Railroad Name Generator

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Generate railroad company names in the classic American and British style: city-pair lines, regional systems, short lines, and mining roads. Built for model railroaders, tycoon-game players, and historical fiction writers who want a railway that sounds like it existed.

About railroad names

Classic railroad names follow a few reliable patterns, and once you know them you can invent a road that sounds a century old. The most common is the city-pair or endpoint name: Baltimore & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville, Denver & Rio Grande. Three-name versions like Chicago, Burlington & Quincy show a road that grew by merger. The second pattern is the regional or directional name: Great Northern, Southern Pacific, Western Maryland, Northern Pacific. The third is the geographic feature: Lehigh Valley, Cotton Belt, Iron Mountain, Blue Ridge.

Suffixes carry meaning too. "Railroad" and "Railway" were used almost interchangeably in the US, though a bankrupt "Railroad" was often reorganized as a "Railway." "Route" and "Lines" (Nickel Plate Road, Missouri Pacific Lines) were marketing names. British companies favored "Railway" and often named themselves after the region served (Great Western, Highland, Caledonian). Short lines and industrial roads reveal their purpose: East Broad Top hauled coal, Sumpter Valley hauled timber, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range hauled ore. Interurbans, logging roads, tramways and British-built overseas lines appear.

For a model railroad or a game like Railroad Tycoon, pick two real or invented towns from your layout's region, join them with an ampersand, and add "& Western" or "& Pacific" to imply ambitions the line never fulfilled. That is exactly how the real ones did it.

How to choose railroad names

  • Use the ampersand: 'Springfield & Northern' reads far more authentically than 'Springfield Northern Railway Company.'
  • Add an aspirational endpoint the road never reached, like '& Pacific' on a Midwestern line; real railroads did this constantly.
  • For a short line, name it after the commodity or landmark it served: a quarry, a river, a mill town, or a mountain gap.
  • For British-flavored railways, name the region and use 'Railway,' e.g. 'North Devon & Exmoor Railway.'
  • Pair the name with reporting marks (2-4 letters, like ATSF or B&O) if you are lettering model rolling stock; the initials should be pronounceable or at least memorable.

Frequently asked questions

Why do so many railroad names have an ampersand?

Because most early railroads were chartered to connect two specific places, and the charter name listed both endpoints. When lines merged, the names were often combined, producing three-city names like Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis.

Is there a difference between 'railroad' and 'railway'?

Legally no. In the US both were common, and a road that went through reorganization frequently changed from one to the other so the new company had a distinct name. British and Canadian lines almost always used 'Railway.'

Can I use a real railroad name for my model railroad or story?

Modeling real fallen flags is standard practice in the hobby, and fiction can reference real historic companies. If you are selling products under the name, note that some heritage marks like Santa Fe and Pennsylvania Railroad are still trademarked by successor companies or licensing groups.

How do I invent a believable freelance railroad?

Choose a real region, name two plausible endpoints, and give the line a reason to exist, such as coal, timber, or a port. 'Cascade Northern' or 'Penobscot Bay & River' feel real because they follow the geography-plus-purpose formula.

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A: 50 names

  • Aberdeen & Rockfish
  • Abilene & Clear Fork
  • Adirondack Railway
  • Akron, Canton & Youngstown
  • Alabama & Vicksburg
  • Alabama Great Southern
  • Alaska Railroad
  • Albany & Susquehanna
  • Albany, Thomasville & Suwannee
  • Alberta & Great Waterways
  • Algoma Central
  • Algoma Eastern

A, continued

  • Alleghany Central Railroad
  • Allegheny Summit Railroad
  • Alton & Southern
  • Amador Central
  • Amarillo & Palo Duro
  • Ann Arbor Railroad
  • Anthracite Ridge Railroad
  • Antofagasta & Bolivia
  • Antrim Glens Narrow Gauge
  • Apache Railway
  • Apalachicola Northern
  • Appalachian Highlands Railway
  • Arcade & Attica

A, continued

  • Argentine Central
  • Arizona & New Mexico Railway
  • Arizona Eastern
  • Arkansas & Louisiana Midland
  • Arkansas River & Ozark
  • Aroostook Valley Railroad
  • Asheville & French Broad
  • Ashland & Klamath Falls
  • Assam Bengal Railway
  • Assiniboine & Souris
  • Astoria & Columbia River
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

