Train Symbols
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Class I / Passenger Railroads

Large railroads with revenue greater than $500 million
Railroad Train Symbol Count
Amtrak 384
BNSF 2,056
Canadian National 1,274
CPKC 346
CSXT 2,529
Norfolk Southern 1,907
Union Pacific 1,253
VIA Rail Canada 15

Class II Railroads

Mid-sized (Regional) railroads with revenue between $40 millon and $500 million
Railroad Train Symbol Count
Evansville Western Railway 0
Florida East Coast 32
Indiana Railroad 33
Iowa Interstate Railroad 16
Kyle Railroad 11
Lake State Railway 3
Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad 3
Montana Rail Link 0
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway 5
Paducah & Louisville 0
Providence & Worcester 12
Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad 5
Wheeling & Lake Erie 28
Wisconsin & Southern 12

Class III Railroads

Small (Shortline) railroads with revenue less than $40 millon
Railroad Train Symbol Count
Ann Arbor 0
Belt Railway of Chicago 0
Buckingham Branch Railroad 3
Caltrain 28
Carolina Coastal Railway 0
Central Maine and Quebec Railway 2
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad 5
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad 0
Coaster 15
Columbus & Ohio River Railroad 0
Conrail Shared Assets Operations 10
Dakota Missouri Valley & Western 0
Housatonic Railroad Company 4
Indiana & Ohio Railway 4
Indiana Harbor Belt 0
Kanawha River Railroad 0
Kansas City Terminal 0
Keokuk Junction Railway 0
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville 1
Louisville and Indiana 9
Marquette Rail 0
Maryland Midland 4
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 0
Metra 0
Metro North Commuter Railway 0
Minnesota Commercial Railway 0
New Jersey Transit 11
New Mexico Rail Runner Express 0
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line 1
North County Transit District 0
Ohio Central Railroad 0
Ohio Southern Railroad 0
Pan Am Railways 30
Pere Marquette 0
Progress Rail 0
Red River Valley & Western Railroad 0
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad 0
SEPTA 3
Southern California Regional Rail Authority 0
Spokane Portland & Seattle 0
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis 0
Trinity Railway Express 112
Western New York & Pennsylvania RR 0
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