List of Washington railroads

Common freight carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

Defunct railroads[]

Notes[]

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Washington.

Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)
BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Cascade and Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) (GWRR)
Central Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW)
Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW)
Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC) (PATR)
(CWW) (FTRX)
(EFRX) (BDTL)
(FTRX)
Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) (WATX)
(KET) (FTRX)
Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN) (BDTL)
Montana Rail Link (MRL)
Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT)
Olympia and Belmore Railroad (OYLO) (GWRR)
Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC) (WATX)
Patriot Woods Railroad (PAWR) (PATR)
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) operates Lewis and Clark Railway (LINC)
Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) (GWRR)
(RANR) (FTRX)
(SPNW) (PGR)
Tri-City Railroad (TCRY)
Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Washington Eastern Railroad (WER)
Washington and Idaho Railway (WIR) (MWPX)
(WRL) (FTRX)
(WWR)

Longview Switching
United States Army (USAX)

Washington passenger rail stations

Legend

Cascades

to Vancouver, British Columbia

Bellingham

Mount Vernon

Stanwood

Leavenworth

Everett

Mukilteo

Wenatchee

Edmonds

Seattle

Ephrata

Tukwila

Kent

Spokane

Auburn

Empire Builder to Chicago

Sumner

Puyallup

Pasco (Tri-Cities)

Tacoma Dome

South Tacoma

Lakewood

Vancouver, Washington

Empire Builder to Portland

Cascades to Eugene–Springfield

Coast Starlight to Los Angeles

Diagram is not to scale

Amtrak (AMTK)
Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum
Northwest Railway Museum
Sound Transit (Sounder, Tacoma Link, and Central Link)
Yakima Electric Railway Museum
Yakima Valley Transportation (YVT)
Seattle Streetcar