A, continued

  • Athabasca Landing Railway
  • Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line
  • Atlanta & West Point
  • Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast
  • Atlantic & Danville
  • Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
  • Atlantic & St. Lawrence
  • Atlantic & Yadkin
  • Atlantic Coast Line
  • Atlantic Seaboard Lines
  • Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio
  • Auburn & Androscoggin
  • Augusta, Aiken & Edisto

B: 77 names

  • Badlands & Missouri River
  • Bakersfield & Tehachapi
  • Ballycastle Railway
  • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  • Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
  • Baltimore & Susquehanna
  • Bamberger Railroad
  • Bangor & Aroostook
  • Bangor & Piscataquis
  • Bar Harbor & Union River
  • Barbados Railway
  • Barre & Chelsea

B, continued

  • Barry Railway
  • Bath & Hammondsport
  • Bay of Fundy Shore Line
  • Bay of Quinte Railway
  • Bayou Route
  • Bayside & Uplands Interurban
  • Belfast & County Down
  • Belfast & Moosehead Lake
  • Belfast & Northern Counties
  • Bellefonte Central
  • Bellingham Bay & British Columbia
  • Belt Railway of Chicago
  • Bend & High Desert

B, continued

  • Bengal & North Western
  • Bengal Nagpur Railway
  • Benguela Railway
  • Bessemer & Lake Erie
  • Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore
  • Big Sandy & Cumberland
  • Big Timber & Sawmill Creek
  • Bighorn Basin Railway
  • Bingham & Garfield
  • Birmingham & Derby Junction
  • Birmingham & Gloucester
  • Birmingham Southern
  • Bishop's Castle Railway

B, continued

  • Bismarck & Heart River
  • Black Hills & Fort Pierre
  • Blackwater Lumber Company Railroad
  • Blue Ridge Railway
  • Blue Water Line
  • Bluebell Railway
  • Bluegrass Central
  • Bluegrass Traction Company
  • Blyth & Tyne
  • Boca & Loyalton
  • Bodie & Benton
  • Bodmin & Wadebridge
  • Boise, Payette & Salmon

B, continued

  • Bolton & Leigh
  • Bombay, Baroda & Central India
  • Borax Flats Railway
  • Border Cities Traction
  • Boston & Albany
  • Boston & Lowell
  • Boston & Maine
  • Boston & Providence
  • Boston & Worcester
  • Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
  • Bowling Green & Barren River
  • Brazos Valley Southern
  • Brecon & Merthyr

B, continued

  • Bridgton & Saco River
  • Bristol & Exeter Railway
  • Brockville, Westport & Sault Ste. Marie
  • Brownstone Quarry Tramway
  • Buenos Aires & Pacific
  • Buenos Aires Great Southern
  • Buffalo & Susquehanna
  • Buffalo Creek & Gauley
  • Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
  • Burlington & Missouri River
  • Burlington & Winooski
  • Burma Railways
  • Butte, Anaconda & Pacific

C: 140 names

  • Cader Idris Slate Tramway
  • Caledonian Railway
  • Calgary & Edmonton
  • California Western Railroad
  • Callander & Oban
  • Camas Prairie Railroad
  • Cambrian Railways
  • Camden & Amboy
  • Camden, Rockland & Penobscot
  • Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe
  • Campbeltown & Machrihanish
  • Canada Atlantic
  • Canada Southern
  • Canadian National Railways

C, continued

  • Canadian Northern Railway
  • Canadian Pacific Railway
  • Canadian River & Panhandle
  • Canal Towns Interurban
  • Canterbury & Whitstable
  • Cape Breton Collieries Railway
  • Cape Cod Central
  • Cape Girardeau & Chester
  • Cape Government Railways
  • Capital City Interurban
  • Cariboo Gold Fields Railway
  • Carolina & Northwestern
  • Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
  • Carson & Colorado

C, continued

  • Cascade Locks & Hood River
  • Cascade Northern
  • Cass Scenic Railroad
  • Catawissa Railroad
  • Catskill Mountain Railway
  • Cavan & Leitrim
  • Cedar Swamp Logging Railroad
  • Central Argentine Railway
  • Central California Traction
  • Central New England Railway
  • Central of Georgia
  • Central Pacific Railroad
  • Central Railroad of New Jersey
  • Central Railway of Peru

C, continued

  • Central Uruguay Railway
  • Central Vermont Railway
  • Ceylon Government Railway
  • Chaleur Bay Railway
  • Champlain & St. Lawrence
  • Charleston & Western Carolina
  • Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
  • Chattahoochee Valley Railway
  • Chattanooga & Sequatchie
  • Chehalis Western
  • Cherokee Strip Railroad
  • Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
  • Chesapeake Bay & Atlantic
  • Chesapeake Beach Railway

