List of Washington railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Washington.
Common freight carriers
- Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)
- Bellingham International Railroad (BIRR)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Cascade and Columbia River Railroad (CSCD)
- Central Washington Railroad (CWA)
- Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW)
- Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC)
- Columbia Walla Walla Railroad (CWW)
- Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad (EWG)
- Eastside Freight Railroad (EFRX)
- Frontier Rail (FTRX)
- Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW)
- Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR)
- Kennewick Terminal Railroad
- Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN)
- Montana Rail Link (MRL)
- Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT)
- Olympia and Belmore Railroad (OYLO)
- Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC)
- Patriot Woods Railroad
- Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
- Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) operates Lewis and Clark Railway
- Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP)
- Operates Port of Chehalis
- Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW)
- Tri-City Railroad (TCRY)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Washington and Idaho Railway (WIR)
- Washington Royal Line (WRL) (FTRX)
- Western Washington Railroad (WWR)
- Yakima Central Railway (YCR)
Private freight carriers
- Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad
- Greenbrier Rail Services
- Longview Switching
- US Army (USAX)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Battle Ground, Yacolt and Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association
- Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
- Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
- Lake Whatcom Railway
- Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
- Northwest Railway Museum
- Sound Transit
- Yakima Electric Railway Museum
- Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum Association
- Yakima Valley Transportation (YVT)
Defunct railroads
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad | MILW | 1883 | 1912 | Bellingham and Northern Railway | ||
Bellingham Bay and Eastern Railroad | NP | 1891 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Bellingham and Northern Railway | MILW | 1912 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | ||
Bellingham Terminals and Railway Company | MILW | 1909 | 1912 | Bellingham and Northern Railway | ||
Blakely Railroad | 1896 | 1917 | N/A | |||
Blue Mountain Railroad | BLMR | 1992 | 1999 | Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad | ||
BNSF Acquisition, Inc. | 1996 | 2008 | BNSF Railway, Columbia Basin Railroad | |||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington) Inc. | 1981 | 1985 | Burlington Northern Railroad | |||
Camas Prairie RailNet | CSP | 1998 | 2004 | Great Northwest Railroad | ||
Camas Prairie Railroad | CSP | NP/ UP | 1909 | 1998 | Camas Prairie RailNet | |
Cascades Railroad | UP | 1859 | N/A | |||
Central Washington Railroad | NP | 1888 | 1898 | Washington Central Railway | ||
Centralia Eastern Railroad | NP | 1907 | 1917 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Chehalis and Cowlitz Railway | GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP | 1911 | 1916 | Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway | ||
Chehalis Western Railroad | 1980 | 1992 | Tacoma Eastern Railway | |||
Chehalis Western Railroad | 1936 | 1975 | Curtis, Milburn and Eastern Railroad | |||
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad | CCPR | 1981 | 1986 | Lewis and Clark Railway | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway | MILW | 1909 | 1912 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | MILW | 1912 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington | MILW | 1906 | 1909 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1928 | 1980 | Chehalis Western Railroad, Pend Oreille Valley Railroad, Seattle and North Coast Railroad | |
Clealum Railroad | NP | 1886 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Clearwater Short Line Railway | NP | 1898 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Columbia Railway and Navigation Company | GN/ NP | 1890 | 1902 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | ||
Columbia and Palouse Railroad | UP | 1882 | 1910 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad | GN | 1880 | 1916 | Pacific Coast Railroad | ||
Columbia and Red Mountain Railway | GN | 1895 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway | ||
Columbia River and Northern Railway | GN/ NP | 1902 | 1908 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | ||
Columbia Valley Railroad | UP | 1899 | 1907 | Ilwaco Railroad | ||
