List of Pennsylvania railroads

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

Common freight carriers

 * Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR) Genesee & Wyoming
 * Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR)
 * Allentown and Auburn Railroad (ALLN)
 * BD Highspire Holdings (BDHH)
 * Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV)
 * Brandywine Valley Railroad (BVRY)
 * Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) (Genesee & Wyoming)
 * Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE)
 * Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH)
 * Central New York Railroad (CNYK)
 * Chestnut Ridge Railroad (CHR)
 * Columbia and Reading Railway (CORY)
 * Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRR)
 * operates Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad (PBL)
 * CSX (CSX)
 * Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (DL)
 * East Erie Commercial Railroad (EEC)
 * East Penn Railroad (ESPN) (Regional Rail, LLC)
 * Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad (EZR)
 * Everett Railroad (EV)
 * Gettysburg and Northern Railroad (GET)
 * Juniata Valley Railroad (JVRR) North Shore Railroad)
 * Kasgro Rail Lines (KRL)
 * Kiski Junction Railroad (KJR)
 * Landisville Railroad (LVR)
 * Lehigh Railway (LRWY)
 * Lehigh Valley Rail Management (LVRB, LVRC, LVRJ)
 * Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway (LS)
 * Lycoming Valley Railroad (LVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
 * Maryland Midland Railway (MMID) (Genesee & Wyoming)
 * Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH)
 * New Castle Industrial Railroad (NCIR)
 * New Hope Railroad (NHRR)
 * New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW)
 * Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
 * Norfolk Southern (NS)
 * NDC Railroad (NDC)
 * North Shore Railroad (NSHR)
 * Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad (OCTL)
 * Pennsylvania & Southern Railway (PSCC)
 * Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad (PN)
 * Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad (PSWR)
 * Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM)
 * Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad (POHC) (Genesee & Wyoming)
 * Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN)
 * R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Line (RJCN)
 * R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines (RJCP)
 * Shamokin Valley Railroad (SVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
 * SMS Rail Lines (SRL)
 * Operates Penn Jersey Rail Lines
 * Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (SWP)
 * Strasburg Railroad (SRC)
 * Tyburn Railroad (TYBR) (Regional Rail, LLC)
 * Union Railroad (URR)
 * Union County Industrial Railroad (UCIR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania))
 * Upper Merion & Plymouth Railroad (UMP)
 * Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (WCOR) (Genesee & Wyoming)
 * Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP)
 * Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
 * York Railway (YRC) (Genesee and Wyoming)
 * Operates Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (Genesee & Wyoming) and Yorkrail
 * Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad (YSRR)

Private freight carriers

 * Cumberland Mine Railroad
 * Alpha Natural Resources
 * Conshohocken Recycling and Rail Transfer, Inc (CRRT)
 * Juniata Terminal Company (JTFS)
 * Leetsdale Industrial Terminal Railway (LIT)

Passenger carriers

 * Allentown and Auburn Railroad (heritage railroad)
 * Amtrak (AMTK) (national passenger rail)
 * CamTran (Johnstown mass transit agency operates Johnstown Inclined Plane)
 * Colebrookdale Railroad (heritage railroad)
 * Delaware Lackawanna RailRoad
 * East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
 * Fayette Central Railroad (tourist trains operating over Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad trackage)
 * Kiski Junction Railroad (working railroad that also operates tourist trains)
 * Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (heritage railroad)
 * Lehigh Lackawanna RailRoad
 * Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (working railroad, but with emphasis on tourist trains)
 * New Hope Railroad (working railroad that also operates tourist trains)
 * New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (Atlantic City Line commuter train travels from Philadelphia)
 * Oil Creek and Titusville Lines (working railroad, but with emphasis on tourist trains)
 * Pioneer Lines Scenic Railway (heritage railroad)
 * Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh mass transit agency that operates The T light rail, the Monongahela Incline, and the Duquesne Incline)
 * Port Authority Transit Corporation (Bi-state authority operates Philadelphia-Camden County subway line)
 * SEPTA (Philadelphia mass transit agency that operates SEPTA Regional Rail commuter lines, the Philadelphia Subway, and a variety of suburban light rail lines)
 * Strasburg Railroad (heritage railroad)
 * Tioga Central Railroad (heritage railroad)
 * Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad (heritage railroad)
 * West Chester Railroad (heritage railroad)