C, continued

  • Chesapeake Western
  • Cheshire Lines Committee
  • Chester & Holyhead
  • Cheviot & Border Counties
  • Cheyenne River & Northern
  • Chicago & Alton
  • Chicago & Eastern Illinois
  • Chicago & Illinois Midland
  • Chicago & North Western
  • Chicago & Western Indiana
  • Chicago Great Western
  • Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee
  • Chicago Short Line
  • Chicago, Attica & Southern

C, continued

  • Chicago, Aurora & Elgin
  • Chicago, Burlington & Northern
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
  • Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
  • Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary
  • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
  • Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
  • Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
  • Chicago, South Shore & South Bend
  • Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City
  • Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
  • Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern
  • Chippewa Valley & Northern
  • Cimarron Valley Railroad

C, continued

  • Cincinnati & Lake Erie
  • Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley
  • Cincinnati Northern
  • Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
  • Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
  • Citrus Belt Electric
  • City & South London
  • Clarksville & Cumberland Gap
  • Clearwater Timber Railroad
  • Cleator & Workington Junction
  • Cleveland & Pittsburgh
  • Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
  • Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
  • Clinchfield Railroad

C, continued

  • Coal & Coke Railway
  • Coal & Iron Railway
  • Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith
  • Colorado & Northwestern
  • Colorado & Southeastern
  • Colorado & Southern
  • Colorado & Wyoming
  • Colorado Midland Railway
  • Columbia & Pee Dee
  • Columbia & Puget Sound
  • Columbia & Western
  • Columbia Gorge Railway
  • Columbia Plateau Railroad
  • Columbus & Greenville

C, continued

  • Commonwealth Railways
  • Concord & Montreal
  • Concord, Lebanon & Champlain
  • Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers
  • Connemara & Clew Bay
  • Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
  • Copper Queen & Smelter
  • Copper Range Railroad
  • Copper River & Northwestern
  • Cork, Bandon & South Coast
  • Cork, Blackrock & Passage
  • Corn Belt Traction
  • Corris Railway
  • Corvallis & Eastern

C, continued

  • Cotton Belt Route
  • Cotton Mill Short Line
  • Coudersport & Port Allegany
  • County Donegal Railways
  • Cranberry Bog & Harbor
  • Cripple Creek & Victor
  • Crystal River Railroad
  • Cumberland & Pennsylvania
  • Cumberland Plateau Railway
  • Cumberland Railway & Coal
  • Cumberland Valley Railroad
  • Current River & Iron Mountain
  • Cuyahoga Valley Line
  • Cypress Bayou Lumber Railway

D: 44 names

  • Dakota Southern Railroad
  • Danbury & Norwalk
  • Danville & Western
  • Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
  • Dartmoor & Tamar Tramway
  • Deadwood Central
  • Death Valley Railroad
  • Delaware & Hudson
  • Delaware Valley Railway
  • Delaware, Lackawanna & Northern
  • Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
  • Demerara Railway
  • Denver & Intermountain
  • Denver & Rio Grande Western

D, continued

  • Denver & Salt Lake
  • Denver, Boulder & Western
  • Denver, Laramie & Northwestern
  • Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
  • Denver, South Park & Pacific
  • Des Moines & Central Iowa
  • Deschutes Railroad
  • Detroit & Mackinac
  • Detroit & Toledo Shore Line
  • Detroit United Railway
  • Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
  • Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
  • Didcot, Newbury & Southampton
  • Dingwall & Skye
  • Dodge City & Cimarron Crossing

D, continued

  • Dominion Atlantic Railway
  • Dornoch Light Railway
  • Dover & Delaware Bay
  • Dublin & Drogheda
  • Dublin & Kingstown
  • Dublin & South Eastern
  • Duluth & Iron Range
  • Duluth & Northeastern
  • Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
  • Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
  • Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific
  • Dundalk, Newry & Greenore
  • Dundee & Arbroath
  • Durango & Animas Canyon
  • Durham & Southern

E: 29 names

  • Easingwold Railway
  • East Broad Top Railroad
  • East Indian Railway
  • East Kent Light Railway
  • East Tennessee & Western North Carolina
  • East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
  • Eastern Bengal Railway
  • Eastern Counties Railway
  • Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway
  • Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee
  • Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia
  • El Paso & Northeastern
  • El Paso & Southwestern
  • Elgin, Joliet & Eastern

