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This page provides a directory of freight railroads in the Mid-Atlantic Region including regional railroads, shortline railroads, intermodal operations, and switching / terminal railroads.
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Aliquippa & Ohio River Railroad - Serves an industrial park in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Allegheny Valley Railroad - Shortline operating 70 miles of track in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area
B&H Rail Corp. - Freight railroad operates between Painted Post and Wayland, New York
Batten Kill Railroad - Shortline railroad operates 34 miles from Greenwich, New York
Bessemer & Lake Erie - Map and photos of the B&LE in Pennsylvania by Carsten Lundsten
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Information - History, roster, maps photos, and more about the B&LE in western Pennsylvania and Ohio, now part of Canadian National
Black River & Western Railroad - Shortline freight service between Ringoes and Three Bridges, New Jersey
Brandywine Valley Railroad - Serves the electric steelmaking facilities of Bethlehem Steel's Coatesville, Pennsylvania site
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad - 411 mile regional railroad system in New York and Pennsylvania
Canton Railroad Company - Industrial switching carrier in East Baltimore, Maryland
Carload Express - Operates three shortline railroads serving western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Central New York Railroad - Operates local freight service over 123 miles between Binghamton and Port Jervis, New York, interchanging with Norfolk Southern and the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway
Conrail - Corporate homepage of Consolidated Rail Corporation, providing terminal and switching service for parents CSX and Norfolk Southern in Detroit, New Jersey, and Philadelphia
Consolidated Rail Corporation - Rosters, frequencies, photos, and other railfan information about Conrail and successors CSX and NS
Crescent Corridor - Norfolk Southern public-private partnership to build a 2500-mile rail network from New Jersey to Louisiana
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad - Operates 88 miles including a mainline between Scranton and Portland, Pennsylvania
Depew, Lancaster & Western Railroad - Operates three divisions with terminals in Batavia, Lancaster and Niagara Falls, New York
East Penn Railroad - Operates shortline railroads with a combined 114 miles of track in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Everett Railroad - Operates 25 miles of track serving the communities of Roaring Spring, Martinsburg, Curryville, and Claysburg, with a connection to Norfolk Southern at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
Falls Road Railroad - Shortline railroad operates 45 miles in Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties of Western New York
Finger Lakes Railway - Operates in central New York between Syracuse, Geneva, Penn Yan, and Watkins Glen
Finger Lakes Railway Unofficial Site - News, photos, history, modeling information, and more; by Carter Garrigues-Cortelyou
Genesee Valley Transportation - Operates several freight railroads in the Northeast including Delaware-Lackawanna, Mohawk Adirondack & Northern, Falls Road, and Depew Lancaster & Western
Gettysburg & Northern Railroad - 25-mile shortline between Mount Holly Springs and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Juniata Valley Railroad - Regional carrier connecting with NS in Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Kiski Junction Railroad - Shortline freight railroad also offers passenger excursions from Schenley, Pennsylvania
Kiski Junction Railroad - Unofficial site of the shortline in Schenley, Pennsylvania
Landisville Railroad - Provides rail/truck transloading services in Landisville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Rail Management - Shortline railroad provides freight switching, transload, and railcar storage in Bethlehem and Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad - 282-mile system operating throughout western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania
Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company - Freight railroad operates 60 miles of track in and around Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pennsylvania
Lycoming Valley Railroad - Regional carrier serving Avis, Williamsport, and Muncy, Pennsylvania, with NS connection at Newberry
Maryland & Delaware Railroad - Shortline railroad operating over 120 miles of track on the Delmarva Peninsula
Maryland Midland Railway - Freight railroad operates 70 miles of track from Union Bridge, Maryland
Massena Terminal Railroad - Terminal switching railroad interchanges with CSX in Massena, New York
Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad - 11-mile steam and diesel excursions along the Swatara Creek from Middletown, Pennsylvania, plus freight service in the Harrisburg-Hershey area
Middletown & New Jersey Railroad - Freight railroad operates 43 miles of track in South Eastern New York
Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad - Operates 124 miles in Onieda, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties of northern New York
Monongahela Connecting Railroad - Shortline along the Monongahela River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Morristown & Erie Railway - Shortline railroad operating on 154 miles of track in New Jersey; also offers exclusive private rail cars for charter and operates trains for the Whippany Railway Museum
National Gateway - Public-private partnership to create a more efficient rail route linking Mid-Atlantic ports and Midwestern markets with the use of double-stack trains
New York & Atlantic Railway - Operates freight service over 269 miles of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR); Glendale, New York
New York & Lake Erie Railroad - Freight railroad operates 35 miles in Cataraugus County, New York, from Gowanda to Waterboro, and Dayton to Cattaraugus
New York New Jersey Rail - Moves freight by rail barge across NYC Harbor between Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City, New Jersey
New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway - Freight railroad operates over 400 miles of track in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, with headquarters in Cooperstown, New York
Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad - Regional freight service between Tyrone, Lock Haven, and State College, Pennsylvania
North Shore Railroad - Operators of North Shore Railroad, Lycoming Valley Railroad, Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad, Juniata Valley Railroad, Union County Industrial Railroad, and Shamokin Valley Railroad
Oil Creek & Titusville Lines - Provides freight service along 17 miles between Rouseville and Titusville in northwest Pennsylvania
Ontario Central Railroad - Freight service between Victor, Farmington, Manchester, and Shortsville, New York, with interchanges to CSX, NS, and Finger Lakes Railway
Ontario Midland Railroad - Operates 47 miles in Wayne and Monroe counties in western New York
Owego Harford Railway - Freight railroad operates 27 miles between Owego and Harford Mills, New York
Pennsylvania & Southern Railway - Provides transloading services at the Cumberland Valley Business Park in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad - Provides freight service in Philadelphia's northern suburbs over SEPTA commuter rail routes, interchanging with CSX in Lansdale and New Hope & Ivyland Railroad in Warminster
Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad - Operates 12 miles serving J&L Specialty Steel in Midland, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad - Operates within the 1,600-acre Bethlehem Commerce Center, the former Bethlehem Steel manufacturing plant, and interchanges with NS and CP
Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad - Operates 42 miles of former Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny and Pennsylvania Railroad trackage west and southwest of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad - Switching line serving an industrial complex in McKees Rocks; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Port Jersey Railroad Company (PJRR) - Rail freight service in Bayonne and Jersey City, New Jersey with access to port facilities for ocean shipping of containers, bulk, and break-bulk products
Raritan Central Railway - Operates three switching and terminal railroad operations including Raritan Central, New Jersey & Northern, and Pennsylvania & Southern
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad - Regional freight railroad based in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania operates more than 300 miles
Regional Rail LLC - Operates shortline railroads and freight switching services in the Northeast including the East Penn Railroad, Middletown & New Jersey Railroad, and Tyburn Railroad
Rochester & Southern Railroad - Operates 51 miles between Silver Springs and Rochester, New York
SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority - Owns five shortline railroads in Central Pennsylvania including the Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad, Lycoming Valley Railroad, North Shore Railroad, Shamokin Valley Railroad, and Juniata Valley Railroad
Shamokin Valley Railroad - Regional carrier serving Northumberland, Sunbury, and Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, with connections to NS and Reading & Northern
SMS Rail Lines - Industrial rail services in the Mid-Atlantic Region including the Pureland Industrial Complex (New Jersey), Penn Warner Industrial Park (Morrisville, Pennsylvania), and Northeastern Industrial Park (Albany, New York)
South Brooklyn Railway - Unofficial site with photos and information about the past and present operations of a terminal railroad in Brooklyn, New York
Southern Railroad of New Jersey - Shortline railroad operates 71 miles of track in southern New Jersey
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad - Shortline operating 66 miles from Greensburg to Smithfield, Pennsylvania
Southwestern Pennsylvania Railroad - Freight railroad operates over former Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad branches in southwestern Pennsylvania
Susquehanna.Railfan.Net - New York Susquehanna & Western Railway history, photos, and more
Transtar - Operates water and rail transport services in the US
Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad - 11 mile rail link between Export and Trafford, Pennsylvania, serving Dura-Bond Industries
Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad - Unofficial site of a shortline southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, running from Trafford to Export
Tyburn Railroad - Operates a rail-to-truck transload facility in Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Union County Industrial Railroad - Switching carrier interchanges with NS in Milton, Pennsylvania
Union Railroad Company - Provides freight switching service between North Bessemer and Clairton, Pennsylvania and operates the Duquesne Wharf Facility for barge-to-rail transport of coal and other commodities
Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad - Provides rail service to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's plate mill in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and to Philadelphia Newspapers
Wellsboro & Corning Railroad - 35-mile shortline operates between Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and Corning, New York
Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad - Operates 188 miles between Meadville, Pennsylvania and Hornell, New York
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway - Regional freight railroad in Ohio and western Pennsylvania
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway - Map, railfan guide, and photos of the W&LE in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Unofficial Site - History, roster, and operations information of a regional railroad in Ohio and western Pennsylvania
Winchester & Western Railroad - Operates 54 miles from Hagerstown, Maryland through Martinsburg, West Virginia to Winchester and Gore, Virginia
York Railway - 40-mile shortline railroad in eastern Pennsylvania, providing rail transportation and distribution services between York and Hanover
Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad - Shortline railroad operates between Darlington, Pennsylvania and Youngstown, Ohio, interchanging with CSX and Norfolk Southern
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