List of U.S. Class II railroads
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In the United States , a Class II railroad , sometimes referred to as a regional railroad , is a railroad company that is not Class I , but still has a substantial amount of traffic or trackage (and is thus not a short line ). The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has defined the lower bound as 350 miles (560 km) of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue.[ 1] (The Class I threshold is $250 million, adjusted for inflation since 1991.[ 2] ). As of 2021[update] , a Class II railroad in the United States has an operating revenue greater than $39.2 million but less than $489.9 million.[ 3]
Current Class II railroads
Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (reporting mark AR )
Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), owned by Norfolk Southern Railway [ 33]
Atlanta and West Point Railroad (AWP), owned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad [ 34] (CORP)
New York, Ontario & Western (NYOW)
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (LHR)
Lehigh and New England Railroad (LNE)
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE), owned by Canadian National Railway [ 35]
Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (reporting mark BG ), incorporated by interests of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad , later merged with the Tonopah and Tidewater and the Las Vegas and Tonopah .
Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), owned by Norfolk Southern Railway [ 33]
Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ), owned by Canadian Pacific Railway
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR)
Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (reporting mark CC )
Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway (reporting mark CMNW )
Carolina and Northwestern Railway (reporting mark CRN )
Central Vermont Railway (CV), owned by Canadian National Railway (CN)
Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad [ 36] (DME), owned by Canadian Pacific Railway
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR), owned by Canadian National Railway [ 35]
Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad (DTS)
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway [ 37] (EJE), owned by Canadian National Railway
Fox Valley and Western Ltd. (FVW), owned by Canadian National Railway [ 38]
Gateway Western Railway (GWWR), owned by Kansas City Southern Railway [ 39]
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GSF), owned by Norfolk Southern Railway [ 33]
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company (GA) owned by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
Great Lakes Central Railroad [ 40] (GLC)
Gulf and Mississippi Railroad (GMSR)
I&M Rail Link [ 41] (IMRL)
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad [ 42] (ICE), owned by Canadian Pacific Railway
Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (reporting mark LV&T )
Magma Arizona Railroad (reporting mark MAA )
Minarets and Western Railway (reporting mark M&W )
Monongahela Railway (reporting mark MGA )
Montana Rail Link [ 43] (MRL), until its reintegration into BNSF on January 1, 2024[ 44]
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA)
MidSouth Rail Corporation (MSRC)
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway (reporting mark MNS )
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad (reporting mark OKKT )
Pan Am Railways [ 45] (PAR), acquired by CSX Transportation [ 46]
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RFP)
Spokane International Railroad (reporting mark SI )
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad (reporting mark T&G )
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad (reporting mark T&T )
Texas Mexican Railway (TM), owned by Kansas City Southern Railway [ 47]
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC), owned by Canadian National Railway [ 38]
Western Railway of Alabama (WofA) owned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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^ Association of American Railroads (June 2023). "Wisconsin: Freight Rail 2021 Data" (PDF) . Retrieved July 11, 2024 .
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