Amtrak is the name of an intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. Amtrak is an independent for-profit corporation, but its board is entirely controlled by the United States government through presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. Some Amtrak stock is outstanding, though it... AMTK, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (AAR reporting mark BNSF) (NYSE: BNI), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and established as a result of a 1995 merger between the parent companies of the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is one of the largest... BNSF, Canadian National Railways logo or . Another Canadian railway encountered financial difficulty on March 7, 1919 when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railways (GTPR) parent company Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), defaulted on repayment of construction loans to the federal government. The federal governments Department of Railways and Canals took over... CN, The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States, such as... CP, Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Railway companies of the United States | Alabama railroads | Connecticut railroads | Delaware railroads | Florida current railroads | Georgia railroads | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads | Kentucky railroads | Louisiana railroads | Maryland railroads | Massachusetts railroads | Michigan railroads | Mississippi railroads | New Jersey railroads | New York railroads | North Carolina railroads | Ohio railroads | Pennsylvania... CSXT, FXE, Categories: Railway companies of the United States ... KCS, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is a US publicly-traded stock corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia. The company controls a major Class I railroad, the Norfolk Southern Railway Company, commonly abbreviated NS. The railroad operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province... NS, Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana (Mexican Rail Transportation) is the name of a company dedicated to freight transportation using rail in the North Eastern part of Mexico. TFM owns its own fleet and the right of use of some of the railtracks in the country, being the most important the... TFM, The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. Its primary AAR reporting mark is UP. The railroad is wholly owned by Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) which also owns Overnite Transportation, a fairly major less-than-truckload shipping carrier. Union Pacific divested itself of... UP, VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; pronounced vee-ah) is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. VIA Rail operates trains in 8 Canadian provinces (all except Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island) over a network spanning the country from... VIA

Categories: Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct railroads | Defunct companies | Florida Atlantic Coast Line Railroad precursors ... ACL, AGS, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Arizona railroads | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | Nebraska railroads | New Mexico railroads | Oklahoma railroads | Texas railroads ... ATSF, The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad or BAR is a defunct United States railroad company, that formerly operated lines in northern Maine. The company was incorporated in 1891 to combine the lines of the former Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad and the Bangor and Katahdin Railroad. It was based in Bangor and... BAR, The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (B≤ AAR reporting mark BLE) was a railroad company operating mainly in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. The railroads main line ran from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio to industrial city of North Bessemer, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, a distance... BLE, The Boston & Maine (B&M) was the dominant railroad of the northern United States for a century. It is now part of the Guilford Transportation Industries network. History B&M was first formed beginning in 1835 to create a continuous inland route between the cities of Boston... BM, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Kentucky railroads | Minnesota railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | South Dakota railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ... BN, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad or B&O was a 19th century railroad which operated in the east coast of the United States and was the first railroad to offer commercial transportation of both people and freight. It was incorporated on February 28, 1827. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad... BO, Categories: Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Defunct railroads | Colorado railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ... CBQ, CG, The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class 1 railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheas Beede Stickney in 1885 as a small 100 mile line between St. Paul and the Iowa state line. Through mergers and new construction... CGW, The Cincinati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific is a railroad that runs from Cincinnati, Ohio to Chattanooga, Tennessee. This is the line known for the The Rathole District that runs from Tennessee to Kentucky, this line is owned by the city of cincinati and Norfolk Southern is operating the line... CNTP, The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. It was also known as the North Western. CNW #8540, at Shawnee, WY History The Chicago and North Western Railway was chartered on June 7, 1859. It had purchased... CNW, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was a Class 1 railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century. Headquartered in USA, in 1972, it became part of the Chessie System, which was the creation of Hays T. Watkins, Jr., then president... CO, Conrail, officially known as the Consolidated Rail Corporation, is an American railroad company. It currently serves as a local carrier for CSX and Norfolk Southern; this arrangement is often referred to as Conrail Shared Assets Operations, the basis of the current reporting marks CSAO. Until June 6, 1998, Conrail owned... CR, The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, THE ROCK. Its ancestor, the after 1948s modernization) with the Southern Pacific Railroad. The railroad... CRIP, The Central Vermont Railway (AAR reporting mark: CV) was a railroad based in the US state of Vermont. For a long period, the railroad was owned by the Canadian National Railway. External links Central Vermont Railway Historical Society (site under construction as of 2004) The Central Vermont Railway at George... CV, The Delaware and Hudson Railroad (D&H) ( AAR reporting mark DH) was a Class I railroad in the north-eastern part of the United States. It was once the oldest transportation company in continuous operation in the United States, having been operated since 1823, when it was incorporated as... DH, Categories: Rail stubs | Minnesota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... DMIR, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Colorado railroads | New Mexico railroads | Utah railroads ... DRGW, Categories: Rail stubs | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads ... EJE, Erie Railroad Categories: Stub | Erie Railroad ... ERIE, The Florida East Coast Railway (AAR reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the US state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad. The FEC is renowned as the railroad that built the first railroad bridges to Key West that have since... FEC, GMN, GMO, Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Minnesota railroads | Montana railroads | Washington railroads ... GN, The Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTWR, GT post-1960, AAR reporting mark GTW) is a U.S. railroad and primary subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CN). Created as a subsidiary to the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), the GTWR ran from the St. Clair River at Port Huron, Michigan to Chicago... GTW, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | South Dakota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... IC, The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (AAR designation ICG) was the result of the merger between the Illinois Central (IC) and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio (GM&O) railroads. Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | South... ICG, In 1910, the company was involved in a notable court case dealing with taxes. [1] In 1928 the company was chartered in Delaware to acquire the old Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company and to acquire and lease the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company. [2] In 1939, the Kansas City Southern... LA, LAT, Chartered by the state of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N, as it was generally known, grew into one of the great success stories of American business. Operating under one name continuously for 132 years, it survived civil war and economic depression and several waves of social and technological... LN, The Maine Central Railroad was a railroad in central Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. It operated between Portland to the Canada-U.S. border with New Brunswick. Charter and creation The Maine Central RR was created initially through the merger of the Androscoggin and... MEC, The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMSP&P RR), ( AAR reporting mark MILW) was a railroad that operated in the midwest and northwest of the United States from 1847 until its acquisition by and merger with the Soo Line railway in 1985–... MILW, For other meanings of MKT see MKT (disambiguation) Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Kansas railroads | Missouri railroads | Oklahoma railroads | Texas railroads ... MKT, Missouri Pacific (MoPac; AAR reporting mark MP) was the first American railroad west of the Mississippi River. The company merged with Union Pacific in 1982. History On July 4, 1851 at St. Louis, Missouri, ground-breaking for the Pacific Railroad Company, chartered in 1849, marked the beginning of what would... MP, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (AAR reporting mark: NH) was a railroad that operated in the northeast United States. Commonly referred to as the New Haven, the railroad served the states of Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Its primary connections included Boston and New York... NH, Categories: Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads | Missouri railroads | New York railroads | Ohio railroads | Pennsylvania railroads ... NKP, NNE, NOTM, Northern Pacific Railway Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Idaho railroads | Minnesota railroads | Montana railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... NP, Norfolk and Western Railway (AAR reporting mark: NW), a US class 1 railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters and Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence. The company was famous for manufacturing steam locomotives in-house at the... NW, The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity and with the AAR reporting mark of NYC, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. Headquartered in New York, the railroad served a large proportion of the area, including extensive trackage in... NYC, The Penn Central Transportation Company, normally called Penn Central, was an American railroad company, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and formed by the merger on February 1, 1968 of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad; the New Haven was added to the merger at the insistence of the... PC, The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) ( AAR reporting mark PLE), also known as the Little Giant, was formed on May 11, 1875. Company headquarters were located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The line connected Pittsburgh in the east with Haselton, Ohio, in the west following the Monongahela River to... PLE, The Pere Marquette Railroad (AAR reporting mark: PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The railroad had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois. It... PM, The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark: PRR) was an American railroad existing 1846–1968, after which it merged into Penn Central Transportation. Commonly referred to as the Pennsy, the company was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The companys symbol was a keystone (Pennsylvanias symbol) with the letters PRR... PRR, Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Florida Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... SAL, Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | District of Columbia railroads | Florida railroads | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... SBD, Categories: Stub | Defunct companies | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | District of Columbia railroads | Florida railroads | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... SCL, SLSF, Soo Line 6022, an EMD SD60, pulls a train through Wisconsin Dells, WI, June 20, 2004. The Soo Line Railroad ( AAR reporting marks SOO), officially known as the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway, is an American railroad that operates in Wisconsin and surrounding states. In 1985 the... SOO, The Southern Railway (AAR designation SOU) was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined since the 1830s. It was combined with the Norfolk & Western Railway to form Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. History The nine-mile South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company... SOU, The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. The railroad was founded in 1865, forming part of the Central Pacific Railroad empire. By 1900, the Southern Pacific Company had grown into a major railroad system that incorporated many smaller companies, such as the Texas and New... SP, SSW, The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States, such as... STLH, TNO, TP, The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class 1 railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality smokeless bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads. Founders William N. Page and Henry H. Rogers... VGN, The Wabash Railway ( AAR reporting mark: WAB) was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including trackage in the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Its primary connections included Chicago, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, St. Louis, Missouri and Toledo, Ohio. Predecessors... WAB, The Western Maryland Railway ( AAR reporting mark WM) was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. History The oldest portion was the Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad which was chartered in 1852 and began building west from Baltimore. The railroad was completed to Hagerstown... WM, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | California railroads | Nevada railroads | Utah railroads ... WP, YMV