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A Class III railroad, as defined by the American Association of Railroads, is a railroad with an annual operating revenue of less than $10 million (1978 dollars). The term only applies to United States railroads, but is sometimes applied to other countries. Class III railroads are typically local short line railroads, serving a very small number of towns or industries; many Class III railroads were once branch lines of larger railroads that were spun off, or portions of mainlines that had been abandoned. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 376 KB) Photo by William Grimes in Dillwyn, Virginia, USA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Buckingham Branch Railroad (AAR reporting marks BB) is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 200 miles (322 km) of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia. ...
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Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...
There are approximately 150,000 miles (240,000 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. ...
A short line is an independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance. ...
Current Railroads by State
Current Class III railroads in operation in the United States are: This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Alabama The Alabama and Tennessee River Railway (AAR reporting mark ATN) is a shortline railway operating (via lease) over trackage formerly operated by CSX Transportation. ...
Arkansas Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AAR reporting mark AM) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. ...
The Fort Smith Railroad Company (FSR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas. ...
California The Almanor Railroad (AAR reporting mark AL) is a Class III shortline operating in Northern California, USA. It is owned by Collins Pine and annually hauls about 300 cars of timber and lumber products generated at the mill. ...
The Carrizo Gorge Railway (AAR reporting mark CZRY) was created in 2001 to provide passenger and freight service along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway line between Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and Plaster City, California, United States. ...
The Central California Traction (AAR reporting mark CCT) is a Class III shortline operating in Northern California. ...
The McCloud Railway (AAR reporting mark MCR) is a Class III shortline operating near Mount Shasta, California. ...
The Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) was formed in 1998 to take over the Harbor Belt Line (HBL). ...
The Richmond Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RPRC) is a terminal/switching railroad owned by the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation. ...
The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (AAR reporting mark SDIY) is a shortline operator on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway track in the United States (the Carrizo Gorge Railway (CZRY) is the SD&AEs operator in Mexico and the Imperial Valley). ...
The Santa Maria Valley Railroad (AAR reporting mark SMV) is a 14. ...
The Sierra Northern Railroad operates the Sierra Railroad Dinner Train at Jamestown, California, USA; the Skunk Train over the former California Western Railroad and the Sacramento Rivertrain over the former Yolo Shortline Railroad at Woodland, CA. Categories: | ...
The California Northern Railroad (AAR reporting mark CFNR) is one of several Class III short-line railroad companies owned by RailAmerica, Inc. ...
Colorado The Denver Rock Island Railroad (AAR reporting mark DRIR), also known as the Denver Terminal Railroad Company, is a Class III railroad in the Denver, Colorado, area. ...
The San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) began operations in 2003, running on 154 miles of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad line in Colorado. ...
Florida The AN Railway, LLC is one of several short line railroad companies owned by the Rail Management Corporation. ...
The Seminole Gulf Railway is a short line railroad in southwest Florida. ...
South Central Florida Express, Incorporated (originally known as the South Central Florida Railroad and run by the Brandywine Valley Railroad until September 17, 1994), is a short line railroad in southern Florida run by U.S. Sugar. ...
Georgia The Georgia Central Railway operates about 174 miles of track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. ...
Illinois The Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad Company (or Bloomer Line) (AAR reporting mark BLOL), headquartered in Gibson City, Illinois, is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois. ...
Indiana | Railroad | AAR rep. mark | | Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad | CKIN | The Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (AAR reporting marks CKIN) is a Class III short-line railroad operating 33 miles of rail line in northwestern Indiana. ...
Iowa The Appanoose County Community Railroad (AAR reporting marks APNC) is based out of Centerville, Iowa. ...
The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (AAR reporting mark CIC), also known as the Crandic is a Class III railroad operating in the US state of Iowa. ...
The Iowa Northern Railway (AAR reporting marks IANR) is a Class III railroad. ...
