User:SPUI/Class I family tree

Current Class I railroads

 * 1) BNSF Railway formed December 31, 1996
 * 2) *Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway merged December 31, 1996
 * 3) **Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
 * 4) *Burlington Northern Railroad formed March 2, 1970; renamed December 31, 1996
 * 5) **Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad merged March 2, 1970
 * 6) **Colorado and Southern Railway merged March 2 1970
 * 7) **Fort Worth and Denver Railway merged March 2 1971
 * 8) **Great Northern Railway merged March 2, 1970
 * 9) **Northern Pacific Railway merged March 2, 1970
 * 10) **St. Louis-San Francisco Railway merged November 21 1980
 * 11) ***Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad merged January 1 1971
 * 12) **Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway merged March 2, 1970
 * 13) CSX Transportation formed July 1, 1986
 * 14) *Seaboard System Railroad formed December 29, 1982; renamed July 1, 1986
 * 15) **Seaboard Coast Line Railroad formed July 1, 1967; merged December 29, 1982
 * 16) ***Atlantic Coast Line Railroad merged July 1, 1967
 * 17) ****Charleston and Western Carolina Railway merged December 31, 1959
 * 18) ***Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged July 1, 1967
 * 19) ***Georgia Railroad and Banking Company merged 1983
 * 20) **Louisville and Nashville Railroad merged December 29, 1982
 * 21) ***Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway merged August 30, 1957
 * 22) ***Monon Railroad merged July 31, 1971
 * 23) *Chesapeake and Ohio Railway merged August 31, 1987
 * 24) **Baltimore and Ohio Railroad merged April 30, 1987
 * 25) ***Western Maryland Railway merged May 1, 1983
 * 26) ****Pere Marquette Railway merged June 6, 1947
 * 27) *Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad merged 1991
 * 28) Grand Trunk Corporation "formed" January 1, 2002
 * 29) *Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway "merged" January 1, 2002
 * 30) *Grand Trunk Western Railroad "merged" January 1, 2002
 * 31) **Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad merged December 31, 1983
 * 32) *Illinois Central Railroad formed February 29, 1988; "merged" January 1, 2002
 * 33) **Illinois Central Gulf Railroad formed August 10, 1972; renamed February 29, 1988
 * 34) ***Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad merged August 10, 1972
 * 35) ****Alton Railroad merged May 31, 1947
 * 36) ***Illinois Central Railroad merged August 10, 1972
 * 37) *Kansas City Southern Railway
 * 38) **Louisiana and Arkansas Railway merged 1992
 * 39) Norfolk Southern Railway formed December 31, 1990
 * 40) *Norfolk and Western Railway merged December 31, 1990
 * 41) **Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway purchased 1964
 * 42) **Atlantic and Danville Railway purchased October 31 1962
 * 43) **Virginian Railway merged December 1, 1959
 * 44) **New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad merged October 16, 1964
 * 45) **Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway leased October 16, 1964
 * 46) **Wabash Railway leased October 16, 1964
 * 47) **Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad merged January 1, 1982
 * 48) *Southern Railway renamed December 31, 1990
 * 49) **Central of Georgia Railway acquired June 17 1963
 * 50) Soo Line Railroad
 * 51) *Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad merged January 1, 1986
 * 52) Union Pacific Railroad
 * 53) *Missouri Pacific Railroad merged December 22, 1982
 * 54) **Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad merged October 15, 1976
 * 55) *Chicago and North Western Railway merged June 23, 1995
 * 56) **Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway leased January 1, 1957
 * 57) **Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway merged November 1, 1960
 * 58) **Chicago Great Western Railway merged July 1, 1968
 * 59) *Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad merged August 12 1988
 * 60) *Southern Pacific Railroad merged September 11 1996
 * 61) **Northwestern Pacific Railroad merged 1992
 * 62) **St. Louis Southwestern Railway
 * 63) **Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad merged August 9 1988
 * 64) ***Denver and Salt Lake Railway merged April 11 1947
 * 65) *Western Pacific Railroad merged December 22 1982
 * 66) **Sacramento Northern Railroad

Canadian companies

 * 1) Canadian National Railway
 * 2) Canadian Pacific Railway

Dissolved companies

 * 1) Conrail formed April 1, 1976; split June 1, 1999
 * 2) *Central Railroad of New Jersey merged April 1, 1976
 * 3) *Erie Lackawanna Railway formed October 17, 1960; merged April 1, 1976
 * 4) **Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merged October 17, 1960
 * 5) **Erie Railroad merged October 17, 1960
 * 6) *Lehigh and Hudson River Railway merged April 1, 1976
 * 7) *Lehigh Valley Railroad merged April 1, 1976
 * 8) *Penn Central Transportation merged April 1, 1976
 * 9) **New York Central Railroad merged February 1, 1968
 * 10) **Pennsylvania Railroad merged February 1, 1968
 * 11) **New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad merged January 1, 1969
 * 12) *Reading Company merged April 1, 1976
 * 13) Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ceased operations March 31, 1980

Currently operating railroads; no longer Class I

 * 1) Ann Arbor Railroad (AA)
 * 2) Bay Line Railroad formed January 1, 1994
 * 3) *Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad sold January 1, 1994
 * 4) Boston and Maine Railroad
 * 5) Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
 * 6) Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
 * 7) Florida East Coast Railway
 * 8) Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway formed January 8, 2003
 * 9) *Bangor and Aroostook Railroad sold January 8, 2003
 * 10) New England Central Railroad formed February 4, 1995
 * 11) *Central Vermont Railway sold February 4, 1995
 * 12) New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
 * 13) Utah Railway

ACY, ATSF, AD, AGS, AT&N, AC, C&A, AWP, AB&C, AD, AEC, BLE, BRI, BSLW, CG, C&G, CI, CIM, CNTP, CRP, CRR, CS, CW, DH, DM, DRGW, DSA, DSL, DTS, FWD,

GA, GBW, GCSF, GF, GMN, GSF, IGN, ITC, KOG, LA, LAT, LIRR, LNE, LSI,

M, MEC, MGA, MI, MKT, MSC, MV, NNE, NOTM, NWP, NYCN, OCAA, OE, OT, OW, PLE, PRSL, PSF, PSN, RUT, SAUG, SBM, SLSF, SI, SIR, SN, SP, SSFT, SSW, STLH, TAG, TC, TM, TN, TNO, TP, TPW, UTAH, WA, WC, WE, WP, YMV