# List of heritage railroads in the United States

This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota.

## Heritage railroads by state
### Alabama

* Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Shelby & Southern Railroad and Calera & Shelby Railroad
* North Alabama Railroad Museum, Mercury and Chase Railroad
* Wales West Light Railway

### Alaska

* Tanana Valley Railroad Museum in Pioneer Park (1899 engine)
* White Pass and Yukon Route

### Arizona

* Arizona Railway Museum (No excursions listed)
* Arizona State Railroad Museum (In planning stages)
* Arizona Street Railway Museum (Phoenix Trolley Museum)
* Grand Canyon Railway
* McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale
* Old Pueblo Trolley
* Superstition Narrow Gauge Railroad
* Verde Canyon Railroad

### Arkansas

* Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
* Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
* Fort Smith Trolley Museum
* Metro Streetcar

### California

* Angels Flight
* Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, uses repurposed narrow gauge steam engines and is partly the inspiration for Walt Disney's theme park, Disneyland
* Calico and Odessa Railroad
* California State Railroad Museum
* California Western Railroad, also called The Skunk Train
* Disneyland Railroad (three locomotives are historic)
* Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease agreement ended in 2021)
* Ghost Town & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm
* Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
* Napa Valley Wine Train
* Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
* Niles Canyon Railway
* Nut Tree Railroad
* Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita
* Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
* Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi
* Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015)
* Poway–Midland Railroad
* Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
* Red Car Trolley (Closed in 2025)
* Redwood Valley Railway
* Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
* Sacramento RiverTrain
* Sacramento Southern Railroad
* San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 3751 excursion trips)
* San Diego Trolley Silver Line
* San Francisco Municipal Railway
** E Embarcadero streetcar line
** F Market & Wharves streetcar line
** San Francisco cable car system
* San Jose Steam Railroad Museum (Proposed)
* San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
* Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
* Sierra Railroad
* Sonoma TrainTown Railroad
* Southern California Railway Museum (Formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum from 1956 to 2018)
* Western Pacific Railroad Museum
* Western Railway Museum
* Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

### Colorado

* Colorado Railroad Museum
* Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
* Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
* Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
* Denver Trolley (formerly the Platte Valley Trolley)
* Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
* Fort Collins trolley
* Georgetown Loop Railroad
* Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad
* Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
* Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation
* Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Currently in receivership)
* Royal Gorge Route Railroad
* Ski Train (now operated by Amtrak as the Winter Park Express)
* Tiny Town Railroad

### Connecticut

* Connecticut Trolley Museum
* Danbury Railway Museum
* Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company
* Naugatuck Railroad and Railroad Museum of New England
* Shore Line Trolley Museum

### Delaware

* Wilmington and Western Railroad

### Florida

* Florida Railroad Museum
* Gold Coast Railroad Museum
* Kirby Family Farm Train
* Orlando & Northwestern Railway (Closed in 2020)
* Seminole Gulf Railway
* Serengeti Express in Busch Gardens Tampa
* Sugar Express
* TECO Line Streetcar
* Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad (Closed in 2017)
* Walt Disney World Railroad (four locomotives are historic)
* Wildlife Express Train at Disney's Animal Kingdom

### Georgia

* Agrirama Logging Train
* Azalea Sprinter
* Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
* Chickamauga Train from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
* Georgia Coastal Railway
* River Street Streetcar (Out of service)
* Georgia State Railroad Museum
* SAM Shortline Excursion Train
* Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad in Six Flags Over Georgia
* Southeastern Railway Museum
* Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad
* Tallulah Falls Railway Museum (commemorates the Tallulah Falls Railway)

### Hawaii

* Grove Farm Plantation Museum Railroad
* Hawaiian Railway
* Kauai plantation railroad
* Lahaina Ka'anapali & Pacific Railroad (Closed in 2014, currently defunct)

### Idaho

* Silverwood Theme Park
* Thunder Mountain Line (Closed in 2015)

### Illinois

* Fox River Trolley Museum
* Illinois Railway Museum
* Monticello Railway Museum
* Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad

