashley Drew & Northern RR
Ashuelot RR
Opened in 1851, leased by the Connecticut River RR in 1877.
Associated Lines of Southern Travel
Astoria & Columbia River RR
Opened in 1897, became part of the Spokane Portland & Seattle Ry. in 1911. (SP&S after 1907)
Atchison & Nebraska RR
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.
Opened in 1870, became the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. in 1996.
Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Ry.
Opened in 1871, became the Atlanta & Charlotte Air line Ry. (R&D) in 1877.
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Ry.
Opened in 1906, became the Bay Line, LLC in 1994
Atlanta & West Point RR + Western Ry. of Alabama
Opened in 1857, became part of the Seaboard Coast Line RR in 1975.
Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic RR
From Atlantic & Birmingham RR in 1906, became the Atlanta Birmingham & Coast RR in 1927.
Atlanta Birmingham & Coast RR
From Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic RR in 1927, became part of the Atlantic Coast Line RR in 1945. (ACL)
Atlanta Knoxville & Northern Ry.
From Marietta & North Georgia RR on 1 Nov 1896, became part of the Louisville & Nashville RR in 1905.
Atlanta Terminal Co.
Opened in 1905, fate uncertain.
Atlantic & Birmingham RR
Opened in 1901, became the Atlanta Birmingham & Atlantic RR in 1906.
Atlantic & Danville Ry.
Opened in 1882, became the Norfolk Franklin & Danville Ry. in 1962. (SOU 1899-1949)
Atlantic & East Carolina RR
From Atlantic & North Carolina RR in 1939. (Sou after 1957)
Atlantic & Great Western RR
Opened in 1860, became the New York Pennsylvania & Ohio RR in 1880.
Atlantic & Gulf RR
Opened in 1859, became the Savannah Florida & Western Ry. in 1879.
Atlantic & North Carolina RR
Opened in 1883, became the Atlantic & East Carolina RR in 1939. (NS 1906-35)
Atlantic & Pacific RR
Took over the Southwest Br. of the Pacific RR in 1866, became the SLSF in 1876. (Missouri)
Atlantic & Pacific RR
This shell of the old A&P began in 1880, became the Santa Fe Pacific RR (ATSF) in 1897.
Atlantic & Suburban Ry.
Opened in 1904, abandoned in 1929.
Atlantic & Western Ry.
Opened in 1904, still operating
Atlantic & Yadkin RR
From Southern (former Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley) in 1916, became part of the Southern Ry. in 1950.
Atlantic City & Shore RR
Opened in 1905, became the Atlantic City Transportation Co. in 1945.
Atlantic City RR
From Philadelphia & Atlantic City RR in 1889, merged into the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in 1933. (P&R/RDG)
Atlantic City Transportation Co.
Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Route
From pax line of Wilm. & Weld. + WC&A in 1872, replaced by the consolidation of controlled lines in 1887. (W&W+WC&A)
Atlantic Coast Line of Rys.
From Wilm. & Weld. + WC&A in 1887, merged into the Atlantic Coast Line RR in 1898.
Atlantic Coast Line RR
From Atlantic Coast Line of Rys. in 1900, merged into the Seaboard Coast Line RR in 1967.
Atlantic Northern RR
Atlantic Quebec & Western RR
Opened in 1908, became part of the Canadian National Rys. in 1927.
Atlantic Shore Line Ry.
The Western Div. was the Portsmouth Dover & York until 1906, reorg. as the Atlantic Shore Ry. in 1910.
Atlantic Shore Ry.
From Atlantic Shore Line Ry. in 1910, became the York Utilities RR in 1923.
Atlantic Valdosta & Western RR
Opened in 1898, became part of the Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. in 1902.
Auburn & Northern RR (See Trolley Talk, NYSERG)
Opened in 1901, abandoned in 1930.
Auburn & Syracuse Electric RR Co.
Opened in 1901, abandoned in 1930.
Auburn & Turner RR
Opened in 1905, absorbed by the Lewiston Augusta & Waterville St. Ry. in 1913.
Augusta & Columbia Railway & Electric Co.
Augusta Northern RR
Aurora Elgin & Chicago RR
Opened in 1902, split up, mainline becoming the Chicago Aurora & Elgin RR in 1923.
Aurora Elgin & Fox River Valley Electric Co.
From Aurora Elgin & Chicago RR in 1919, abandoned (except for a freight spur) in 1935.
Aurora Plainfield & Joliet RR
Opened in 1914, abandoned in 1924.
Auto-Train Corporation
Opened in December, 1971, discontinued in 1981.
