List of Washington (state) railroads

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

Common freight carriers

 * Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)
 * BNSF Railway (BNSF)
 * Cascade & Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) (GWRR)
 * Central Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW)
 * Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW)
 * Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC) (PATR)
 * Columbia Walla Walla Railroad (CWW) (FTRX)
 * Eastside Freight Railroad (EFRX) (BDTL)
 * Frontier Rail (FTRX)
 * Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) (WATX)
 * Kennewick Terminal Railroad (KET) (FTRX)
 * Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR)
 * Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN) (BDTL)
 * 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)
 * Rainier Rail (RANR) (FTRX)
 * St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad (STPP)
 * Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway (SS&P)
 * Tri-City Railroad (TCRY)
 * Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW)
 * Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
 * Washington Eastern Railroad (WER)
 * Washington Royal Line (WRL) (FTRX)

Private freight carriers

 * Greenbrier Rail Services
 * Longview Switching Company
 * United States Army (USAX)

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
 * Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
 * Lake Whatcom Railway
 * Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
 * Seattle Streetcar
 * Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
 * Sound Transit (Sounder, Tacoma Link, and Central Link)
 * Yakima Electric Railway Museum

Defunct railroads

 * Electric
 * Aberdeen Electric Company
 * Arlington Heights Motor Railway
 * City Park Railway
 * Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Railway
 * Everett Railway and Electric Company
 * Everett Railway, Light and Water Company
 * Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
 * Grays Harbor Electric Company
 * Inland Empire Railroad
 * Loyal Railway
 * North Shore Electric Company
 * Olympia Light and Power Company
 * Pacific Northwest Traction Company
 * Pacific Traction Company
 * Puget Sound Electric Railway
 * Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
 * Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company
 * Ross Park Street Railway
 * Seattle Electric Company
 * Seattle Municipal Railway
 * Seattle and Rainier Beach Railway
 * Seattle and Renton Railway
 * Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway
 * South Bend Electric Company
 * Spokane Cable Railway
 * Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway
 * Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company
 * Spokane Electric Railway
 * Spokane and Inland Railway
 * Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
 * Spokane Street Railway
 * Spokane Traction Company
 * Tacoma Railway and Motor Company
 * Tacoma Railway and Power Company
 * Tacoma Railways
 * Tacoma Traction Company
 * Twin City Electric Company
 * Twin City Light and Traction Company
 * Vancouver Traction Company
 * Walla Walla Valley Railway (WWV)
 * Walla Walla Valley Traction Company
 * Washington–Oregon Corporation
 * Washington Water Power Company
 * Whatcom County Railway and Light Company
 * Willapa Electric Company
 * Willapa Harbor Railway
 * Yakima Valley Transportation Company (YVT)