### Indiana

* Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (For NKP 765 excursion trips, future)
* French Lick Scenic Railway
* Hesston Steam Museum (For Hesston and Galena Creek excursions)
* Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
* Indiana Railway Museum
* National New York Central Railroad Museum
* Ohio River Scenic Railway
* Whitewater Valley Railroad
* Nickel Plate Express

### Iowa

* Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
* Fourth Street Elevator
* Midwest Central Railroad
* Midwest Electric Railway

### Kansas

* Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
* Midland Railway

### Kentucky

* Big South Fork Scenic Railway
* Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
* Kentucky Railway Museum
* Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation (For C&O 2716 excursion trips)
* My Old Kentucky Dinner Train (Between Bardstown station and Limestone Springs)

### Louisiana

* Streetcars in New Orleans
** Canal Streetcar Line
** Riverfront Streetcar Line
** St. Charles Streetcar Line
* Louisiana Steam Train Association
* Old Hickory Railroad

### Maine

* Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad
* Boothbay Railway Village
* Downeast Scenic Railroad
* Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
* Midcoast Railservice (Coastliner; operated 2023 to 2024; replaced by Maine Switching Services in 2025)
* Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
* Seashore Trolley Museum
* Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway

### Maryland

* B&O Railroad Museum
* Baltimore Streetcar Museum
* National Capital Trolley Museum
* Walkersville Southern Railroad
* Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

### Massachusetts

* Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
* Cape Cod Central Railroad
* Edaville Railroad
* Lowell National Historical Park Trolley Line
* MBTA Mattapan Trolley

### Michigan

* Coopersville and Marne Railway
* Huckleberry Railroad
* Lake Linden & Torch Lake Railroad (Track is on museum grounds)
* Little River Railroad
* Michigan Transit Museum
* Neo Wilson Memorial Railway
* Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway
* Southern Michigan Railroad Society
* Steam Railroading Institute
* Weiser Railroad

### Minnesota

* Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
* Gopher State Railway Museum
* Excelsior Streetcar Line
* Ironhorse Central Railroad
* Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
* Minnesota Transportation Museum
* North Shore Scenic Railroad
* Northfield & Cannon Valley Railroad (Closed in 2007)
* Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway

### Mississippi

* Cleveland Train Museum

### Missouri

* Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad
* Branson Scenic Railway
* Delmar Loop Trolley
* Frisco Silver Dollar Line in Silver Dollar City
* St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
* Tommy G. Robertson Railroad in Six Flags St. Louis
* Worlds of Fun Park Railroad in Worlds of Fun
* Neil F. Norkaitis Demonstration Trolley Line in National Museum of Transportation

### Montana

* Alder Gulch Shortline Railroad, in Virginia City, Montana
* Central Montana Rail, Inc.

### Nebraska

* Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (Ended service)
* Nebraska Railroad Museum (In transition to move to permanent home)
* Omaha Zoo Railroad in Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

### Nevada

* Nevada Northern Railway
* Nevada State Railroad Museum
* Nevada Southern Railroad Museum
* Virginia and Truckee Railroad

### New Hampshire

* Conway Scenic Railroad
* Granite State Scenic Railway (formerly known as Hobo Railroad)
* Wilton Scenic Railroad
* Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
* Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train
* Mount Washington Cog Railway
* Silver Lake Railroad
* White Mountain Central Railroad

### New Jersey

* Black River and Western Railroad
* Cape May Seashore Lines
* Delaware River Rail Excursions
* New Jersey Museum of Transportation
* Woodstown Central Railroad
* Whippany Railway Museum

### New Mexico

* Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
* New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 2926 excursion trips)
* Sky Railway

### New York

* Adirondack Railroad
* Arcade and Attica Railroad
* Buffalo Cattaraugus and Jamestown Scenic Railway
* Catskill Mountain Railroad
* Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
* Delaware and Ulster Railroad
* Medina Railroad Museum
* New York Museum of Transportation
* New York Transit Museum
* Railroad Museum of Long Island
* Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
* Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway
* Saratoga and North Creek Railway (Closed in April 2018)
* Trolley Museum of New York
* Troy and New England Railway

### North Carolina

* Craggy Mountain Line
* Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
* Handy Dandy Railroad
* New Hope Valley Railway
* North Carolina Transportation Museum
* Tweetsie Railroad

