List of shortline railroads in the United States by state

This is a list of current shortline railroads (FRA Class III) in the United States.
==Alabama==
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==
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==
Railroad 	AAR rep. mark
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad 	AM
Arkansas Southern Railroad 	ARS
Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad	DR
Fort Smith Railroad 	FSR
==California==
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==
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==
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
Bay Line Railroad 	BAYL
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
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==
Railroad 	AAR rep. mark
Allegheny Valley Railroad 	AVR
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad 	BLE
Colebrookdale Railroad 	CRR
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad 	DL
East Penn Railroad 	ESPN
Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad 	MIDH
New Hope Railroad 	NHRR
Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad 	NBER
Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad 	PN
Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad 	POHC
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad	RBMN
Shamokin Valley Railroad 	SVRR
Strasburg Rail Road 	SRC
Tyburn Railroad 	TYBR
==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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