E, continued

  • Elk River Coal & Lumber
  • Elko & Ruby Mountains
  • Elmira, Cortland & Northern
  • Embarras River Line
  • Emu Bay Railway
  • Entre Rios Railways
  • Erie Lackawanna
  • Erie Railroad
  • Escanaba & Lake Superior
  • Esquimalt & Nanaimo
  • Eureka & Humboldt Bay
  • Eureka & Palisade
  • European & North American
  • Evansville & Terre Haute
  • Evergreen Route

F: 23 names

  • Fargo, Moorhead & Sheyenne
  • Federated Malay States Railways
  • Fenland & Wash Light Railway
  • Festiniog Railway
  • Fife Coalfields Joint Line
  • Fitchburg Railroad
  • Flagstaff & Painted Desert
  • Flambeau River Railway
  • Flint & Pere Marquette
  • Florence & Cripple Creek
  • Florida Central & Peninsular

F, continued

  • Florida East Coast Railway
  • Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville
  • Foothill Cities Traction
  • Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
  • Fort William & Mallaig
  • Fort Worth & Denver City
  • Fort Worth & Rio Grande
  • Fox River Valley Railway
  • Frankfort & Cincinnati
  • Fraser Canyon Railway
  • Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
  • Furness Railway

G: 47 names

  • Gainesville Midland
  • Galena & Chicago Union
  • Galloway Coast Railway
  • Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
  • Gaspe Peninsula Railway
  • Genesee Valley Railway
  • Georgetown & Winyah Bay
  • Georgia & Florida
  • Georgia Northern Railway
  • Georgia Railroad & Banking Company
  • Georgian Bay & Muskoka

G, continued

  • Gilmore & Pittsburgh
  • Gilpin Tramway
  • Glasgow & South Western Railway
  • Gold Run & Stamp Mill
  • Golden Gate Route
  • Grain Belt Interurban
  • Grain Dock & Elevator Terminal
  • Grand Junction Railway
  • Grand Rapids & Indiana
  • Grand River Valley
  • Grand Trunk Pacific
  • Grand Trunk Railway of Canada

G, continued

  • Grand Trunk Western
  • Granite Quarry Railroad
  • Granite State Route
  • Great Basin Railway
  • Great Central Railway
  • Great Eastern Railway
  • Great Indian Peninsula Railway
  • Great Lakes & Western
  • Great North of Scotland Railway
  • Great Northern Railway
  • Great Northern Railway of England
  • Great Plains Railway

G, continued

  • Great Slave Lake Railway
  • Great Southern & Western Railway
  • Great Western Railway
  • Green Bay & Western
  • Green Mountain Railroad
  • Greenbrier & Elk River
  • Gulf & Great Lakes
  • Gulf & Ship Island
  • Gulf Coast Lines
  • Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
  • Gulf, Mobile & Northern
  • Gulf, Mobile & Ohio

H: 26 names

  • Hagerstown & Frederick
  • Halifax & Annapolis Basin
  • Halifax & Southwestern
  • Hannibal & St. Joseph
  • Hanover & Connecticut Lakes
  • Harbor & Heights Electric
  • Harbor Terminal Railroad
  • Hartford & Connecticut Western
  • Helena & St. Francis Basin
  • High Plains & Rocky Mountain
  • High Point, Thomasville & Denton
  • Highland & Moray Firth
  • Highland Railway

H, continued

  • Hocking Valley Railway
  • Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington
  • Hoosier Hills Traction
  • Housatonic Railroad
  • Houston & Texas Central
  • Houston East & West Texas
  • Hudson & Manhattan
  • Hudson Bay Railway
  • Hudson River Railroad
  • Hull & Barnsley Railway
  • Humber Ports Joint Line
  • Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain
  • Huron Shore Railway

I: 18 names

  • Idaho Northern
  • Illinois Central Railroad
  • Illinois Terminal
  • Illinois Traction System
  • Indiana Harbor Belt
  • Intercolonial Railway
  • Intermountain Pacific
  • International-Great Northern
  • Interoceanic Railway of Mexico

I, continued

  • Interstate Railroad
  • Invergarry & Fort Augustus
  • Inverness & Nairn
  • Iowa Central Railway
  • Iron Mountain Route
  • Ironton Furnace Railroad
  • Isle of Man Railway
  • Isle of Wight Railway
  • Ithaca, Cayuga & Seneca

