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. The reporting mark assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) is listed for each entry.

Alabama

The Alabama Southern Railroad

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Alabama & Tennessee River Railway	ATN	OmniTRAX
Alabama Southern Railroad	ABS	Watco
Alabama Warrior Railway	ABWR	Watco
Autauga Northern Railroad	AUT	Watco
Birmingham Terminal Railway	BHRR	Watco
CG Railway	CGR	Genesee and Wyoming
Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad	CHAT	Genesee and Wyoming
Conecuh Valley Railroad	COEH	Genesee and Wyoming
Wiregrass Central Railroad	WGCR	Genesee and Wyoming

Arizona

The Copper Basin Railway

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Apache Railway	APA
Arizona & California Railroad	ARZC	Genesee and Wyoming
Arizona Central Railroad	AZCR
Arizona Eastern Railway	AZER	Genesee and Wyoming
Copper Basin Railway	CBRY
San Pedro Valley Railroad	SPSR	Genesee and Wyoming

Arkansas

The Fort Smith Railroad

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad	AM
Arkansas Southern Railroad	ARS	Watco
Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad	DR
Fort Smith Railroad	FSR	Pioneer Railcorp

California

The Northwestern Pacific Railroad

The Sierra Northern Railway

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
California Northern Railroad	CFNR	Genesee and Wyoming
California Western Railroad	CWR
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	Watco
Richmond Pacific Railroad	RPRC
San Diego & Imperial Valley Railroad	SDIY	Genesee and Wyoming
San Francisco Bay Railroad	SFBR
San Joaquin Valley Railroad	SJVR	Genesee and Wyoming
Santa Maria Valley Railroad	SMV
Sierra Northern Railway	SERA
Trona Railway	TRC

Colorado

The Rock & Rail Railroad

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Denver Rock Island Railroad	DRIR
Great Western Railroad of Colorado	GWR
Rock & Rail	RRRR
San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad	SLRG

Connecticut

The Central New England Railroad

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Branford Steam Railroad	BRFD
Housatonic Railroad	HRRC
Central New England Railroad	CNZR
Connecticut Southern Railroad	CSOR	Genesee and Wyoming

Delaware

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Delmarva Central Railroad	DCR
East Penn Railroad	ESPN	Regional Rail
Maryland & Delaware Railroad	MDDE
Wilmington & Western Railroad	WWRC

Florida

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
AN Railway	AN	Genesee and Wyoming
Bay Line Railroad	BAYL	Genesee and Wyoming
First Coast Railroad	FCRD	Genesee and Wyoming
NASA Railroad	NLAX
Seminole Gulf Railway	SGLR	Bay Colony Railroad
South Central Florida Express	SCFE

Georgia

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad	CIRR	Genesee & Wyoming
Georgia Central Railway	GC	Genesee & Wyoming
Georgia Northeastern Railroad	GNRR
Georgia Southwestern Railroad	GSWR	Genesee & Wyoming
Sandersville Railroad	SAN
St. Mary's Railroad	SM
Valdosta Railway	VR	Genesee & Wyoming

Idaho

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Boise Valley Railroad	BVRR	Watco
Eastern Idaho Railroad	EIRR	Watco
Great Northwest Railroad	GRNW	Watco
Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad	INPR	Rio Grande Pacific
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad	POVR
St. Maries River Railroad	STMA

Illinois

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Bloomer Line	BLOL
Central Illinois Railroad	CIRY
Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway	COER
Decatur Junction Railway	DT	Pioneer Railcorp
Eastern Illinois Railroad	EIRC
Fisher Farmers Grain & Coal Railroad	FFGC
Foster Townsend Rail Logistics	FTRL
Illinois Railway	IR	OmniTRAX
Keokuk Junction Railway	KJRY	Patriot Rail Company
Peoria & Western Railway	PWRY
Tazewell & Peoria Railroad	TZPR	Genesee and Wyoming
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway	TPW	Genesee and Wyoming

