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About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about 160,141 mi (257,722 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. Reporting marks are listed in parentheses. [1] A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AR) Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR)
As of 2023 there are just four American owned Class I freight railroad companies and one passenger railroad company (Amtrak). The list also includes two Canadian-owned Class I freight railroads, both of which have trackage in the US, and one, CPKC, has trackage in Mexico. [1] [2] Amtrak; BNSF Railway; Canadian National Railway
Railway companies of the United States by type (8 C) A. Railway accidents and incidents in the United States by operator (66 C) Rail companies by affiliation (7 C) B.
The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826 The Canton Viaduct, built in 1834, is still in use today on the Northeast Corridor.. Between 1762 and 1764 a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British Army engineers up the steep riverside terrain near the Niagara River waterfall's escarpment at the Niagara Portage in Lewiston ...
In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities. Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track -only companies and train-only ...
Railroad AAR rep. mark Algers, Winslow & Western Railway: AWW Bee Line Railroad: BLEX Central Indiana and Western Railroad: CEIW Central Railroad Company of Indiana: CIND Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis: CERA Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad: CKIN Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad: CFE Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad: CSS
In the United States, a Class II railroad, sometimes referred to as a regional railroad, is a railroad company that is not Class I, but still has a substantial amount of traffic or trackage (and is thus not a short line).
Holding companies that own railway transportation companies of the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.