Connell Northern Railway | NP | 1909 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway | GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP | 1916 | 1955 | N/A | ||
Curtis, Milburn and Eastern Railroad | CMER | 1973 | 1993 | N/A | ||
Eastern-Washington Railroad | UP | 1904 | Spokane – Columbia River Railroad and Navigation Company | |||
Eastern Washington Railway | NP | 1885 | 1886 | Spokane and Palouse Railway | ||
Eastside Railway | UP | 1896 | 1914 | Olympia Terminal Railway | ||
Everett and Cherry Valley Traction Company | GN | 1907 | 1912 | Great Northern Railway | ||
Everett and Monte Cristo Railway | NP | 1892 | 1900 | Monte Cristo Railway, Seattle and International Railway | ||
Fairhaven and Southern Railroad | GN | 1888 | 1898 | Seattle and Montana Railroad | ||
Farmers' Railway, Navigation and Steamboat Portage Company | GN/ NP | 1885 | 1890 | Farmers' Transportation Company | ||
Farmers' Transportation Company | GN/ NP | 1890 | 1890 | Columbia Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Grays Harbor and Puget Sound Railway | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon and Washington Railroad | ||
Great Northern Railway | GN | GN | 1890 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Green River and Northern Railroad | NP | 1890 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Hartford Eastern Railway | HE | 1915 | 1933 | N/A | ||
Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad | MILW | 1907 | 1916 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | ||
Idaho and Western Railway | MILW | 1909 | 1912 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway | ||
Ilwaco Railroad | UP | 1907 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company | UP | 1888 | 1907 | Ilwaco Railroad | ||
Klickitat Northern Railroad | 1914 | 1918 | N/A | |||
Kootenai Valley Railway | GN | 1898 | 1913 | Great Northern Railway | ||
Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Lewis and Clark Railway | LINC | 1987 | 2004 | Columbia Basin Railroad | ||
Longview, Portland and Northern Railway | LPN | 1922 | 1981 | Chelatchie Prairie Railroad | ||
Mason County Central Railroad | 1889 | 1891 | Shelton Southwestern Railroad | |||
Mill Creek Railroad | NP | 1903 | 1905 | Washington and Columbia River Railway | ||
Mill Creek Flume and Manufacturing Company | NP | 1880 | 1903 | Mill Creek Railroad | ||
Monte Cristo Railway | NP | 1900 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Newaukum Railroad | 1914 | 1914 | Newaukum Valley Railroad | |||
Newaukum Valley Railroad | NV | 1914 | 1943 | N/A | ||
North Coast Railroad | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
North Coast Railway | UP | 1905 | 1906 | North Coast Railroad | ||
North Yakima and Valley Railway | NP | 1905 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Northern Pacific Railroad | NP | 1864 | 1896 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Northern Pacific Railway | NP | NP | 1896 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Northern Pacific and Cascade Railroad | NP | 1884 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad | NP | 1884 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Olympia Railroad Union | NP | 1874 | 1877 | Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad | ||
Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad | NP | 1881 | 1891 | Port Townsend Southern Railroad | ||
Olympia Southern Railway | MILW | 1913 | 1913 | Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway | ||
Olympia Terminal Railway | MILW, UP | 1911 | 1915 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway | ||
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | UP | 1896 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon Railway Extensions Company | UP | 1888 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | UP | 1879 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon Steam Navigation Company | UP | 1860 | 1880 | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon Short Line Railway | UP | 1887 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | ||
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | UP | 1889 | 1896 | N/A | Leased the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | |
Oregon Trunk Railway | OT | GN/ NP | 1909 | 1981 | Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington) Inc. | |
Oregon and Washington Railroad | UP | 1906 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | UP | 1910 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Railroad | UP | 1903 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Oregon and Washington Territory Railroad | NP | 1886 | 1892 | Washington and Columbia River Railway | ||
Pacific Railway | MILW | 1905 | 1906 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington | ||
