List of West Virginia railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Common freight carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

  • Little Kanawha River Rail, Inc. (LKRR)
  • Short Line Services operates Big Eagle Rail, LLC, lessor of Kanawha Rail Corporation
  • Kanawha River Terminal Railroad (KRT)

Passenger carriers[]

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
1906 N/A
1892 1899 Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway
Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway 1899 1906
NYC 1905 1918
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad NYC 1881 1882
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BO B&O 1827 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
WM 1899 1905 Western Maryland Railroad
B&O 1900 1941 N/A
1900 1960 N/A
B&O 1911 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1880 1910
BS&C N&W 1900 1932 Norfolk and Western Railway
Big Sandy, East Lynn and Guyan Railroad N&W 1902 1908 Norfolk and Western Railway
Big Stony Railway N&W 1910 1915 Norfolk and Western Railway
1912 1913
MGA 1917 1917
N&W 1881 1881
MGA 1902 1915 Monongahela Railway
B&O 1889 1890
B&O 1885 1889
B&O 1882 1890
Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad 1904 1965 Elk River Railroad
1906 N/A
1890 1906
CCK 1901 1962 N/A
N&W 1906 1909 Norfolk and Western Railway
B&O 1898 1902 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
1913 1936 N/A
WM 1918 1950 Western Maryland Railway
B&O 1891 1903 Coal and Coke Railway
NYC 1887 1890
B&O 1911 1965 N/A
B&O 1902 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
B&O 1897 1904 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
1909 N/A
B&O 1892 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad C&O 1868 1878 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, CO C&O 1878 1987 CSX Transportation
B&O 1878 1889
B&O 1890 1890
1904
Coal and Coke Railway C&C B&O 1902 1933 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Coal and Iron Railway WM 1899 1905 Western Maryland Railroad
C&O 1905 1909 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&O 1903 1905
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 Norfolk Southern Railway
Covington and Ohio Railroad C&O 1853 1868 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
1910 N/A
Cross Creek Railroad P&WV 1900 1904 Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad C&PA, CPA WM 1863 1953 Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland Valley Railroad PRR 1873 1919 N/A Leased the
PRR 1888 1958
Deepwater Railway N&W 1898 1907 Virginian Railway
1892 1913
1909 1919 N/A
PRR 1883 1884
1911 N/A
B&O 1902 1903
WM 1916 1950 Western Maryland Railway
WM 1915 1950 Western Maryland Railway
B&O 1883 1989 CSX Transportation
B&O 1884 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1883 1889
NYC 1889 1920
C&O 1912 1918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
GRIV 1998 1999 N/A Never operated
C&O 1891 1906
1901 1922 N/A
C&O 1895 1901 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
B&O 1892 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1881 1892
C&O 1897 1903 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad WM 1910 1927 Western Maryland Railway
C&O/ NYC 1919 1931
C&O 1881 1901 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
1907 1921 N/A
Guyandotte Valley Railroad Company C&O 1899 1903 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
NYC 1872 1881 Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
B&O 1906 1911
1908 1911
1911 N/A
1922 1925
Hempfield Railroad B&O 1851 1871 Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
Holliday's Cove Railroad PRR 1860 1868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
1896 1899
1898 1906 West Virginia Midland Railroad
B&O 1890 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
N&W 1898 1906 Norfolk and Western Railway
NYC 1903 1905
MGA 1918 1933 Monongahela Railway
Interior and West Virginia Railroad N&W 1906 1910 Big Stony Railway
1912
B&O 1881 1883
C&O 1902 1933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&O 1881 1902 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kanawha Bridge and Terminal Company C&O 1907 1918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
KC 1906 1977 N/A
1881 N/A
C&O 1895 1940 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
K&M NYC 1890 1938 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
1906 N/A
NYC 1886 1890
C&O 1884 1895 Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway
Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway C&O 1895 1902 Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad
NYC 1903 1917
Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad C&O 1898 1905 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
K&WV NYC 1905 1938 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
1916 1964 N/A
KCNW 1903 1993 N/A
N&W 1902 1904 Norfolk and Western Railway
1882 1888
B&O 1896 1937 N/A
C&O 1907 1918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&O/ NYC 1907 1931
1903 1924 N/A
Mann's Creek Railroad 1886 1955 N/A
1903 N/A
PRR 1868 1888
1925 1951 N/A
B&O 1895 ca. 1900
Monongahela Railway MGA MGA 1915 1993 Consolidated Rail Corporation
B&O 1888 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1910 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
MGA 1905 1913
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad M&K B&O 1899 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