Bakersfield & Kern RR
Bald Eagle Valley RR
Baltimore & Annapolis RR
From Washington Baltimore & Annapolis RR in 1935, pax converted to bus in 1950, frt. mostly supended in 1968.
Baltimore & Eastern RR
From Maryland Delaware & Virginia Ry. in 1924, became the Conrail in 1976.
Baltimore & Eastern Shore RR
Baltimore & Lehigh Ry.
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal RR
From Chicago Terminal & Transfer RR in 1910, merged into the Chessie System in 1973. (B&O)
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Opened in 1827, merged into the Chessie System in 1973. (C&O after 1962)
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern RR
Cincinnati Waskington & Baltimore in 1889, became part of the Baltimore & Ohio RR in 1900. (B&O)
Baltimore & Potomac RR
Opened in 1871, became part of the Philadelphia baltimore & Washington RR (PRR) in 1891. (PRR)
Baltimore Chesapeake & Atlantic RR
Opened in 1894, became part of the Baltimore & Eastern RR in 1928.
Baltimore Street Ry.
Baltimore Transit Co.
Bamberger Electric RR
From Salt Lake & Ogden RR in 1919, became the Bamberger RR in 1939.
Bamberger RR
From Bamberger Electric RR in 1939, abandoned in 1958.
Bangor & Aroostook RR
Opened in 1892, acquired by Iron Road Rys. in 1995
Bangor & Piscataquis RR
Bangor & Portland RR
Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.
From Bangor Railway and Electric Co. in 1924, converted to bus by1945.
Bangor Railway and Electric Co.
From Bangor Street Ry. in 1910, became the Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. in 1924.
Barre & Chelsea RR
From Montpelier & Wells River RR in 1944, became the Montpelier & Barre (abnd. 1980) in 1957.
Bath & Hammondsport RR
Opened in 1875, became the standard gage in 1890. (NG)
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Opened in 1972.
Bay Of Quinte Ry.
From merger of two roads in 1897, became part of the Canadian Northern Ry. in 1910.
Bay Point & Clayton RR
Opened in 1908, became a U.S. Navy facility in 1946
Bay State Street Ry. Co.
From Boston & Northern St. Ry. in 1911, 1918.
BC Rail RR
BC Transit
Beaver Valley Traction Co.
From Beaver Valley St. Ry. in 1891, streetcars discontinued in 1937.
Beaumont & Great Northern RR
Bedford & Smethport RR
Bee Line (see CCC&I Ry.)
Beech Creek RR
Opened in 1886, became the New York Central & Hudson River RR in 1890.
Beech Grove Traction Co.
Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR
From Maine Central RR in 1926, .
Bellaire Zanesville & Cincinnati RR
Bellefonte Central RR
Bellingham & Northern RR
From Bellingham Bay & British Columbia RR in 1912, became part of the CM&SP in 1918. (CM&SP)
Bellingham Bay & British Columbia RR
Opened in 1891, became the Bellingham & Northern RR in 1912. (CM&SP after 1912)
Bellows Falls & Saxton River St. Ry.
Opened in 1900, stopped operating after a fire in 1924.
Bell's Gap RR
Belvedere Delaware RR
Opened in 1851, leased by the Pennsylvania RR in 1872. (PRR after 1872)
Bennington & Rutland Ry.
Opened in 1877, became part of the Rutland RR in 1900.
Benton Harbor-St. Joe Ry. & Light
Opened in 1910, became the indiana & Michigan Elec. Co. in 1922.
Berkshire Street Ry.
Opened in 1903, abandoned in 1939. (NYNHH)
Bermuda Ry.
Abandoned in 1948
Bessemer & Lake Erie RR
From Pittsburg Bessemer & Lake Erie RR in 1901, became part of Great Lakes Transportation in 2001
Biddeford & Saco RR
Converted From horse car in 1892, abandoned in 1939.
Big Four Route
(see Cleve., Cin., Chi. & St.L.)
Bingham & Garfield RR
Billerica & Bedford RR (NG)
Quarry road opened in 1877, discontinued in 1878. The first narrow gage American railroad.
Birmingham & Southeastern RR
Birmingham Electric Co.
Birmingham Terminal RR
Black Hills Central RR
Black Mountain Ry.
Opened in 1913, became the Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio Ry. in 1918.
Black River & Utica RR
Opened in 1855, became the Utica & Black River RR in 1861.
Bloomington Pontiac & Joliet Ry.
Opened in 1905, abandoned in 1925.
Bloomsburg & Sullivan RR
Opened in 1887, became part of the Reading RR in 1928.
