Railroads of the World

Railroads of the World

This listing includes abbreviations, nicknames, and reporting marks. AA Ann Arbor Railroad

A y B Antofagasta y Bolivia AAR Association of American

Annie & Mary (nickname—

(Spanish—Antofagasta and Railroads

Arcata and Mad River Rail-

road)—originally the Union

Bolivia)—Chilean Railway

linking Pacific port with high- ABB Akron and Barberton

A & B Antofagasta and Bolivia

Wharf and Plank Walk Com-

lands of landlocked Bolivia Belt Railroad

pany

AYSS Allegheny and South ABL Alameda Belt Line

ANR Angelina and Neches

Side AC Algoma Central Railway

ba BART (Bay Area Rapid ACR Algoma Central Railway

River Railroad; Australian

Transit) ACY A k r o n , C a n t o n a n d

National Railways

AP Allegheny Portage Railway

B & A Boston and Albany

Youngstown Railroad (Penn Central)

APA Apache Railway Com-

AD Atlantic and Danville Rail- B-A-M Baikal-Amur-Magis- way

pany

tral (railroad in Pacific Sibe- ADN Ashley, Drew and North-

APD Albany Port District

ria, USSR) ern Railway (also AD & N)

AR Aberdeen and Rockfish

BAP Butte, Anaconda and Pa- AE Algoma Eastern Railway

ARA Arcade and Attica Rail-

cific Railway (also BA & P) (Manitoulin & North Shore

road

BARC Baltimore and Annapo- Railway)

ARC A l ex a n d e r R a i l r o a d

lis Railroad Company AEC Atlantic and East Caro-

(Southern)

B & ARR Boston and Albany lina

ARR Alaska Railroad

Railroad AF Alma and Jonquieres Rail-

BART Bay Area Rapid Transit way

ART American Refrigerator

(San Francisco Bay Area AFE Administracion de los

Transit

ARW Arkansas Western Rail-

mass transportation system)

Bay Line Atlanta and Saint An- Ferrocarriles del Estado

way (Kansas City Southern)

(Spanish—State Railways drews Bay Railway

A & S Abilene and Southern

Administration)—Venezuela BB Birmingham Belt Railroad AGS Alabama Great Southern

ASAB Atlanta and Saint An-

BCE Route British Columbia (Southern Railway)

drews Bay Railway

Electric Route AL Almanor Railroad

ASDA Asbestos and Danville

ASLRA American Short Line

BCH British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

ALC American Locomotive

Railroad Association

BCK Buffalo Creek Railroad ALM Arkansas and Louisiana

Company

ASR Association of Southeast-

ern Railroads

BCK Bas-Congo au Katanga

(French—Lower Congo— Missouri Railway (also A &

ATC Arnold Transit Company

ATN Alabama, Tennessee and

Katanga)—railway of Demo-

cratic Republic of Congo ALN Albany and Northern

LM)

BCR British Columbia Railway Railroad

Northern Railroad

BC RAIL British Columbia ALQS Aliquippa and Southern

ATSF Atchison, Topeka and

Railway ALS Alton and Southern Rail-

Santa Fe Railway (also AT &

BCRR Boyne City Railroad road

SF)

BCYR British Columbia Yukon AL & S Alton and Southern

ATW Atlantic and Western

Railway Railroad

AUG Augusta Railroad

BDZ (Cyrillic transliteration— Alton Route Gulf, Mobile and

AUS Augusta and Summerville

Bulgarian State Railways) Ohio Railroad

Austrail Railways of Australia

BE Baltimore and Eastern Rail- AMC Amador Central Railroad

AVL Aroostook Valley Rail-

road (Penn Central) AMR Arcata and Mad River

road

BEDT Brooklyn Eastern Dis- Amtrak American (railroad)

trict Terminal Railroad tracks—(government-spon-

AW Ahnapee and Western Rail-

BEEM Beech Mountain Rail- sored program for reviving

way

road city-to-city passenger ser-

AWP Atlanta and West Point

BEM Beaufort and Morehead vice)

Rail Road (includes Western

Railroad AN Apalachicola Northern

Railway of Alabama and

Bessemer Bessemer and Lake Railroad

Georgia Railroad)—also

Eric Ann Arbor Detroit, Toledo and

A&WP

BFC Bellefonte Central Rail- Ironton Railroad

AWW Algers, Winslow and

Western Railway

road

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BH Bath and Hammondsport

Central of Ga Central of Geor- Railroad

Burlington Route C h i c a g o ,

gia BHS Bonhomie and Hatties-

Burlington and Quincy Rail-

CF Cape Fear Railways burg Southern Railroad

road

CF C-O Chemin de Fer Congo- Big Four Cleveland, Cincin-

Burl N Burlington Northern

Ocean (French—Congo- nati, Chicago and St Louis

and St Louis-San Francisco

Ocean Railroad)—Congo Railway (Penn Central)

(railway merger)

(Brazzaville) Birmingham Southern B i r-

BUSH Bush Terminal Railroad

CFF/SFF/FFS C h e m i n s d e mingham Southern Railroad

BVG B e r l i n e r Ve r k e h r s

Fer Federaux Susses/Sch- BLA Baltimore and Annapolis

Betriebe (German—Berlin

weizerische Bundesbah- BM Boston and Maine Corpo-

Traffic Management)—Ber-

n e n / Fe r ro v i e D e d e ra l i ration

lin’s subway system

Svizzere (French, German, BME Beaver, Meade and En-

BV & S Bevier and Southern

Italian—Swiss Federal Rail- glewood Railroad

BWC Pennsylvania New York

ways) BMRR Beech Mountain Rail-

Central Transportation Com-

CFL Société Nationale des road

pany

BYR British Yukon Railway

Chemins de Fer Luxembour-

geois (French—Luxembourg head Railroad

B & MRR Beaufort and More-

CAD Cadiz Railroad

National Railways) BMT Brooklyn-Manhattan

CAR Central Australia Railway

CFM Caminho de Ferro de Transit (subway system)

CARR Carrollton Railroad

Moçambique (Portuguese— BN Burlington Northern (com-

Mozambique Railroad); bining Frisco—the St Louis-

CARW Caroline Western Rail-

Chemin de Fer Madagascar San Francisco with former

road

(French—Madagascar Rail- Great Northern; Northern Pa-

CASO Canada Southern Rail-

road) cific; Chicago, Burlington

way (Penn Central)

CBC Carbon County Railway

CFR Caile Ferate Ramane (Ro-

and Quincy; Spokane, Port- manian—General Direction

CBL Conernaugh and Black

land and Seattle; and Pacific of the Romanian Railroads)

Lick

Coast railroads) CFR Chemins de Fer Royaux

CB & Q Chicago, Burlington

B & N Bauxite and Northern du Cambodge (French—

and Quincy Railroad (to Bur-

Railway Royal Cambodian Railways)

lington Northern)

BNSF Burlington Northern CG Central of Georgia Railway

C & C Columbia & Cowlitz

CC & C Cabedelo, Charleston

C & G Columbus and Green-

BNT Buffalo Niagara Transit ville

Santa Fe Railway

& Coney Island

CCCSL Cleveland, Cincinnati,

B & O Baltimore and Ohio

C of G Central of Georgia

Railroad Railway

Chicago and St Louis Rail-

BOCT Baltimore and Ohio CGR Ceylon Government Rail-

way (Penn Central)

Chicago Terminal Railroad way; Cyrenaica Government

CCFPCS Cie des Chemins de

BOYC Boyne City Railroad Railway (Libya)

