# List of Washington (state) railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Washington.

## Common freight carriers

* Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)
* BNSF Railway (BNSF)
* Cascade & Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) (GWRR)
* Central Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW)
* Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW)
* Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC) (PATR)
* Columbia Walla Walla Railroad (CWW) (FTRX)
* Eastside Freight Railroad (EFRX) (BDTL)
* Frontier Rail (FTRX)
* Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) (WATX)
* Kennewick Terminal Railroad (KET) (FTRX)
* Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR)
* Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN) (BDTL)
* Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT)
* Olympia and Belmore Railroad (OYLO) (GWRR)
* Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC) (WATX)
* Patriot Woods Railroad (PAWR) (PATR)
* Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
* Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) operates Lewis and Clark Railway (LINC)
* Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) (GWRR)
* Rainier Rail (RANR) (FTRX)
* St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad (STPP)
* Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway (SS&P)
* Tri-City Railroad (TCRY)
* Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW)
* Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
* Washington Eastern Railroad (WER)
* Washington Royal Line (WRL) (FTRX)

## Private freight carriers

* Greenbrier Rail Services
* Longview Switching Company
* United States Army (USAX)

## Passenger carriers

Washington passenger rail stations :
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* Amtrak (AMTK)
* Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
* Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
* Lake Whatcom Railway
* Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
* Seattle Streetcar
* Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
* Sound Transit (Sounder, Tacoma Link, and Central Link)
* Yakima Electric Railway Museum

