Diese Liste ehemaliger nordamerikanischer Eisenbahnen enthält eine Auflistung nicht mehr existierender Bahngesellschaften, sogenannter „Fallen flags“ in Kanada, den Vereinigten Staaten und Mexiko. Reine Namensänderungen aufgrund rechtlicher Gründe (zum Beispiel Konkurs) werden nicht aufgeführt.
„Reporting marks“ (frei übersetzt: Kennungszeichen), die von der Association of American Railroads vergeben werden, sind in kursiver Schrift aufgeführt.
Vorgänger der BNSF Railway GesellschaftAbkürzungvonbisBemerkungenAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayATSF, AT&SF 1859 1995Santa FeToledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1970 1995Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Great Northern Railway GN 1889 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CBQ, CB&Q 1847 1970Burlington RouteSpokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad 1970Northern Pacific Railway NP 1864 1970Colorado and Southern Railway Fort Worth and Denver Railroad St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSF, SL&SF 1875 1980Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Washington Central Railroad
Vorgänger der Canadian National Railway GesellschaftAbkürzungVonBisBemerkungenCanadian Government Railways Intercolonial Railway European and North American Railway of New Brunswick 1851 21.12.1867Eastern ExtensionNational Transcontinental Railway Canadian Northern Railway Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Grand Trunk Railway Prince Edward Island Railway PEIR 1871 1989Hudson Bay Railway Newfoundland Railway Illinois Central Railroad IC, ICG 1851 19981972–1988 als Illinois Central GulfGulf, Mobile an Ohio Railroad GM&O 1972Alton Railroad Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Mobile and Ohio Railroad Peabody Short Line Tremont & Gulf Railway T&G 18.12.1907 31.07.1959 Nachfolger der von 1902 bis 1908 bestehenden Tremont & Gulf RailroadChicago, Central and Pacific Railroad Mississippi Central Railroad Central Vermont Railway Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad Grand Trunk Western Railroad Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad Wisconsin Central Limited WC 1987 2001Green Bay and Western Railroad GBW 1993Fox River Valley Railroad Algoma Central Railway BC Rail früher British Columbia RailwayGreat Lakes TransportationGLT 2004Bessemer and Lake Erie RailroadBLE Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range RailwayDMIR, DM&IR Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway Northern Alberta Railways Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway EJ&E 1889 2009Kent Northern Railway 03.1874 01.09.1929 St. John and Québec Railway 1910 07.08.1929
Vorgänger der Canadian Pacific Railway GesellschaftAbkürzungvonbisBemerkungenNew Brunswick Railway 01.07.1890St. John and Maine Railroad 1878 1883European and North American Railway 1851 29.03.1878nur „New Brunswick Division“Hereford Railway 23.06.1887 1928von der Maine Central gekauftDelaware and Hudson RailwayDH, D&H 1823 1991 von Guilford Transportation gekauftSoo Line Railroad SOO 1888 1990Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RailwayChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadMILW, CMStP&P 1847 1985Milwaukee RoadMinneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Wisconsin Central Railway WC 1871 1960Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway International Railway of Maine 1871 06.12.1886 bis 1881 als „Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad“Aroostook Valley Railroad 2.7.1902 1996seit 1932 im Mehrheitsbesitz der Canadian Pacific RailwayOntario and Quebec Railway O&C 1884 1998Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad DM&E 1986 2008Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad IC&E 2002 2008 I&M Rail Link 1996 2002 1996 entstanden durch Übernahme von Strecken der CP-Tochtergesellschaft Soo Line