Fer de la Plaine du Cul-de-

C & GTR Canada and Gulf BR Botswana Railways; British

Sac (French—Cul-de-Sac

Railways; Burma Railways Terminal Railway

Plaine Railroad Company)—

BRB Bangladesh Railway CGW Chicago Great Western

Tahiti

C & H Cheswick and Harmer BRC Belt Railway Company of

CC & O Caroline, Clinchfield

Railroad Chicago

and Ohio Railway

Chessie System Chesapeake & BR & W B l a c k R ive r a n d

CC & ORSC C a r o l i n e ,

Ohio/Baltimore & Ohio Western

Clinchfield and Ohio Rail-

Chicago Outer Belt Elgin, Jo- BS Birmingham Southern Rail-

road of South Carolina

liet and Eastern Railway road

CCR Corinth and Counce Rail-

road

Chihuahua-Pacific R a i l w a y

Ferrocarril del Chihuahua al BTA Boston Transportation

B & S Bevier and Southern

CCT Central California Trac-

Pacifico —from the border of Authority

tion

Texas at Presidio to the Pa- BTC Baltimore Transit Com-

CDE Chemin de Fer Djibouti-

cific coast at Los Mochis via pany

Ethiopién (French—Dji-

Chihuahua over route of the BTN Belton Railroad

bouti-Ethiopian Railway)

Kansas City, Mexico, and BU Budapest Underground

C de F D-N Chemins de Fer

Orient (subway system)

D a k a r- N i ge r

(French—

CH-P Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Burlington Northern combin-

Dakar-Niger Railways)—

Pacifico (Chihuahua-Pacific ing Great Northern; Northern

Mali

Railway formerly Mexico Pacific; Chicago, Burlington

C & EI Chicago and Eastern

Northwestern Railway and and Quincy; Spokane, Port-

Illinois Railroad

Kansas City, Mexico and Ori- land and Seattle; and Pacific

Central (nickname—New York

ent Railway) Coast railroads

Central Railroad)—now part

of the Penn Central

CHR Chestnut Ridge Railway

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CHTT Chicago Heights Termi-

CRC Cameroon Railways Cor- nal Transfer Railroad

CNW Chicago and North West-

poration (West Africa); Cum- CHV Chattahoochee Valley

ern Railway (includes Chi-

berland Railway Company CKW Chesapeake Western

cago, St Paul, Minneapolis,

and Omaha; Litchfield and

(Nova Scotia)

CRI Chicago River and Indiana Railroad

C & I Cambria and Indiana

Madison Railway; Minneapo-

CR & IC Cedar Rapids and CIC Cedar Rapids and Iowa

lis and St Louis)

Iowa City Railway City Railway

C & NW Chicago and North

CR & IR Chicago River and CIE Coras Iompair Eireann

Western Railway

Indiana Railroad (Gaelic—Irish State Rail-

C & O Chesapeake and Ohio

CRN Carolina and Northwest- ways)

(to CSX Corporation)

ern (Southern Railway) CI & L Chicago, Indianapolis,

Coahuila-Zacatecas Railway

CRP Central Railway of Peru and Louisville Railway

Ferrocarril Coahuila-Zacate-

CRR Clinchfield Railroad (Monon Railroad)

cas —Mexico

CRRNJ Central Railroad of CIM Chicago and Illinois Mid-

Cog Wheel Route M a n i t o u

New Jersey land Railway (also C & IM)

and Pike’s Peak Railway

CSAR Central South African CIND Central Indiana Railway

Conrail Consolidated Rail Cor-

Railways CIRR Chattahoochee Indus-

poration (Ann Arbor, Central

CSP Camas Prairie Railroad trial Railroad

Railroad of New Jersey, Erie

Lackawanna, Lehigh and

CSS Chicago South Shore and

South Bend Railroad Railroad

C & IRR Cambria and Indiana

Hudson River, Lehigh Valley,

CSS & SBR Chicago South CIW Chicago and Illinois

Penn Central, Reading)

Shore and South Bend Rail- Western Railroad

COP City of Prineville Railway

road CIWL Compangie Internation-

COPR Copper Range Railroad

C St P M & O C h i c a g o , S t ale des Wagon-Lits (French—

Corn Belt Route S t L o u i s

Pa u l , M i n n e a p o l i s a n d International Sleeping Car

Southwestern Railway

Omaha (Chicago North West- Company)

Cotton Belt Cotton Belt Route

ern) CKSO Condon, Kinzua and

(St Louis Southwestern Rail-

CSX Chessie and Seaboard Southern Railroad

way—SSW)

(railroads consolidated) CLC Colombia and Cowlitz

CP Canadian Pacific Railway

C & T Cumbres & Toltec CLCO Claremont and Concord

(Dominion Atlantic Railway,

CTA Chicago Transit Authority Clinchfield Chinchfield Rail-

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Rail-

way, Grand River Railway,

(elevated and subway rail-

roads) road (Carolina, Clinchfield

Lake Erie and Northern Rail-

CTC Canadian Transport Com- and Ohio Railway)

way, Quebec Central Rail-

mission; Cincinnati Transit CLK Cadillac and Lake City

way, Vancouver and Lulu Is-

Company Railway

land Branch)

CTN Canton Railroad CLP Clarendon and Pittsford

CP Companhia des Caminhos

CTS Cleveland Transit System Railroad

de ferro Portuguese (Portu-

CUTC Cincinnati Union Ter- CLRR Camp Lejeune Railroad

guese—Portuguese Rail-

minal Company CMO Chicago, St Paul, Minne-

ways)

CUVA Cuyahoga Valley Rail- apolis and Omaha (Chicago

CPA Coudersport and Port Al-

road North Western)

legany Railroad

CV Central Vermont Railway CN Canadian National (in-

CPF Cotton Plant-Fargo Rail-

CVRy Cuyahoga Valley Rail- cludes Canadian National

way

way Railways; Central Vermont

CP & LT Camino, Placerville

C & W Colorado and Wyo- Railway; Duluth, Winnipeg

and Lake Tahoe Railroad

ming Railway and Pacific Railway; Grand

CPPR Chinese People’s Re-

C & WC Charleston and West- Trunk Lines in U.S.A .)

public Railways

CPR Canadian Pacific Rail-

ern Carolina Railway (Sea-

board Coast Line Railroad) western Railway

C & N Carolina and North-

road; Canadian Pacific Rail-

CWI Chicago and Western In- CNJ Central Railroad of New

way

diana Jersey

CP Rail Canadian Pacific Rail-

CWP Chicago, West Pullman CN & L Columbia, Newberry

road

and Southern Railroad (also and Laurens Railroad

CPT Chicago Produce Termi-

CWP & S) CNO & TPR Cincinnati New

nal

CWR California Western Rail- Orleans and Texas Pacific

CR Commonwealth Railways

road Railway

(Australia and Tasmania);

DA Dominion Atlantic Railway CNR Chiriqui National Rail-

Copper Range Railroad

(Canadian Pacific) road (Panama)

(Michigan, Wisconsin, Illi-

DB Deutsche Bundesbahn CNTP Cincinnati, New Orleans

nois)

(German—German Rail- and Texas Pacific

CRANDIC Route Cedar Rap-

ids and Iowa City Railway

ways)

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DC Delray Connecting Rail-

ESLJ East St Louis Junction road

DTI Detroit, Toledo and Iron-

Railroad DCI Des Moines and Central

ton Railroad (also DT & I)

ETL Essex Terminal Railway Iowa

D & TS Detroit and Toledo

ET & WNC East Tennessee DCR Delray Connecting Rail-

Shore Line Railroad

and Western North Carolina road (Zug Island Road)

DVS Delta Valley and Southern

Railroad DCT Washington, DC Transit

Railway

DWP Duluth, Winnipeg and

Eurailpass European railroad

pass (ticket system valid on Delay Long and Wait n i c k -

D & E De Queen and Eastern

Pacific Railway

almost all European rail- name for the Delaware, Lack-

E Erie Lackawanna

roads) awanna and Western Railroad

EAR East African Railways

EW East Washington Railway (derived from the initials DL

EARC East African Railways

EYB Europa Year Book & W)

Corporation

EAR & H East African Rail-

FA Ferrocarriles Argentinos

(Spanish—Argentine Rail- Railway (part of NW)

