List of defunct railroads of North America

The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The following is a list of the past railroad companies.

Defunct railroad companies

 * Algoma Central Railway (AC)
 * Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
 * Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
 * Auto-Train Corporation (AUT)
 * Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)
 * Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR)
 * Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
 * Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A)
 * Boston and Maine Corporation (BM)
 * Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railway
 * Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway (BCR&N)
 * Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
 * Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR)
 * Central of Georgia Railway
 * Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR)
 * Central Railroad of New Jersey (Jersey Central) (CNJ)
 * Central Vermont (CV)
 * Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CO)
 * Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
 * Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (MILW)
 * Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
 * Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (RI)
 * Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (CNW)
 * Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
 * Cincinnati, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad
 * Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S)
 * Columbia Tap Railway
 * Conrail (CR)
 * Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW)
 * Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad (DT&M)
 * Detroit and Pontiac Railroad (D&P)
 * Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway (DGH&M)
 * Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (DTI)
 * Erie Railroad (Erie)
 * Florida Overseas Railroad
 * Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad
 * Grand Trunk (GT)
 * Great Northern Railway (GN)
 * Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
 * Fernley and Lassen Railway
 * Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
 * Hudson Bay Railway (HBR)
 * Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad
 * Houston, East & West Texas Railroad
 * Houston & Texas Central Railway
 * Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
 * Inter-California Railway
 * Intercolonial Railway of Canada (IRC)
 * International–Great Northern Railroad
 * LaPorte Houston Northern Railway
 * Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
 * Lackawanna Railroad (Lackawanna)
 * Louisville and Nashville Railroad (LN)
 * Macon and Birmingham Railway (M&B)
 * Maine Central (MEC)
 * Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
 * Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) (also known as the "KATY")
 * Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
 * National Transcontinental Railway (NTR)
 * New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad
 * New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
 * New Orleans & Nashville Railroad – see Uptown New Orleans.
 * New York Central (NYC)
 * New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH)
 * New York, Ontario and Western Railroad (OW)
 * New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
 * Norfolk and Western Railway (NW)
 * Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
 * Northern Railway of Canada (NRC)
 * Penn Central (PC)
 * Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
 * Pontchartrain Railroad
 * Pontiac and Detroit Railroad
 * Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR)
 * Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
 * Reading Railroad (RDG)
 * St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway
 * San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway
 * Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL)
 * Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)
 * Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SPSR)
 * Texas and New Orleans Railroad (TNO)
 * Toledo, Ann Arbor, and North Michigan Railway Company (T, AA & NM)
 * Toledo, Saginaw, and Mackinaw Railroad
 * Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway
 * Tuckerton Railroad (TRR)
 * Tuskegee Railroad
 * Warren and Ouachita Valley (W&OV)
 * Western Maryland Railway (WM)
 * Western Pacific Railroad (WP)
 * Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad
 * Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)