## Defunct railroads

| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
| Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad | | MILW | 1883 | 1912 | Bellingham & Northern Railway |
| *Bellingham International Railroad | BIRR | BNSF | 1995 | | |
| Bellingham Bay and Eastern Railroad | | NP | 1891 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Bellingham and Northern Railway | | MILW | 1912 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Bellingham Terminals and Railway Company | | MILW | 1909 | 1912 | Bellingham and Northern Railway |
| Blakely Railroad | | | 1896 | 1917 | N/A |
| Blue Mountain Railroad | BLMR | | 1992 | 1999 | Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad |
| BNSF Acquisition, Inc. | | | 1996 | 2008 | BNSF Railway, Columbia Basin Railroad |
| Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
| Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington) Inc. | | | 1981 | 1985 | Burlington Northern Railroad |
| Camas Prairie RailNet | CSP | | 1998 | 2004 | Great Northwest Railroad |
| Camas Prairie Railroad | CSP | NP/ UP | 1909 | 1998 | Camas Prairie RailNet |
| Cascades Railroad | | UP | 1859 | | N/A |
| Central Washington Railroad | | NP | 1888 | 1898 | Washington Central Railway |
| Centralia Eastern Railroad | | NP | 1907 | 1917 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Chehalis and Cowlitz Railway | | GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP | 1911 | 1916 | Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway |
| Chehalis Western Railroad | | | 1980 | 1992 | Tacoma Eastern Railway |
| Chehalis Western Railroad | | | 1936 | 1975 | Curtis, Milburn and Eastern Railroad |
| Chelatchie Prairie Railroad | CCPR | | 1981 | 1986 | Lewis and Clark Railway |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway | CM&PS | MILW | 12/31/1908 | 1/1/1913 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | | MILW | 1912 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington | | MILW | 1906 | 1909 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1928 | 1980 | Chehalis Western Railroad, Pend Oreille Valley Railroad, Seattle and North Coast Railroad |
| Clealum Railroad | | NP | 1886 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Clearwater Short Line Railway | | NP | 1898 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Columbia Railway and Navigation Company | | GN/ NP | 1890 | 1902 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway |
| Columbia and Palouse Railroad | | UP | 1882 | 1910 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad | | GN | 1880 | 1916 | Pacific Coast Railroad |
| Columbia and Red Mountain Railway | | GN | 1895 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway |
| Columbia River and Northern Railway | | GN/ NP | 1902 | 1908 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway |
| Columbia Valley Railroad | | UP | 1899 | 1907 | Ilwaco Railroad |
| Connell Northern Railway | | NP | 1909 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway | | GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP | 1916 | 1955 | N/A |
| Curtis, Milburn and Eastern Railroad | CMER | | 1973 | 1993 | N/A |
| Eastern-Washington Railroad | | UP | 1904 | | Spokane – Columbia River Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Eastern Washington Railway | | NP | 1885 | 1886 | Spokane and Palouse Railway |
| Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad | EWG | | 2007 | 2018 | Washington Eastern Railroad |
| Eastside Railway | | UP | 1896 | 1914 | Olympia Terminal Railway |
| Everett and Cherry Valley Traction Company | | GN | 1907 | 1912 | Great Northern Railway |
| Everett and Monte Cristo Railway | | NP | 1892 | 1900 | Monte Cristo Railway, Seattle and International Railway |
| Fairhaven and Southern Railroad | | GN | 1888 | 1898 | Seattle and Montana Railroad |
| Farmers' Railway, Navigation and Steamboat Portage Company | | GN/ NP | 1885 | 1890 | Farmers' Transportation Company |
| Farmers' Transportation Company | | GN/ NP | 1890 | 1890 | Columbia Railway and Navigation Company |
| Grays Harbor and Puget Sound Railway | | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon and Washington Railroad |
| Great Northern Railway | GN | GN | 1890 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. |
| Green River and Northern Railroad | | NP | 1890 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Hartford Eastern Railway | HE | | 1915 | 1933 | N/A |
| H and H Railroad | | | 1904 | 1938 | |
| Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad | I&WN | MILW | 1907 | 1916 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Idaho and Western Railway | | MILW | 1909 | 1912 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway |
| Ilwaco Railroad | | UP | 1907 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company | | UP | 1888 | 1907 | Ilwaco Railroad |
| Klickitat Northern Railroad | | | 1914 | 1918 | N/A |
| Kootenai Valley Railway | | GN | 1898 | 1913 | Great Northern Railway |
| Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad | | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Lewis and Clark Railway | LINC | | 1987 | 2004 | Columbia Basin Railroad |
| Longview, Portland and Northern Railway | LPN | | 1922 | 1981 | Chelatchie Prairie Railroad |
| Mason County Central Railroad | | | 1889 | 1891 | Shelton Southwestern Railroad |
| Montana Rail Link | MRL | BNSF | 10/31/1987 | 1/1/2024 | BNSF |
| Mill Creek Railroad | | NP | 1903 | 1905 | Washington and Columbia River Railway |
| Mill Creek Flume and Manufacturing Company | | NP | 1880 | 1903 | Mill Creek Railroad |
| Monte Cristo Railway | | NP | 1900 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Newaukum Railroad | | | 1914 | 1914 | Newaukum Valley Railroad |
| Newaukum Valley Railroad | NV | | 1914 | 1943 | N/A |
| North Coast Railroad | NCRR | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| North Coast Railway | NCRY | UP | 1905 | 1906 | North Coast Railroad |
| North Yakima and Valley Railway | | NP | 1905 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Northern Pacific Railroad | | NP | 1864 | 1896 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Northern Pacific Railway | NP | NP | 1896 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. |
| Northern Pacific and Cascade Railroad | | NP | 1884 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad | | NP | 1884 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Olympia Railroad Union | | NP | 1874 | 1877 | Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad |
| Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad | | NP | 1881 | 1891 | Port Townsend Southern Railroad |
| Olympia Southern Railway | | MILW | 1913 | 1913 | Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway |
| Olympia Terminal Railway | | MILW, UP | 1911 | 1915 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway |
| Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | | UP | 1896 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Oregon Railway Extensions Company | | UP | 1888 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | | UP | 1879 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Oregon Steam Navigation Company | | UP | 1860 | 1880 | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company |
| Oregon Short Line Railway | | UP | 1887 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway |
| Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | | UP | 1889 | 1896 | N/A | Leased the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company |
| Oregon Trunk Railway | OT | GN/ NP | 1909 | 1981 | Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington) Inc. |
| Oregon and Washington Railroad | | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | OWR&N | UP | 1910 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Oregon, Washington and Idaho Railroad | | UP | 1903 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Oregon and Washington Territory Railroad | | NP | 1886 | 1892 | Washington and Columbia River Railway |
