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
Railroads of the World
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
Railroads of the World
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)
Railroads of the World
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
Railroads of the World
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)
Railroads of the World
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)
Roman Numerals