User:NE2/Class I table

An operating revenue definition was first adopted in the year ending June 30, 1911. Beginning with the year ending June 30, 1908, "large roads" were defined as those with a system over 250 miles or operating revenues of over $1 million, or those controlled by a large road.

MK&T Lines includes the following, which may or may not be Class I: Texas Central Railroad, Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway, Wichita Falls and Southern Railway, Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas, Wichita Falls and Wellington Railway of Texas, Wichita Falls Railway, Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad, Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway, Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of St. Louis, Boonville Railroad Bridge Company, Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad

The following companies qualified in 1908 only because of their size (250 miles or more):
 * 1360 Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
 * 1361, 1363 Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad (the only one that never became Class I; it was a lessor in 1911)
 * 1369, 1519 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Montana (no revenue figures given, so may qualify)
 * 1624 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
 * 1843 Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
 * 1888 St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
 * 1593, 1996 Western Pacific Railway has over 250 miles owned but not operated

The only ones that were large in 1908 (not counting those only large because a large road controlled them) but never Class I were:
 * Central Branch Railway (merged 1909-08-09 into MP)
 * Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (leased 1909-06-01 to EJ&E)
 * Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railway (leased? to B&O)
 * Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railroad (leased? to B&O)
 * Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad (leased 1901-04-30 to CGW)
 * Nevada and California Railway (sold 1912-02-29 to Central Pacific)
 * Texas Central Railroad (Class II MK&T subsidiary)
 * Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad (Class II)
 * Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad (leased 1901-04-30 to CGW)

Class II railroads with Class I revenues: There must have been some sort of lag (like now) or averaging. In 1920, the 1919 values were used.
 * Copper Range Railroad: 960 1917, 1144 1918, 1002 1919, 998 1920
 * Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad: 727 1919, 1239 1920
 * Interstate Railroad: 751 1919, 1150 1920
 * Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway: 983 1917, 1042 1918, 857 1919, 1223 1920
 * Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway: 847 1919, 1155 1920
 * Raritan River Railroad: 772 1917, 1362 1918, 536 1919
 * Winston-Salem Southbound Railway: 898 1919, 1139 1920
 * Zanesville and Western Railway: 866 1919, 1172 1920