D & H Delaware and Hudson

ways and Harbours

ways) DHR Darjeeling Himalayan

EBR Emu Bay Railway (Tas-

F & C Frankfort and Cincin- Railway

mania)

nati Railroad diner dining car

EBRy Eastern Bengal Railway

FCAB Ferrocarril Antofagasta- DKS Doniphan, Kensett and

(East Pakistan)

Bolivia (Spanish—Antofa- Searcy Railway

EDLR Egyptian Delta Light

gasta and Bolivia Railway) DL & W Delaware, Lack-

Railways

FC del P Ferrocarril Central awanna and Western Railroad

EDW El Dorado and Wesson

del Perú (Spanish—Central (Erie Lackawanna)

EEC East Erie Commercial

FCDN Ferrocarril del Na- DM&E Dakota, Minnesota &

Railroad

Railway of Peru)

D & M Detroit and Mackinac

cozari (Spanish—Nacozari Eastern Railroad

EFA Empresa Ferrocarriles Ar-

Railroad)—Mexico DM & IRR Duluth, Missabe

gentinos (Spanish—Argen-

FCG Fernwood, Columbia and and Iron Range Railway

tine Railways Enterprise)

Gulf Railroad DMM Dansville and Mount

EFE Empresa de los Ferrocar-

FCIN Frankfort and Cincinnati Morris

riles del Estado (Spanish—

FCM Ferrocarriles Nociona- DMU Des Moines Union Rail-

State Railways Enterprise)—

Chile

les de México (Spanish— way

Mexican National Rail- DMWR Des Moines Western

EFEE Empresa de los Ferro-

ways)—includes Nacional de Railway

carriles del Estado Ecuatori-

México and Nacional de Te- DNE Duluth and Northeastern

ano (Spanish—Ecuadorian

huantepec Railroad

State Railways Enterprise)

FCNM Ferrucarriles Naciona- DO Direct Orient (Orient Ex-

EJ & ERy Elgin, Joliet and

les de México (Spanish—Na- press)

Eastern Railway

tional Railroads of Mexico) DORR Delaware Otsego Rail-

EJR East Jersey Railroad

El Elevated Railroad

FCP Ferrocarril del Pacifico

road (Spanish—Pacific Rail-

EL Erie Lackawanna Railway

DQ & ERR De Queen and road)—links Arizona border

(merger of Erie with Dela-

Eastern Railroad with Mazatlan on west coast

ware, Lackawanna and West-

ern, now part of Conrail)

of Mexico

sellville FCZ Ferrocarril Coahuila-

D & R Dardanelle and Rus-

ELS Escanaba and Lake Supe-

D & RGW Denver and Rio Zacatecas (Spanish—

rior Railroad (also E &

Coahuila-Zacatecas Rail- Grande Western Railroad

LSRR)

way)—Mexico DRI Davenport, Rock Island

E & M Edgmoor and Marietta

FDDM Fo r t D o d g e , D e s and North Western Railway

EN Esquimalt and Nanaimo

Moines and Southern Rail- DRy Devco Railway

Railway (Canadian Pacific)

way DS Durham and Southern Rail-

ENF Empresa Nocional de Fer-

F de C Ferrocarriles de Cuba way

rocarriles (Spanish—Na-

tional Railways Enterprise)—

(Spanish—Cuban Rail-

roads)—Unidad Habana Durham and Southern Rail-

D & S Durango & Silverton,

Bolivia

(western Cuba) and Unidad way

ENFE Empresa Nacional de

Camaguey (eastern Cuba) DSB Danske Statsbaner (Dan-

los Ferrocarriles del Estado

F de G a LP Ferrocarril de ish—Danish State Railways)

(Spanish—State Railways of

Guayaquil-La Paz (Span- DSR Detroit Street Railways

Ecuador)

ish—Guayaquil-La Paz Rail- DT Detroit Terminal Railroad

ER Egyptian Railways

ERBR Eastern Region of Brit-

way)—Peru

F del N Ferrocarriles del Norte portation

D of T Department of Trans-

ish Railways

(Spanish—Northern Rail- DTC Dallas Transit Company

Erie Erie Railroad (Erie Lack-

awanna)

ways)—Paraguay

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FUY Ferrocarriles Unidos de (Spanish—Pacific Rail-

F del P Ferrocarril del Pacifico

FNC Ferrocarriles Nacionales

Yucatan (Spanish—United road)—Mexico

de Cuba (National Railroad

Railways of Yucatan)—Mex- Feather River Route Western

of Cuba nationalized by Cas-

ico Pacific Railroad

tro government and consist-

FWB Fort Worth Belt Railway FEC Florida East Coast Rail-

ing of Consolidated Railroads

FW & D Fort Worth and Den- way

of Cuba, The Cuba Railroad,

ver FEGUA Ferrocarriles de Gua-

Cuba Northern Railways,

GA Georgia Railroad temala (Spanish—Railroads

Guantanamo and Western

GANO G e o rg i a N o r t h e r n of Guatemala)

Railroad, Guantanamo Rail-

Railway FEMESA Ferrocarriles Metro-

road, Hershey Cuban Rail-

GASC G e o rg i a , A s h bu r n , politanos SA (Spanish—Met-

way, etc.)

Sylvester and Camilla Rail- ropolitan Railway—Buenos

FN de H Ferrocarriles Nacion-

way Aires)

ales de Honduras (Spanish—

GB & W Green Bay and West- FENADESAL Ferrocarriles

National Railways of Hondu-

ern Lines (includes Ke- Nacionales de El Salvador

ras)

waunee, Green Bay and West- (Spanish—El Salvador Na-

FNM Ferrocarriles Nacionales

ern Railroad) tional Railways)

de México (Spanish—Na-

GC Graham County Railroad FEP Ferrocarril Electrico al

tional Railways of Mexico)

GCW Garden City Western Pacifico (Spanish—Pacific

FOM Ferrocarril Occidental de

Railway Electric Railway)—Costa

México (Spanish—Westem

Railway of Mexico)

George Washington’s Rail-

road Chesapeake and Ohio of Puntarenas with mountain

Rican line linking Pacific port

FOR Fore River Railroad

Georgia Georgia Railroad capital of San José

FPCAL Ferrocarriles Presi-

G & F Georgia and Florida FEPASA Federação Paulista

dent Carlos Antonio López

Railway Sedada Anomina (Portu-

(Spanish—President Carlos

GFS Grand Falls Central Rail- guese—Paulist Federation

Antonio Lopez Railways)—

way Company)—Brazilian rail-

Paraguay

GH & H Galveston, Houston road

FPE Fairport, Painesville and

and Henderson Railroad FER Franco-Ethiopian Rail-

Eastern Railroad

GJ Greenwich and Johnson- way

FP & ER Fairport, Painesville

ville Railway FES Ferrocarril de El Salvador

and Eastern Railway

G&JGreenwich and (Spanish—El Salvador Rail-

FPN Ferrocarril del Pacifico de

Johnsonville Railway way)

Nicaragua (Spanish—Pacific

GKB Graz-Köflacher Eisen- FFAC Federação Ferrocarril

Railway of Nicaragua)

bahn und Bergbau—Gesell- Agricola Cotias (Portu-

FR Feather River Railway

FRDN Ferdinand Railroad

shaft mbh (Austrian—Graz- Köflacher Railway)

GM Gainesville Midland Rail- ative Railway Federation)—

guese—Agricultural Cooper-

Frisco St Louis-San Francisco

road Brazil

Railway (merged with Burl-

GMRC Green Mountain Rail- FICA Ferrocarriles Interna-

ington Northern)

road Corporation clonales de Centro America

FS Ferrovie dello Stato (Ital-

GN Great Northern Railway (Spanish—International Rail-

ian—State Railway)

GNA Graysonia, Nashville and ways of Central America)

