In dieser Liste nordamerikanischer Eisenbahngesellschaften sind alle nach Angaben der Industrieverbände Association of American Railroads (AAR) und Railway Association of Canada (RAC) zum 31. Dezember 2005 bestehenden Eisenbahngesellschaften in den Vereinigten Staaten, Kanada und Mexiko aufgeführt.
Die halbstaatliche US-amerikanische Gesellschaft ist Amtrak. In beiden anderen Ländern sind alle Gesellschaften privat.
Zum 31. Dezember2005 existierten in den USA 560 Eisenbahngesellschaften die Gütertransport betrieben.
Entsprechend der Einteilung der Association of American Railroads (AAR) sind es 7 Class-1-Gesellschaften, 30 Regional Railroads, 320 Shortlines und 203 Rangiergesellschaften, dazu kommen noch zwei Gesellschaften in kanadischen Besitz (CN und CP)
Class 1 - Eisenbahn[]
Eisenbahnen mit einem Umsatz von mehr als 319,3 Millionen Dollar
keine „Class 1"- oder „Class 2"-Eisenbahn, aber mit fahrplanmäßigen Betrieb
Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway
Acadiana Railway
Alabama Southern Railway
Alabama and Tennessee River Railway
Albany and Eastern Railroad
Alexander Railroad
Algers, Winslow and Western Railway
Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad
Almanor Railroad
AN Railway
Angelina and Neches River Railroad
Ann Arbor Railroad
Apache Railway
Appalachian and Ohio Railroad
Arcade and Attica Railroad
Arizona Central Railroad
Arizona and California Railroad
Arkansas Midland Railroad
Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
Arkansas Southern Railroad
Ashland Railway
AT&L Railroad
Atlantic and Western Railway
B&H Rail Corp.
Batten Kill Railroad
Bauxite and Northern Railway
Bay Coast Railroad
Bay Colony Railroad
Bay Line Railroad
Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
Blackwell and Northern Railway
Border Pacific Railroad
Buckingham Branch Railroad
Caddo Valley Railroad
Caldwell County Railroad
Caney Fork and Western Railroad
Carolina Coastal Railway
Carolina Southern Railroad
Carrizo Gorge Railway
Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
Central Montana Rail
Central New England Railroad
Central New York Railroad
Central Railroad Co. of Indiana
Central Railroad Co. of Indianapolis
Chattahoochee Bay Railroad
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway
Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad
Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad
Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Eastern Railroad
Chicago, SouthShore and South Bend Railroad
City of Prineville Railway
Claremont Concord Railroad
Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
Cleveland Commercial Railroad
Columbia Basin Railroad Company
Columbia and Cowlitz Railway
Columbus and Greenville Railway
Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road
Commonwealth Railway
Conecuh Valley Railroad
Connecticut Southern Railroad
Copper Basin Railway
D&I Railroad
Dakota Short Line
Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad
De Queen and Eastern Railroad
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad
Delta Southern Railroad
Depew, Lanchester and Western Railroad
Dubois County Railroad
East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad
East Tennessee Railway
Eastern Alabama Railway
Eastern Idaho Railroad
Eastern Maine Railway
Effingham Railroad
El Dorado and Wesson Railway
Elkhardt and Western Railroad
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
Evansville Western Railway
Everett Railroad
Falls Road Railroad
Finger Lakes Railway
First Coast Railroad
Florida Central Railroad
Florida Midland Railroad
Florida Northern Railroad
Fulton County Railroad
Fulton County Railway
Georgia Central Railway
Georgia Midland Railroad
Georgia Northeastern Railroad
Georgia Southwestern Railroad
Georgia Woodlands Railroad
Georgia & Florida Railway
Gettysburg and Northern Railroad
Gloster Southern Railroad
Golden Isles Terminal Railroad
Golden Triangle Railroad
Grainbelt Corp.
Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
Great Northwest Railroad
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Great Western Railway of Colorado
Great Walton Railroad
Green Mountain Railroad
Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway
Hampton Railway
Hampton and Branchville Railroad
Hartwell Railroad
Heart of Georgia Railroad
Hollidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad
Hollis and Eastern Railroad
Hoosier Southern Railroad
Housatonic Railroad
Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
Huron and Eastern Railway
Idaho and Sedalia Transportation
Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad
Illinois Railway
Illinois and Midland Railroad
Indiana Northeastern Railroad
Indiana Southern Railroad
Iowa Northern Railway
Iowa Northwestern Railroad
Iowa Traction Railroad
Juniata Valley Railroad
Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad
Kaw River Railroad
Kentucky and Tennessee Railway
Keokuk Junction Railway
Kettle Falls International Railway
Kiamichi Railroad Company
Knox and Kane Railroad
Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway
KWT Railroad
Lake State Railway
Lake Superior and Ispeming Railroad
Lancaster and Chester Railway
Laurinsburg and Southern Railroad
Little Rock and Western Railway
Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad
Louisiana Southern Railroad
Louisiana and North West Railroad
Louisiana and Delta Railroad
Louisville and Indiana Railroad
Lowville and Beaver River Railroad
Luxapalila Valley Railroad
Lycoming Valley Railroad
M and B Railroad
Madison Railroad
Magma Arizona Railroad
Maine Eastern Railroad
Marquette Rail
Maryland Midland Railway
Maryland and Delaware Railroad
Massachusetts Central Railroad
McCloud Railway
Meridian Southern Railway
Middletown and New Jersey Railway
Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
Mid-Michigan Railroad
Milford-Bennington Railroad
Minnesota Northern Railroad
Minnesota Prairie Line
Minnesota Southern Railway
Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway
Mission Mountain Railroad
Mississippian Railway Cooperative
Mississippi Southern Railroad
Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railway
Mississippi Export Railroad
Modoc Northern Railroad
Mohail Central Railroad
Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad
Morristown and Erie Railway
Mount Hood Railroad
Nash County Railroad
Nashville and Eastern Railroad
Naugatuck Railroad
NEBKOTA Railway
Nebraska Central Railroad
Nebraska Northeastern Railway
New England Central Railroad
New England Southern Railroad
New Hampshire Central Railroad
New Hampshire Northcoast
New Hope and Ivyland Railroad
New Jersey Rail Carrier
New York and Atlantic Railway
New York and Ogdensburg Railway
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
New York and Lake Erie Railroad
Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad
North Shore Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railway
Ohio Central Railroad
Ohio Southern Railroad
Ohio Valley Railroad
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil Creek and Titusville Lines
Old Augusta Railroad
Ontario Central Railroad
Ontario Midland Railroad
Otter Tail Valley Railroad
Ouachita Railroad
Panhandle Northern Railroad
Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad
Pecos Valley Southern Railway
Pee Dee River Railway
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
Penn Eastern Rail Lines
Pennsylvania and Southern Railway
Pickens Railway
Pickens Railway Co. - Honea Path Div.
Pioneer Valley Railroad
Point Comfort and Northern Railway
Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
Progressive Rail
R. J. Corman Railroad / Bardstown Line
R. J. Corman Railroad / Central Kentucky Lines
R. J. Corman Railroad / Memphis Line
R. J. Corman Railroad / Pennsylvania Line
R. J. Corman Railroad / Cleveland Line
R. J. Corman Railroad / Western Ohio Line
R. J. Corman Railroad / West Virginia Line
Rarus Railway
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
Redmont Railway
Riceboro Southern Railway
Rochester and Southern Railroad
Rock and Rail
Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
Sabine River and Northern Railroad
Saginaw Valley Railway
Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
San Joaquin Valley Railroad
San Luis Central Railroad
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
San Manuel Arizona Railroad
Sand Springs Railway
Sandersville Railroad
Santa Fe Southern Railway
Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Seminole Gulf Railway
Sequatchie Valley Railroad
Shamokin Valley Railroad
Sierra Northern Railway
Sisseton Milbank Railroad
SMS Rail Service
South Branch Valley Railroad
South Central Tennessee Railroad
South Central Florida Express
Southern Railroad Co. of NJ
Southern Indiana Railway
St. Croix Valley Railroad
St. Marys Railroad
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Stillwater Central Railroad
Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad
Stourbridge Railroad
Sunflour Railroad
Tacoma Rail Mountain Division
Tennessee Southern Railroad
Tennken Railroad
Texas North Western Railway
Texas and Northern Railway
Texas Rock Crusher Railway
Texas-New Mexico Railroad
The Blacklands Railroad
The Bloomer Line
The Athens Line
The Indiana Rail Road
Thermal Belt Railway
Three Notch Railroad
Timber Rock Railroad
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Tomahawk Railway
Trona Railway
Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
Twin Cities and Western Railroad
Tyburn Railroad
Union County Industrial Railroad
Utah Railway
V and S Railway
Valdosta Railway
Vandalia Railroad
Ventura County Railroad
Vermont Railway
Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad
Wallowa Union Railroad Authority
Washington County Railroad
Wellsboro and Corning Railroad
West Isle Line
West Tennessee Railroad
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
West Virginia Central Railroad
Western Rail Road
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Williamette Valley Railway
Williamette and Pacific Railroad
Winchester and Western Railroad
Wiregrass Central Railroad
Wisconsin Northern
Wyoming and Colorado Railroad
Yadkin Valley Railroad
Yellowstone Valley Railroad
York Railway
Yreka Western Railroad
Rangiergesellschaften[]
Eisenbahnen, die keine Punkt-zu-Punkt-Transporte (Linienverkehr) durchführen, sondern die Verbindung zwischen Endabnehmern und den anderen Eisenbahngesellschaften herstellen.
Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
Akron Barberton Cluster Railway
Alabama Railroad
Alabama and Florida Railway
Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad
Albany Port Railroad
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Alliance Terminal Railroad
Appanoose County Community Railroad
Arizona Eastern Railway
Ashtabula, Carson and Jefferson Railroad
Austin Area Terminal Railroad
Ballard Terminal Railroad
Belt Railway Company of Chicago
Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad
Birmingham Southern Railroad
Black River and Western Railroad
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
Boot Hill and Western Railway
Brandon Corporation
Brandywine Valley Railroad
Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
Buffalo Southern Railroad
Burlington Junction Railway
C and NC Railroad
California Northern Railroad
Camp Chase Industrial Railroad
Canton Railroad
Cape Fear Railways
Central California Traction
Central Illinois Railroad
Central Indiana and Western Railroad
Central Midland Railway
Chestnut Ridge Railway
Chicago Rail Link
Cimarron Valley Railroad
City of Rochelle Railroad
Clinton Terminal Railroad
Cloquet Terminal Railroad
CMC Railroad
Coe Rail
Colorado and Wyoming Railway
Columbia Terminal
Conrail
Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad
Dakota Southern Railway
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad
Decatur Junction Railway
Delray Connecting Railroad
Delta Valley and Southern Railway
Denver Rock Island Railroad
East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad
East Camden and Highland Railroad
East Chattanooga Belt Railway
East Erie Commercial Railroad
East Jersey Railroad and Terminal
East Penn Railways
Eastern Illinois Railroad
Ellis and Eastern
Farmrail Corp.
Flats Industrial Railroad
Fordyce and Priceton Railroad
Fore River Transportation
Fort Worth and Western Railroad
Forth Smith Railroad
Galveston Railway
Garden City Western Railway
Grafton and Upton Railroad
Great Western Railway of Iowa
High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad
Hutchinson and Northern Railway
Indian Creek Railroad
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Indiana Southwestern Railway
ISG South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway
ISG Cleveland Works Railway
Jefferson Warrior Railroad
Kendallville Terminal Railway
Kiski Junction Railroad
Knoxville and Holston River Railroad
Lake County Railroad
Lake Terminal Railroad
Landisville Terminal and Transfer Company
Lehigh Valley Rail Management - Bethlehem Div.
Lehigh Valley Rail Management - Johnstown Div.
Little Kanawha River Rail
Little Rock Port Railroad
Longview Switching Co.
Los Angeles Junction Railway
Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railroad
Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway
Manufacturers Junction Railway
Manufacturers Railway
Massena Terminal Railroad
Maumee and Western Railroad
Mckeesport Connecting Railroad
Meeker Southern Railroad
MG Rail Inc.
Michigan Southern Railroad
Michigan Shore Railroad
Minnesota Commercial Railway
Mississippi Central Railroad
Mississippi Delta Railroad
Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
Missouri and Valley Park Railroad
Missouri North Central Railroad
Modesto and Empire Traction
Morehead and South Fork Railroad
Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad
Mount Vernon Terminal Railway
Muncipality of East Troy Railroad
N.D.C. Railroad
Napa Valley Railroad
Nashville and Western Railroad
New Castle Industrial Railroad
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway
New York Cross Harbor Railroad
Newburgh and South Shore Railroad
North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
Northern Lines Railway
Northern Ohio and Western Railway
Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
Oakland Terminal Railway
Ohi-Rail Corp.
Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway
Oregon Pacific Railroad
Owego and Hartford Railway
Pacific Harbor Line
Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
Peninsula Terminal
Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad
Pioneer Industrial Railway
Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad
Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
Port Bienville Railroad
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
Port Jersey Railroad
Port Terminal Railroad Association
Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina
Port Utilities Comm. of Charleston, S.C.
Portland Terminal Railroad
Quincy Railroad
R. J. Corman Railroad / Allentown Lines
Raritan Central Railway
Republic N and T Railroad
Richmond Pacific Railroad
Rio Valley Swithing
Riverport Railroad
Salt Lake City Southern Railroad
San Joaquin Valley Railroad
San Pedro and Southwestern Railway
Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
Savannah Port Terminal Railroad
Semo Port Railroad
Shawnee Terminal Railway
Sidney and Lowe Railroad
South Carolina Central Railroad
South Carolina Central Railroad, Carolina Piedmont Div.