Talk:List of U.S. Class II railroads

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It would be cool if these were sorted by state or other geography. -- Beland 01:14, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

lists the following "Class II and Commuter Railroads":
 * Freight
 * Alaska Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Alton and Southern Railway (STB: UP subsidiary)
 * Belt Railway of Chicago (STB: ?)
 * BNSF Fort Worth (??)
 * Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
 * Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad
 * Conrail Shared Assets (STB: ?)
 * Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
 * Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
 * Florida East Coast Railway
 * Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
 * Iowa Interstate Railroad
 * Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Kyle Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Montana Rail Link
 * Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
 * Nashville and Eastern Railroad (might be listed because of the commuter rail on it)
 * New England Central Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * New York and Atlantic Railway (STB: Class III)
 * New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Paducah and Louisville Railway
 * Pan Am Railways
 * Port Terminal Railroad Association (STB: ?)
 * Providence and Worcester Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (STB: Class III)
 * Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (STB: ?)
 * Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990)
 * Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

The only one that the STB includes but is not in here is ISG Railways. --NE2 17:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Commuter
 * Altamont Commuter Express Authority
 * Amtrak (is this what "NC/ATK" means?)
 * Long Island Rail Road
 * MARC Train
 * Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad
 * Metro-North Railroad
 * New Jersey Transit
 * New Mexico Rail Runner Express
 * North County Transit District
 * Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad
 * Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
 * Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
 * Port Authority Trans-Hudson
 * Sound Transit
 * Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
 * Southern California Regional Rail Authority
 * Trinity Railway Express
 * Tri-Rail
 * Virginia Railway Express

Yet another possible list
This is from Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed February 2009. I don't know if this list is any more correct than the current one.
 * Alaska Railroad
 * Boston and Maine Corporation
 * Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
 * Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad
 * Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
 * Delaware and Hudson Railway
 * Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
 * Florida East Coast Railway
 * Grand River Railway
 * Iowa Interstate Railroad
 * Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
 * Lake Erie and Northern Railway
 * Maine Central Railroad
 * Montana Rail Link
 * Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
 * New York and Lake Erie Railroad (no way...)
 * Ontario Northland Railway
 * Paducah and Louisville Railway
 * Wisconsin Central Ltd.

--NE2 03:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Completeness
Is this list complete? In the past there was a incomplete stub. Knightdaemon (talk) 17:36, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Convert to chart & merge with class II railroad
This hole article should be turned into a chart and be merged into Class II railroad. There is no need to have it as a separate article, and i don't think it meets wikipedia standers to stand as an independent article.--Alex at kms (talk) 23:06, 17 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hole article? ;-) –BMRR (talk) 23:10, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

ha, well i think you know what I'm talking about, mostly complete article, sort of thing. anyway if no one objects i think I'll start converting it to a chart in a notepad file. I'll let you guys know if i ever get it finished, help is defiantly welcome!--Alex at kms (talk) 06:30, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

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Proposed merge of Regional railroad into List of U.S. Class II railroads
These articles have an extremely similar scope - both use the criteria set by the AAR of 350 miles of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue. There is no reason to maintain two versions of the same list, so these articles should be combined into one. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:07, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support, and suggest List of Class II railroads as a new title, to match List of Class I railroads. Mackensen (talk) 11:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I have redirected Regional railroad here, as following your improvements there is nothing worth merging from the other article which is 15 years out of date. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:10, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, the Class II designation may be in use in Canada; finding sources for that is even harder than finding US sources. Mackensen (talk) 00:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Updating
The AAR published individual fact sheets for each state:. Each one (see New York for example) breaks out regional railroads operating in that state. I haven't seen a better/more recent source than that. Mackensen (talk) 12:18, 11 July 2024 (UTC)