Shortline Railroad

Shortline Railroads san d' kloansdn Eisnbauhngsöllschofdn in Ameriga.

Eisnbauhna im Gütavakehr wean in de Stoodn in 3 Klossn einteult.

Do gibds de STB (U. S. Surface Transportation Board), de sogt:

• Class I railroads: Umsotz iwa 458 Mio. $
• Class II railroads: Umsotz zwisch'n 37 Mio. $ und 458 Mio. $
• Class III railroads: Umsotz unta 37 Mio. $

De AAR (Association of American Railroad) definiert wos oagans, weu "mia san mia"

• Class I railroads: ident mit STB
• Regional railroads: iwa 350 Meil'n Streck'n und mehra ois 20 Mio. $ Umsotz oda iwa 40 Mio. $ Umsatz unabhängig vaun da Netzläng'n
• Local oder shortline railroads: olle aundarn Bauhna, de net om eini foin. Nem de „normaln“ ISS (Interline Settlement Systems) a de "Switching and terminal railroads", de nur im Verschub und Güterumschlag tätig san.

Es san sieb'n Class I Railroads, umara dreisg Regionals und ~550 Shortlines. Eppa de Höftn vo de Shortlines ghean mid zua ana Dochgsöllschofd - de greßte davau is Genesee & Wyoming mit 115 Bauhna, daun kimt Watco, OmniTRAX, Pioneer Railcorp. und Iowa Pacific Holdings.

Aft is schwa zum sag'n, is' dös iatzt a Shortline oda a Regional Railroad, weil de wern owi oda aufig'stuaft, wans 5 Joahr nochanaund de Kriterien nima dafün. De meist'n Shortlines foin in d' Klassn III noch STB.

Listn vaun Shortlines (ohne Terminal and Switching Railroads)

