This is a list of current shortline railroads (FRA Class III) in the United States.
Alabama[]
File:Alabama-Southern-Railroad-WAMX-Watco-GP35-3851-in-Tuscaloosa-on-2016-06-20.jpg The Alabama Southern Railroad
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Alabama & Tennessee River Railway
|
ATN
|
| Alabama Southern Railroad
|
ABS
|
| Alabama Warrior Railway
|
ABWR
|
| Autauga Northern Railroad
|
AUT
|
| Birmingham Terminal Railway
|
BHRR
|
| CG Railway
|
CGR
|
| Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad
|
CHAT
|
| Conecuh Valley Railroad
|
COEH
|
| Wiregrass Central Railroad
|
WGCR
|
Arizona[]
File:Copper Basin Railroad this morning (16131605510).jpg The Copper Basin Railway
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Apache Railway
|
APA
|
| Arizona & California Railroad
|
ARZC
|
| Arizona Central Railroad
|
AZCR
|
| Arizona Eastern Railway
|
AZER
|
| Copper Basin Railway
|
CBRY
|
| San Pedro Valley Railroad
|
SPSR
|
Arkansas[]
File:Locomotive2002inFortSmith.jpg The Fort Smith Railroad
California[]
File:NWPRR 1922 near Petaluma, California.jpg The Northwestern Pacific Railroad
File:March 9 2010 Santa Cruz 051xRP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg The Sierra Northern Railway
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| California Northern Railroad
|
CFNR
|
| Carrizo Gorge Railway
|
CZRY
|
| Central California Traction
|
CCT
|
| McCloud Railway
|
MCR
|
| Modesto & Empire Traction Company
|
MET
|
| Mountain Pacific Railroad
|
MPR
|
| Northwestern Pacific Railroad
|
NWP
|
| Pacific Harbor Line
|
PHL
|
| Pacific Sun Railroad
|
PSRR
|
| Richmond Pacific Railroad
|
RPRC
|
| San Diego & Imperial Valley Railroad
|
SDIY
|
| San Francisco Bay Railroad
|
SFBR
|
| San Joaquin Valley Railroad
|
SJVR
|
| Santa Maria Valley Railroad
|
SMV
|
| Sierra Northern Railway
|
SERA
|
| Trona Railway
|
TRC
|
Colorado[]
File:RRRR though the Royal Gorge.jpg The Rock & Rail Railroad
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Denver Rock Island Railroad
|
DRIR
|
| Great Western Railroad of Colorado
|
GWR
|
| Rock & Rail
|
RRRR
|
| San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad
|
SLRG
|
Connecticut[]
File:CNZR 3760 southbound in Bloomfield.png The Central New England Railroad
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Branford Steam Railroad
|
BRFD
|
| Housatonic Railroad
|
HRRC
|
| Central New England Railroad
|
CNZR
|
| Connecticut Southern Railroad
|
CSOR
|
Delaware[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Delmarva Central Railroad
|
DCR
|
| East Penn Railroad
|
ESPN
|
| Maryland & Delaware Railroad
|
MDDE
|
| Wilmington & Western Railroad
|
WWRC
|
Florida[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| AN Railway
|
AN
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| Bay Line Railroad
|
BAYL
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| NASA Railroad
|
NLAX
|
| Seminole Gulf Railway
|
SGLR
|
| South Central Florida Express
|
SCFE
|
Georgia[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
|
CIRR
|
| Georgia Central Railway
|
GC
|
| Georgia Northeastern Railroad
|
GNRR
|
| Georgia Southwestern Railroad
|
GSWR
|
| Sandersville Railroad
|
SAN
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| St. Mary's Railroad
|
SM
|
| Valdosta Railway
|
VR
|
Idaho[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Boise Valley Railroad
|
BVRR
|
| St. Maries River Railroad
|
STMA
|
Illinois[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Bloomer Line
|
BLOL
|
| Central Illinois Railroad
|
CIRY
|
| Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway
|
COER
|
| Decatur Junction Railway
|
DT
|
| Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
EIRC
|
| Fisher Farmers Grain & Coal Railroad
|
FFGC
|
| Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
|
FTRL
|
| Illinois Railway
|
IR
|
| Keokuk Junction Railway
|
KJRY
|
| Peoria & Western Railway
|
PWRY
|
| Tazewell & Peoria Railroad
|
TZPR
|
| Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway
|
