Aroostook Valley;Algers,Winslow& Western;Black Mesa& Lake Powell;Lake Superior&Ishpeming;Escanaba& Lake Superior. Joe G.
Don’t forget the G&F, or commonly known as the Gaseous and Flatulent. A Texas based railroad that monopolized the transport of rice, beans, chili and hot sauce in the lone star state.
Well, the California Zephyr wasn’t a railroad name, it’s a passenger train name.
Burlington Route wasn’t a railroad per se, but made up of a group of individual railroads…Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Colorado and Southern, Fort Worth and Denver, and I believe Seattle, Portland and Southern.
Some others I noticed not on your list…
LaSalle and Bureau County RR
Texas and Pacific
Toledo, Peoria and Western
Illinois Railnet
Peoria and Pekin Union
…for starters.
ok heres some more
wilmington and western
strasburg
east broad top
Michigan Central
Grand Rapids Eastern
Eureka & Southern
Central Michigan
Wisconson Southern
Wisconson Central
SP&S
Spokane International
White Pass
Yukon Route
Pike’s Peak Cog Route
Chicago & South Western (they do haul freight, I’ve seen 2 of their GP40s)
Yreka Western
Rio Grande Southern
Litchfield & Madison
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal
Green Bay & Western
Western Maryland
Spokane Portland & Seattle
Pacific Great Eastern (Canadian road)
Reader RR
Reading Railroad
Reading & Northern
New York, Susquahanna & Western (I don’t think I spelled “Susquahanna” right)
Yolo Short Line
North Coast Railroad
California Western Railroad
Sacramento Northern
Northwestern Pacific
McCloud River Railroad, newer name: McCloud Railroad
Central California Traction
Amador Central, newer name: Amador Foothills
San Joaquin Valley Railroad
California Northern
Quincy Railroad
Thanks all. The list now consists of 280 roadnames. They are listed below in alphabetical order
If I’m still missing some (which I’m sure I do), please let me know.
Thanks all for your help.
Frankwin
Aberdeen & Rockfish
Adirondack Railway
Akron & Barberton Belt
Akron Barberton Belt
Akron, Canton and Youngstown
Alameda Belt
Alaska Railroad
Algers, Winslow & Western
Algoma Central
Amador Central
Amador Foothills
Amtrak
Ann Arbor
Apachicola Northern
Arizona & California
Arizona Eastern
Arkansas Midland
Aroostook Valley
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay
Atlanta & West Point
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal
Bangor & Aroostock
Bath & Hamonsport
Belt Railway of Chicago
Bessemer & Lake Erie
Bevier & Southern
Black Mesa & Lake Powell
Black River & Western
Boston & Maine
Bridgton & Saco River
British Columbia Ry
Burlington Northern
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Burlington Route
California Northern
California Western
California Western Railroad
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Roads
Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia
CEFX
CEFX Leasing
Central California Traction
Central Michigan
Central of Georgia
Central Oregon & Pacific
Central Vermont
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chesapeake Beach
Chessie System
Chicago & Alton
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Chicago & North Western
Chicago & South Western
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee
Chicago South Shore & South Bend
Chicago, Central & Pacific
Chicago, Madison & Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Chilicothe & Brunswick
CHTT
City of Prineville
Cleveland Terminal
Bradshaw Mountain (AZ)
White Mountains (AZ)
Prescott and Phoenix (The Peavine)
Aren’t Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Western the same thing?
Raritan Valley RR (Northern NJ)
Alton & Southern
Illinois Terminal
Chicago & Illinois Midland
Davenport, Rock Island & North Western
Metra
By the way, “SP&S” and “Spokan, Portland & Seattle” are the same line, as are “Terminal RR Association” and “Terminal RR Association of St. Louis”
Ashley, Drew & Northern
Columbia & Cowlitz
Longview, Portland & Northern
Quebec Gatineau
Sabine River & Northern
St Lawrence & Hudson
Virginia & Truckee
Huron Central
South Simcoe
To name a few
Gordon
I’m surprised no one mentioned Clinchfield (unless I missed it). But here is a list of 361 I found on the internet - initials then railroad:
Enjoy!!!