Vorgänger der Conrail GesellschaftAbkürzungvonbisBemerkungenCentral Railroad of New JerseyCNJ, CoNJ18471. April 1976Lehigh and New England Railroad Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Lehigh Valley RailroadLVLehigh and Hudson River RailwayLHR, L&HR18611. April 1976Erie Lackawanna RailroadELErie RailroadERIEConesus Lake Railroad 1882 1930 ab 1886 unter Kontrolle der Erie RailroadRochester and Genesee Valley Railroad R&GV 1851 1948 ab 1863 unter Kontrolle der Erie RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDLWPenn Central PC19681. April 1976New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad NH18721968Central New England Railway Pennsylvania RailroadPRR18341968New York Central SystemNYC1968New York Central Railroad NYC1968New York Central Railroad and Hudson River Railroad NYC&HRRR1831Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad West Shore Railroad Toledo and Ohio Central RailroadT & OC18851952Michigan Central Railroad Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway CCCI 14. Mai 1868Bellefontaine Railroad 22. Dezember 1864 14. Mai 1868Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad 1848 22. Dezember 1864 bis 19. Dezember 1854 als Indianapolis and Bellefontaine RailroadBoston and Albany Railroad Ulster and Delaware Railroad Monongahela Railway Reading Company
Vorgänger der CSX Transportation GesellschaftAbkürzungvonbisBemerkungenConrailCR19761999Pittsburgh and Lake Erie RailroadPLE18751992Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac RailroadRFP, RF&P1991Seaboard System RailroadSBD19821986Clinchfield RailroadWestern Railway of AlabamaWoAAtlanta and West Point Rail RoadGeorgia RailroadSeaboard Coast Line RailroadSCL19671982Durham and Southern RailwayPiedmont and Northern RailwaySeaboard Air Line RailroadSALMacon, Dublin and Savannah RailroadSALAtlantic Coast Line RailroadACL18971967Atlanta, Birmingham and Cast RailroadCharleston and Western Carolina RailroadLouisville and Nashville Railroad L&N, LN18501982Mobile and Montgomery Railroad 1881Alabama and Florida Railway 1868Mobile and Great Northern Railway 1868Alabama and Florida Railway 1900Alabama Mineral Railroad 1893Anniston and Atlantic Railroad 1890Anniston and Cincinnati Railroad 1890Shelby Iron Company’s Railroad 1890Altamont and Manchester Railroad 1899Athens and Tellico Railroad 1911Tellico Railroad 1910Nashville, Tellico and Charleston Railroad 1898Nashville and Tellico Railroad 1892Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad 1905Marietta and North Georgia Railroad 1896Knoxville Southern Railroad 1890Bardstown and Louisville Railroad 1867Louisville and Atlantic Railroad 1909Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad 1900Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad 1899Monon Railroad 1971Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis RailwayChicago and South Atlantic Railroad 1879Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad CIL1956Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad 1914Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad 1916Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad 1898 Bedford and Bloomfield Railroad 1886 Chicago and Indianapolis Air Line Railway 1883 Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad 1881 New Albany and Salem Railroad 1873Crawfordsville and Wabash Railroad 1852 Orleans, Paoli and Jasper Railway 1886 Birmingham Mineral Railroad 1893 Birmingham, Selma and New Orleans Railroad 1902New Orleans and Selma Railroad 1886 Black Mountain Railroad 1923 Nashville and Decatur Railroad 1893Central Southern Tennessee Railroad 1866 Tennessee and Alabama Railroad 1868 Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company 1924 Chesapeake and Nashville Railroad 1907Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad 1884 Kentucky Central Railroad 1891Covington and Lexington Railroad 1869 Maysville and Lexington Railroad 1869 Cumberland and Manchester Railroad 1927 Cumberland and Ohio Railroad 1893 Shelbyville, Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad 1901Shelbyville and Bloomfield Railroad 1900 Cumberland and Ohio Railway 1898 Cumberland River and Tennessee Railroad 1901 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad 1957 Duck River Valley Railroad 1889 Middle Tennessee and Alabama Railroad 1897Decatur, Chesapeake and New Orleans Railroad 1893 Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad 1873 Nashville and Northwestern Railroad 1873 Nashville and Tuscaloosa Railroad 1880 Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad 1895Tennessee Midland Railway 1892 Rome Railroad Company of Georgia 1895Memphis Branch Railroad 1850 Southern Iron Company’s Railroad 1893 St. Louis and Southeastern Railway 1880Evansville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad 1872 Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad 1872 Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad 1872