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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
Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR) Acadiana Railway (AKDN) Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY) Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF) Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT) Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) Aiken Railway (AIKR) Akron Barberton Cluster Railway (AB) Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR) (GWI) Alabama and Tennessee River Railway (ATN ...
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 companies.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR), owned by Canadian National Railway [35] Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad (DTS) Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway [37] (EJE), owned by Canadian National Railway; Fox Valley and Western Ltd. (FVW), owned by Canadian National Railway [38] Gateway Western Railway (GWWR), owned by Kansas City ...
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 ...
This is a list of current shortline railroads (FRA Class III) in the United States. The reporting mark assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) is listed for each entry. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
United States railway company stubs (283 P) Pages in category "Railway companies of the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.