TPW
|
Indiana[]
| 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
|
| Dubois County Railroad
|
DCRR
|
| Elkhart and Western Railroad
|
EWR
|
| Evansville Western Railway
|
EVWR
|
| Fulton County Railroad
|
FC
|
| Grand Elk Railroad
|
GDLK
|
| Honey Creek Railroad
|
HCRR
|
| Hoosier Southern Railroad
|
HOS
|
| Indian Creek Railroad
|
ICRK
|
| Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
|
IHB
|
| Indiana Northeastern Railroad
|
IN
|
| Indiana Southern Railroad
|
ISRR
|
| Indiana Southwestern Railway
|
ISW
|
| Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad
|
KBSR
|
| Louisville and Indiana Railroad
|
LIRC
|
| Lucas Oil Rail Line
|
LORL
|
| Madison Railroad
|
CMPA
|
| Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway
|
TPW
|
| Vermilion Valley Railroad
|
VVRR
|
Iowa[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Burlington Junction Railway
|
BJRY
|
| Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
|
CIC
|
| Iowa Northern Railway
|
IANR
|
| Iowa Traction Railway
|
IATR
|
Kansas[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
|
KO
|
| Kansas City Terminal Railway
|
KCT
|
| Kaw River Railroad
|
KAW
|
| Kyle Railroad
|
KYLE
|
| South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
|
SKOL
|
Louisiana[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Baton Rouge Southern Railroad
|
BRS
|
| Louisiana Southern Railroad
|
LAS
|
| New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway
|
NOGC
|
| New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
|
NOPB
|
Maine[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Eastern Maine Railway (1995)
|
EMRY
|
| Maine Northern Railway
|
MNRY
|
| St Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad
|
SLR
|
Maryland[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Delmarva Central Railroad
|
DCR
|
| Maryland & Delaware Railroad
|
MDDE
|
| Maryland Midland Railway
|
MMID
|
| Tradepoint Rail
|
TPR
|
Massachusetts[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| East Brookfield & Spencer Railroad
|
EBSR
|
| Grafton & Upton Railroad
|
GU
|
| Massachusetts Central Railroad
|
MCER
|
| Pioneer Valley Railroad
|
PVRR
|
Michigan[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
|
ADBF
|
| Ann Arbor Railroad
|
AA
|
| Charlotte Southern Railroad
|
CHS
|
| Coopersville and Marne Railway
|
CPMY
|
| Delray Connecting Railroad
|
DC
|
| Detroit Connecting Railroad
|
DCON
|
| Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
|
ELS
|
| Grand Elk Railroad
|
GDLK
|
| Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
|
GR
|
| Huron & Eastern Railway
|
HESR
|
| Indiana Northeastern Railroad
|
IN
|
| Jackson and Lansing Railroad
|
JAIL
|
| Lake State Railway
|
LSRC
|
| Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad
|
LSI
|
| Lapeer Industrial Railroad
|
LIRR
|
| Marquette Rail
|
MQT
|
| Michigan Shore Railroad
|
MS
|
| Michigan Southern Railroad
|
MSO
|
| Mid-Michigan Railroad
|
MMRR
|
| West Michigan Railroad
|
WMI
|
Minnesota[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Progressive Rail
|
PGR
|
| Twin Cities & Western Railroad
|
TCW
|
| Red River Valley & Western Railroad
|
RRVW
|
Mississippi[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Meridian Southern Railway
|
MDS
|
| Mississippian Railway
|
MSRW
|
| Mississippi Delta Railroad
|
MDR
|
| Mississippi Export Railroad
|
MSE
|
| Mississippi Southern Railroad
|
MSR
|
| Vicksburg Southern Railroad
|
VSOR
|
Missouri[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
|
AM
|
| Columbia Terminal Railroad
|
CT
|
| Kansas City Terminal Railway
|
KCT
|
| Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis
|
TRRA
|
Nebraska[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Brandon Corporation
|
BRAN
|
| Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad
|
FEVR
|
| Kyle Railroad
|
KYLE
|
| Nebraska Central Railroad
|
NCRC
|
| Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet
|
NKC
|
| Nebraska Northeastern Railway
|
NENE
|
| Nebraska Northwestern Railroad
|
NNW
|
| Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway
|
OLB
|
| Sidney and Lowe Railroad
|
SLGG
|
New Hampshire[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Milford-Bennington Railroad
|
MBRX
|
| New Hampshire Central Railroad
|
NHCR
|
New Jersey[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
|
BDRV
|
| Black River & Western Railroad
|
BRW
|
| Dover and Delaware River Railroad
|
DD
|
| Dover & Rockaway River Railroad
|
DRRV
|
| Morristown & Erie Railway
|
ME
|
| SMS Rail Lines
|
SLRS
|
| Southern Railroad of New Jersey
|
SRNJ
|
| Winchester & Western Railroad
|
WW
|
New Mexico[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Arizona Eastern Railway
|
AZER
|
| Santa Fe Southern Railway
|
SFS
|
| Southwestern Railroad
|
SW
|
| Texas-New Mexico Railroad
|
TNMR
|
New York[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Arcade & Attica Railroad
|
ARA
|
| B&H Rail Corporation
|
BH
|
| Batten Kill Railroad
|
BKRR
|
| Buffalo Southern Railroad
|
BSRR
|
| Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad
|
DLWR
|
| Falls Road Railroad
|
FRR
|
| Finger Lakes Railway
|
FGLK
|
| Ithaca Central Railroad
|
ITHR
|
| Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad
|
LAL
|
| New York & Atlantic Railway
|
NYA
|
| Ontario Central Railroad
|
ONCT
|
| Ontario Midland Railroad
|
OMID
|
| Rochester & Southern Railroad
|
RSR
|
| Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
|
WNYP
|
North Carolina[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad
|
AR
|
| Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway
|
ACWR
|
| Alexander Railroad
|
ARC
|
| Atlantic & Western Railway
|
ATW
|
| Caldwell County Railroad
|
CWCY
|
| Carolina Central Railway
|
|
| Carolina Coastal Railway
|
CLNA
|
| Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
|
GSMR
|
| Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
|
WSS
|
| Yadkin Valley Railroad
|
YVRR
|
North Dakota[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Red River Valley & Western Railroad
|
RRVW
|
Ohio[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Ashland Railway
|
ASRY
|
| Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
|
CVSR
|
| Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad
|
ND&W
|
| Ohio Central Railroad
|
OHCR
|
| Ohio Terminal Railway
|
OHIO
|
| Ohio Valley Railroad
|
OVR, OVRX
|
| Toledo Lake Erie & Western
|
TLEW
|
| Cincinnati East Terminal Railway
|
CET
|
Oklahoma[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Arkansas Southern Railroad
|
ARS
|
| Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
|
BNG
|
| Farmrail
|
FMRC
|
| Kiamichi Railroad
|
KRR
|
| Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
|
NOKR
|
| Sand Springs Railway
|
SS
|
| Stillwater Central Railroad
|
SLWC
|
| Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad
|
TOE
|
| Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway
|
WTJR
|
Oregon[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Albany & Eastern Railroad
|
AERC
|
| City of Prineville Railway
|
COPR
|
| Coos Bay Rail Line
|
CBR
|
| Goose Lake Railway
|
GOOS
|
| Klamath Northern Railway
|
KNOR
|
| Mount Hood Railroad
|
MH
|
| Oregon Pacific Railroad
|
OPR
|
| Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad
|
PCC
|
| Peninsula Terminal Railroad
|
PT
|
| Portland and Western Railroad
|
PNWR
|
| Portland Terminal Railroad
|
PTRC
|
| Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
|
POTB
|
| Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad
|
RVT
|
| Wallowa Union Railroad Authority
|
WURR
|
| Willamette & Pacific Railroad
|
WPRR
|
| Willamette Valley Railway
|
WVR
|
| Wyoming & Colorado Railway (Oregon Eastern Division)
|
OERR
|
Pennsylvania[]
Rhode Island[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Seaview Transportation Company
|
SVTX
|
South Carolina[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Carolina Piedmont Railroad
|
CPDR
|
| Carolina Southern Railroad
|
CALA
|
| Greenville & Western Railway
|
GRLW
|
| Hampton and Branchville Railroad
|
HB
|
| Lancaster and Chester Railroad