Kansas Union Station The Kansas City Terminal Railway is Class III railroad that serves as joint operation of the trunk railroads that serve the Kansas City metropolitan area, the countrys second largest rail hub. ...
Massachusetts The Grafton and Upton Railroad is a short line railroad in east-central Massachusetts; it has never been controlled by a larger line. ...
Michigan The Adrian and Blissfield Railroad operates the 15 miles between Adrian, MI and Blissfield, MI. It was incorporated January 14, 1991. ...
The Detroit Connecting Railroad (AAR reporting marks DCON) is a Class III railroad owned by the Adrian and Blissfield Railroad (reporting marks ADBF). ...
The Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS & I), an American railroad offering service from Marquette, Michigan to nearby locations in Michigans Upper Peninsula, began operations in 1896. ...
Missouri Union Station The Kansas City Terminal Railway is Class III railroad that serves as joint operation of the trunk railroads that serve the Kansas City metropolitan area, the countrys second largest rail hub. ...
New York The Bath and Hammondsport Railroad was chartered in 1872 as a narrow gauge railroad running from the Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad interchange in Bath, New York, to Hammondsport, New York. ...
The Finger Lakes Railway is a working railroad in the Finger Lakes region of New York. ...
The Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad is a Class III short line railroad that operates in Livingston County and Monroe County in New York. ...
The New York & Atlantic Railway (AAR reporting mark NYA) is a short line railroad formed in 1997 to provide freight service over the tracks of the Long Island Railroad, a public commuter rail agency which had decided to privatize its freight operations. ...
The Rochester and Southern Railroad (RSR or R&S), a subsidiary of Genesee and Wyoming, Inc. ...
North Carolina The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AAR reporting mark AR) is a shortline operating in North Carolina. ...
The Atlantic and Western Railway (AAR reporting mark ATW) is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 10 miles of track in Lee County, North Carolina. ...
North Dakota The Red River Valley and Western Railroad (AAR reporting mark RRVW) is a regional railroad operating in the US state of North Dakota. ...
Ohio | Railroad | AAR rep. mark | | Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad | CVSR | Oregon | Railroad | AAR rep. mark | | City of Prineville Railway | COPR | Pennsylvania The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (AAR reporting mark DL) began service August, 1993, as desginated operator of over 85 miles of Lackawanna County trackage north, east and south from the Scranton, Pennsylvania, terminus in Northeastern Pennsylvania as a part of the Genesee Valley Transportation Company, Inc. ...
The Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad (AAR reporting mark POHC) is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 42 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. ...
South Carolina | Railroad | AAR rep. mark | | Greenville & Western Railway | GRLW | The Greenville & Western Railway (AAR reporting marks GRLW) is a Class III railroad that operates from Belton to Pelzer, a distance of 12. ...
Texas | Railroad | AAR rep. mark | | Alliance Terminal Railroad | ATR | The Alliance Terminal Railroad is a Class III rail carrier in Haslet, Texas, and is responsible for the switching and operations of the Alliance Intermodal Facility. ...
Utah Utah Railway, railway in the American state of Utah. ...
Vermont The New England Central Railroad is a subsidiary of RailAmerica. ...
Virginia The Bay Coast Railroad (AAR reporting mark BCR) took over the Eastern Shore Railroad line from Pocomoke City, Maryland, to Norfolk, Virginia. ...
Buckingham Branch Railroad (AAR reporting marks BB) is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 200 miles (322 km) of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia. ...
The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (AAR reporting marks CA) is a short-line railroad operated by the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad and is owned by RailAmerica. ...
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The North Carolina & Virginia Railroad (AAR reporting mark NCVA) is a short-line railroad. ...
Shenandoah Valley Railroad is a historic name used by 2 railroads in Virginia in the US. Shenandoah Valley Railroad (N&W) was a line completed in the 1880s extending down the Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland through the West Virginia panhandle into Virginia to reach Roanoke, Virginia and the Norfolk...
The Virginia Southern Railroad (AAR reporting mark VSRR) is a short-line railroad that started in November 1988. ...