J: 4 names

  • Jackson, Meridian & Tombigbee
  • Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West
  • Jefferson City & Osage
  • Jersey Central Lines

K: 30 names

  • Kahului Railroad
  • Kalamazoo & South Haven
  • Kalka-Shimla Railway
  • Kanawha & Michigan
  • Kane & Elk
  • Kansas Central Railway
  • Kansas City Southern
  • Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield
  • Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
  • Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
  • Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
  • Kansas Flint Hills Railway
  • Kansas Pacific Railway
  • Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf
  • Kaskaskia Valley Railroad

K, continued

  • Kaslo & Slocan
  • Kawartha Lakes Line
  • Keighley & Worth Valley
  • Kendal & Windermere
  • Kennebec Central
  • Kent & East Sussex Light Railway
  • Kentucky & Tennessee
  • Kettle Valley Railway
  • Keweenaw Central
  • Kingston & Pembroke
  • Kishwaukee & Rockford
  • Klondike Mines Railway
  • Knox & Lincoln
  • Knoxville, Clinch & Holston
  • Kyle of Lochalsh Line

L: 64 names

  • Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley
  • Lake Champlain & Moriah
  • Lake Erie & Detroit River
  • Lake Erie & Northern
  • Lake Erie & Western
  • Lake of the Woods Railway
  • Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
  • Lake Shore Electric
  • Lake Superior & Ishpeming
  • Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation
  • Lakefront Dock & Terminal
  • Lakeshore Interurban Lines

L, continued

  • Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
  • Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast
  • Lancaster & Carlisle
  • Lancaster & Octoraro
  • Lancaster, Oxford & Southern
  • Laramie & Medicine Bow
  • Laredo, Nueces & Gulf
  • Laurel Fork & Sand Hill
  • Laurinburg & Southern
  • Leadville, Tennessee Pass & Eagle
  • Leeds & Selby
  • Lehigh & Hudson River
  • Lehigh & New England

L, continued

  • Lehigh Valley Railroad
  • Lehigh Valley Transit
  • Leicester & Swannington
  • Leopoldina Railway
  • Lexington & Blue Licks
  • Ligonier Valley Rail Road
  • Limestone Bluff & Kiln
  • Linville River Railway
  • Liskeard & Looe
  • Listowel & Ballybunion
  • Litchfield & Madison
  • Little Wabash Railway
  • Live Oak, Perry & Gulf

L, continued

  • Liverpool & Manchester Railway
  • Llano Estacado Railway
  • Lleyn Peninsula Railway
  • London & Birmingham Railway
  • London & Greenwich
  • London & North Eastern Railway
  • London & North Western Railway
  • London & Port Stanley
  • London & South Western Railway
  • London, Brighton & South Coast
  • London, Chatham & Dover
  • London, Midland & Scottish
  • London, Tilbury & Southend

L, continued

  • Londonderry & Lough Swilly
  • Lone Star Lines
  • Long Island Rail Road
  • Los Angeles & Independence
  • Los Angeles & Salt Lake
  • Lough Erne & Fermanagh
  • Louisiana & Arkansas
  • Louisiana & North West
  • Louisville & Nashville
  • Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis
  • Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
  • Ludlow & Southern
  • Lynton & Barnstaple

M: 72 names

  • Macon, Dublin & Savannah
  • Madras & Southern Mahratta
  • Magma Arizona Railroad
  • Magnolia Route
  • Mahoning & Shenango
  • Maine Central Railroad
  • Malheur Valley Railway
  • Manassas Gap Railroad
  • Manchester & Leeds
  • Manchester & Milford
  • Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire
  • Manistee & Northeastern
  • Mankato & Blue Earth
  • Manufacturers Railway

M, continued

  • Manx Northern Railway
  • Maple Leaf Route
  • Marble Ledge Railway
  • Marfa & Big Bend
  • Marietta & Cincinnati
  • Maryland & Pennsylvania
  • Maryport & Carlisle
  • Mason City & Clear Lake
  • Maumee Valley Railroad
  • McCloud River Railroad
  • Medford & Crater Lake
  • Memphis & Charleston
  • Menai Shore Light Railway
  • Mendip Hills Mineral Railway

M, continued

  • Menominee River & Iron
  • Mersey Railway
  • Metropolitan Railway
  • Miami & Scioto Traction
  • Michigan Central
  • Michigan Northern
  • Midland & Great Northern Joint
  • Midland & South Western Junction
  • Midland Continental
  • Midland Great Western Railway
  • Midland Railway
  • Midland Railway of Western Australia
  • Midland Valley Railroad
  • Mill District Connecting Railroad
  • Milwaukee & Northern