Indiana

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Algers, Winslow & Western Railway	AWW
Bee Line Railroad	BLEX
Central Indiana and Western Railroad	CEIW
Central Railroad Company of Indiana	CIND	Genesee and Wyoming
Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis	CERA	Genesee and Wyoming
Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad	CKIN	Gulf & Atlantic Railways
Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad	CFE	Genesee and Wyoming
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad	CSS	Anacostia Rail Holdings Company
Dubois County Railroad	DCRR
Elkhart and Western Railroad	EWR	Pioneer Railcorp
Evansville Western Railway	EVWR	P&L Transportation
Fulton County Railroad	FC
Grand Elk Railroad	GDLK	Watco
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	Genesee and Wyoming
Indiana Southwestern Railway	ISW	Pioneer Railcorp
Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad	KBSR
Louisville and Indiana Railroad	LIRC	Anacostia Rail Holdings Company
Lucas Oil Rail Line	LORL
Madison Railroad	CMPA
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway	TPW	Genesee and Wyoming
Wabash Central Railroad	WBCR
Vermilion Valley Railroad	VVRR	Gulf & Atlantic Railways

Iowa

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Burlington Junction Railway	BJRY
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway	CIC
Iowa Northern Railway	IANR
Iowa Traction Railway	IATR	Progressive Rail

Kansas

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad	KO	Watco
Kansas City Terminal Railway	KCT	Watco
Kaw River Railroad	KAW	Watco
Kyle Railroad	KYLE	Genesee and Wyoming
South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad	SKOL	Watco

Louisiana

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Baton Rouge Southern Railroad	BRS	Watco
Louisiana Southern Railroad	LAS	Watco
New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway	NOGC	Rio Grande Pacific Company
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad	NOPB

Maine

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Eastern Maine Railway (1995)	EMRY
Maine Northern Railway	MNRY
St Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad	SLR	Genesee and Wyoming

Maryland

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Delmarva Central Railroad	DCR
Maryland & Delaware Railroad	MDDE
Maryland Midland Railway	MMID	Genesee and Wyoming
Tradepoint Rail	TPR

Massachusetts

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
East Brookfield & Spencer Railroad	EBSR
Fore River Railroad	FRVT
Grafton & Upton Railroad	GU
Massachusetts Central Railroad	MCER
Pioneer Valley Railroad	PVRR	Gulf & Atlantic Railways

Michigan

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road	ADBF
Ann Arbor Railroad	AA	Watco
Charlotte Southern Railroad	CHS
Coopersville and Marne Railway	CPMY
Delray Connecting Railroad	DC	Transtar, Inc.
Detroit Connecting Railroad	DCON
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad	ELS
Grand Elk Railroad	GDLK	Watco
Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad	GR	Genesee & Wyoming
Huron & Eastern Railway	HESR	Genesee & Wyoming
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	Genesee & Wyoming
Michigan Shore Railroad	MS	Genesee & Wyoming
Michigan Southern Railroad	MSO	Pioneer Railcorp
Mid-Michigan Railroad	MMRR	Genesee & Wyoming
West Michigan Railroad	WMI	Hamilton Hartford Group

Minnesota

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Cloquet Terminal Railroad	CTRR
Minnesota Northern Railroad	MNN	Independent Locomotive Service
Northern Lines Railway	NLR
Progressive Rail	PGR
Twin Cities & Western Railroad	TCW
Red River Valley & Western Railroad	RRVW

Mississippi

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
Meridian Southern Railway	MDS
Mississippian Railway	MSRW
Mississippi Delta Railroad	MDR	Gulf and Ohio Railways
Mississippi Export Railroad	MSE
Mississippi Southern Railroad	MSR
Vicksburg Southern Railroad	VSOR	Watco

Missouri

Railroad	AAR rep. mark	Owner/Lessee
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
Cape May Seashore Lines	CMSL
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	Owner/Lessee
Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western Railroad	DMVW
Dakota Northern Railroad	DN	Independent Locomotive Service
Mohall Central Railroad
Northern Plains Railroad	NPR
Red River Valley & Western Railroad	RRVW
Rutland Line
Yellowstone Valley Railroad	YSVR	Watco

Ohio

Railroad	AAR rep. mark
Ashland Railway	ASRY
Camp Chase Railway	CAMY
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad	CVSR
Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad	ND&W
Ohio Central Railroad	OHCR
Ohio South Central Railroad	OSCR
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
Everett Railroad	EV
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
Palmetto Railways	PR
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
Sisseton Milbank Railroad	SMRR
Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad	RCPE

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	Owner/Lessee
Bay Line Railroad (AL and FL)	BAYL	Genesee & Wyoming
Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CA and OR)	CORP	Genesee & Wyoming
Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad	CFE	Genesee & Wyoming
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	Genesee & Wyoming
Utah Railway (CO and UT)	UTAH	Genesee & Wyoming
Watco (owners of 45 short lines)	WATX, WAMX
Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (OK and TX)	WTJR