| Pacific Railway | | MILW | 1905 | 1906 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington |
| Pacific Coast Railroad | PC | GN | 1916 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. |
| Pacific and Eastern Railway | | MILW | 1906 | 1913 | Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway |
| Port Angeles Western Railroad | | | 1925 | 1950 | N/A |
| Port Ludlow, Port Angeles and Lake Crescent Railway | | MILW | 1911 | 1911 | Seattle, Port Angeles and Lake Crescent Railway |
| Port Townsend Railroad | PTRR | MILW | 1945 | 1975 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |
| Port Townsend and Puget Sound Railway | | | 1914 | 1929 | N/A | Leased the Port Townsend Southern Railroad |
| Port Townsend Southern Railroad | | MILW, NP | 1887 | 1945 | Port Townsend Railroad |
| Portland and Puget Sound Railroad | | NP | 1889 | | Washington and Oregon Railway |
| Portland and Seattle Railway | | GN/ NP | 1905 | 1908 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway |
| Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railway | | NP | 1897 | 1903 | Washington Railway and Navigation Company |
| Priest Rapids Railway | | MILW | 1907 | 1910 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway |
| Puget Sound and Cascade Railway | | | 1912 | 1939 | Mount Vernon Terminal Railway |
| Puget Sound and Grays Harbor Railroad and Transportation Company | | NP | 1886 | 1896 | Blakely Railroad, United Railroads of Washington |
| Puget Sound Shore Railroad | | NP | 1882 | 1889 | Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad |
| Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway | | MILW | 1913 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Republic and Kettle Valley Railway | | | 1900 | 1906 | Spokane and British Columbia Railway |
| St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway | | GN | 1879 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway |
| Sea Lion Railroad | | | 1997 | 1998 | Ballard Terminal Railroad |
| Seattle and International Railway | | NP | 1896 | 1901 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway | SLS&E | NP | 1885 | 1896 | Seattle and International Railway, Spokane and Seattle Railway |
| Seattle and Montana Railroad | | GN | 1898 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway |
| Seattle and Montana Railway | | GN | 1890 | 1898 | Seattle and Montana Railroad |
| Seattle and North Coast Railroad | SNCT | | 1979 | 1984 | N/A |
| Seattle and Northern Railway | | GN | 1888 | 1902 | Seattle and Montana Railroad |
| Seattle, Port Angeles and Lake Crescent Railway | | MILW | 1911 | 1915 | Seattle, Port Angeles and Western Railway |
| Seattle, Port Angeles and Western Railway | | MILW | 1915 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Company | | NP | 1899 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Seattle Southeastern Railway | | MILW | 1906 | 1912 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway |
| Seattle Terminal Railway and Elevator Company | | NP | 1890 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad | | GN | 1876 | 1880 | Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad |
| Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company | | GN | 1873 | 1876 | Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad |
| Seattle and West Coast Railway | | NP | 1887 | 1888 | Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway |
| Shelton Southwestern Railroad | | | 1891 | 1898 | Shelton Southwestern Railway |
| Shelton Southwestern Railway | | | 1898 | | N/A |
| Snake River Valley Railroad | | UP | 1898 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Snohomish, Skykomish and Spokane Railway and Transportation Company | | NP | 1889 | 1892 | Everett and Monte Cristo Railway |
| Spokane and British Columbia Railway | | | 1906 | 1919 | N/A |
| Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway | SC&P | GN | 1926 | 1943 | Great Northern Railway | Electric until 1941 |
| Spokane – Columbia River Railroad and Navigation Company | | UP | 1905 | 1906 | North Coast Railroad |
| Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad | | NP | 1886 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Spokane Falls and Northern Railway | SF&N | GN | 1888 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway |
| Spokane International Railroad | SI, SIRY | UP | 1941 | subsidiary in 1958, merged 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Spokane International Railway | | UP | 1905 | 1941 | Spokane International Railroad |
| Spokane and Palouse Railway | | NP | 1886 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | SP&S, SPS | GN/ NP | 1908 | 1979 | Burlington Northern Inc. |
| Spokane and Seattle Railway | | NP | 1896 | 1900 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Spokane Union Depot Company | | UP | 1900 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Tacoma Eastern Railroad | | MILW | 1890 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Tacoma Eastern Railway | TE | | 1995 | 1998 | Tacoma Rail |
| Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway | TMBL | | | 1998 | Tacoma Rail |
| Tacoma, Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad | | NP | 1889 | 1890 | Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad |
| Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad | | NP | 1890 | 1892 | United Railroads of Washington |
| Tacoma, Orting and Southeastern Railroad | | NP | 1888 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Thurston Railroad Construction Company | | NP | 1877 | 1881 | Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad |
| Toppenish, Simcoe and Western Railway | | NP | 1909 | 1912 | North Yakima and Valley Railway |
| Union Depot Company of Spokane Falls | | UP | 1889 | 1898 | Spokane Union Depot Company |
| United Railroads of Washington | | NP | 1890 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Vancouver, Klickitat and Yakima Railroad | | NP | 1887 | 1897 | Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railway |
| Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad | | UP | 1868 | 1910 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Walla Walla Valley Railway | WWV | NP | 1910 | 1985 | N/A | Electric until 1949 |
| Washington Railway and Navigation Company | | NP | 1903 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Washington Central Railroad | WCRC | | 1986 | 1996 | BNSF Acquisition, Inc., Columbia Basin Railroad |
| Washington Central Railway | | NP | 1898 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Washington and Columbia River Railway | | NP | 1892 | 1907 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Washington Electric Railway | | GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP | 1912 | 1916 | Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway |
| Washington and Great Northern Railway | | GN | 1901 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway |
| Washington and Idaho Railroad | | UP | 1886 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company |
| Washington and Idaho Railway | WIR | WSDOT | 2006 | 2019 | Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway |
| Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway | WI&M | MILW | 1905 | 1980 | Burlington Northern Inc. |
| Washington Northern Railway | | UP | 1906 | 1906 | Oregon and Washington Railroad |
| Washington and Oregon Railway | | NP | 1900 | 1903 | Washington Railway and Navigation Company |
| Washington Short Line Railway | | NP | 1888 | 1900 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Washington Western Railway | WTW | | 1912 | 1929 | N/A |
| Waterville Railway | | | 1909 | 1948 | N/A |
| Western American Company | | NP | 1896 | 1901 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| Yakima and Pacific Coast Railroad | | NP | 1890 | 1892 | United Railroads of Washington |