M, continued

  • Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
  • Mineral Range Railroad
  • Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
  • Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern
  • Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
  • Minnesota & International
  • Miramichi & Restigouche
  • Mississippi Central
  • Missoula & Bitterroot
  • Missouri & North Arkansas
  • Missouri Pacific Lines
  • Missouri, Kansas & Eastern
  • Missouri-Illinois Railroad
  • Missouri-Kansas-Texas

M, continued

  • Mobile & Ohio
  • Moffat Road
  • Mohawk & Hudson
  • Mohawk Valley Line
  • Monkland & Kirkintilloch
  • Monon Route
  • Monongahela Railway
  • Monson Railroad
  • Monterey & Salinas
  • Montour Railroad
  • Montpelier & Wells River
  • Moose Jaw & Qu'Appelle
  • Morehead & North Fork
  • Morris & Essex
  • Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods

N: 54 names

  • Nakusp & Slocan
  • Napierville Junction
  • Narragansett Pier Railroad
  • Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
  • Natal Government Railways
  • Naugatuck Railroad
  • Neath & Brecon
  • Nebraska, Kansas & Southern
  • Nelson & Albemarle
  • Neosho Valley & Southern
  • Nevada Central Railroad
  • Nevada Copper Belt
  • Nevada County Narrow Gauge

N, continued

  • Nevada Northern Railway
  • Nevada-California-Oregon Railway
  • New Brunswick Railway
  • New England Seaboard
  • New Mexico Central
  • New Orleans & Northeastern
  • New York & Erie
  • New York & Harlem
  • New York & New England
  • New York Central System
  • New York, Chicago & St. Louis
  • New York, New Haven & Hartford
  • New York, Ontario & Western
  • New York, Susquehanna & Western

N, continued

  • New York, Westchester & Boston
  • Newcastle & Carlisle
  • Newfoundland Railway
  • Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto
  • Nickel Plate Road
  • Nilgiri Mountain Railway
  • Nipissing & Abitibi
  • Norfolk & Petersburg
  • Norfolk & Western Railway
  • Norfolk Broads Joint Railway
  • Norfolk Southern Railway
  • North British Railway
  • North Devon & Exmoor Railway

N, continued

  • North Eastern Railway
  • North Pacific Coast Railroad
  • North Platte & Sandhills
  • North Staffordshire Railway
  • North Sunderland Railway
  • North Wales Narrow Gauge
  • North Yorkshire Moors Railway
  • Northern Alberta Railways
  • Northern Central Railway
  • Northern New England Railway
  • Northern Pacific Railway
  • Northern Railway of Canada
  • Northwestern Pacific
  • Norwich & Worcester

O: 26 names

  • Oahu Railway & Land Company
  • Ocean Shore Railroad
  • Ohio & Mississippi
  • Ohio River & Western
  • Ohio Valley Railway
  • Okanagan & Kootenay
  • Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka
  • Old Colony Railroad
  • Olympic Peninsula Railway
  • Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice
  • Ontario Northland
  • Orange & Alexandria
  • Orchard Belt Electric Railway

O, continued

  • Ore Dock & Terminal
  • Oregon Electric Railway
  • Oregon Pacific & Eastern
  • Oregon Railway & Navigation
  • Oregon Short Line
  • Osage Prairie Line
  • Ouachita & Red River
  • Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway
  • Outer Harbor Dock Railway
  • Oxford & Tallahatchie
  • Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton
  • Ozark Mountain Railroad
  • Ozark Southern

P: 47 names

  • Pacific Coast Railway
  • Pacific Electric
  • Pacific Great Eastern
  • Palmetto Line
  • Peach Belt Route
  • Pembroke & Tenby
  • Pennine Moors Light Railway
  • Pennsylvania Railroad
  • Penobscot Bay & River
  • Pensacola & Atlantic
  • Pensacola & Perdido

P, continued

  • Peoria & Eastern
  • Peoria & Pekin Union
  • Pere Marquette Railway
  • Petaluma & Santa Rosa
  • Philadelphia & Erie
  • Philadelphia & Reading
  • Philadelphia & Western
  • Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
  • Piedmont & Northern
  • Pine Tree Route
  • Piney Woods Railway
  • Pioche Pacific