AA ANN ARBOR
AC ALGOMA CENTRAL
ACIS ALGOMA CENTRAL
ACJR ASHTABULA CARSON JEFFERSON
ACL ATLANTIC COAST LINE (CSX)
ACWR ABERDEEN CAROLINA & WESTERN
ACY AKRON CANTON & YONGSTOWN (NORFOLK SOUTHERN)
ADN ASHLEY DREW & NORTHERN
AG ABERVILL GRIMES
AGLF ATLANTIC & GULF
AHW AHNAPEE & WESTERN
ALM ARKANSAS LOUISIANA & MISSISSIPPI
ALQS ALIQUIPPA & SOUTHERN
AM ARKANSAS & MISSOURI
AMC AMADOR CENTRAL
AMTK AMTRAK
AN APALACHICOLA NORTHERN
ANR ANGELINA & NECHES RIVRE
APA APACHE
AR ABERDEEN &ROCKFISH
AAR ALASKA RAILROAD
ASAB ATLANTA & ST. ANDREWS BAY
ATLT AT &L RAILROAD
ATSF ATCHISON TOPEKA & SANTA FE
ATW ATLANTIC & WESTERN
AVL AROOSTOOK VALLEY
AWP ATLANTA & WEST POINT (CSX)
AWW ALGEERS WINSLOW & WESTERN
AZER ARIZONA EASTERN
BA BOSTON & ALBANY (* CONRAIL)
BAR BANGOR & AROOSTOOK
BB BUCKINGHAM BRANCH
BCH BC HYDRO (SOUTHERN RAILWAY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA)
BCIT BC RAIL
BCK BUFFALO CREEK (* CONRAIL)
BCLR BAY COLONY
BCNE CANADIAN NATIONAL
BCOL BC RAIL
BFRR BUFFALO RIDGE
BKTY MISSOURI - KANSAS - TEXAS (UNION PACIFIC)
BLE BESSEMER & LAKR ERIE
BM BOSTON & MAINE (GILFORD TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES)
BMS BERLIN MILLS RAILROAD
BN BURLINGTON NORTHERN
BNSF BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
BO BALTIMORE & OHIO (CSX)
BPRR BUFFALO & PITTSBURGH
BS BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN
BVRY BRANDYWINE VALLY
BXN BAUXITE & NORTHERN
CAGY COLUMBUS & GREENVILLE
CBQ CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY (BURLINGTON NORTHERN)
CBRY COPPER BASIN
CBYN CROSBYTON RAILROAD
CC CHICAGO CENTRAL & PACIFIC
CCR CORNITH & COUNCE (TENNRAIL)
CCT CENTRA
Atlantic & Pacific
California Pacific
Boca & Loyalton
Carson and Colorado
Petaluma and Santa Rosa
North Pacific Coast
San Diego & Arizona Eastern
Ventura Railroad
Visalia Electric
Tyler Tap Railroad
Nevada County Narrow Gauge
Nevada Northern
Tonopah & Tidewater
Las Vegas & Tonopah
Unitah Railroad
Eureka Palisade Railroad
Portland Terminal can be listed twice: 'Porthand Terminal Company" and “Portland Terminal Railroad”. one is in Maine, the other in Oregon I forget which is where.
Western and Atlantic - thanks for using the route of the Great Locomotive Chase between Atlanta, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Also Tennessee Central Railway near Nashville, Tennessee. David Briel
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
Atlantic City Railroad
West Jersey and Seashore
Southern Railroad of New Jersey
SMS
Winchester and Western
Cape May Seashore Lines
Penn Central
Camden and Amboy
Short lines too?
Southern Ontario
RaiLink (that’s the way it’s spelled on their equipment)
Ottawa Valley
The last 3 are all part of RailAmerica I believe
http://www.nrhs.com/reporting_marks/company_reporting_marks.htm
You’ll find everything here.