A T & L Railroad
Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad
Aberdeen, Carolina, & Western Railway
Acadiana Railway
Alabama and Tennessee River Railway
Alabama Southern Railroad
Alexander Railroad
AN Railway
Angelina & Neches River Railroad
Ann Arbor Railroad
Apache Railway
Appalachian and Ohio Railroad
Arcade & Attica Railroad
Arizona & California Railroad
Arizona Central Railroad
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad
Arkansas & Oklahoma Railroad
Arkansas Midland Railroad
Arkansas Southern Railroad
Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi Railway
Ashland Railway
Athens Line
Atlantic & Western Railway
Austin Western Railroad
Autauga Northern Railroad
Batten Kill Railroad
Bauxite & Northern Railway
Bay Coast Railroad
Bay Colony Railroad
Bay Line Railroad
Beaufort & Morehead Railway
Beech Mountain Railroad
Belvidere Delaware River Rwy
BG&CM Railroad
BHP Nevada
Blacklands Railroad
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad (Bloomer Line)
Blue Ridge Southern Railroad
Boise Valley Railroad
Border Pacific Railroad
Buckingham Branch Railroad
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Caddo Valley Railroad
Caldwell County Railroad
California Northern Railroad
Carolina Coastal Railway
Carolina Piedmont Railroad
Carolina Southern Railroad
Cascade & Columbia River RR
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City RR
Central Midland Railway
Central Montana Rail
Central New England Railroad
Central New York Railroad
Central Railroad of Indiana
Central Railroad of Indianapolis
Central Texas & Colerado River Railway
Chattahoochee Bay Railroad
Chattahoochee Industrial RR
Chattanooga & Chickamauga Rwy
Chesapeake & Albemarle RR
Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad
Chicago, Shore Shore, and South Bend RR
City of Prineville Railway
Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad
Columbia & Cowlitz Railway
Columbia Basin Railroad Co.
Columbia Terminal Railway
Columbus & Greenville Railway
Columbus & Ohio River Railroad
Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad
Commonwealth Railway
Conecuh Valley Railroad Co.
Connecticut Southern Railroad
Coos Bay Rail Link
Copper Basin Railway
D & I Railroad
Dakota Rail
Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad
Delmarva Central Railroad
Delta Southern Railroad
Depew, Lancester, & Western RR
DeQueen & Eastern Railroad
Dubois County Railroad
East Cooper & Berkeley Railroad
East Penn Railroad
East Tennessee Railway
Eastern Alabama Railway
Eastern Idaho Railroad
Eastern Maine Railway
Effingham Railroad
El Dorado & Wesson Railway
Elk River Railroad
Escanaba & Lake Superior RR
Evansville Western Railway
Everett Railroad
Falls Road Railroad
Finger Lakes Railway
First Coast Railroad
Florida Central Railroad
Florida Midland Railroad
Florida Northern Railroad
Florida West Coast Railroad
Fredonia Valley Railroad
Fulton County Railroad
Georgetown Railroad
Georgia & Florida Railway
Georgia Central Railway
Georgia Northeastern Railroad
Georgia Southern Railway
Georgia Southwestern Railroad
Gettysburg & Northern Railroad
Golden Triangle Railroad
Grainbelt Corp.
Grand Elk Railroad
Great Northwest Railroad
Great Smoky Mountains Railway
Great Walton Railroad
Great Western Railway of Colorado
Green Mountain Railroad
Greenville and Western Railway
Grenada Railway
Hampton & Branchville Railroad
Hampton Railway
Hartwell Railroad
Heart of Georgia Railroad
Hollidaysburg & Roaring Spring RR
Honey Creek Railroad
Housatonic Railroad
Huntsville & Madison County RR
Huron & Eastern Railway
Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad
Illinois & Midland Railroad
Illinois Railway
Illinois Western Railroad
Indiana Northeastern Railroad
Indiana Southern Railroad
Iowa Northern Railway
Iowa Southern Railway
Iowa Traction Railroad
Juniata Valley Railroad
Kanawha River Railroad
Kankakee, Beaverville, & Southern RR
Kaw River Railroad
Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad
Kentucky West Tennessee Railway (KWT)
Keokuk Junction Railway
Kettle Falls International Railway
Kiamichi Railroad
Lake State Railway
Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR
Lancaster & Chester Railroad
Laurinburg & Southern Railroad
Lewis & Clark Railway
Little Rock & Western Railway
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville RR
Louisiana & North West Railroad
Louisiana Southern Railroad
Louisville & Indiana Railroad
Lubbock and Western Railway
Lucas Oil Rail Lines
Luxapalila Valley Railroad
Lycoming Valley Railroad
M & B Railroad (Meridian and Bigbee)
Madison Railroad
Maine Northern Railway
Maryland & Delaware Railroad
Maryland Midland Railway
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
Meridian Southern Railway
Middletown & Hummelstown RR
Middletown & New Jersey Railway
Milford-Bennington Railroad
Minnesota Northern Railroad
Minnesota Prairie Lines Inc.
Minnesota Southern Railway
Minnesota, Dakota, & Western Rwy
Mission Mountain Railroad
Mississippi Delta Railroad
Mississippi Export Railroad
Mississippi Southern Railroad
Mississippian Railway Coop.
Mohawk, Adirondack, & Northern
Morristown & Erie Railway
Mount Hood Railroad
Nashville & Eastern Railroad
Naugatuck Railroad
Nebraska Central Railroad
Nebraska Northwestern Railroad
New England Central Railroad
New England Southern Railroad
New Hampshire Central Railroad
New Hampshire Nortcoast Corp.
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway
New York & Atlantic Railway
New York & Lake Erie Railroad
New York & Ogdensburg Railway
New York New Jersey Rail
Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad
North Shore Railroad
Northern Lines Railway
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Ohio Central Railroad
Ohio Southern Railroad
Oil Creek & Titusville Lines Inc.
Old Augusta Railroad
Olympia and Belmore Railroad
Ontario Central Railroad
Ontario Midland Railroad
Otter Tail Valley Railroad
Ouachita Railroad
Pacific Sun Railroad
Palouse River & Coulee City RR
Panhandle Northern Railroad
Pecos Valley Southern Railway
Pee Dee River Railway
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
Penn Eastern Rail Lines
Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad
Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad
Pickens Railway
Piedmont and Northern Railway
Pioneer Valley Railroad
Point Comfort & Northern Railway
Prescott & Northwestern Railroad
Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
Quincy Bay Terminal Co.
R. J. Corman RR-Bardstown Line
R. J. Corman RR-California Line
R. J. Corman RR-Central Kentucky Line
R. J. Corman RR-Cleveland Line
R. J. Corman RR-Memphis Line
R. J. Corman RR-Pennsylvania Line
R. J. Corman RR-Texas Line
R. J. Corman RR-West Virginia Line
R. J. Corman RR-Western Ohio Line
Redmont Railway
Riceboro Southern Railway
Ripley and New Albany Railroad
Rochester & Southern Railroad
Rock & Rail Inc.
Rockdale, Sandow, & Southern RR
Rutland Line Inc.
Sabine River & Northern Railroad
Salt Lake, Garfield, & Western Rwy
San Diego & Imperial Valley
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
San Luis Central Railroad
San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad
Sand Springs Railway
Sandersville Railroad
Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railroad
Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Seminole Gulf Railway
Sequatchie Valley Railroad
Shamokin Valley Railroad
Sierra Northern Railway
Sierra Railroad
Sisseton Milbank Railroad
SMS Rail Lines
South Branch Valley Railroad
South Carolina Central Railroad
South Central Florida Express Inc.
South Central Tennessee Railroad
Southern Indiana Railway
Southern Railroad of NJ
St. Croix Valley Railroad
St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad
St. Mary's Railroad
Stillwater Central Railroad
Stockton Terminal & Eastern RR
Stourbridge Railroad
Tacoma Rail-Mountain Division
Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
Tennessee Southern Railroad
Tennken Railroad
Texas & New Mexico Railroad
Texas & Northern Railway
Texas North Western Railway
Texas Northeastern Railroad
Texas Rock Crusher Railway
Thermal Belt Railway
Three Notch Railroad
Timber Rock Railroad
Toledo, Peoria, & Western Rwy
Tomahawk Railway
Trona Railway
Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
Twin Cities & Western Railroad
Tyburn Railroad
Union County Industrial Railroad
V & S Railway
Valdosta Railway
Vandalia Railroad
Ventura County Railroad
Vermilion Valley Railroad
Vermont Railway
Vicksburg Southern Railroad
Walking Horse & Eastern Railroad
Wallowa Union Railroad Authority
Warren & Saline River Railroad
Washington County Railroad
Wellsboro & Corning Railroad
West Isle Line Inc.
West Tennessee Railroad
West Virginia Central
Western New York & Pennsylvania RR
Western Rail Road Co.
Winchester & Western-NJ Division
Winchester & Western-VA Division
Wiregrass Central Railroad
Wisconsin Northern Railroad
Yadkin Valley Railroad
Yellowstone Valley Railroad
York Railway
Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad
Yreka Western Railroad

(Stand 2017, fiar Vollstöndigkeit koa Gewähr net)

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