List of heritage railroads in the United States

This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota.

Alabama

 * Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Shelby & Southern Railroad and Calera & Shelby Railroad
 * North Alabama Railroad Museum, Mercury and Chase Railroad
 * Wales West Light Railway

Alaska

 * Tanana Valley Railroad Museum in Pioneer Park (1899 engine)
 * White Pass and Yukon Route

Arizona

 * Arizona Railway Museum (No excursions listed)
 * Arizona State Railroad Museum (In planning stages)
 * Arizona Street Railway Museum (Phoenix Trolley Museum)
 * Grand Canyon Railway
 * McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale
 * Old Pueblo Trolley
 * Superstition Narrow Gauge Railroad
 * Verde Canyon Railroad

Arkansas

 * Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
 * Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
 * Fort Smith Trolley Museum
 * Metro Streetcar

California

 * Angels Flight
 * Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, uses repurposed narrow gauge steam engines and is partly the inspiration for Walt Disney's theme park, Disneyland
 * Calico and Odessa Railroad
 * California State Railroad Museum
 * California Western Railroad, also called The Skunk Train
 * Disneyland Railroad (three locomotives are historic)
 * Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease agreement ended in 2021)
 * Ghost Town & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm
 * Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
 * Napa Valley Wine Train
 * Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
 * Niles Canyon Railway
 * Nut Tree Railroad
 * Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita
 * Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
 * Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi
 * Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015)
 * Poway–Midland Railroad
 * Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
 * Red Car Trolley
 * Redwood Valley Railway
 * Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
 * Sacramento RiverTrain
 * Sacramento Southern Railroad
 * San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 3751 excursion trips)
 * San Diego Trolley Silver Line
 * San Francisco Municipal Railway
 * E Embarcadero streetcar line
 * F Market & Wharves streetcar line
 * San Francisco cable car system
 * San Jose Steam Railroad Museum (Proposed)
 * San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
 * Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
 * Sierra Railroad
 * Sonoma TrainTown Railroad
 * Southern California Railway Museum (Formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum from 1956-2018)
 * Western Pacific Railroad Museum
 * Western Railway Museum
 * Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

Colorado

 * Colorado Railroad Museum
 * Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
 * Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
 * Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
 * Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
 * Fort Collins trolley
 * Georgetown Loop Railroad
 * Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad
 * Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
 * Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation
 * Platte Valley Trolley
 * Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Currently in receivership)
 * Royal Gorge Route Railroad
 * Ski Train
 * Tiny Town Railroad

Connecticut

 * Connecticut Trolley Museum
 * Danbury Railway Museum
 * Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company
 * Naugatuck Railroad and Railroad Museum of New England
 * Shore Line Trolley Museum

Delaware

 * Wilmington and Western Railroad

Florida

 * Florida Railroad Museum
 * Gold Coast Railroad Museum
 * Kirby Family Farm Train
 * Orlando & Northwestern Railway (Closed in 2020)
 * Seminole Gulf Railway
 * Serengeti Express in Busch Gardens Tampa
 * Sugar Express
 * TECO Line Streetcar
 * Sugar Express
 * Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad (Closed in 2017)
 * Walt Disney World Railroad (four locomotives are historic)
 * Wildlife Express Train at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Georgia

 * Agrirama Logging Train
 * Azalea Sprinter
 * Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
 * Chickamauga Train from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
 * Georgia Coastal Railway
 * River Street Streetcar (Out of service)
 * Georgia State Railroad Museum
 * SAM Shortline Excursion Train
 * Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad in Six Flags Over Georgia
 * Southeastern Railway Museum
 * Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad
 * Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum

Hawaii

 * Grove Farm Plantation Museum Railroad
 * Hawaiian Railway
 * Kauai plantation railroad
 * Lahaina Ka'anapali & Pacific Railroad (Closed in 2014, currently defunct)

Idaho

 * Silverwood Theme Park
 * Thunder Mountain Line (Closed in 2015)

Illinois

 * American Heritage Farm & Railroad
 * Fox River Trolley Museum
 * Galesburg Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
 * Illinois Railway Museum
 * Monticello Railway Museum
 * Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad

Indiana

 * Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (For NKP 765 excursion trips, future)
 * Hesston Steam Museum (For Hesston and Galena Creek excursions)
 * Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
 * Indiana Railway Museum
 * National New York Central Railroad Museum
 * Ohio River Scenic Railway
 * Whitewater Valley Railroad

Iowa

 * Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
 * Fourth Street Elevator
 * Midwest Central Railroad
 * Midwest Electric Railway

Kansas

 * Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
 * Midland Railway

Kentucky

 * Big South Fork Scenic Railway
 * Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
 * Kentucky Railway Museum
 * Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation (For C&O 2716 excursion trips)
 * My Old Kentucky Dinner Train (Between Bardstown and Limestone Springs)

Louisiana

 * Canal Streetcar Line
 * Louisiana Steam Train Association
 * Old Hickory Railroad
 * Riverfront Streetcar Line
 * St. Charles Streetcar Line

Maine

 * Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway
 * Boothbay Railway Village
 * Downeast Scenic Railroad
 * Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
 * Midcoast Railservice (Coastliner)
 * Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
 * Seashore Trolley Museum
 * Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway

Maryland

 * B&O Railroad Museum
 * Baltimore Streetcar Museum
 * National Capital Trolley Museum
 * Walkersville Southern Railroad
 * Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

Massachusetts

 * Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
 * Cape Cod Central Railroad
 * Edaville Railroad
 * Lowell National Historical Park Trolley Line
 * MBTA Mattapan Trolley

Michigan

 * Coopersville and Marne Railway
 * Huckleberry Railroad
 * Lake Linden & Torch Lake Railroad (Track is on museum grounds)
 * Little River Railroad
 * Michigan Transit Museum
 * Neo Wilson Memorial Railway
 * Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway
 * Southern Michigan Railroad Society
 * Steam Railroading Institute
 * Weiser Railroad

Minnesota

 * Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
 * Gopher State Railway Museum
 * Excelsior Streetcar Line
 * Ironhorse Central Railroad
 * Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
 * Minnesota Transportation Museum
 * North Shore Scenic Railroad
 * Northfield & Cannon Valley Railroad (Closed in 2007)
 * Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway

Mississippi

 * Cleveland Train Museum

Missouri

 * Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad
 * Branson Scenic Railway
 * Delmar Loop Trolley
 * Frisco Silver Dollar Line in Silver Dollar City
 * St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
 * Tommy G. Robertson Railroad in Six Flags St. Louis
 * Worlds of Fun Park Railroad in Worlds of Fun
 * National Museum of Transportation (trolley on grounds)

Montana

 * Alder Gulch Shortline Railroad
 * Central Montana Rail, Inc.

Nebraska

 * Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (Ended service)
 * Nebraska Railroad Museum (In transition to move to permanent home)
 * Omaha Zoo Railroad in Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Nevada

 * Nevada Northern Railway
 * Nevada State Railroad Museum
 * Nevada Southern Railroad Museum
 * Virginia and Truckee Railroad

New Hampshire

 * Conway Scenic Railroad
 * Granite State Scenic Railway (formerly known as Hobo Railroad)
 * Wilton Scenic Railroad
 * Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
 * Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train
 * Mount Washington Cog Railway
 * Silver Lake Railroad
 * White Mountain Central Railroad

New Jersey

 * Black River and Western Railroad
 * Woodstown Central Railroad
 * Cape May Seashore Lines
 * Delaware River Rail Excursions
 * New Jersey Museum of Transportation
 * Whippany Railway Museum

New Mexico

 * Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
 * New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 2926 excursion trips)
 * Sky Railway

New York

 * Adirondack Railroad
 * Arcade and Attica Railroad
 * Buffalo Cattaraugus and Jamestown Scenic Railway
 * Catskill Mountain Railroad
 * Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
 * Delaware and Ulster Railroad
 * Medina Railroad Museum
 * New York Museum of Transportation
 * New York Transit Museum
 * Railroad Museum of Long Island
 * Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
 * Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway
 * Saratoga and North Creek Railway (Closed in April 2018)
 * Trolley Museum of New York
 * Troy and New England Railway

North Carolina

 * Craggy Mountain Line
 * Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
 * Handy Dandy Railroad
 * New Hope Valley Railway
 * North Carolina Transportation Museum
 * Tweetsie Railroad