Museums and historic sites

 * Allegheny Portage Railroad
 * Howard Tunnel
 * Electric City Trolley Museum
 * Gallitzin Tunnel
 * Horseshoe Curve
 * Mars Station, Pennsylvania
 * Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
 * Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
 * Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
 * Rockhill Trolley Museum
 * Steamtown National Historic Site
 * Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum

Electric

 * Adamsville and Mohnsville Electric Railway
 * Allegheny, Bellevue and Perrysville Railway
 * Allegheny Traction Company
 * Allegheny Valley Street Railway
 * Allen Street Railway
 * Allentown and Reading Traction Company
 * Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
 * Ardmore and Llanerch Street Railway
 * Bangor and Portland Traction Company
 * Beaver Valley Traction Company
 * Bethlehem and Nazareth Passenger Railway
 * Birdsboro Street Railway
 * Blue Ridge Traction Company
 * Bradford Street Railroad
 * Butler Passenger Railway
 * Cambria Incline Plane Company
 * Carbon Street Railway
 * Carbondale Railway
 * Carlisle and Mechanicsburg Street Railway
 * Carlisle and Mount Holly Railway
 * Catherine and Bainbridge Streets Railway of Philadelphia
 * Centennial Passenger Railway
 * Central Pennsylvania Traction Company
 * Central Traction Company
 * Central Valley Railroad
 * Centre and Clearfield Street Railway
 * Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway
 * Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway
 * Chester, Darby and Philadelphia Railway
 * Chester and Delaware Street Railway
 * Chester and Media Electric Railway
 * Chester Street Railway
 * Chester Traction Company
 * Citizens' Clearfield and Cambria Streets Railway
 * Citizens' East End Street Railway
 * Citizens' Passenger Railway
 * Citizens Passenger Railway
 * Citizens Traction Company
 * Citizens' Traction Company of Oil City, Pennsylvania
 * Clairton Street Railway
 * Coal Castle Electric Railway
 * Coatesville Traction Company
 * Collegeville Electric Street Railway
 * Colonial Street Railway
 * Columbia and Montour Electric Railway
 * Conestoga Traction Company
 * Conneaut and Erie Traction Company
 * Conshohocken Railway
 * Consolidated Traction Company
 * Continental Passenger Railway
 * Corry and Columbus Street Railway
 * Cumberland Railway
 * Danville and Bloomsburg Street Railway
 * Danville and Sunbury Transit Company
 * Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway
 * Doylestown and Easton Street Railway
 * Doylestown and Willow Grove Railway
 * DuBois Traction Company
 * Duquesne Traction Company
 * East End Passenger Railway
 * East McKeesport Street Railway
 * East Reading Electric Railway
 * Easton and Bethlehem Transit Company
 * Easton, Palmer and Bethlehem Street Railway
 * Easton and South Bethlehem Transit Company
 * Easton Transit Company
 * Electric Traction Company
 * Empire Passenger Railway
 * Ephrata and Adamstown Railway
 * Erie Electric Motor Company
 * Erie Rapid Transit Street Railway
 * Erie Traction Company
 * Fairchance and Smithfield Traction Company
 * Fairmount Park and Haddington Passenger Railway
 * Fairmount Park Transportation Company
 * Federal Street and Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway
 * Frankford and Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railway
 * French Point Street Railway
 * Front and Fifth Streets Railway
 * Germantown Passenger Railway
 * Gettysburg Electric Railway
 * Girard Avenue Passenger Railway
 * Green and Coates Streets Passenger Railway
 * Hagerstown Railway
 * Hanover and McSherrystown Street Railway
 * Harrisburg City Passenger Railway
 * Harrisburg and Hummelstown Street Railway
 * Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg Electric Railway
 * Harrisburg Traction Company
 * Heston, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger Railway
 * Highland Grove Traction Company
 * Hillcrest Avenue Passenger Railway
 * Holmesburg, Tacony and Frankford Electric Railway
 * Homestead and Mifflin Street Railway
 * Hummelstown and Campbellstown Street Railway
 * Huntingdon, Lewistown and Juniata Valley Traction Company
 * Huntingdon Street Connecting Passenger Railway
 * Irwin–Herminie Traction Company
 * Jefferson Traction Company
 * Jersey Shore Electric Street Railway
 * Johnstown Passenger Railway