Pacific Coast Railroad | PC | GN | 1916 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Pacific and Eastern Railway | MILW | 1906 | 1913 | Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway | ||
Port Angeles Western Railroad | 1925 | 1950 | N/A | |||
Port Ludlow, Port Angeles and Lake Crescent Railway | MILW | 1911 | 1911 | Seattle, Port Angeles and Lake Crescent Railway | ||
Port Townsend Railroad | PTRR | MILW | 1945 | 1975 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | |
Port Townsend and Puget Sound Railway | 1914 | 1929 | N/A | Leased the Port Townsend Southern Railroad | ||
Port Townsend Southern Railroad | MILW, NP | 1887 | 1945 | Port Townsend Railroad | ||
Portland and Puget Sound Railroad | NP | 1889 | Washington and Oregon Railway | |||
Portland and Seattle Railway | GN/ NP | 1905 | 1908 | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | ||
Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railway | NP | 1897 | 1903 | Washington Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Priest Rapids Railway | MILW | 1907 | 1910 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway | ||
Puget Sound and Cascade Railway | 1912 | 19391 | Mount Vernon Terminal Railway | |||
Puget Sound and Grays Harbor Railroad and Transportation Company | NP | 1886 | 1896 | Blakely Railroad, United Railroads of Washington | ||
Puget Sound Shore Railroad | NP | 1882 | 1889 | Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad | ||
Puget Sound and Willapa Harbor Railway | MILW | 1913 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | ||
Republic and Kettle Valley Railway | 1900 | 1906 | Spokane and British Columbia Railway | |||
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway | GN | 1879 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway | ||
Sea Lion Railroad | 1997 | 1998 | Ballard Terminal Railroad | |||
Seattle and International Railway | NP | 1896 | 1901 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway | NP | 1885 | 1896 | Seattle and International Railway, Spokane and Seattle Railway | ||
Seattle and Montana Railroad | GN | 1898 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway | ||
Seattle and Montana Railway | GN | 1890 | 1898 | Seattle and Montana Railroad | ||
Seattle and North Coast Railroad | SNCT | 1979 | 1984 | N/A | ||
Seattle and Northern Railway | GN | 1888 | 1902 | Seattle and Montana Railroad | ||
Seattle, Port Angeles and Lake Crescent Railway | MILW | 1911 | 1915 | Seattle, Port Angeles and Western Railway | ||
Seattle, Port Angeles and Western Railway | MILW | 1915 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | ||
Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Company | NP | 1899 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Seattle Southeastern Railway | MILW | 1906 | 1912 | Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway | ||
Seattle Terminal Railway and Elevator Company | NP | 1890 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad | GN | 1876 | 1880 | Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad | ||
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company | GN | 1873 | 1876 | Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad | ||
Seattle and West Coast Railway | NP | 1887 | 1888 | Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway | ||
Shelton Southwestern Railroad | 1891 | 1898 | Shelton Southwestern Railway | |||
Shelton Southwestern Railway | 1898 | N/A | ||||
Snake River Valley Railroad | UP | 1898 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Snohomish, Skykomish and Spokane Railway and Transportation Company | NP | 1889 | 1892 | Everett and Monte Cristo Railway | ||
Spokane and British Columbia Railway | 1906 | 1919 | N/A | |||
Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway | GN | 1926 | 1943 | Great Northern Railway | Electric until 1941 | |
Spokane – Columbia River Railroad and Navigation Company | UP | 1905 | 1906 | North Coast Railroad | ||
Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad | NP | 1886 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Spokane Falls and Northern Railway | GN | 1888 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway | ||
Spokane International Railroad | SI | UP | 1941 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Spokane International Railway | UP | 1905 | 1941 | Spokane International Railroad | ||
Spokane and Palouse Railway | NP | 1886 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | SP&S, SPS | GN/ NP | 1908 | 1979 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Spokane and Seattle Railway | NP | 1896 | 1900 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Spokane Union Depot Company | UP | 1900 | 1910 | Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Tacoma Eastern Railroad | MILW | 1890 | 1918 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | ||
Tacoma Eastern Railway | TE | 1995 | 1998 | Tacoma Rail | ||
Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway | TMBL | 1998 | Tacoma Rail | |||
Tacoma, Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad | NP | 1889 | 1890 | Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad | ||
Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad | NP | 1890 | 1892 | United Railroads of Washington | ||
Tacoma, Orting and Southeastern Railroad | NP | 1888 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Thurston Railroad Construction Company | NP | 1877 | 1881 | Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad | ||
Toppenish, Simcoe and Western Railway | NP | 1909 | 1912 | North Yakima and Valley Railway | ||
Union Depot Company of Spokane Falls | UP | 1889 | 1898 | Spokane Union Depot Company | ||
United Railroads of Washington | NP | 1890 | 1898 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Vancouver, Klickitat and Yakima Railroad | NP | 1887 | 1897 | Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railway | ||
Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad | UP | 1868 | 1910 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Walla Walla Valley Railway | WWV | NP | 1910 | 1985 | N/A | Electric until 1949 |
Washington Railway and Navigation Company | NP | 1903 | 1903 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Washington Central Railroad | WCRC | 1986 | 1996 | BNSF Acquisition, Inc., Columbia Basin Railroad | ||
Washington Central Railway | NP | 1898 | 1914 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Washington and Columbia River Railway | NP | 1892 | 1907 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Washington Electric Railway | GN/ MILW/ NP/ UP | 1912 | 1916 | Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway | ||
Washington and Great Northern Railway | GN | 1901 | 1907 | Great Northern Railway | ||
Washington and Idaho Railroad | UP | 1886 | 1896 | Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company | ||
Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway | WIM | MILW | 1905 | 1980 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Washington Northern Railway | UP | 1906 | 1906 | Oregon and Washington Railroad | ||
Washington and Oregon Railway | NP | 1900 | 1903 | Washington Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Washington Short Line Railway | NP | 1888 | 1900 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Washington Western Railway | WTW | 1912 | 1929 | N/A | ||
Waterville Railway | 1909 | 1948 | N/A | |||
Western American Company | NP | 1896 | 1901 | Northern Pacific Railway | ||
Yakima and Pacific Coast Railroad | NP | 1890 | 1892 | United Railroads of Washington |
- Electric
- Aberdeen Electric Company
- Arlington Heights Motor Railway
- City Park Railway
- Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Railway
- Everett Railway and Electric Company
- Everett Railway, Light and Water Company
- Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
- Grays Harbor Electric Company
- Inland Empire Railroad
- Loyal Railway
- North Shore Electric Company
- Olympia Light and Power Company
- Pacific Northwest Traction Company
- Pacific Traction Company
- Puget Sound Electric Railway
- Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
- Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company
- Ross Park Street Railway
- Seattle Electric Company
- Seattle Municipal Railway
- Seattle and Rainier Beach Railway
- Seattle and Renton Railway
- Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway
- South Bend Electric Company
- Spokane Cable Railway
- Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway
- Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company
- Spokane Electric Railway
- Spokane and Inland Railway
- Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
- Spokane Street Railway
- Spokane Traction Company
- Tacoma Railway and Motor Company
- Tacoma Railway and Power Company
- Tacoma Railways
- Tacoma Traction Company
- Twin City Electric Company
- Twin City Light and Traction Company
- Vancouver Traction Company
- Walla Walla Valley Railway (WWV)
- Walla Walla Valley Traction Company
- Washington–Oregon Corporation
- Washington Water Power Company
- Whatcom County Railway and Light Company
- Willapa Electric Company
- Willapa Harbor Railway
- Yakima Valley Transportation Company (YVT)
Notes
- ↑ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
- Washington State Department of Transportation (September 2008), Washington State Rail System Map (PDF). Retrieved May 3, 2008.
- Washington State Department of Transportation (2004), Railroads in Washington State. Retrieved May 6, 2005.
- Watco Companies, Railroads. Retrieved August 15, 2005.
External links
- provides finding aid to article subject from the Special Collections, Washington State Historical Society (WSHS)
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