|
LC
|
| Pee Dee River Railway
|
PDRR
|
| Pickens Railway
|
PICK
|
| South Carolina Central Railroad
|
SCRF
|
South Dakota[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Dakota Southern Railway
|
DSRC
|
| Ellis and Eastern Company
|
EE
|
Tennessee[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| East Tennessee Railway
|
ETRY
|
| Nashville & Eastern Railroad
|
NERR
|
Texas[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad
|
AGCR
|
| Alliance Terminal Railroad
|
ATR
|
| Angelina and Neches River Railroad
|
ANR
|
| Austin Western Railroad
|
AWRR
|
| Blacklands Railroad
|
BLR
|
| Central Texas and Colorado River Railway
|
CTXR
|
| Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad
|
DGNO
|
| Fort Worth & Western Railroad
|
FWWR
|
| Galveston Railroad
|
GVSR
|
| Georgetown Railroad
|
GRR
|
| Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad
|
MCSA
|
| Pecos Valley Southern Railway
|
PVS
|
| Point Comfort & Northern Railway
|
PCN
|
| Rio Valley Switching Company
|
RVSC
|
| Sabine River and Northern Railroad
|
SRN
|
| Texas and Northern Railway
|
TN
|
| Texas-New Mexico Railroad
|
TNMR
|
| Timber Rock Railroad
|
TIBR
|
Utah[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Salt Lake City Southern Railroad
|
SL
|
| Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
|
SLGW
|
| Utah Central Railway
|
UCRY
|
| Utah Railway
|
UTAH
|
Vermont[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Vermont Railway
|
VTR
|
| New England Central Railroad
|
NECR
|
Virginia[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Buckingham Branch Railroad
|
BB
|
| Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad
|
CA
|
| Commonwealth Railway
|
CWRY
|
| Delmarva Central Railroad
|
DCR
|
| North Carolina & Virginia Railroad
|
NCVA
|
| Shenandoah Valley Railroad
|
SV
|
| Virginia Southern Railroad
|
VSRR
|
| Winchester & Western Railroad
|
WW
|
Washington[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Ballard Terminal Railroad
|
BDTL
|
| Cascade & Columbia River Railroad
|
CSCD
|
| Central Washington Railroad
|
CWRR
|
| Columbia and Cowlitz Railway
|
CLC
|
| Columbia Basin Railroad
|
CBRR
|
| Great Northwest Railroad
|
GRNW
|
| Kettle Falls International Railway
|
KFR
|
| Lewis and Clark Railway
|
LINC
|
| Meeker Southern Railroad
|
MSN
|
| Mount Vernon Terminal Railroad
|
MVT
|
| Olympia & Belmore Railroad
|
OYLO
|
| Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
|
PSAP
|
| Spokane Spangle & Palouse Railway
|
SSP
|
| St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad
|
STPP
|
| Tacoma Rail
|
TMRW
|
| Tri-City Railroad
|
TCRY
|
| Washington Eastern Railroad
|
WERR
|
West Virginia[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Big Eagle Railroad
|
BER
|
Wisconsin[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| East Troy Electric Railroad
|
ETER
|
| Tomahawk Railway
|
TR
|
Wyoming[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad
|
BDW
|
Interstate[]
| Railroad
|
AAR rep. mark
|
| Bay Line Railroad (AL and FL)
|
BAYL
|
| Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CA and OR)
|
CORP
|
| Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad
|
CFE
|
| Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (IL and IN)
|
CSS
|
| Cimarron Valley Railroad (CO,KS, and OK)
|
CVR
|
| Deseret Power Railroad (CO and UT)
|
DPRW
|
| Rail Link (operates 26 short line railroads)
|
RLIX
|
| Housatonic Railroad (HRRC) (CT, MA, NY)
|
HRRC
|
| Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad (ID and OR)
|
INPR
|
| Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (IL and IN)
|
KBSR
|
| New York New Jersey Rail (NJ and NY)
|
NYNJ
|
| Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (ID and WA)
|
POVA
|
| St Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (ME, NH, and VT)
|
SLA
|
| Utah Railway (CO and UT)
|
UTAH
|
| Watco (owners of 17 short lines)
|
WATX, WAMX
|
| Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (OK and TX)
|
WTJR
|
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