In the

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, a Class II railroad, sometimes referred to as a regional railroad, is a

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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 The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight Rail transport, railroads of North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States). Amtrak and some regional Commuter rail in North Am ...

(AAR) has defined the lower bound as of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue. (The Class I threshold is $250 million, adjusted for

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since 1991.). , a Class II railroad in the United States has an operating revenue greater than $39.2 million but less than $489.9 million.

Current Class II railroads

Former Class II railroads

* Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad *

Alabama Great Southern Railroad The Alabama Great Southern Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia (U.S.), Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. It is an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS), running southwest from Chatt ...

(AGS), owned by

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...

Annual Report of Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries to the Surface Transportation Board for the Year Ended December 31, 2007
p. 13 * Atlanta and West Point Railroad (AWP), owned by the

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast ...

* Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad

Surface Transportation Board The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is an independent federal agency that serves as an adjudicatory board. The board was created in 1996 following the abolition of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and absorbed regula ...

FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, ET AL.--CONTROL--FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY, LLC
September 28, 2007 (CORP) * New York, Ontario & Western (NYOW) *

Lehigh and Hudson River Railway The Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (L&HR) was the smallest of the six railroads that were merged into Conrail in 1976. It was a bridge line running northeast–southwest across northwestern New Jersey, connecting the line to the Poughkeepsie Br ...

(LHR) *

Lehigh and New England Railroad The Lehigh and New England Railroad was a Class I railroad located in Northeastern United States that acted as a bridge line. It was the second notable U.S. railroad to file for abandonment in its entirety after the New York, Ontario and Weste ...

(LNE) * Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE), owned by

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...

* Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad , 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

Central Maine and Quebec Railway The Central Maine and Québec Railway was a Class II railroad, Class II freight railroad operating in the United States, U.S. states of Maine and Vermont and the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec with headquarters in Bangor, Maine. It was own ...

(CMQ), owned by

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian Pacific Ka ...

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad was a United States railroad company that brought rail service to Aroostook County, Maine, Aroostook County in northern Maine. Brightly-painted BAR boxcars attracted national attention in the 1950s. First-genera ...

(BAR) * Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad * Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway *

Carolina and Northwestern Railway The Carolina & Northwestern Railway (Ca&NW) was a railroad that served South Carolina and North Carolina from 1897 until January 1, 1974. The original line was operated by the Ca&NW as a separate railroad controlled by the Southern Railway (U.S.), ...

* Central Vermont Railway (CV), owned by

(CN) *

Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Before its purchase, it was the largest Class II railroad in the United States, operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesot ...

(DME), owned by

* Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR), owned by

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION-CONTROL-DULUTH, MISSABE AND IRON RANGE RAILWAY COMPANY, BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE PITTSBURGH & CONNEAUT DOCK COMPANY
December 1, 2003 * Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad (DTS) * Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (EJE), owned by

* Fox Valley and Western Ltd. (FVW), owned by

* Gateway Western Railway (GWWR), owned by

Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operated in 10 Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ark ...

Georgia Southern and Florida Railway The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway , also known as the ''Suwanee River Route'' from its crossing of the Suwanee River, was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida ''Railroad'' and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdo ...

(GSF), owned by

* Georgia Railroad and Banking Company (GA) owned by

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971. Eventually, the railroad was merged with its affiliate lin ...

(SCL) * Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC) * Gulf and Mississippi Railroad (GMSR) * I&M Rail Link (IMRL) * Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (ICE), owned by

* Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad * Magma Arizona Railroad * Minarets and Western Railway * Monongahela Railway * Montana Rail Link (MRL), until its reintegration into

BNSF BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that provide ...

on January 1, 2024 * Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) * MidSouth Rail Corporation (MSRC) * Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway *

Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad The Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad (OKT) was a railroad operating in its namesake states in the 1980s. OKT I The Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad was originally created on May 29, 1980, after the demise of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa ...

Pan Am Railways Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR) is a subsidiary of CSX Corporation that operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine, to Rotterdam Junction, New York. Pan Am Railways is primarily made up of former C ...

(PAR), acquired by

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of track, it is the lead ...

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad was a railroad connecting Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, D.C. The track is now the RF&P Subdivision of the CSX Transportation system; the original corporation is no longer a railroad co ...

(RFP) * Spokane International Railroad * Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad * Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad * Texas Mexican Railway (TM), owned by

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN--CONTROL--THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, GATEWAY EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, AND THE TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY
November 29, 2004 * Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC), owned by

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY, GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION, AND WC MERGER SUB, INC.--CONTROL--WISCONSIN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION, WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD., FOX VALLEY & WESTERN LTD., SAULTE STE. MARIE BRIDGE COMPANY, AND WISCONSIN CHICAGO LINK LTD.
May 9, 2001 * Western Railway of Alabama (WofA) owned by the

References

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