P, continued

  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
  • Pittsburgh & Shawmut
  • Pittsburgh & West Virginia
  • Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny
  • Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
  • Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern
  • Platte Valley & Western
  • Plymouth & Buzzards Bay
  • Port Townsend Southern
  • Portland & Ogdensburg
  • Portland & Rochester
  • Portland Traction Company

P, continued

  • Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint
  • Potomac & Piedmont
  • Poughkeepsie & Eastern
  • Prairie Central Railroad
  • Prairie Cities Electric
  • Prince Edward Island Railway
  • Princetown Railway
  • Profile & Franconia Notch
  • Providence & Worcester
  • Puget Sound & Cascade
  • Puget Sound Electric
  • Purbeck Stone Tramway

Q: 6 names

  • Qu'Appelle, Long Lake & Saskatchewan
  • Quanah, Acme & Pacific
  • Quebec & Lake St. John
  • Quebec Central Railway
  • Quebec, Montreal & Southern
  • Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City

R: 28 names

  • Raleigh & Gaston
  • Randsburg Railway
  • Rapid City, Black Hills & Western
  • Rappahannock Valley Railroad
  • Raritan River Railroad
  • Ravenglass & Eskdale
  • Reading Company
  • Red Deer & Peace River
  • Red River Valley & Western
  • Redding & Trinity Alps
  • Redwood Creek & Mill
  • Rhondda & Swansea Bay
  • Rhymney Railway
  • Ribble & Lune Junction

R, continued

  • Richmond & Danville
  • Richmond & Petersburg
  • Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
  • Rio Grande Southern
  • Riverfront Union Terminal
  • Roanoke & New River Gap
  • Rock River & Northern
  • Rogue River Valley Railroad
  • Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
  • Romney Marsh & Rye
  • Root River Railway
  • Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific
  • Rutland & Whitehall
  • Rutland Railroad

S: 89 names

  • Sabine River & Northern
  • Sacramento Northern
  • Saginaw Bay & Northern
  • Salem & Great Falls
  • Salem, Falls City & Western
  • Salt Lake & Utah
  • Salt Marsh Railway
  • San Antonio & Aransas Pass
  • San Diego & Arizona Eastern
  • San Francisco & San Jose
  • San Joaquin & Eastern
  • San Luis Central
  • San Luis Southern
  • San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake

S, continued

  • Sandusky Bay & Southern
  • Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes
  • Sangamon Valley Railroad
  • Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix
  • Saratoga & Encampment
  • Savannah & Atlanta
  • Savannah, Florida & Western
  • Schull & Skibbereen
  • Scottish Central Railway
  • Scranton & Pocono Summit
  • Seaboard & Roanoke
  • Seaboard Air Line
  • Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
  • Settle & Carlisle Line
  • Severn Valley Railway

S, continued

  • Shannon Estuary Light Railway
  • Sheboygan & Kettle Moraine
  • Sheffield & Tionesta
  • Shenandoah Valley Railroad
  • Sheridan & Powder River
  • Shrewsbury & Hereford
  • Shropshire & Montgomeryshire
  • Sierra Nevada Lines
  • Sierra Railway
  • Silver Plume Mineral Belt
  • Silverton Northern
  • Silverton Tramway
  • Sioux City & Pacific
  • Skeena & Bulkley
  • Skunk Train Line

S, continued

  • Slate Hill Quarry Line
  • Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties
  • Snake River Short Line
  • Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
  • Solway Firth Joint Railway
  • Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
  • Sonora Desert Line
  • Soo Line Railroad
  • Souris Valley Railroad
  • South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company
  • South Devon Railway
  • South Eastern & Chatham
  • South Indian Railway
  • South Pacific Coast
  • Southern Pacific Lines

S, continued

  • Southern Pacific of Mexico
  • Southern Railway System
  • Southwold Railway
  • Speyside & Cairngorm
  • Spokane Falls & Northern
  • Spokane International
  • Spokane, Portland & Seattle
  • Spoon River & Western
  • Springfield & Northern
  • Spruce Falls Lumber & Railway
  • St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
  • St. Joseph & Grand Island
  • St. Joseph Valley Railway
  • St. Louis Southwestern
  • St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern

S, continued

  • St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
  • St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
  • Steelworks Connecting Railway
  • Stockton & Darlington Railway
  • Stockyards & Packing House Line
  • Strasburg Rail Road
  • Sumpter Valley Railway
  • Sunflower Route
  • Sunset Railway
  • Susquehanna & New York
  • Susquehanna Valley Railroad
  • Swansea & Mumbles
  • Sweetwater & Green River
  • Sydney & Louisburg
  • Syracuse, Binghamton & New York