FSBC Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja

Ashdown Railroad FIPC Ferrocarril Industrial del

California (Sonora—Baja

GNW Genessee and Wyoming Potosí y Chihuahua (Span-

California Railroad)

Railroad ish—Industrial Railroad of

FS del P Ferrocarril del Sur

GNWR Genessee and Wyo- Potosi and Chihuahua)—

del Perú (Spanish—Southem

ming Railroad Mexico

Railway of Peru)

GO Transit Government of FJG Fonda, Johnstown and

FSVB Fort Smith and Van Bu-

Ontario Transit Gloversville Railroad

ren Railway (Kansas City

G & Q Guayaquil and Quito FLR Fayum Light Railways

Southern)

Grand Trunk G r a n d Tr u n k (Egypt)

FtD DM & S Fort Dodge, Des

Railway System (Canadian FMS Fort Myers Southern

Moines and Southern Rail-

National) and Grand Trunk Railroad

way

Western Railroad FN Ferrocarriles Nacionales

FUD Ferrocarriles Unidos Do-

Green Bay Route Green Bay (Spanish—National Rail-

minicanos (Spanish—United

and Western Railroad ways—Argentina, Chile, Co-

Dominican Railways)—Do-

GRN Greenville and Northern lombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Hon-

minican Republic

Railway duras, Mexico, Panama,

FUS Ferrocarriles Unidos del

GRNR Grand River Railway Venezuela, etc.)

Sureste (Spanish—United

Railways of the Southeast)

(Canadian Pacific)

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GR & PA Ghana Railway and

JTC Jacksonville Terminal Port Authority

HTW Hoosac Tunnel and

Company GRR Georgetown Railroad

Wilmington Railroad

JWR Jane’s World Railways GRSS Guyana Railways and

HZP Hrvatsko Zeljeznicko

Katy Missouri-Kansas-Texas Shipping Services

Poduzece (Croatian—Croat-

Railroad (MKT) GSF Georgia Southern and

ian State Railway)

KBR Kankakee Belt Route Florida (Southern)

I Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

KCC Kansas City Connecting GSW Great Southwest Rail-

IAT Iowa Terminal Railroad

Railroad road

IB & TC International Bridge

KCMO Kansas City, Mexico GTW Grand Trunk Western

and Terminal Company

and Orient Railway (Ferro- Railroad (Canadian National)

ICC Interstate Commerce

Commission

carril Chihuahua al Pacifico )

KCNW Kelley’s Creek and Railroad

G & U Grafton and Upton

ICG Illinois Central Gulf

Northwestern Railroad G&W Genessee & Wyoming

IGA Indian Government Ad-

KCPSFO Kansas City Public Railway

ministration (Railway Board

Service Freight Operation GWF Galveston Wharves

of India)

KCR Kanawha Central Rail- GWR Great Western Railway

IHB Indiana Harbor Belt Rail-

way GWWDR Great Winnipeg Wa-

road

K-C Ry Kowloon-Canton Rail- ter District Railway

IN Illinois Northern Railway

way (Hong Kong) HB Hampton and Branchville

INCOFER Ferrocarriles de

KCS Kansas City Southern HBLRR Harbor Belt Line Rail-

Costa Rica (Spanish—Costa

Railway (includes Arkansas road

Rican Railways)

Western, Fort Smith and Van HBS Hoboken Shore Railroad

IND Independent (New York

Buren, Louisiana and Arkan- HBT Houston Belt and Termi-

subway system)

sas railways) nal—owned jointly by Santa

Indiana Harbor Belt “ c o n -

KCT Kansas City Terminal Fe, Missouri Pacific, and Fort

nects with all Chicago rail-

Railway Worth & Denver

roads”

KGB Kewaunee, Green Bay HC Heber Creeper (Utah)

Industrial Railway of Potosí

and Western Railroad (Green HE Hollis and Eastern Railroad

and Chihuahua (Ferrocar-

Bay and Western Lines)— HER Hellenic Electric Railway

ril Industrial del Potosí y Chi-

also KGB & W (Athens–Piraeus subway sys-

huahua )—Mexico

KIT Kentucky and Indiana Ter- tem linking capital with its

INT Interstate Railroad

minal Railroad seaport)

Interstate Interstate Railroad

K & M Kansas and Missouri HH Hamburger Hochbahn

IPE Indian-Pacific Express

Railway and Terminal Com- (German—Hamburg Ele-

[Perth to Sydney—2461

pany vated Railway)—includes

miles (3960 kilometers) in 65

KMRT Kansas and Missouri subway system

hours]

Railway and Terminal Com- HI Holton Inter-Urban Railway

IR Israel Railways

pany HJR Hedjaz Jordan Railway

IRCA International Railways

KNR Klamath Northern Rail- HLNE Hillsboro and North-

of Central America (El Salva-

way; Korean National Rail- eastern

dor, Guatemala, and Hondu-

ras)

ways

KO & G Kansas, Oklahoma (Hudson Tubes)

H & M Hudson & Manhattan

IRN Ironton Railroad

and Gulf Railway HN Hutchinson and Northern

IRRys Iraqi Republic Railways

KRI Kyle Railway Inc Railway

IRS Iranian State Railway

K & T Kentucky and Tennes- HNE Harriman and North-

IRT Interborough Rapid Tran-

see eastem (Southern)

sit (New York City subway

KTM Keretapi Tanah Malayu hovertrain railroad train sup-

system)

(Malayan Railway) ported by an air cushion in-

ITC Illinois Terminal Company

Kyle Kyle Railway stead of wheels

ITRC Iowa Transfer Railway

L & A Louisiana and Arkansas HPTD High Point, Thomas-

Company

Railway (Kansas City South- ville and Denton Railroad

IU Indiana Union Railway

ern)—also LA HRPSSh Hekurdhë Republika

JE Jerseyville and Eastern

LAJ Los Angeles Junction Popullore Socialiste e Sh-

Jersey Central Lines Central

Railway gipërisë (Albanian—Alba-

Railroad of New Jersey and

LA & LR Livonia, Avon and nian Railways)

Lehigh and New England

Lakeville Railroad HRT Hartwell Railway

JHSC Johnstown and Stony

LAMCO Liberian America HS Hartford and Slocomb Rail-

Creek Railroad

Swedish Minerals Company road

JNR Japanese National Rail-

(Liberian Railways) HSW Helena Southwestern

ways

JRC Jamaica Railway Corpora-

Land of Evangeline Route

Railroad

tion

Dominion Atlantic Railway

Railroads of the World

LART Los Angeles Rapid

M del P Méxicano del Pacifico Transit

LRI Lawndale Transportation

(Spanish—Pacific Railroad LAWV Lorain and West Vir-

Company

formerly Southern Pacific of ginia Railway (North and

LRS Laurinburg and Southern

Mexico) Western)

L & S Laurinburg and South-

MD & W Minnesota, Dakota LBR Lowville and Beaver

ern

and Western Railway River Railroad

LS & BC La Salle and Bureau

M & E Morristown and Erie L & C Lancaster and Chester

County Railroad

Railroad Railway

LS & I Lake Superior and Ish-

MEC Maine Central Railroad LEE Lake Erie and Eastern

peming Railroad

MER Metropolitan Elevated Railroad

LSO Louisiana Southern Rail-

Railroad LEF Lake Erie, Franklin and

way (Southern)

METC Medesto and Empire Clarion Railroad

LSR Lebanese State Railroads

Traction Company LE & FW Lake Erie and Fort

LST & TRC Lake Superior

Metro (French—short form Wayne

Terminal and Transfer Rail-

Chemin de fer Metropoli- LEN Lake Erie and Northern

way Company

tain )—Paris subway system Railway (Canadian Pacific)

LT Lake Terminal Railroad

Metropolitano Rome’s subway LHR Lehigh and Hudson River

(also LTRR)

system LI Long Island Railroad (Met-

LV Lehigh Valley Railroad

Mexican Pacific Railroad Fe r- ropolitan Transportation An-

LW Louisville and Wadley

rocarril Mexicano del Paci- thority)—M

Railway

fico –(Spanish—Los Mochis Lickenpurr (Hawaiian nick-

L & W Louisville and Wadley

to Camp) name—Lahaina-Kaanapal

Railway

MF Middle Fork Railroad and Pacific Rail Road) nick-

LWV Lackawanna and Wyo-

MGA Monongahela Railway name derived from abbrevia-

ming Valley Railway

MGU Mobile and Gulf Rail- tions—LK & PRR.