 * Johnstown Traction Company
 * Kessler Street Connecting Passenger Railway
 * Kittaning and Leechburg Railways
 * Kutztown and Fleetwood Street Railway
 * Lackawanna Valley Traction Company
 * Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad (L&WV)
 * Lake Erie Traction Company
 * Lancaster and Columbia Railway
 * Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway
 * Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway
 * Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway
 * Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway
 * Lancaster and Southern Street Railway
 * Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway
 * Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
 * Latrobe Street Railway
 * Lebanon Valley Street Railway
 * Lehigh Avenue Railway
 * Lehigh Traction Company
 * Lehigh Valley Transit Company
 * Lewisburg, Milton and Watsontown Passenger Railway
 * Lewistown and Reedsville Electric Railway
 * Linglestown and Blue Mountain Street Railway
 * Lykens and Williams Valley Street Railway
 * Mahoning Valley Street Railway
 * Meadville and Cambridge Springs Street Railway
 * Meadville Traction Company
 * Media, Glen Riddle and Rockdale Electric Street Railway
 * Media, Middletown, Aston and Chester Electric Railway
 * Middletown, Highspire and Steelton Street Railway
 * Monongahela Street Railway
 * Montgomery and Chester Electric Railway
 * Montgomery County Passenger Railway
 * Montgomery County Rapid Transit Company
 * Montgomery Traction Company
 * Montoursville Passenger Railway
 * Morningside Electric Street Railway
 * Mount Vernon Electric Street Railway
 * Mount Washington Street Railway
 * Neversink Mountain Railway
 * New Castle and Lowell Railway
 * New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway
 * New Homestead Street Railway
 * New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company
 * Newtown Electric Railway
 * Newtown, Langhorne and Bristol Trolley Street Railway
 * Newtown and Yardley Street Railway
 * Northampton Central Street Railway
 * Northampton Traction Company
 * Northern Cambria Street Railway
 * Northern Electric Street Railway
 * Northern Passenger Railway
 * Norristown Passenger Railway
 * Northumberland County Traction Company
 * Oakdale and McDonald Street Railway
 * Oil City, Rouseville and Franklin Railway
 * Oil City Station Railway
 * Olean, Rock City and Bradford Railroad
 * Olean, Rock City and Bradford Electric Railroad
 * Oley Valley Railway
 * Oxford, West Grove and Avondale Street Railway
 * Patterson Heights Street Railway
 * Pennsylvania and Mahoning Valley Railway
 * Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway
 * Pennsylvania Motor Company
 * People's Railway
 * People's Passenger Railway
 * People's Street Railway of Nanticoke and Newport
 * Philadelphia, Bristol and Trenton Street Railway
 * Philadelphia, Cheltenham and Jenkintown Passenger Railway
 * Philadelphia and Chester Railway
 * Philadelphia City Passenger Railway
 * Philadelphia and Darby Railway
 * Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway
 * Philadelphia and Easton Railway
 * Philadelphia and Garrettford Street Railway
 * Philadelphia and Grays Ferry Passenger Railway
 * Philadelphia, Morton and Swarthmore Street Railway
 * Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
 * Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company
 * Philadelphia Traction Company
 * Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company
 * Philadelphia and Western Railroad
 * Philadelphia and Western Railway
 * Philadelphia and Willow Grove Street Railway
 * Pittsburgh and Allegheny Valley Railway
 * Pittsburgh and Birmingham Traction Company
 * Pittsburgh and Charleroi Street Railway
 * Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway
 * Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Greensburg Railway
 * Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Westmoreland Railway
 * Pittsburgh Railways
 * Pittsburgh Traction Company
 * Pittston and Scranton Street Railway
 * Plymouth and Larksville Railway
 * Port Carbon and Middleport Electric Railway
 * Pottstown and Northern Street Railway
 * Pottstown Passenger Railway
 * Pottstown and Reading Street Railway
 * Pottsville and Reading Railway
 * Pottsville Union Traction Company
 * Quakertown Traction Railway
 * Reading City Passenger Railway
