Class 1 Railroads in the 1950s

This is a list of the 127 class 1 railroads in the 1950s as defined by the I.C.C. These railroads had revenue over $1,000,000 per year, and does not include terminal railroads. Several of these are just paper railroads which are owned by another class 1 railroad. Until 1967 Texas had a law that any railroad operating there had to be headquartered in the State. I have included several other railroads (without numbers) for various reasons.

One benefit of having 127 class 1 railroads in the 48 contiguous States was that most of the States had their own interesting list of class 1s.

Class 1 Railroads operating in each State during 1950-
Alabama- AGS, ASAB, ACL, CG, GMO, IC, LN, NC, SLSF, SAL, SOU, WA
Arizona- ATSF, SP
Arkansas- RI, IC, KCS, LA, MV, MP, SLSF, SSW, TP
California- ATSF, GN, NWP, SN, SP, UP, WP
Colorado- ATSF, CBQ, RI, CS, CW, DRGW, MP, UP
Connecticut- CV, NH
Delaware- BO, PRR, RDG
Florida- ASAB, ACL, FEC, GF, GSF, LN, SLSF, SAL, SOU
Georgia- AWP, ACL, CG, CWC, GA, GF, GSF, LN, NC, SAL, SOU, WA
Idaho- MILW, GN, NP, SI, UP
Illinois- ATSF, BO, CO, CEI, CIM, CNW, CBQ, CGW, CIL, MILW, RI, EJE, ERIE,
…GTW, GMO, IC, ITC, LN, MSTL, SOO, MP, MI, NYC, NKP, PRR, SSW, SOU
…TPW, WAB, WC
Indiana- BO, CO, CEI, CIL, MILW, EJE, ERIE, GTW, IC, LN, NYC, NKP, PRR, SOU, WAB
Iowa- ATSF, CNW, CBQ, CGW, MILW, RI, CMO, GN, IC, MSTL, TPW, UP, WAB
Kansas- ATSF, CBQ, CGW, RI, KCS, KOG, MV, MKT, MP, SLSF, UP
Kentucky- BO, CO, CBQ, CIL, CNTP, CRR, GMO, IC, LN, NC, NYC, NW, PRR, SOU, TC
Louisiana- ATSF, RI, GMO, IC, KCS, LA, LN, MP, NONE, SSW, SOU, SP, TNO, TP
Maine- BAR, BM, CN, CP, MEC
Maryland- BO, NW, PRR, WM
Massachusetts- BM, CV, NYC, NH
Michigan- AA, BO, CO, CNW, MILW, DM, DTS, DTI, DSA, GTW, LSI, SOO, NYC,
…PRR, WAB, WC
Minnesota- CNW, CBQ, CGW, MILW, RI, CMO, DMIR, DWP, DSA, GN, GBW, IC,
…MSTL, SOO, NP, WC
Mississippi- A

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Great info! It’s just what I was looking for! Now all I have to do is find the comparable figures for Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. I have found the figures for the total miles of trackage in 1950 but can’t find operating revenues or route miles. Any idea what railroads they were comparable to in operating revenue and route miles in 1950?