M&W MGA 1912 1923
N&W 1874 1881
N&W 1881 1882 Norfolk and Western Railroad
C&O 1887 1890 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New York Central Railroad NYC NYC 1922 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad NKP NKP 1949 1964 Norfolk and Western Railway
C&O/ NYC 1926 1996 Consolidated Rail Corporation, CSX Transportation
Norfolk and Western Railroad N&W 1882 1896 Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW N&W 1896 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway
North Western Virginia Railroad B&O 1851 1865
NYC 1882 1885
B&O 1900 1910 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1882 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
PRR 1868 1871
Pan Handle Railway PRR 1867 1868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
1895 N/A
B&O 1865 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1900 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1900 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
PRR 1954 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
1873 1879
1880 1905
Pennsylvania Railroad PRR PRR 1920 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad PRR 1956 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
1903 N/A
1899 1921 N/A
1912 1915 N/A
Piedmont and Cumberland Railway WM 1886 1905 Western Maryland Railroad
C&O 1905 1918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR 1917 1956 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway PRR 1890 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway PRR 1868 1890 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Pittsburgh Southern Railway B&O 1881 1884 N/A Sold at foreclosure; no property in West Virginia
Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad PRR 1856 1867 Pan Handle Railway
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad 1967 Still exists as a lessor of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway P&WV P&WV 1916 1967 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
PRR 1871 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
1901 N/A
C&O 1899 1903
NYC 1886 1935
B&O 1892 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
NYC 1881 1885 ,
C&O 1915 1918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&O 1919 1933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
1896 1904 N/A
Potomac and Piedmont Coal and Railroad Company WM 1866 1881 West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
WM 1890 1905 Western Maryland Railroad
C&O 1891 1902 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
1897 1960 N/A
1902 N/A
C&O 1903 1910 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
B&O 1886 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
1911 N/A
NYC 1881 1881 Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
B&O 1886 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1893 1919 Coal and Coke Railway
B&O 1893 1904
1911 1950 N/A
MGA 1923 1933 Monongahela Railway
C&O/ NYC 1907 1931
Shenandoah Valley Railroad N&W 1870 1890 Shenandoah Valley Railway
Shenandoah Valley Railway N&W 1890 1890 Norfolk and Western Railroad
B&O 1871 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
SCM B&O 1904 2000 N/A Most recently subleased to the
N&W 1913 1936 Norfolk and Western Railway
1888 1899 West Virginia Northern Railroad
Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad 1911 1919 N/A
1907 1931 N/A
B&O 1907 1912
Virginian Railway VGN N&W 1907 1959 Norfolk and Western Railway
N&W 1922 1936 Virginian Railway
N&W 1919 1922
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway WPT P&WV 1904 1916 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
1907 1924
1924 1930 N/A
Wardensville Railroad 1929 1929 Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
WAS MGA 1966 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
B&O 1886 1897 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway WM 1881 1905 Western Maryland Railroad
N&W 1888 1890 Norfolk and Western Railroad
West Virginia Midland Railroad 1905 1924
1924 1931 N/A
B&O 1883 1886 ,
West Virginia Northern Railroad WVN 1899 1991 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad until 1999
B&O 1890 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1895 1912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
N&W 1902 1909 Norfolk and Western Railway
1897 N/A
WVSR 2003 2005
1895 1897
Western Maryland Railroad WM 1905 1909 Western Maryland Railway
Western Maryland Railway WM WM 1909 1989 CSX Transportation
B&O 1882 1890
B&O 1882 1882
B&O 1889 1889
B&O 1875 1889
PRR 1889 1900
PRR 1882 1889
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad NKP 1899 1916 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
NKP 1890 1899 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway W&LE, WLE NKP 1916 1949 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
B&O 1881 1882
Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad B&O 1872
PRR 1900 1954
C&O, N&W 1905 1917 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Virginian Railway
1912 N/A
N&W 1912 1936 Norfolk and Western Railway
WM 1913 1937 Western Maryland Railway
Winchester and Potomac Railroad B&O 1831 1988 CSX Transportation
Winchester and Wardensville Railroad 1929 1934 N/A
Winchester and Western Railroad 1916 1930 Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
1906 N/A
WNFR 1881 1987
Electric

Notes[]

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