Train Symbols
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Passenger Railroads

Railroad Train Symbol Count
Amtrak 467
Caltrain 28
Coaster 18
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 91
Metra 622
Metro North Commuter Railroad 159
New Jersey Transit 432
North Carolina Dept. of Transportation 0
SEPTA 3
Southern California Regional Rail Authority 20
Trinity Railway Express 112
VIA Rail Canada 71

Class I Railroads

Large railroads with revenue greater than $500 million
Railroad Train Symbol Count
BNSF 4,981
Canadian National 1,387
CPKC 784
CSXT 2,998
Norfolk Southern 2,182
Union Pacific 2,482

Class II Railroads

Mid-sized (Regional) railroads with revenue between $40 millon and $500 million
Railroad Train Symbol Count
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad 14
Evansville Western Railway 0
Ferromex 130
Florida East Coast 39
Indiana Railroad 31
Iowa Interstate Railroad 37
Kyle Railroad 10
Lake State Railway 19
Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad 7
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway 8
Paducah & Louisville 9
Providence & Worcester 17
Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad 19
Wheeling & Lake Erie 60
Wisconsin & Southern 35

Class III Railroads

Small (Shortline) railroads with revenue less than $40 millon
Railroad Train Symbol Count
Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway 8
Ann Arbor 0
Arkansas Oklahoma Railroad 0
Bay Line Railroad 0
Belt Railway of Chicago 12
Berkshire Eastern Railroad 39
Buckingham Branch Railroad 12
California Northern Railroad 0
Carolina Coastal Railway 6
Central Maine and Quebec Railway 2
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad 10
Cimarron Valley Railroad 0
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad 0
Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad 2
Columbus & Ohio River Railroad 0
Commonwealth Railway 0
Conrail Shared Assets Operations 32
Dakota Missouri Valley & Western 8
Dakota Northern Railroad 0
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad 0
Delmarva Central Railroad 5
East Penn Railroad 0
Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad 0
Georgia Central Railway 10
Georgia Southern Railway 0
Grand Elk Railroad 10
Great Lakes Central Railroad 6
Heart of Georgia Railroad 0
Housatonic Railroad Company 4
Huron & Eastern Railway 10
Indiana & Ohio Railway 35
Indiana Harbor Belt 5
Indiana Northeastern Railroad 0
Kanawha River Railroad 2
Kankakee, Beaverville, & Southern 0
Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad 10
Kansas City Terminal 1
Keokuk Junction Railway 0
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville 1
Louisville and Indiana 9
Marquette Rail 3
Maryland Midland 3
Michigan Shore Railroad 1
Mid-Michigan Railroad 1
Minnesota Commercial Railway 0
Minnesota Northern Railroad 0
Napoleon Defiance & Western Railroad 0
New England Central Railroad 7
New Mexico Rail Runner Express 0
Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad 2
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line 2
North County Transit District 0
Northern Ohio & Western Railroad 0
Northern Plains Railroad 0
Ohio Central Railroad 4
Ohio Southern Railroad 0
Pere Marquette 0
Portland and Western Railroad 29
Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad 0
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad 19
Red River Valley & Western Railroad 0
RJ Corman (Western Ohio Lines) 0
Rochester & Southern Railroad 0
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad 0
Sierra Northern Railway 0
South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad 7
Spokane Portland & Seattle 0
St. Lawrence & Atlantic 3
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis 2
Texas Pacifico Railroad 0
Timber Rock Railroad 0
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway 12
Twin Cities & Western Railroad 0
Vermont Railway 13
Virginia Railway Express 29
Western New York & Pennsylvania RR 2