Liste nordamerikanischer Eisenbahngesellschaften

Kanada

• British Columbia Railway (BCR)
• Canadian National Railway (CN)
• Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
• Newfoundland Railway
• Northern Alberta Railways
• VIA Rail Canada
• Ontario Northland Railway
• Quebec Central Railway

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Gegenwärtige Bahngesellschaften

Zum 31. Dezember 2003 existierten in den USA 551 Eisenbahngesellschaften die dem Gütertransport dienen. Entsprechend der Einteilung der Association of American Railroads (AAR) sind es 7 Class 1-Gesellschaften, 32 Class 2-Gesellschaften, 304 Class 3-Gesellschaften und 206 Rangiergesellschaften, dazu kommen noch zwei Gesellschaften in kanadischen Besitz (CN und CP)

Class 1

Eisenbahnen mit einem Umsatz von mehr als 272 Mio $

• BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway)
• CSX Transportation
• Kansas City Southern
• Norfolk Southern Corporation
• Union Pacific Railroad
• Grand Trunk Corporation (US-Tochter der CN)
• Soo Line Railroad (US-Tochter der CPR)

Class 2

Eine Eisenbahngesellschaft die eine Strecke von mehr als 350 Meilen betreibt und/oder mehr als 40 Mio $ Umsatz hat.

Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway Alaska Railroad Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Florida East Coast Railway Guilford Rail System Iowa Interstate Railroad Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Kyle Railroad Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad

Montana Rail Link Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Northern Plains Railroad Paducah and Louisville Railway Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad Portland and Western Railroad Providence and Worchester Railroad Red River Valley and Western Railroad South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Texas Mexican Railway Texas Pacifico Transportation Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Class 3

keine „Class 1"- oder „Class 2"-Eisenbahn,aber mit fahrplanmäßigen Betrieb (sog. Shortline)

• Albany and Eastern Railroad
• Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
• Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad
• City of Prineville Railway
• Genesee and Wyoming Railroad
• Utah Railroad

Rangiergesellschaften

Eisenbahnen, die keine Punkt-zu-Punkt-Transporte (Linienverkehr) durchführen, sondern die Verbindung zwischen Endabnehmern und den anderen Eisenbahngesellschaften herstellen.

• Belt Railway of Chicago
• Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
• Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad

Personenverkehr

• Amtrak
• Metra
• New Jersey Transit

Ehemalige Bahngesellschaften (Fallen flags)

Gesellschaft	Abkürzung(en) 1	Zeitraum	Nachfolge
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	ATSF	1859 - 1995	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	ACL	1897 - 1967	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	BO, B&O	1830 - 1987	Chessie System Railroads
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad	BAR
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad	BML
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	BLE
Boston and Maine Railroad	BM
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad	BPRR
Burlington Northern Railroad	BN	1970 - 1995	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Central Railroad of New Jersey	CNJ	1847 - 1976	Conrail
Central Vermont Railway	CV
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	CO		Chessie System Railroads
Chesapeake Western
Chessie System Railroads			CSX Transportation
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	CBQ	1847 - 1970	Burlington Northern Railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway	CEI		Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad	CGW	1885 - 1968	Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway (Monon)	MON
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road)	MILW, CMStP&P	1847 - 1985	Soo Line
Chicago and Northwestern Railway	CNW, C&NW	1859 - 1995	Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	CRIP, RI, ROCK	1851 - 1980	Bankrott, danach Zerschlagung
Colorado and Southern Railway
Columbus and Greenville Railway
Conrail (Consolidated Rail Corporation)	CR	1976 - 1999	Norfolk Southern Corporation, CSX Transportation
Delaware and Hudson Railway	D&H	1823 - 1991	Canadian Pacific Railway
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad	DLW		Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	DRGW, D&RGW	1870 - 1988	Southern Pacific Railroad
Erie Lackawanna Railroad	EL		Conrail
Erie Railroad	ERIE		Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Georgia Railroad	GA
Great Northern Railway	GN	1889 - 1970	Burlington Northern Railroad
Green Bay and Western Railroad	GBW
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad	GMO GM&O		Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad	IC, ICG	1851 - 1998	Canadian National Railway
Indiana Railroad
Kettle Valley Railway
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway	LHR L&HR	1861 - 1976	Conrail
Lehigh Valley Railroad	LV	-1976	Conrail
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	LN, L&N	1850 - 1982	Seabord System Railroad
Maine Central Railroad	MEC
Missouri Pacific Railroad	MP		Union Pacific Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Monongahela Railway
Montpelier and Wells River Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Nevada-California-Oregon Railway
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad
Nevada Northern Railway
New York Central Railroad	NYC, NYC&HRRR	1831 - 1968	Penn Central
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road)	NKP	1881 - 1964	Norfolk and Western Railway
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	NH, NYNH&H	1872 - 1968	Penn Central
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway	NW, N&W	1838 – 1982	Norfolk Southern Corporation
Northern Pacific Railway	NP	1870 - 1970	Burlington Northern Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railroad	NWP		Southern Pacific Railroad
Oahu Railway & Land Company
Ontario and Quebec Railway	O&C	1884 - 1998	Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific Electric Railway
Peabody Short Line
Penn Central	PC, PCA	1968 - 1976	Conrail
Pennsylvania Railroad	PRR	1834 - 1968	Penn Central
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines	PRSL
Pere Marquette Railway
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad	P&LE	1875 - 1992	CSX Transportation
Reading Company
Rutland Railroad
Seabord Air Line Railroad	SAL		Seabord Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad	SCL	1967 - 1982	Seaboard System Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad	SBD	1982 - 1986	CSX Transportation
Soo Line Railroad		1888-1990	Canadian Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific Railroad	SP		Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Railway			Norfolk Southern Corporation
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (Frisco)	SLSF, SL&SF	1875 - 1980	Burlington Northern Railroad
Tennessee Central Railway
Texas and Pacific Railroad	TP
Vermont Railway	VTR
Virginian Railway
Wabash Railway
Western Pacific Railroad	WP		Union Pacific Railroad
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
White Pass and Yukon Railway
Wisconsin Central Railway	WC	1871-1960	Soo Line
Wisconsin Central Ltd.	WC	1987-2001	Canadian National

1 "Reporting marks" (frei übersetzt: Kennungszeichen), die von der Association of American Railroads vergeben werden, sind in kursiver Schrift aufgeführt.

Weitere ehemalige Eisenbahngesellschaften

• International Railway of Maine

Mexiko

• Ferrocarril del Pacifico
• Ferrocarril Mexicano (Ferromex)
• Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM)
• Ferrocarril del Sueste (Ferrosur)

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