M Metropolitan Transit Author-

road LIRR Long Island Rail Road

ity (New York City’s rapid-

MHM Mount Hope Mineral LK & PRR Lahaina-Kaanapal

transit system); Metropolitan

Railroad and Pacific Rail Road (Maui,

Transportation Authority

M & HMRR Marquette and Hawaii)

(Long Island Railroad);

Huron Mountain Railroad LM Litchfield and Madison

Monon Railroad

MI Missouri-Illinois Railroad Railway (Chicago North

MA Magyan Allamvasutak

MICO Midland Continental Western)—also L&M

(Hungarian —Hungarian

Railroad LM Leningrad Metro (Rus-

State Railways)

MID Midway Railroad sian—Leningrad subway)

MAGR Minneapolis, Anoka

MILW Chicago, Milwaukee, St LMC Liberia Mining Company

and Guyana Range Railroad

Paul and Pacific Railroad LMRBR London Midland Re-

Main Line of Mid-America

(Milwaukee Road) gion of British Railways

Illinois Central Railroad

MINE Minneapolis Eastern L & N Louisville and Nash-

MARR Magma Arizona Rail-

Railway ville Railroad (a part of CSX)

road

MIR Minneapolis Industrial LNAC Louisville, New Albany

M-A Ry Massawa-Agordad

Railway and Corydon Railroad

Railway (Ethiopia)

Mitropa M i t t e l e u ro p a i s ch e LNE Lehigh and New England

M & B Meridan and Bigbee

Schlaf und Speiswagen (Ger- Railway (Central Railroad of

Railroad

man—Middle-European New Jersey)

MBI Marianna and Blounts-

Sleeping Car and Dining Car) L & NR Ludington and North-

town Railroad

MJ Manufacturers’ Junction ern Railway

MBT Marianna and Blount-

Railway L & NRY Laona and Northern

stown

MKC McKeesport Connecting Railway

MBTA Massachusetts Bay

Railroad L & NW Louisiana and North

Transportation Authority

MKT Missouri-Kansas-Texas West Rail Road

(Boston’s subway system)

Railroad (Katy) LOPG Live Oak, Perry and

MC Michigan Central Railroad

MLD Midland Railway of Gulf (Southern)

(Penn Central)

Manitoba LPB Louisiana and Pine Bluff

McR McCloud River Railroad

MLS Manistique and Lake Su- Railway

MCRR Main Central Rail

perior Railroad LPN Longview, Portland and

Road; Monongahela Con-

MMR Moscow Metro Railway Northern Railway

necting Railroad

(Moscow’s radiating subway LRB London Transport Board

MCSA Moscow, Camden and

system famed for its beautiful lrc (LRC) light, rapid, com-

San Augustine Railroad

stations) fortable (high-speed railroad

MD Municipal Docks Railway

MNCRR Metro-North Com- trains)

of the Jacksonville Port Au-

thority

muter Railroad

Railroads of the World

MNF Morehead North Fork

NJ Niagara Junction Railway Railroad

Leningrad-Moscow and the

NJI & I New Jersey, Indiana MNJ Middletown and New Jer-

transcontinental Trans-Sibe-

and Illinois Railroad sey Railway

rian linking Moscow with

NKP Nickel Plate (New York, MNS Minneapolis, Northfield

Vladivostok)

Chicago and St Louis Rail- and Southern Railway

MTC Milwaukee Transport

road)—merged with Norfolk MOB Montreux-Oberland-

Company; Montreal Trans-

and Western Bernois (railway)

portation Commission (sub-

NLC New Orleans and Lower MON Motion Railroad

way and surface railways);

Coast Railroad Monon Motion Railroad (for-

Mystic Terminal Company

N’LG North Louisiana and merly Chicago, Indianapolis

(Boston and Maine)

Gulf Railroad and Louisville Railway)

MTFR Minnesota Transfer

NM Nagoya Municipality (sub- Mon Rys Mongolian Railways

Railroad

way system) Montour Montour Railroad

MTH Mount Hood Railway

NN Nevada Northern Railway (Youngstown and Southern

MTR Montour Railroad

NNC Northern Navigation Railway)

MTW Marinette, Tomahawk

Company MOP Missouri-Pacific Lines

and Western Railroad

NO de M Noroeste de México Mo-Pac Missouri-Pacific Lines

MTWCR Mt Washington Cog

(Northwestern of Mexico) MOV Moshassuck Valley Rail-

Railway

NODM Ferrocarril Noroeste de road

MWR Muncie and Western

México (Northwest Railway MOW Montana Western Rail-

Railroad

of Mexico—Ferrocarril Chi- way

NAJ Napierville Junction Rail-

huahua al Pacifico ) MP Missouri Pacific Railroad

way

NONE N ew O r l e a n s a n d MPA Maryland and Pennsylva-

NAP Narragansett Pier Rail-

Northeastern Railroad nia

road

(Southern) MPB Montpelier and Barre

NAR Northern Alberta Rail-

NOPB New Orleans Public Railroad

ways; Northern Australia

Belt Railroad MPPR Manitou and Pike’s

Railway

NOPS New Orleans Public Ser- Peak Railway

National Railroads of Cuba

vice MR McCloud River Railroad

Ferrocarriles Nacionales de

Norf S Norfolk Southern, Nor- (also McRRR)

Cuba (includes nationalized

folk & Western, Southern M of R Ministry of Railways

lines of the Cuba Railroad,

Railway (merger) (mainland China)

Cuba Northern Railways,

NP Northern Pacific Railway MRA Malayan Railway Ad-

Guantanamo Railroad, Guan-

N & PB Norfolk and Ports- ministration

tanamo Western, Hershey Cu-

mouth Belt Line Railroad MRL Malawi Railways Lim-

ban Railway, etc.)

NR Newfoundland Railway ited

National Railways of Mexico

(Canadian National); North- MRR Mattagami Railroad (On-

Ferrocarriles de México

ern Railway of Costa Rica tario); Mossi Railroad (Upper

NB Northampton and Bath

(from mountain capital of San Volta)

Railroad

José to Caribbean seaport of MRS Manufacturers Railway

NC & StL Nashville, Chatta-

Limón) MRy Malayan Railway

nooga and St Louis Railway

NRC National Rail Corporation MSC Mississippi Central (Illi-

(L&N)

Limited (Australia); Nigerian nois Central)

N de M Nacional de México

Railway Corporation MSE Mississippi Export Rail-

(National of Mexico)

NRPC National Railroad Pas- road

N de T Nacional de Tehuan-

senger Corporation (Amtrak) M St L Minneapolis and St

tepec (Tehuantepec National)

NRRC National Railroad Com- Louis (Chicago North West-

New Haven New York, New

pany (of Haiti) ern)

Haven and Hartford Railroad

NRZ National Railways of M & StL M i n n e a p o l i s - S t

NEZP Nez Perce Railroad

Zimbabwe Louis (Chicago North West-

NFD Norfolk, Franklin and

NS Norfolk Southern Railway ern)

Danville Railway

NS Nederlandsche Spoorwagen MSTL Minneapolis-St Louis

NGR Nepalese Government

(Dutch—Netherlands Rail- (Chicago North Western)

