List of West Virginia railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Common freight carriers[]
- Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO)
- Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC)
- Elk River Railroad (ELKR)
- Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line (RJCV)
- South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR)
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
- Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)
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[]
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Cass Scenic Railroad
- Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
- MARC
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
- South Branch Valley Railroad
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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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
- Ohio Valley Electric Railway
- Wheeling Traction Company
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
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