List of defunct railroads of North America

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

• Algoma Central Railway (AC)
• Alton Railroad
• Atchison and Nebraska Railroad
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
• Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
• 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]
• Bevier and Southern Railroad
• Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway
• 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)
• Chessie System
• Chicago and Alton Railroad
• Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
• Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (CNW)
• Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
• Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (MILW)
• Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
• Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
• Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
• Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway
• Chicago Northwestern Railroad
• Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (RI)
• Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway
• Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
• Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
• Cincinnati Northern Railroad
• Cincinnati, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad[3]
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
• Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S)
• Conrail (CR)
• Cotton Belt Railroad
• Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW)
• Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad (DT&M)[4]
• Detroit and Pontiac Railroad (D&P)
• Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway (DGH&M)
• Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (DTI)
• Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
• Erie Railroad (Erie)
• Florida Overseas Railroad
• Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad[5]
• Gateway Western Railway
• Grand Trunk (GT)
• Great Northern Railway (GN)
• Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway[6]
• Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
• Fernley and Lassen Railway
• Fredericksburg and Northern Railway[7]
• Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
• Hudson Bay Railway (HBR)
• Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad[8]
• Houston, East & West Texas Railroad[9]
• Houston & Texas Central Railway[10]
• I&M Rail Link
• Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
• Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
• Illinois Southern Railway
• Illinois Terminal Railroad
• Inter-California Railway
• Intercolonial Railway of Canada (IRC)
• International–Great Northern Railroad[11]
• Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
• Kansas City and Cameron Railroad
• Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
• Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad
• Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
• Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
• Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad
• Kansas Pacific Railway
• LaPorte Houston Northern Railway[12]
• Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
• Lackawanna Railroad (Lackawanna)
• Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad (LN)
• Macon and Birmingham Railway (M&B)
• Maine Central (MEC)
• Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (MPA)
• Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
• Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway
• Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
• Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
• Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
• Missouri–Illinois Railroad
• Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) (also known as the "KATY")[13]
• Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
• Mobile and Ohio Railroad
• 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 Railroad (NYC)
• New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH)
• New York, Ontario and Western Railroad (OW)
• New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
• New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
• Norfolk and Western Railway (NW)
• Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
• Northern Railway of Canada (NRC)
• Ohio and Mississippi Railway
• Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad
• Penn Central Transportation Company (PC)
• Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
• Pontchartrain Railroad
• Pontiac and Detroit Railroad
• Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR)
• Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
• Reading Railroad (RDG)
• St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
• St. Joseph and Savannah Interurban Railway
• St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
• St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway[14]
• St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway
• San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway[15]
• Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL)
• Seaboard System Railroad
• Southern Pacific Railroad
• Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
• Southern Railway
• Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SPSR)
• Tebo and Neosho Railroad
• Texas and New Orleans Railroad (TNO)[16]
• Toledo, Ann Arbor, and North Michigan Railway Company (T, AA & NM)[17]
• Toledo, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad[18]
• Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
• Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway[19]
• Tuckerton Railroad (TRR)
• Tuskegee Railroad
• Wabash Railroad
• Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway (W&OV) [20]
• Western Maryland Railway (WM)
• Western Pacific Railroad (WP)
• Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
• Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)

See also

• 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