Blue Hill Street Ry.
Opened in 1900, 1919.
Blue Ridge Ry.
Bluffton Geneva & Celina Traction Co.
Opened in 1910, abandoned in 1917. (see CERA)
Bonhomie & Hattiesburg So. RR
Tatum Lumber purchased this branch from the Gulf Mobile & Northern in 1925, absorbed by Illinois Central Gulf in 1972.
Boston & Albany RR
Opened in 1867, became part of the New York Central RR in 1935. (NYC after 1900)
Boston & Lowell & Concord RRs
This joint operation of the B&L and Concord began in 1881, split into the former units in 1883.
Boston & Lowell RR
Opened in 1834, leased by the Boston & Maine RR in Apr 1887. (B&L&C 1881-1883)
Boston & Maine RR
Opened in 1842, became the Boston & Maine Corp. in 1964.
Boston & Maine Corp.
From Boston & Maine RR in 1964, became the Guilford Transportation in 1981.
Boston & New York Air Line Ry./RR
Opened in 1875, became part of the New York New Haven & Hartford RR in 1883.
Boston & Northern Street Ry.
Opened in 1910, Opened in 1918.
Boston & Providence RR
Opened in 1834, became part of the Old Colony RR in 1888.
Boston & Worcester (steam) RR
Opened in 1834, became part of the Boston & Albany RR in 1867.
Boston & Worcester Street Ry.
Opened in 1902, became the Boston Worcester & New York Street Ry. in 1927.
Boston & Worcester Traction Co.
Boston Barre & Gardner RR
Opened in 1871, became part of the Fitchburg RR in 1885.
Boston Clinton & Fitchburg RR
Opened in 1867, became the Boston Clinton Fitchburg & New Bedford RR in 1876.
Boston Clinton Fitchburg & New Bedford RR
Opened in 1876, became part of the Old Colony RR in 1879.
Boston Concord & Montreal RR (see BCM&WM)
Opened in 1848, added White Mts. to its dba after 1874.
Boston Concord Montreal [& White Mountains] RR
From Boston Concord & Montreal RR, which used this dba after consol. w/ White Mtns. in 1874, became the Concord & Montreal RR in 1889. (B&L 1884-8, Concord 1888-9)
Boston Hartford & Erie RR
From Southern Midland RR in 1863, became reorganized as the New York & New England RR in 1874.
Boston Hoosac Tunnel & Western Ry.
Opened in 1878, became part of the Fitchburg RR in 1887.
Boston Revere Beach & Lynn RR
From (electric after 1928) in 1875, became part converted to the Blue line of the Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1937.
Boston Worcester & New York Street Ry.
From Boston & Worcester Street Ry. 1927, converted to bus in 1932.
Boyne City Gaylord & Alpena RR
Boyne Valley RR
Bradford Bordell & Kinzua RR
Brainerd & Northern Minnesota Ry.
Opened in 1893, became the Minnesota & international Ry. in 1901.
Breakwater & Frankford RR
Bridgton & Harrison Ry.
Opened in 1930, abandoned in 1941
Bridgton & Saco River RR
Opened in 1883, became the Bridgton & Harrison Ry. in 1930.
British Columbia Electric Ry.
Opened in 1891, became the British Columbia Transit about in 1963.
British Columbia Ry.
From Pacific Great Eastern Ry. in 1972, sold rail operations to CN in 2004.
British Columbia Transit
Brockton Bridgewater & Taunton Street Ry.
Opened in 1897, acquired by Brockton St. Ry. in 1901. (see Taunton St. Ry.)
Brockton Street Ry.
Opened in 1881, became Old Colony St. Ry. in 1901.
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
Brunswick & Western RR
Opened in 1882, leased the Savannah Florida & Western RR in 1894.
Brownwood North & South RR
Bucks County Interurban RR
Buffalo & Erie Ry.
From Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co. in 1924, abandoned in 1933.
Buffalo & Jamestown RR
Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co.
Opened in 1906, became the Buffalo & Erie Ry. in 1924.
Buffalo & Pittsburg Line
From Allegheny Valley + Buffalo New York & Philadelphia in 1883, discontinued in 1887.
Buffalo & Susquehanna RR Corp. + Buffalo & Susquehanna Ry.
From Buffalo & Susquehanna Ry. in 1913, split into the B&S RR Corp.& Wellsville & Buffalo in 1915.
Buffalo & Susquehanna Ry.
Opened in 1893, became the Buffalo & Susquehanna RR Corp. + Buffalo & Susquehanna Ry. in 1913.