Railway

way Carriage)—Netherlands MSTR Massena Terminal

NH New York, New Haven and

Railways Railroad

Hartford Railroad (Penn Cen-

NSB Norges Statsbaner (Nor- MSV Mississippi and Skuna

tral)

wegian—Norwegian State Valley Railroad

NHIR New Hope and Ivyland

Railways) MT Ministry of Transport

Railroad

NSL Norwood and St Lawrence (former USSR’s administra-

Nickel Plate New York, Chi-

Railroad tion of twenty-six railway

cago and St Louis Railroad

NSS Newburgh and South lines including the deluxe

(merged with Norfolk and

Western)

Shore Railway

Railroads of the World

NSWGR New South Wales

PATH Port Authority Trans– Government Railways

ONCF Office National des

Hudson Corporation (oper- NUR Natchez, Urania and Rus-

Chemins de Fer (French—

ates Hudson Tubes between ton Railway

National Railways Office)—

New Jersey and New York) NW Norfolk and Western

Morocco

PBNE Philadelphia, Bethlehem N & W Norfolk and Western

ONRY Ogdensburg and Nor-

and New England Railroad Railway

wood Railway

PBR Patapsco and Back Rivers NWP Northwestern Pacific

ONT Ontario Northland Rail-

PC Penn Central (Pennsylvania Railroad

way

New York Central Transpor- NWRy North Western Railway

ONW Oregon and Northwest-

tation Company; Pennsylva- (West Pakistan)

ern

nia Railroad; New York Cen- NWS N o r f o l k & We s t e r n

O & NW Oregon and North-

tral Railroad; New York, New Southern (merger)

western

Haven, and Hartford Rail- NYC New York Central Rail-

ÖOB Österreichischen Bundes-

road; Baltimore and Eastern road (Penn Central)

bahnen (German—Austrian

Railroad; Canada Southern NYCTA New York City Transit

State Railways)

Railway; Cleveland, Cincin- Authority (subway systems

OPE Oregon, Pacific and East-

nati, Chicago and St Louis include BMT, IRT, INDepen-

ern

Railway; Michigan Central dent)

ORER Official Railway Equip-

Railroad; Peoria and Eastern NYD New York Dock Railway

ment Register

Railway; Waynesburg and NYLB New York and Long

OT Oregon Trunk Railway

Washington Railroad) Branch Railroad

(Spokane, Portland, and Seat-

PCL Peruvian Corporation NYNH & H New York, New

tle Railway)

OUR & D Ogden Union Rail-

Limited

PCN Point Comfort and North- Haven and Hartford Railroad

way and Depot

NY O & W New York, Ontario

Overland Route Union Pacific

ern

PCR Paraguayan Central Rail- and Western

Railroad

way NYS Nepal Yatayat Samsthan

PA Pittsburgh Authority (rapid

PCY Pittsburgh, Chartiers and (Nepali—Transport Corpora-

transit)

Youghiogheny Railway NYSW New York, Susque-

tion of Nepal)

PAA Pennsylvania and Atlantic

Railroad

PE Pacific Electric (interurban

railway system serving entire hanna and Western Railroad

PACC Pacific Coast Railroad

Los Angeles area before re- (NYS&W)

Pacific Railroad Ferrocarril

placement by smog-produc- NZGR New Zealand Govern-

del Pacifico (linking Ameri-

ing buses); Pacific Electric ment Railways

can border at Nogales with

Railway of Costa Rica (links NZR New Zealand Railways

Mazatlan on Pacific coast of

Pacific seaport of Puntarenas ÖBB Österreichische Bundes-

Mexico)

with mountain capital of San bahnen (German—Austrian

Pacific Railway of Costa Rica

José)—also called FEP Federal Railways)

from Pacific port of Puntare-

P & E Peoria and Eastern Rail- OCBN Organisation Commune

nas to San José

way (Penn Central) Benin-Niger des Chemins de

Pacific Railways of Nicara-

Pennsy (nickname—Pennsyl- Fe r e d d e s Tra n s p o r t s

gua Ferrocarril del Pacifico

vania Railroad)—became (French—Benin-Niger Pas-

de Nicaragua —from Corinto on the Pacific to Granada on

part of the Penn Central senger Freight Railway)

Peoria Peoria and Pekin Union OCE Oregon, California and

Lake Nicaragua

Railway Eastern Railway

Pac Rail M i s s o u r i Pa c i fi c ,

P & F Pioneer and Fayette OCTRA Office du Chemin de

Union Pacific, Western Pa-

Railroad Fer Transgabonas (French—

cific (merged)

PGE Pacific Great Eastern Gabon State Railways)

PA & M Pittsburgh, Allegheny

Railway OE Oregon Electric Railway

and McKees Rocks Railroad

PH & D Port Huron and De- (Spokane, Portland, and Seat-

Panama Railroad division of

troit Railroad tle Railway)

the Panama Canal linking

P & I Paducah and Illinois OGR Official Guide of the Rail-

Cristóbal and Colón on the

Railroad ways

Atlantic with Balboa and Pan-

PIC Pickens Railroad OKT Oakland Terminal Rail-

ama City on the Pacific and

Pick Pickens Railroad way

running parallel to the Pan-

Pickens Pickens Railroad OL & BR Omaha, Lincoln and

ama Canal

PKP Polskie Koleje Panstwowe Beatrice Railway

P & AR Pacific and Arctic

(Polish—Polish State Rail- OMTB Osaka Metropolitan

Railway

ways) Transportation Bureau (sub-

PATCO (transportation system

P & LE Pittsburgh and Lake way system)

linking Camden, New Jersey

Erie Railroad ON Ontario Northland

and Philadelphia, Pennsylva-

nia)

PLM Paris-Lyon-Mediterranée

Railroads of the World

P & N Piedmont and Northern

RR (abbreviation—Railroad or Railway

P y RV Potosí y Rio Verde

Rail Road); (reporting PNKA Perusahaan Negara

(Spanish—Potosi and Green

mark—Raritan River Rail Kereta Api (Indonesian—In-

River Railroad of Chihuahua)

Road); Rhodesian Railways donesian State Railways)

QAP Quanah, Acme and Pa-

RRRR Raritan River Railroad PNR Philippine National Rail-

cific

RRV&W Red River Valley & ways

QC Quebec Central Railway

Western Railroad PNW Prescott and Northwest-

(Canadian Pacific)

RRys Rhodesian Railways ern Railroad

QNS & LRC Quebec North

RS Roberval and Seguenay Port St Joe Route Apalachi-

Shore and Labrador Railway

Railway cola Northern Railroad

Company

RSP Roscoe, Snyder and Pa- ’Possum Trot Line R e a d e r

QR Queensland Railways

cific Railroad

Quanah Route Quanah, Acme

R-S Pacific Route Roscoe, Sny- POV Pend Oreille Valley

and Pacific Railway

der and Pacific Railway P & OV Pittsburgh and Ohio

QUI Quincy Railroad

RSS Rockdale, Sandow and Valley

RB Rail Box (American box car

Southern Railroad POVA Pend Oreille Valley (rail-

pool)

RT River Terminal Railway way)

RC Railway Corporation (Ni-

RTM Railway Transfer Com- P & PU P e o r i a a n d P e k i n

geria)

pany of Minneapolis Union

RCFA-N Regie du Chemin de

RV Rahway Valley Railway PR Panama Railroad

Fer Abidjan–Niger (French—

Ry Railway P-R Pennsylvania-Reading

Abidjan-Niger Railway Ad-

ministration)—Ivory Coast

Railway PRC Philippine Railway Com-

Seashore Lines

RD Railway Directorate (Alba-

S & A Savannah and Atlanta

SAN Sandersville Railroad pany PRCR Pacific Railway Costa

nia)

RDG Reading Company (for-

Santa Fe Railway Rica

merly Philadelphia and Read-

Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka and

SAR South African Railways; PRR Pennsylvania Railroad

ing Railroad)

REA Railway Express Agency;