The Winchester and Western Railroad is a railroad line that today operates between Gore and Winchester, Virginia. ...
Washington The Ballard Terminal Railroad, a short line railroad in Seattle, Washingtons Ballard neighborhood, was formed in 1997 to operate trains on three miles of track on the north side of Salmon Bay. ...
The Cascade and Columbia River Railroad is a short line railroad that interchanges with Burlington Northern Santa Fe in Wenachee, WA and runs north to Oroville. ...
The Columbia and Cowlitz Railway(FRA Reporting Mark:CLC), headquartered in Longview,WA, serves a 8. ...
Tacoma Rail is a public utility in Tacoma, Washington. ...
Interstate An old logo for the line, which reached Atlanta, Georgia via trackage rights on the Central of Georgia Railway. ...
The Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad Company (AAR reporting mark KBSR), is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois and west-central Indiana. ...
The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad (AAR reporting mark GNWR) is a Class III short-line railroad which is operated by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. ...
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Watco Companies, based in Pittsburg, Kansas, is a holding company of several short-line railroads in the United States: Alabama Southern Railroad (ABS) Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS) Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR) Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO) KAW River Railroad (KAW) Louisiana...
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See also | Class III railroads of the United States | | Current (operating) | AA, ABCR, ABS, ACWR, ADBF, AF, AGCR, AGR, AKDN, ALAB, AL, AKMD, ALM, ALY, AM, AN, ANR, AO, AOK, APNC, ARS, ATLT, ATN, ATW, AUAR, AVR, AZER, BAYL, BB, BCR, BCLR, BDRV, BGCM, BHCR, BJRY, BLEX, BLOL, BRAN, BS, BSV, BT, BXN, CAGY, CBEC, CBGR, CCIM, CEDR, CFNR, CFER, CGR, CHAT, CHS, CIC, CIRR, CIRY, CLC, CLNA, COEH, CORP, CRL, CSOR, CTRR, CUOH, CVSR, CVYR, CWRY, CZRY, DAIR, DCON, DLWR, DMM, DMVW, DN, DQE, DR, DRHY, DRIR, DSRR, DVS, EACH, EARY, EDW, EIRR, ELKR, ELS, ETRY, EVWR, FCRD, FGLK, FGRS, FMRC, FP, FSR, FWRY, FWWR, GBRC, GC, GITM, GNWR, GSVR, GSWR, GWWE, HE, HMCR, HRRC, HRT, IANR, IATR, IMRR, IN, INRD, IORY, IR, ISRR, ISW, JEFW, JVRR, KCT, KBSR, KJRY, KRR, LAL, LIRC, LIRR, LCR, LDRR, LNW, LRPA, LRWN, LS, LSI, LXVR, LWRR, MB, MCR, MCRR, MCSA, MDS, MDW, ME, MET, MMID, MNA, MNN, MNNR, MPA, MPLI, MSRW, MSTR, MSWY, MTR, NBER, NCRC, NCVA, NECR, NENE, NHN, NPBL, NPR, NRI, NSSR, NYA, NYCH, NYSW, OTR, OHIC, OHPA, OHRY, OTVR, OUCH, PAM, PBL, PCN, PGR, PHL, PI, PNW, PNWR, POHC, POTB, PPU, PSAP, QRR, RBMN, RJCW, RPRC, RRCI, RRVW, RSOR, RSR, RSS, SAPT, SB, SCFE, SCXY, SDIY, SERA, SGLR, SJVR, SL, SLA, SMV, SQVR, TCBR, TCW, TMBL, TR, TRC, TRMW, TRRA, TTR, TZPR, UTAH, VR, VCRR, VSRR, VVRR, WGCR, WKRL, WLO, WN, WPRR, WSR, WTRY, WW, YKR, YRC | | Historic (fallen flag) | DAKR, DTRR, ESHR, NFD, PSR, TIRL, TXTC, WICT | |