### Ohio

* Age of Steam Roundhouse (Several operating steam locomotives, but no excursions listed)
* Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad in Cedar Point
* Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
* Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
* Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad in Kings Island
* Lake Shore Railway Association (Lorain and West Virginia Railway)
* Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
* Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway
* Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad
* Cincinnati Union Terminal

### Oklahoma

* El Reno Heritage Express
* Oklahoma Railway Museum

### Oregon

* Astoria Riverfront Trolley
* Eagle Cap Excursion Train
* Mount Hood Railroad
* Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
* Oregon Electric Railway Museum
* Oregon Pacific Railroad
* Oregon Rail Heritage Center
* Santiam Excursion Train
* Sumpter Valley Railway
* Train Mountain Railroad
* Willamette Shore Trolley

### Pennsylvania

* Allentown and Auburn Railroad
* Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society
* Colebrookdale Railroad
* Dry Gulch Railroad in Hersheypark
* Duquesne Incline
* East Broad Top Railroad
* Everett Railroad
* Horseshoe Curve Incline
* Johnstown Inclined Plane
* Kiski Junction Railroad (Operations suspended 2016)
* Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
* Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
* Monongahela Incline
* New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (New Hope Railroad)
* Northern Central Railway of York
* Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
* Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train
* Railroaders Memorial Museum
* Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
* Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
* Rockhill Trolley Museum
* SEPTA Route 15
* Steamtown National Historic Site
* Stewartstown Railroad
* The Stourbridge Line
* Strasburg Rail Road
* Tioga Central Railroad (Closed in 2019)
* Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
* Wawa and Concordville Railroad (Closed in 1968)
* West Chester Railroad
* Westmoreland Scenic Railroad (Closed in 2004)
* Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association

### Rhode Island

* Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad

### South Carolina

* Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad/South Carolina Railroad Museum/Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District

### South Dakota

* Black Hills Central Railroad
* Prairie Village, Herman and Milwaukee Railroad

### Tennessee

* Dollywood Express in Dollywood
* Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
* MATA Trolley (Memphis)
* Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
* Tennessee Central Railway Museum
* Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
* Three Rivers Rambler

### Texas

* Austin Steam Train Association (presently runs only diesel equipment)
* Galveston Island Trolley
* Grapevine Vintage Railroad
* Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
* Longhorn and Western Railroad (Texas Transportation Museum)
* M-Line Trolley
* Rosenberg Railroad Museum
* Six Flags & Texas Railroad in Six Flags Over Texas
* Six Flags Fiesta Texas Park Railroad in Six Flags Fiesta Texas
* Texas Railroad Museum (Proposed)
* Texas State Railroad

### Utah

* Golden Spike National Historic Site (Promontory Summit, Utah)
* Heber Valley Railroad
* Lagoon Wild Kingdom Train

### Vermont

* Green Mountain Railroad
* Steamtown, U.S.A. (Moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Steamtown National Historic Site)

### Virginia

* Busch Gardens Railway in Busch Gardens Williamsburg
* Virginia Scenic Railway (Buckingham Branch)
* James River Rambler (Buckingham Branch)
* Virginia Museum of Transportation (For N&W 611 excursion trips)

### Washington

* Anacortes Railway (Defunct)
* Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
* Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
* George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line (Closed in 2005)
* Issaquah Valley Trolley (Closed in 2020, reopening proposed)
* Inland Northwest Rail Museum
* Lake Whatcom Railway (Out of Service since 2019)
* Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
* Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (Ended excursion service in 2016)
* Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
* Yakima Electric Railway Museum

### West Virginia

* Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
* Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
* Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad

### Wisconsin

* East Troy Electric Railroad
* Kenosha Streetcar
* Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway (Closed in October 2001)
* Lumberjack Steam Train
* Mid-Continent Railway Museum
* National Railroad Museum, Ashwaubenon (includes a small rail loop)
* Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
* Riverside and Great Northern Railway
* Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad

### Wyoming

* Evanston Roundhouse
* Union Pacific Steam Program (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
* Wyoming Transportation Museum

### Territories

Puerto Rico
* Train of the South