 * Reading and Southwestern Street Railway
 * Reading and Temple Electric Railway
 * Reading Traction Company
 * Reading Transit and Light Company
 * Red Lion and Windsor Street Railway
 * Ridge Avenue Connecting Railway
 * Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway
 * Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway
 * Roxborough, Chestnut Hill and Norristown Railway
 * Schuylkill Railway
 * Schuylkill Electric Railway
 * Schuylkill Haven and Orwigsburg Street Railway
 * Schuylkill Valley Traction Company
 * Scranton Railway
 * Scranton and Carbondale Traction Company
 * Scranton, Dunmore, and Moosic Lake Railroad
 * Scranton and Northeastern Railroad
 * Scranton and Pittston Traction Company
 * Scranton Traction Company
 * Second and Third Streets Passenger Railway
 * Seventeenth and Nineteenth Streets Passenger Railway
 * Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway
 * Shamokin Extension Electric Railway
 * Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit Company
 * Sharon and New Castle Street Railway
 * Sharon and Wheatland Street Railway
 * Shingle House Railroad
 * Slate Belt Electric Street Railway
 * South Bethlehem and Saucon Street Railway
 * South Side Passenger Railway
 * South Waverly Street Railway
 * Southwestern Street Railway
 * Stroudsburg Passenger Railway
 * Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway
 * Suburban Rapid Transit Street Railway
 * Sunbury and Northumberland Electric Railway
 * Susquehanna Traction Company
 * Tamaqua and Lansford Street Railway
 * Tamaqua and Pottsville Electric Railroad
 * Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Passenger Railway
 * Titusville Electric Traction Company
 * Trappe and Limerick Electric Street Railway
 * Trenton, New Hope and Lambertville Street Railway
 * Tri-State Railway and Electric Company
 * Twenty-Second Street and Allegheny Avenue Passenger Railway
 * Union Passenger Railway
 * Union Traction Company of Philadelphia
 * United Traction Company
 * United Traction Company of Pittsburgh
 * United Traction Street Railway
 * Vallamont Traction Company
 * Valley Street Railway
 * Valley Traction Company
 * Walnut Street Connecting Passenger Railway
 * Warren County Traction Company
 * Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
 * Warren Street Railway
 * Washington and Canonsburg Railway
 * Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company
 * Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon and Fayette City Street Railway
 * West Chester Street Railway
 * West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway
 * West Fairview and Marysville Electric Street Railway
 * West Penn Railways
 * West Philadelphia Passenger Railway
 * West Side Electric Street Railway
 * Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company
 * Westmoreland County Railway
 * White Hill and Mechanicsburg Passenger Railway
 * Whitehall Street Railway
 * Wilkes-Barre Railroad
 * Wilkes-Barre Railway
 * Wilkes-Barre, Dallas and Harvey's Lake Railway
 * Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railroad
 * Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Company
 * Williamsport Passenger Railway
 * Wissahickon Electric Passenger Railway
 * Wrightsville and York Street Railway
 * Yardley, Morrisville and Trenton Street Railway
 * York and Dallastown Electric Railway
 * York and Dover Electric Railway
 * York Haven Street Railway
 * York Street Railway
 * Youngsville and Sugar Grove Street Railway

Private carriers

 * Birmingham Coal Company
 * Clinton Coal Company
 * H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad
 * Lawrence Ore Company
 * Leiper Railroad
 * Mehard Coal Company
 * Perry Lumber Company
 * Shawnee Railroad

Passenger carriers

 * Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railroad
 * Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
 * Quakertown & Eastern Railroad
 * Valley Forge Scenic Railroad
 * Wawa and Concordville Railroad

Not completed

 * Blue Mountain Railroad
 * Duncannon, Landisburg and Broad Top Railroad
 * Harrisburg and Hamburg Railroad
 * Harrisburg and South Mountain Railroad
 * Pennsylvania Pacific Railway
 * Philipsburg and Johnstown Railroad
 * Pittsburgh, Binghamton & Eastern Railroad
 * Shermans Valley and Broad Top Railroad
 * South Mountain Railroad
 * South Pennsylvania Railroad
 * South Side Railroad