Buffalo Attica & Arcade RR
Buffalo Belt Line (see NYC&HR)
Opened in 1883, as an integral part of the NYC system 7310.
Buffalo Chautauqua Lake & Pittsburgh RR
Buffalo Corning & New York RR
Buffalo Creek & Gauley RR
Opened in 1905, abandoned in 1965
Buffalo Lockport & Rochester RR (see Trolley Talk, NYSERG)
Buffalo New York & Pennsylvania RR
Opened in 1871, became the Western New York & Pennsylvania RR in 1887.
Buffalo Northwestern Ry.
Opened in 1918, became part of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. in 1920.
Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry.
From Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry. in 1885, became part of the Baltimore & Ohio RR in 1932.
Bullfrog Goldfield RR
Opened in 1907, abandoned in 1928. (T&G 1906-08, T&T 1908-14, LV&T 1914-18, T&T 1918-28)
Burlington & Lamoille RR
Burlington & Missouri River RR in Neb.
Opened in 1872, became part of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR in 1880.
Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry.
From Burlington Cedar Rapids & Minnesota in 1876, became part of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry. in 1902.
Burlington Northern Ry.
A merger of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington and SP&S in 1970, merged into the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. in 1996.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry.
A merger of the Santa Fe and the Burlington Northern in 1996.
Burlington-Rock Island RR
From Trinity & Brazos Valley RR in 1930, became jointly owned and operated by the FW&DC & CRIP in 1950.
Cadillac & Lake City RR
Cadiz RR
Opened in 1902, abandoned in 1985
Cahuenga Valley RR
From the Temple & Diamond Streets Steam Dummy RR on April 16, 1888, sold to the Pasadena & Pacific RR on May 6, 1896.
Cairo & Fulton RR
Opened in 1858, became part of the St. Louis Iron Mtn. & Southern in 1874. (SL&IM after 1868)
Cairo Arkansas & Texas RR
Opened in 1873, became part of the St. Louis Iron Mtn. & Southern in 1874. (SL&IM)
Cairo RR
Opened in 1884, leased the Catskill Mountain Ry. in 1885. (CM after 1885)
Cairo Vincennes & Chicago Line
From Wabash St. Louis & Pacific Ry. in 1887, became part of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Ry. in 1889.
Calais & Baring & Lewys Island Rail Roads
Calgary Transit
California Central Ry.
From Los Angeles & San Gabriel Valley RR in 1887, became consolidated into the Southern California Ry. in 1889. AT&SF
California Northwestern RR
From San Francisco & North Pacific Ry. in 1898, 1907.
California Southern RR
Opened in 1881, became consolidated into the Southern California Ry. in 1889. AT&SF
California Western RR & Navigation Co.
Opened in 1906, became the California Western RR in 1948.
California Western RR
From California Western RR & Navigation Co. in 1948, acquired by the Sierra RR in 2003 as a tourist line
Cambria & Indiana RR
Camden & Amboy RR
Opened in 1832, pooled with the New York & Philadelphia RR Line (United Rys. Of New Jersey) in 1867.
Camden & Atlantic RR
Opened in 1852, leased by the Camden & Atlantic RR (PRR) in 1883.
Camden & Atlantic RR
From Camden & Atlantic RR in 1852, became part of the West Jersey & Seashore RR in 1896. (PRR)
Camden & Burlington RR
Opened in 1866, became part of the Camden & Amboy RR in 1868.
Camino Placerville & Lake Tahoe RR
From Placerville & Lake Tahoe RR in 1911, abandoned in 1986
Campbell's Creek RR
Canada & Gulf Terminal RR
Opened in 1911,
Canada Atlantic Ry.
Opened in 1883, became part of the Grand Trunk Ry. in 1905.
Canada Central Ry.
Became part of the Northern Alberta Rys. in 1929.
Canada Southern Ry.
Opened in 1873, reorganized by the NYC&HR in 1878 and operated by the Michigan Central after 1883. (NYC&HR after 1878)
Canadian Government Rys.
From Intercol., Transcon. & PEI Rys. in 1913, became the Canadian National Rys. in 1918.
Canadian National Electric RR
Canadian National Rys. (see CN + GTW)
From Intercol., Transcon. & PEI Rys. in 1918, merged into the Canadian National & Grand Trunk Western Rys. in 1923.
Canadian National & Grand Trunk Western Rys.
From Canadian National Rys. + Grand Trunk Ry. in 1921, became ,for psgr. ops., the VIA in 1977.
Canadian Northern Ontario Ry.
From James Bay Ry. in 1906, became part of the Canadian Northern Ry. in 1915.
