Train Symbols
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Passenger Railroads

Railroad Train Symbol Count
Amtrak 438
Caltrain 29
Coaster 18
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 89
Metra 608
Metro North Commuter Railroad 153
New Jersey Transit 301
Southern California Regional Rail Authority 10
Trinity Railway Express 112
VIA Rail Canada 31

Class I Railroads

Large railroads with revenue greater than $500 million
Railroad Train Symbol Count
BNSF 4,560
Canadian National 1,345
CPKC 732
CSXT 2,892
Norfolk Southern 2,119
Union Pacific 2,031

Class II Railroads

Mid-sized (Regional) railroads with revenue between $40 millon and $500 million
Railroad Train Symbol Count
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad 13
Evansville Western Railway 0
Ferromex 56
Florida East Coast 36
Indiana Railroad 28
Iowa Interstate Railroad 35
Kyle Railroad 14
Lake State Railway 14
Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad 3
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway 8
Paducah & Louisville 4
Providence & Worcester 17
Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad 11
Wheeling & Lake Erie 52
Wisconsin & Southern 34

Class III Railroads

Small (Shortline) railroads with revenue less than $40 millon
Railroad Train Symbol Count
Ann Arbor 0
Arkansas Oklahoma Railroad 0
Bay Line Railroad 0
Belt Railway of Chicago 12
Berkshire Eastern Railroad 38
Buckingham Branch Railroad 11
Carolina Coastal Railway 6
Central Maine and Quebec Railway 2
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad 10
Cimarron Valley Railroad 0
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad 0
Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad 2
Columbus & Ohio River Railroad 0
Commonwealth Railway 0
Conrail Shared Assets Operations 30
Dakota Missouri Valley & Western 0
Dakota Northern Railroad 0
Delmarva Central Railroad 5
East Penn Railroad 0
Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad 0
Grand Elk Railroad 1
Great Lakes Central Railroad 5
Housatonic Railroad Company 4
Huron and Eastern Railway 6
Indiana & Ohio Railway 35
Indiana Harbor Belt 0
Indiana Northeastern Railroad 1
Kanawha River Railroad 2
Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad 8
Kansas City Terminal 1
Keokuk Junction Railway 0
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville 1
Louisville and Indiana 9
Marquette Rail 3
Maryland Midland 3
Mid-Michigan Railroad 0
Minnesota Commercial Railway 0
Minnesota Northern Railroad 0
Napoleon Defiance & Western Railroad 0
New England Central Railroad 7
New Mexico Rail Runner Express 0
Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad 2
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line 1
North County Transit District 0
Northern Ohio & Western Railroad 0
Northern Plains Railroad 0
Ohio Central Railroad 2
Ohio Southern Railroad 0
Pere Marquette 0
Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad 0
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad 14
Red River Valley & Western Railroad 0
RJ Corman (Western Ohio Lines) 0
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad 0
SEPTA 3
South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad 7
Spokane Portland & Seattle 0
St. Lawrence & Atlantic 3
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis 2
Texas Pacifico Railroad 0
Timber Rock Railroad 0
Twin Cities & Western Railroad 0
Vermont Railway 14
Virginia Railway Express 29
Western New York & Pennsylvania RR 2