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad		MILW	1883	1912
*	BIRR	BNSF	1995
		NP	1891	1903	Northern Pacific Railway
		MILW	1912	1918	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
		MILW	1909	1912
			1896	1917	N/A
	BLMR		1992	1999
			1996	2008	BNSF Railway, Columbia Basin Railroad
Burlington Northern Inc.	BN		1970	1981	Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad	BN		1981	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
			1981	1985	Burlington Northern Railroad
	CSP		1998	2004	Great Northwest Railroad
Camas Prairie Railroad	CSP	NP/ UP	1909	1998
Cascades Railroad		UP	1859		N/A
Central Washington Railroad		NP	1888	1898
		NP	1907	1917	Northern Pacific Railway
		GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP	1911	1916
Chehalis Western Railroad			1980	1992
Chehalis Western Railroad			1936	1975
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad	CCPR		1981	1986	Lewis and Clark Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway		MILW	1909	1912	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway		MILW	1912	1928	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
		MILW	1906	1909	Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	MILW	MILW	1928	1980	Chehalis Western Railroad, Pend Oreille Valley Railroad, Seattle and North Coast Railroad
		NP	1886	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
Clearwater Short Line Railway		NP	1898	1914	Northern Pacific Railway
Columbia Railway and Navigation Company		GN/ NP	1890	1902	Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
		UP	1882	1910	Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad		GN	1880	1916	Pacific Coast Railroad
		GN	1895	1907	Great Northern Railway
		GN/ NP	1902	1908	Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
		UP	1899	1907	Ilwaco Railroad
		NP	1909	1914	Northern Pacific Railway
		GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP	1916	1955	N/A
	CMER		1973	1993	N/A
		UP	1904
		NP	1885	1886
Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad			2007	2018	Washington Eastern Railroad
		UP	1896	1914
		GN	1907	1912	Great Northern Railway
Everett and Monte Cristo Railway		NP	1892	1900	, Seattle and International Railway
Fairhaven and Southern Railroad		GN	1888	1898	Seattle and Montana Railroad
Farmers' Railway, Navigation and Steamboat Portage Company		GN/ NP	1885	1890	Farmers' Transportation Company
Farmers' Transportation Company		GN/ NP	1890	1890	Columbia Railway and Navigation Company
		UP	1906	1910
Great Northern Railway	GN	GN	1890	1970	Burlington Northern Inc.
		NP	1890	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
	HE		1915	1933	N/A
H and H Railroad			1904	1938
Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad		MILW	1907	1916	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
		MILW	1909	1912	Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Ilwaco Railroad		UP	1907	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company		UP	1888	1907	Ilwaco Railroad
			1914	1918	N/A
Kootenai Valley Railway		GN	1898	1913	Great Northern Railway
Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad		UP	1906	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Lewis and Clark Railway	LINC		1987	2004	Columbia Basin Railroad
Longview, Portland and Northern Railway	LPN		1922	1981	Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
			1889	1891
		NP	1903	1905
		NP	1880	1903
		NP	1900	1903	Northern Pacific Railway
			1914	1914
	NV		1914	1943	N/A
		UP	1906	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
		UP	1905	1906
		NP	1905	1914	Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railroad		NP	1864	1896	Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway	NP	NP	1896	1970	Burlington Northern Inc.
		NP	1884	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad		NP	1884	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
		NP	1874	1877
		NP	1881	1891
		MILW	1913	1913
		MILW, UP	1911	1915	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company,
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company		UP	1896	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
		UP	1888	1896	Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company		UP	1879	1896	Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Oregon Steam Navigation Company		UP	1860	1880	Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Oregon Short Line Railway		UP	1887	1889	Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway		UP	1889	1896	N/A	Leased the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Oregon Trunk Railway	OT	GN/ NP	1909	1981
		UP	1906	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company		UP	1910	1987	Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Railroad		UP	1903	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
		NP	1886	1892
		MILW	1905	1906
Pacific Coast Railroad	PC	GN	1916	1970	Burlington Northern Inc.
		MILW	1906	1913
			1925	1950	N/A
		MILW	1911	1911
	PTRR	MILW	1945	1975	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
			1914	1929	N/A	Leased the
		MILW, NP	1887	1945
		NP	1889
Portland and Seattle Railway		GN/ NP	1905	1908	Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
		NP	1897	1903
		MILW	1907	1910	Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
			1912	19391	Mount Vernon Terminal Railway
		NP	1886	1896	,
Puget Sound Shore Railroad		NP	1882	1889	Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad
		MILW	1913	1918	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Republic and Kettle Valley Railway			1900	1906	Spokane and British Columbia Railway
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway		GN	1879	1907	Great Northern Railway
			1997	1998	Ballard Terminal Railroad
Seattle and International Railway		NP	1896	1901	Northern Pacific Railway
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway		NP	1885	1896	Seattle and International Railway, Spokane and Seattle Railway
Seattle and Montana Railroad		GN	1898	1907	Great Northern Railway
		GN	1890	1898	Seattle and Montana Railroad
Seattle and North Coast Railroad	SNCT		1979	1984	N/A
		GN	1888	1902	Seattle and Montana Railroad
		MILW	1911	1915
		MILW	1915	1918	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
		NP	1899	1903	Northern Pacific Railway
		MILW	1906	1912	Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
		NP	1890	1903	Northern Pacific Railway
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad		GN	1876	1880	Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company		GN	1873	1876	Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad
		NP	1887	1888	Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway
			1891	1898
			1898		N/A
Snake River Valley Railroad		UP	1898	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
		NP	1889	1892	Everett and Monte Cristo Railway
Spokane and British Columbia Railway			1906	1919	N/A
		GN	1926	1943	Great Northern Railway	Electric until 1941
		UP	1905	1906
		NP	1886	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
Spokane Falls and Northern Railway		GN	1888	1907	Great Northern Railway
Spokane International Railroad	SI	UP	1941	1987	Union Pacific Railroad
Spokane International Railway		UP	1905	1941	Spokane International Railroad
		NP	1886	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway	SP&S, SPS	GN/ NP	1908	1979	Burlington Northern Inc.
Spokane and Seattle Railway		NP	1896	1900	Northern Pacific Railway
		UP	1900	1910	Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Tacoma Eastern Railroad		MILW	1890	1918	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
	TE		1995	1998	Tacoma Rail
	TMBL			1998	Tacoma Rail
		NP	1889	1890	Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad
Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad		NP	1890	1892
		NP	1888	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
		NP	1877	1881
		NP	1909	1912
		UP	1889	1898
		NP	1890	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
		NP	1887	1897
Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad		UP	1868	1910	Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
	WWV	NP	1910	1985	N/A	Electric until 1949
		NP	1903	1903	Northern Pacific Railway
	WCRC		1986	1996	, Columbia Basin Railroad
		NP	1898	1914	Northern Pacific Railway
		NP	1892	1907	Northern Pacific Railway
		GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP	1912	1916
		GN	1901	1907	Great Northern Railway
Washington and Idaho Railroad		UP	1886	1896	Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway	WIM	MILW	1905	1980	Burlington Northern Inc.
		UP	1906	1906
		NP	1900	1903
		NP	1888	1900	Northern Pacific Railway
	WTW		1912	1929	N/A
			1909	1948	N/A
		NP	1896	1901	Northern Pacific Railway
		NP	1890	1892

Electric

Puget Sound Electric Railway
Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
(WWV)
Washington Water Power Company
Willapa Electric Company
Yakima Valley Transportation Company (YVT)

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

Washington State Department of Transportation (September 2008), Washington State Rail System Map (PDF). Retrieved May 3, 2008.
Washington State Department of Transportation (2004), Railroads in Washington State. Retrieved May 6, 2005.
Watco Companies, Railroads. Retrieved August 15, 2005.

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Sounder only

[1] provides finding aid to article subject from the Special Collections, Washington State Historical Society (WSHS)

[1] This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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