### Electric

* Aberdeen Electric Company
* Arlington Heights Motor Railway
* City Park Railway
* Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Railway
* Everett Railway and Electric Company
* Everett Railway, Light and Water Company
* Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
* Grays Harbor Electric Company
* Inland Empire Railroad
* Loyal Railway
* North Shore Electric Company
* Olympia Light and Power Company
* Pacific Northwest Traction Company
* Pacific Traction Company
* Puget Sound Electric Railway
* Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
* Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company
* Ross Park Street Railway
* Seattle Electric Company
* Seattle Municipal Railway
* Seattle and Rainier Beach Railway
* Seattle and Renton Railway
* Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway
* South Bend Electric Company
* Spokane Cable Railway
* Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway
* Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company
* Spokane Electric Railway
* Spokane and Inland Railway
* Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
* Spokane Street Railway
* Spokane Traction Company
* Tacoma Railway and Motor Company
* Tacoma Railway and Power Company
* Tacoma Railways
* Tacoma Traction Company
* Twin City Electric Company
* Twin City Light and Traction Company
* Vancouver Traction Company
* Walla Walla Valley Railway (WWV)
* Walla Walla Valley Traction Company
* Washington–Oregon Corporation
* Washington Water Power Company
* Whatcom County Railway and Light Company
* Willapa Electric Company
* Willapa Harbor Railway
* Yakima Valley Transportation Company (YVT)