List of Class I Railroads

This is a list of current and former Class I railroads in North America. Current Class I's that are independently operating have an asterisk(*) next to them.

• Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
• Alabama Great Southern Railroad
• Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
• Alabama and Vicksburg Railway
• Alton Railroad
• Amtrak*
• Ann Arbor Railroad
• Arizona Eastern Railroad
• Arizona and New Mexico Railway
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
• Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
• Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
• Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railway
• Atlanta and West Point Railroad
• Atlantic City Railroad
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
• Atlantic and Danville Railway
• Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad
• Auto-Train Corporation
• Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
• Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
• Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
• Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
• Bingham and Garfield Railway
• BNSF Railway*
• Boston and Maine Corporation
• Boston and Maine Railroad
• Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
• Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
• Burlington Northern Inc.
• Burlington Northern Railroad
• Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
• Burlington-Rock Island Railroad
• Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
• Cambria and Indiana Railroad
• Canadian National Railway*
• Canadian National Lines in New England
• Canadian Northern Railway
• Canadian Pacific Railway*
• Canadian Pacific Lines in Maine
• Canadian Pacific Lines in Vermont
• Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
• Carolina and Northwestern Railway
• Central of Georgia Railway
• Central New England Railway
• Central Railroad of New Jersey
• Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
• Central Vermont Railway
• Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
• Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
• Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Indiana
• Chicago and Alton Railroad
• Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
• Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad
• Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
• Chicago and Erie Railroad
• Chicago Great Western Railroad
• Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway
• Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
• Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
• Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
• Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (The Milwaukee Road)
• Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
• Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad
• Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
• Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
• Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
• Chicago Southern Railway
• Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
• Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
• Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad
• Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway
• Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
• Cincinnati Northern Railroad
• Cleveland, Akron and Cincinnati Railway
• Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
• Clinchfield Railroad
• Coal and Coke Railway
• Colorado Midland Railroad
• Colorado Midland Railway
• Colorado and Southern Railway
• Colorado and Wyoming Railway
• Columbus and Greenville Railroad
• Columbus and Greenville Railway
• Consolidated Rail Corporation
• Copper River and Northwestern Railway
• Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Railroad
• CSX Transportation*
• Cumberland Valley Railroad
• Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
• Delaware and Hudson Company
• Delaware and Hudson Railroad
• Delaware and Hudson Railway
• Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
• Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway
• Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
• Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
• Denver and Salt Lake Railroad
• Denver and Salt Lake Railway
• Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway
• Detroit and Mackinac Railway
• Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
• Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway
• Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
• Duluth and Iron Range Railroad
• Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
• Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway
• Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
• Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
• El Paso and Southwestern Company
• Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
• Erie Railroad
• Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
• Erie Lackawanna Railway
• Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railway
• Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad
• Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad
• Florida East Coast Railway
• Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
• Fort Smith and Western Railroad
• Fort Smith and Western Railway
• Fort Worth and Denver Railway
• Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
• Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway
• Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
• Georgia Railroad
• Georgia and Florida Railroad
• Georgia and Florida Railway
• Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
• Grand Canyon Railway
• Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
• Grand Trunk Corporation
• Grand Trunk Western Railroad
• Grand Trunk Western Railway
• Great Northern Railway
• Green Bay and Western Railroad
• Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
• Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
• Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
• Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
• Hocking Valley Railway
• Houston East and West Texas Railway
• Houston and Texas Central Railroad
• Illinois Central Railroad
• Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
• Illinois Terminal Company
• Illinois Terminal Railroad
• Indianapolis Southern Railroad
• International-Great Northern Railroad
• International and Great Northern Railroad
• International and Great Northern Railway
• International Railway of Maine
• Iowa Central Railway
• Kanawha and Michigan Railway
• Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
• Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
• Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
• Kansas City Southern Railway*
• Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
• Lake Erie and Western Railroad
• Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
• Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
• Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway
• Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
• Lehigh and New England Railroad
• Lehigh Valley Railroad
• Litchfield and Madison Railway
• Long Island Railroad
• Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
• Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
• Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
• Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
• Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas
• Louisiana Western Railroad
• Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad
• Maine Central Railroad
• Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
• Michigan Central Railroad
• Michigan Interstate Railway
• Midland Valley Railroad
• Mineral Range Railroad
• Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
• Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
• Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
• Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
• Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
• Minnesota and International Railway
• Mississippi Central Railroad
• Missouri and Arkansas Railway
• Missouri-Illinois Railroad
• Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
• Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
• Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad of Texas
• Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
• Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
• Missouri and North Arkansas Railway
• Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
• Missouri Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Pacific Railway
• Mobile and Ohio Railroad
• Monon Railroad
• Monongahela Railroad
• Monongahela Railway
• Montour Railroad
• Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company
• Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
• Nevada Northern Railway
• New Jersey and New York Railroad
• New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
• New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
• New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
• New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad
• New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway
• New York Central Railroad
• New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
• New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
• New York Connecting Railroad
• New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
• New York, Ontario and Western Railway
• New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
• New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
• Norfolk Southern Railroad
• Norfolk Southern Railway*
• Norfolk Southern Railway (1942-1982)
• Norfolk and Western Railway
• Northern Alabama Railway
• Northern Central Railway
• Northern Pacific Railway
• Northwestern Pacific Railroad
• Oahu Railway and Land Company
• Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway
• Oregon Electric Railway
• Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
• Oregon Short Line Railroad
• Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
• Pacific Electric Railway
• Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
• Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
• Penn Central Transportation Company
• Pennsylvania Railroad
• Pennsylvania Company
• Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
• Peoria and Eastern Railway
• Pere Marquette Railroad
• Pere Marquette Railway
• Perkiomen Railroad
• Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
• Philadelphia and Reading Railway
• Piedmont and Northern Railway
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
• Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
• Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad
• Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
• Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
• Port Reading Railroad
• Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
• Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
• Reading Company
• Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
• Rutland Railroad
• Rutland Railway
• Sacramento Northern Railway
• St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
• St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
• St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
• St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
• St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
• San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
• San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
• San Diego and Arizona Railway
• San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
• San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
• Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway
• Savannah and Atlanta Railway
• Seaboard Air Line Railroad
• Seaboard Air Line Railway
• Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
• Seaboard System Railroad
• Soo Line Railroad
• Southern Indiana Railway
• Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
• Southern Pacific Company
• Southern Pacific Transportation Company
• Southern Railway
• Southern Railway in Mississippi
• Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
• Spokane International Railroad
• Spokane International Railway
• Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
• Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
• Sunset Railroad
• Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad
• Tennessee Central Railroad
• Tennessee Central Railway
• Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
• Texas Mexican Railway
• Texas and New Orleans Railroad
• Texas and Northern Railway
• Texas and Pacific Railway
• Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
• Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
• Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
• Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
• Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway
• Ulster and Delaware Railroad
• Union Pacific Railroad*
• Utah Railway
• Vandalia Railroad
• Via Rail Canada*
• Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway
• Virginia and Southwestern Railway
• Virginian Railway
• Wabash Railroad
• Wabash Railway
• Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
• Washington Southern Railway
• West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
• Western Railway of Alabama
• Western Maryland Railway
• Western Pacific Railroad
• Western Pacific Railway
• Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
• Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
• Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway
• Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
• Wichita Valley Railway
• Wisconsin Central Railroad
• Wisconsin Central Railway
• Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad