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List of defunct railroads of North America 
Summary
The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The following is a list of the past railroad companies.
Defunct railroad companies edit
- Algoma Central Railway (AC)
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
- Auto-Train Corporation (AUT)
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR)
- Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway [1]
- Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A)
- Boston and Maine Corporation (BM)
- Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railway[2]
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway (BCR&N)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR)
- Central of Georgia Railway
- Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR)
- Central Railroad of New Jersey (Jersey Central) (CNJ)
- Central Vermont (CV)
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CO)
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (RI)
- Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (CNW)
- Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
- Cincinnati, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad [3]
- Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S)
- Columbia Tap Railway[4]
- Conrail (CR)
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW)
- Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad (DT&M) [5]
- Detroit and Pontiac Railroad (D&P)
- Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway (DGH&M)
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (DTI)
- Erie Railroad (Erie)
- Florida Overseas Railroad
- Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad[6]
- Grand Trunk (GT)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway[7]
- Fernley and Lassen Railway
- Fredericksburg and Northern Railway[8]
- Hudson Bay Railway (HBR)
- Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad[9]
- Houston, East & West Texas Railroad[10]
- Houston & Texas Central Railway[11]
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- Inter-California Railway
- Intercolonial Railway of Canada (IRC)
- International–Great Northern Railroad[12]
- LaPorte Houston Northern Railway[13]
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
- Lackawanna Railroad (Lackawanna)
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Macon and Birmingham Railway (M&B)
- Maine Central (MEC)
- Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
- Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) (also known as the "KATY")[14]
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- National Transcontinental Railway (NTR)
- New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad
- New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
- New Orleans & Nashville Railroad – see Uptown New Orleans.
- New York Central (NYC)
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH)
- New York, Ontario and Western Railroad (OW)
- New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
- Norfolk and Western Railway (NW)
- Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
- Northern Railway of Canada (NRC)
- Penn Central (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Pontchartrain Railroad
- Pontiac and Detroit Railroad
- Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR)
- Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
- Reading Railroad (RDG)
- St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway[15]
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway[16]
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL)
- Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
- Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SPSR)
- Texas and New Orleans Railroad (TNO) [17]
- Toledo, Ann Arbor, and North Michigan Railway Company (T, AA & NM) [18]
- Toledo, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad [19]
- Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway[20]
- Tuckerton Railroad (TRR)
- Tuskegee Railroad
- Warren and Ouachita Valley (W&OV) [21]
- Western Maryland Railway (WM)
- Western Pacific Railroad (WP)
- Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
See also edit
- List of defunct Canadian railways
- List of reporting marks
- List of U.S. Class I railroads
- Transportation in the United States
- Narrow gauge railroads in the United States
- List of common carrier freight railroads in the United States
- List of defunct North Carolina railroads
- List of defunct Louisiana railroads
- History of rail transport in Canada
References edit
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Toledo, Saginaw & Mackinaw Railway". TrainWeb. American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Railroad". RRHX, Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum. MichiganRailroads.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "History of The San Antonio, Fredericksburg & Northern Railway". Texas Transportation Museum. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Toledo, Saginaw & Mackinaw Railway". TrainWeb. American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Toledo, Saginaw & Mackinaw Railway". TrainWeb. American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "About us". Port Terminal Railroad Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ W&OV railroad