Ohio

 * Age of Steam Roundhouse (Several operating steam locomotives, but no excursions listed)
 * Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad in Cedar Point
 * Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
 * Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
 * Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad in Kings Island
 * Lake Shore Railway Association (Lorain and West Virginia Railway)
 * Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
 * Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway
 * Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad

Oklahoma

 * El Reno Trolley
 * Oklahoma Railway Museum

Oregon

 * Astoria Riverfront Trolley
 * Eagle Cap Excursion Train
 * Mount Hood Railroad
 * Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
 * Oregon Electric Railway Museum
 * Oregon Pacific Railroad
 * Oregon Rail Heritage Center
 * Santiam Excursion Train
 * Sumpter Valley Railway
 * Train Mountain Railroad
 * Willamette Shore Trolley

Pennsylvania

 * Allentown and Auburn Railroad
 * Bellefonte Historical Railroad
 * Colebrookdale Railroad
 * Dry Gulch Railroad in Hersheypark
 * Duquesne Incline
 * East Broad Top Railroad
 * Everett Railroad
 * Horseshoe Curve Incline
 * Johnstown Inclined Plane
 * Kiski Junction Railroad (Operations suspended 2016)
 * Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
 * Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
 * Monongahela Incline
 * New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (New Hope Railroad)
 * Northern Central Railway of York
 * Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
 * Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train
 * Railroaders Memorial Museum
 * Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
 * Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
 * Rockhill Trolley Museum
 * SEPTA Route 15
 * Steamtown National Historic Site
 * Stewartstown Railroad
 * The Stourbridge Line
 * Strasburg Rail Road
 * Tioga Central Railroad (Closed in 2019)
 * Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
 * Wawa and Concordville Railroad (Closed in 1968)
 * West Chester Railroad
 * Westmoreland Scenic Railroad (Closed in 2004)
 * Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association

Rhode Island

 * Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad

South Carolina

 * Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad/South Carolina Railroad Museum/Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District

South Dakota

 * Black Hills Central Railroad
 * Prairie Village, Herman and Milwaukee Railroad

Tennessee

 * Dollywood Express in Dollywood
 * Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
 * MATA Trolley (Memphis)
 * Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
 * Tennessee Central Railway Museum
 * Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
 * Three Rivers Rambler

Texas

 * Austin Steam Train Association (presently runs only diesel equipment )
 * Galveston Island Trolley
 * Grapevine Vintage Railroad
 * Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
 * Longhorn and Western Railroad (Texas Transportation Museum)
 * McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
 * Rosenberg Railroad Museum
 * San Antonio Railroad Heritage Museum
 * Six Flags & Texas Railroad in Six Flags Over Texas
 * Six Flags Fiesta Texas Park Railroad in Six Flags Fiesta Texas
 * Texas Railroad Museum (Proposed)
 * Texas State Railroad

Utah

 * Golden Spike National Historic Site (Promontory Summit, Utah)
 * Heber Valley Railroad
 * Lagoon Wild Kingdom Train

Vermont

 * Green Mountain Railroad
 * Steamtown, U.S.A. (Moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Steamtown National Historic Site)

Virginia

 * Busch Gardens Railway in Busch Gardens Williamsburg
 * Virginia Scenic Railway (Buckingham Branch)
 * James River Rambler (Buckingham Branch)
 * Virginia Museum of Transportation (For N&W 611 excursion trips)

Washington

 * Anacortes Railway (Defunct)
 * Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
 * Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
 * George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line (Closed in 2005)
 * Issaquah Valley Trolley (Closed in 2020, reopening proposed)
 * Inland Northwest Rail Museum
 * Lake Whatcom Railway (Out of Service since 2019)
 * Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
 * Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (Ended excursion service in 2016)
 * Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
 * Yakima Electric Railway Museum

West Virginia

 * Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
 * Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
 * Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad

Wisconsin

 * East Troy Electric Railroad
 * Kenosha Streetcar
 * Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway (Closed in October 2001)
 * Lumberjack Steam Train
 * Mid-Continent Railway Museum
 * National Railroad Museum, Ashwaubenon (includes a small rail loop)
 * Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
 * Riverside and Great Northern Railway
 * Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad

Wyoming

 * Evanston Roundhouse
 * Union Pacific Steam Program (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
 * Wyoming Transportation Museum

Territories
Puerto Rico
 * Train of the South