T: 51 names

  • Tacoma Eastern
  • Taff Vale Railway
  • Tall Pine & Tidewater
  • Tallahassee & Gulf
  • Tallulah Falls Railway
  • Talyllyn Railway
  • Taos & Sangre de Cristo
  • Tasmanian Government Railways
  • Tavares & Gulf
  • Temiscouata Railway
  • Temiskaming & Northern Ontario
  • Tennessee Central Railway

T, continued

  • Tennessee Midland
  • Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
  • Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
  • Terre Haute & Indianapolis
  • Terre Haute & Vermilion
  • Texas & New Orleans
  • Texas & Pacific Railway
  • Texas Electric Railway
  • Thames Estuary & Medway
  • Thousand Islands Railway
  • Three Forks Interurban
  • Thumb & Lake Huron
  • Thunder Bay & Lakehead

T, continued

  • Tidewater & Piedmont
  • Tidewater Southern
  • Timber & Tidewater Line
  • Timberline Route
  • Timoleague & Courtmacsherry
  • Tipple & Tidewater Coal Line
  • Toledo, Peoria & Western
  • Toledo, St. Louis & Western
  • Tonopah & Goldfield
  • Tonopah & Tidewater
  • Topeka & Smoky Hill
  • Toronto, Grey & Bruce
  • Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo

T, continued

  • Tralee & Dingle
  • Transandine Railway
  • Tri-County Traction Company
  • Trinity Valley Railroad
  • Trossachs & Loch Katrine
  • Troy & Greenfield
  • Tuckerton Railroad
  • Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend
  • Turpentine & Tidewater
  • Turtle Mountain Railway
  • Twin Ports Dock & Transfer
  • Twin Rivers Traction
  • Tyne Dock & Wearside

U: 11 names

  • Uganda Railway
  • Uintah Railway
  • Ulster & Delaware
  • Ulster Railway
  • Unadilla Valley Railway
  • Union Belt Line
  • Union Depot & Transfer Company
  • Union Pacific Railroad
  • Upper Peninsula Railroad
  • Utah Idaho Central
  • Utah Northern

V: 11 names

  • Vale of Pickering Tramway
  • Vale of Rheidol Railway
  • Vandalia Railroad
  • Verde Valley Railroad
  • Vicksburg & Yazoo Delta
  • Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific
  • Victorian Railways
  • Virginia & Tennessee
  • Virginia & Truckee
  • Virginian Railway
  • Visalia Electric

W: 47 names

  • Wabash Railroad
  • Wabash Valley Railroad
  • Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific
  • Wantage Tramway
  • Washington & Old Dominion
  • Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis
  • Washington, Idaho & Montana
  • Waterford & Limerick
  • Waterford & Tramore
  • Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
  • Waynesburg & Washington

W, continued

  • Wellington & Manawatu Railway
  • Wellsville, Addison & Galeton
  • Welshpool & Llanfair
  • Wenatchee & Okanogan
  • Wessex Downs Light Railway
  • West Clare Railway
  • West Cornwall Railway
  • West Jersey & Seashore
  • West Somerset Railway
  • Western & Atlantic
  • Western Maryland Railway
  • Western Pacific Railroad

W, continued

  • Western Railway of Alabama
  • Weston, Clevedon & Portishead
  • Wheeling & Lake Erie
  • Wheeling, Marietta & Muskingum
  • Whitby & Pickering
  • White Pass & Yukon Route
  • White River Valley Railway
  • Wichita Falls & Southern
  • Wick & Lybster
  • Wilkes-Barre & Eastern
  • Willamette Valley & Coast
  • Williamsport & North Branch

W, continued

  • Wilmington & Weldon
  • Winchester & Potomac
  • Wind River & Big Horn
  • Windsor, Essex & Lake Shore
  • Wirral Railway
  • Wisbech & Upwell Tramway
  • Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington
  • Wisconsin & Michigan
  • Wisconsin Central
  • Worcester, Nashua & Rochester
  • Wrightsville & Tennille
  • Wye & Usk Junction

Y: 5 names

  • Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
  • York & North Midland
  • Yosemite Valley Railroad
  • Youngstown & Southern
  • Yuma, Gila & Colorado

Z: 1 name

  • Zanesville & Western