South Australian Railways (Penn Central)

Reader Railroad

Reading Lines Reading Rail-

SAR & H South African Rail-

PRS Pennsylvania-Reading

ways and Harbours Seashore Lines PRTD Portland Railroad and

way System (formerly Phila-

delphia and Reading Rail-

SATS San Antonio Transit Sys-

tem Terminal Division of the Port-

road)

SAVE Swiss-Alberg-Vienna land Traction Company

Rebel Route Gulf, Mobile and

Express PRV Pearl River Valley Rail-

Ohio Railroad

SB South Buffalo Railway road

RENFE Red Nacional de los

SBA Subterraneos de Buenos PS Pittsburgh and Shahmut

Ferrocarriles Españoles (Spanish—Spanish National

Aires (Spanish—Buenos Railroad

Aires Subways) P & SR Petaluma and Santa

Railway System)

SBC Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja Rosa

RFFSA Rede Ferrovidria Fed-

California (Spanish—So- PTC Peoria Terminal Com-

eral SA (Portuguese—Federal

nora-Baja California Rail- pany; Philadelphia Transpor-

Railway System Corpora-

way) tation Company (also called

tion)—Brazil

SBK South Brooklyn Railway PATCO; includes elevated

RFP Richmond, Fredericks-

SC Sumter and Choctaw Rail- and subway lines of Philadel-

burg and Potomac Railroad

way phia area)

(RF& P)

SCBF Société des Chemin de PTM Portland Terminal Com-

RF & PRR Richmond, Freder-

Fer du Burkina (French— pany

icksburg and Potomac Rail-

Burkina Faso Railway) PTR Parr Terminal Railroad

road

SCE Shanghai-Canton Express PTS Port Townsend Railroad

RI Chicago, Rock Island and

SCL Seaboard Coast Line Rail- Pullman deluxe railroad cars

Pacific Railroad; Rail India

road (Atlantic Coast Line providing lounging, observa-

Rio Grande Denver and Rio

Railroad, Charleston and tion, and sleeping facilities

Grande Western

Western Carolina Railway, aboard first-class express

RKG Rockingham Railroad

Seaboard Air Line Railroad— trains

RM Rotterdam Metro (Dutch—

former name of the Seaboard PVS Pecos Valley Southern

Rotterdam Subway)

Coast Line Railroad [now P&W Providence & Worcester

RNCF Reseau National des

part of CSX]) Railroad

Chemins de Fer (French—

SC & MR Strouds Creek and P & WV Pittsburgh and West

National Railway System)

Muddlety Railroad Virginia Railway (Norfolk

Madagascar

SCT Sioux City Terminal Rail- and Western)

Rock Island Chicago, Rock Is-

land and Pacific Railroad

way

Railroads of the World

SDAE San Diego and Arizona

school children once said the Eastern Railway

SLSF St Louis-San Francisco

United States was bounded on SD & AE San Diego and Ari-

Railway

the north by Canada and the zona Eastern Railway

SM St Marys Railroad

Great Lakes, on the east by SD & IV San Diego & Impe-

SMA San Manuel Arizona

the Atlantic Ocean, and on the rial Valley

Railroad

south and southwest by the SDTS San Diego Transit Sys-

SMR South Manchurian Rail-

Southern Pacific tem

way

SPGT Springfield Terminal SE Ferrocarril del Sureste

SMX Santa Maria Valley Rail-

Railway (Spanish—Southeast Rail-

road

SPS Spokane, Portland and Se- road)

SN Sacramento Northern Rail-

attle Railway (including Ore- Seashore Lines Pennsylvania-

way (also SNRy)

gon Electric and Oregon Reading Seashore Lines

SNCB Société Nationale des

Trunk railways) SE & CR Southeastern and

Chemins de Fer Belges

SR Southern Railway Chatham Railway (nick-

(French—Belgian National

SRBR Southern Region of Brit- named Seldom Ever Caught

Railways)

ish Railways Running)

SNCF Société Nationale des

SRA State Railway Authority SEMTA Southeastern Michi-

Chemins de Fer Français

(New South Wales) gan Transportation Authority

(French—French National

SRC Salvador Railway Com- SERA Sierra Railroad

Railways)

pany (El Salvador) SFERR San Francisco Belt

SNCEA Société Nationale des

SRN Sabine River and North- Railroad

Chemins de Fer Algeriens

ern SFMR San Francisco Munici-

(French—Algerian National

SRRC Sierra Railroad Com- pal Railway (operates the ca-

Railways)

pany; Strasburg Rail Road ble cars)

SNTF Société Nationale des

Company SFSP Santa Fe/Southern Pa-

Transports Ferroviaires

SRRCO Sandersville Railroad cific (merger)

(French—Algerian National

Company SF/SP Santa Fe/Southern Pa-

Railways)

SRT State Railways of Thai- cific (railroad merger)

SNY Southern New York Rail-

land (Southern Railway)

way

SSDK Savannah State Docks SGR Saudi Government Rail-

SG South Georgia Railway

SOE Simplon-Orient Express

SOI Southern Indiana Railway

Railroad

road (Saudi Arabia); Suri- SSLVRR Southern San Luis

Sonora-Baja California Rail-

name Government Railway Valley Railroad

way Ferrocarril Sonora-

SH Steelton and Highspire SSRy Sand Springs Railway

Baja California —Mexicali to

SSW St Louis Southwestern Shawmut The Pittsburgh and

Benjamin Hill

Railroad

Railway (Cotton Belt Route) Shawmut Railroad

SOO Soo Line Railroad

STCUM Société de Transport SHK Sidirodromi Hellinikou

Soo Line Soo Line Railroad

de la Communauté Urbaine Kratous (Greek—Hellenic

SOT South Omaha Terminal

de Montreal (French—Mont- State Railways)—Greece

Railway

real Urban Community Com- SI Spokane International Rail-

Southern Southern Railway

mission) road

system (Alabama Great

STE Stockton Terminal and SIR Staten Island Rapid Transit

Southern Railroad; Carolina

Eastern Railroad Railway

and Northwestern Railway;

STRT Stewartstown Railroad SIRRI Southern Industrial

Cincinnati, New Orleans and

Texas Pacific Railway; Geor-

STS Seattle Transit System Railroad Incorporated

gia Southern and Florida

SU Stockholm Underground SJ Statens Jarnvargar (Swed-

Railway; Harriman and

(subway system) ish—State Railways)

Northeastern Railroad; Live

Sub Suburban; Subway SJB St Joseph Belt Railway

Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad;

Sud Rys Sudan Railways SK St Johnsbury and Lamoille

Louisiana Southern Railway;

SUR Soviet Union Railways County Railroad

New Orleans and North-

(was managed by Ministry of SJ & LC St Johnsbury and

eastem Railroad; South Geor-

Communications and com- Lamoille County Railroad

gia Railway)

prising some twenty-six lines SJTR St Joseph Terminal Rail-

Southern Pacific SP

including the Trans-Mongo- road

South Shore Line C h i c a g o

lian and the Trans-Siberian as SKSL Skaneateles Short Line

South Shore and South Bend

well as the plush Leningrad- Railroad

Railroad

Moscow express) SLC San Luis Central Railroad

SP Southern Pacific (includes

Susquehanna New York, Sus- SLGW Salt Lake, Garfield and

Southern Pacific Lines, Sun-

quehanna and Western Rail- Western Railway

set Railway, Texas and Loui-

road SLR Sierra Leone Railway

siana Lines, Texas and New

Orleans, etc.)—in fact many

Syr Rys Syrian Railways

Railroads of the World

T symbol for Boston’s sub-

UP Union Pacific Railroad (in- ways; shortened from MBTA

T & P Texas and Pacific Rail-

cludes Oregon Short Line and (Massachusetts Bay Trans-

way (also TP)

Oregon–Washington Rail- portation Authority)

