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 of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue. (The Class I threshold is $250 million, adjusted for inflation since 1991.Surface Transportation Board, FAQs, accessed October 2008). , 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 Name Length References Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway Alaska Railroad Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad Evansville Western Railway Florida East Coast Railway Indiana Rail Road Iowa Interstate Railroad New England Central Railroad New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Paducah and Louisville Railway Portland and Western Railroad Providence and Worcester Railroad Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad Red River Valley and Western Railroad Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
Former Class II railroads
Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), owned by Norfolk Southern RailwayAnnual 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 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 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 Norfolk Southern Railway Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ), owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR) Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway Split between Southern Pacific and Gateway Western Carolina and Northwestern Railway Central Vermont Railway (CV), owned by Canadian National Railway (CN) Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern RailroadSurface Transportation Board, DAKOTA, MINNESOTA & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION--ACQUISITION EXEMPTION--LINE OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, May 14, 2008 (DME), owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR), owned by Canadian National RailwaySurface Transportation Board, 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 RailwaySurface Transportation Board, TRANSTAR, INC.-CONTROL EXEMPTION-TEXAS & NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, August 8, 2007 (EJE), owned by Canadian National Railway Fox Valley and Western Ltd. (FVW), owned by Canadian National Railway Gateway Western Railway (GWWR), owned by Kansas City Southern RailwaySurface Transportation Board, THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--ACQUISITION AND MERGER EXEMPTION--GATEWAY WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, October 19, 2001 Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GSF), owned by Norfolk Southern Railway Georgia Railroad and Banking Company (GA) owned by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL) Great Lakes Central RailroadGreat Lakes Central, , 2011 (GLC) Gulf and Mississippi Railroad (GMSR) I&M Rail LinkSurface Transportation Board, IOWA, CHICAGO & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION EXEMPTION--LINES OF I&M RAIL LINK, LLC, June 12, 2002 (IMRL) Iowa, Chicago and Eastern RailroadSurface Transportation Board, IOWA, CHICAGO & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION--ACQUISITION EXEMPTION--LINE OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, December 4, 2007 (ICE), owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Magma Arizona Railroad Minarets and Western Railway Monongahela Railway Montana Rail LinkSurface Transportation Board, DENNIS WASHINGTON et al.-CONTINUANCE CONTROL EXEMPTION-I&M RAIL LINK LLC, April 9, 1997 (MRL), until its reintegration into BNSF on January 1, 2024 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) renamed Central Maine and Quebec (CM&Q) MidSouth Rail Corporation (MSRC) Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad Pan Am RailwaysSurface Transportation Board, NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, PAN AM RAILWAYS, INC., ET AL.-JOINT CONTROL AND OPERATING/POOLING AGREEMENTS-PAN AM SOUTHERN LLC, June 26, 2008 (PAR), acquired by CSX Transportation Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RFP) Spokane International Railroad owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Texas Mexican Railway (TM), owned by Kansas City Southern RailwaySurface Transportation Board, 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 RailwaySurface Transportation Board, 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 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad which is owned by CSX
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