TPMP Texas-Pacific-Missouri

road and Navigation Com- TAAA Travelers Aid Associa-

Pacific Terminal Railroad of

pany) tion of America

New Orleans

UR Uganda Railway TA & G Tennessee, Alabama

TPT Trenton-Princeton Trac-

URR Union Railroad—Pitts- and Georgia Railway

tion Company

burgh TAG Route Tennessee, Ala-

TP & W Toledo, Peoria and

UT Union Terminal Railway bama and Georgia Railway

Western Railroad

UTA Ulster Transport Author- Tan-Zam Tanzania-Zambia

TR Tasmanian Railways

ity (railways of six counties Railroad

TRA Taiwan Railway Adminis-

in Northern Ireland) TAR Trans-Australian Rail-

tration

UTAH Utah Railway ways

Transperth Metropolitan Pas-

Utah Coal Route Utah Rail- TAS Tampa Southern Railroad

senger Transport Trust (Perth)

way TASD Terminal Railway Ala-

Trans-Sib Trans-Siberian Rail-

UTR Union Transportation bama State Docks

way

Company TA & W Toledo, Angola and

TRC Tela Railway Company

V Valtionrautatiet (Finnish— Western Railway

(Honduras); Trona Railway

State Railways) TB Twin Branch Railroad

Company (California)

VBR Virginia Blue Ridge Rail- TBTMG Transportation Bu-

TRRA Terminal Railroad As-

way reau of the Tokyo Metropoli-

sociation of St Louis

VC Virginia Central Railway tan Government (subway)

TS Tidewater Southern Rail-

VCS Virginia and Carolina TC Tennessee Central Railway

way

Southern Railroad TCDD Turkiye Cumhuriyeti

TS-E Texas South-Eastern

VCY Ventura County Railway Deviet Demiryollari Isletmesi

TSR Trans-Siberian Railway

VE Visalia Electric Railroad (Turkish—Turkish State Rail-

VGN Virginian Railway (Nor- folk and Western) TCG Tucson, Cornelia and Gila

TSU Tulsa-Sapulpa Union

ways)

Railway

VIA VIA Rail Canada Bend Railroad TCT Texas City Terminal Rail-

TT Toledo Terminal Railroad T & T Tijuana and Tecate Rail-

Via Rail Canadian National + Canadian Pacific (passenger- way

way (freight cars marked

carrying consolidation) TEBRCL The Emu Bay Rail- way Company Limited

TITE) TTC Toronto Transit Commis-

Virginian Virginian Railway (Norfolk and Western) TEE Trans-Europe Express

sion (subway and surface rail-

V & LI Vancouver and Lulu Is- TENN Tennessee Railroad TEXC Texas Central Railroad

way systems) Turk-Sib Turkestan-Siberian

(railway)

land (branch of Canadian Pa- cific)

THB Toronto, Hamilton and

V-MNR Viet-Minh National Buffalo Railway

TVG Tavares and Gulf Railroad

Railways (former North Viet- The Q CB&Q (Chicago, Burl-

TVRy Tooele Valley Railway

nam) ington and Quincy)

Tweetsie ( n i c k n a m e — E a s t

V-NR Vi e t - N a m R a i lwa y s TM Texas Mexican Railway;

Tennessee and Western North

(former South Vietnam) Transport Ministry (former

Carolina Railroad)—believed

VR Valtionrautatiet (Finnish— USSR’s administration of

t o b e d e r ive d f r o m

Finish State Railways); Vic- twenty-six railway lines)—

high-pitched whistles of its

torian Railways (Australia) TM sometimes used on en-

engines

V Ry Verapaz Railway (Guate- gines

T-Z RA Ta n z a n i a - Z a m b i a

mala) TMR Trans-Mongolian Rail-

Railway Authority

VSL Valley and Siletz Rail- way

U Underground (London’s sub-

road TN Texas and Northern Rail-

way system)

VSO Valdosta Southern Rail- way

UBR Ulan Bator Railway

road T-NM Tex a s - N ew M ex i c o

UCR Utah Coal Route

VSOE Venice-Simplon Orient Railway

U de Y Unidos de Yucatan

Express T & NO Texas and New Or-

(Spanish—United Railways

VTR Vermont Railway leans (Southern Pacific)—

of Yucatan, Mexico)

W of A Western Railway of Al- also TNO

UFC United Fruit Company

abama TOC Pennsylvania New York

(railroads in Costa Rica and

WAB Wabash Railroad (Nor- Central Transportation Com-

Panama)

folk and Western) pany (Penn Central)

UMP Upper Merion and Ply-

Wabash Wa b a s h R a i l r o a d TOE Texas, Oklahoma and

mouth Railroad

(Norfolk and Western) Eastern Railroad

UNIT Union Freight Railroad

WAG Wellsville, Addison and TOV Tooele Valley Railway

UNI Unity Railways

UO Union Railroad–Oregon

Galeton Railroad

Railroads of the World

WAGR Western Australian

WW Winchester and Western Government Railways

WMTA Washington Metropol-

Railroad WATC Washington Terminal

itan Transit Authority (sub-

WWV Walla Walla Valley Rail- Company

way system)

way WAW Waynesburg and Wash-

WMWN Weatherford, Mineral

WYS Wyandotte Southern ington Railroad (Penn Cen-

Wells and Northwestern Rail-

Railroad tral)

way

WYT Wyandotte Terminal WBCRR Wilkes-Barre Con-

WNF Winfield Railroad

Railroad necting Railroad

W & NO Wharton and North-

X express; transport; transpor- WBT & SRC Wa c o , B e a u -

ern Railroad

tation (as in many private bulk mont, Trinity and Sabine

WOD Washington and Old Do-

carriers’ names such as Railway Company

minion Railroad

W & OV Warren and Ouachita

GATX—General American

Western Railway of Mexico

Transportation) Ferrocarril Occidentalde Méx-

Valley Railway

Xing crossing (highway or rail- ico —Culiacan to Limoncito

WP Western Pacific Railroad

road)—also XING West Point Route Atlanta and

WPER West Pittston-Exeter

YAN Yancey Railroad West Point Rail Road

Railroad

YN Youngstown & Northern Westrail Western Australian

(railroad) Government Railways

W&P Willamette & Pacific

Y & N Youngstown and North- ern Railroad Trains

Railroad

Westrain Western Australian

WPPR Willamette & Pacific

YR Yucatan Railways (Ferro- White Pass British Columbia Yukon Railway, British

Railroad WP & Y White Pass and Yukon

Railway

carriles Unidos del Sureste— United Railways of the

Yukon Railway, Pacific and

Southeast)—along the Gulf Arctic Railway

WRA Western Railroad Asso-

ciation

WRBR Western Region of

of Mexico from Coatzacoal- cos to Merida

White Pass and Yukon Route

YS Youngtown and Southern way, British Yukon Naviga-

British Columbia Yukon Rail-

British Railways

Railway (Montour) tion, British Yukon Railway,

WRNT Warrenton Railroad

Y & S Yakutat and Southern Pacific and Arctic Railway

WRWK Warwick Railway

Railway and Navigation Company

WS Ware Shoals Railroad

YVT Yakima Valley Transpor- WIM Washington, Idaho and

WSR Warren and Saline River

tation Company Montana Railway

WSS Winston-Salem South-

YW Yreka Western Railroad WL Wagon Lits (French—

bound Railway

ZJZ Zajednica Jugoslovenskih sleeping cars)

WSYP White Sulphur Springs

Zalesnicca (Yugoslavian— WLO Waterloo Railroad

and Yellowstone Park Rail-

Community of Yugoslav Rail- WM Western Maryland Rail-

way

ways) way (merged with CSX)

WTR Wrightsville and Tennille

ZR Zambia Railways WMR Wasatch Mountain Rail-

Railroad

Zug Island Road Delray Con- way

WVN West Virginia Northern

Railroad

necting Railroad (DC)

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