List of heritage railroads in the United States

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This is the list of heritage railways in the United States of America

Contents 1 Alabama 2 Alaska 3 Arizona 4 Arkansas 5 California 6 Colorado 7 Connecticut 8 Delaware 9 Florida 10 Georgia 11 Hawaii 12 Illinois 13 Indiana 14 Iowa 15 Kansas 16 Kentucky 17 Louisiana 18 Maine 19 Maryland 20 Massachusetts 21 Michigan 22 Minnesota 23 Missouri 24 Nebraska 25 Nevada 26 New Hampshire 27 New Jersey 28 New Mexico 29 New York 30 North Carolina 31 Ohio 32 Oklahoma 33 Oregon 34 Pennsylvania 35 Rhode Island 36 South Dakota 37 Tennessee 38 Texas 39 Utah 40 Washington 41 West Virginia 42 Wisconsin 43 See also

[edit] Alabama

• Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

[edit] Alaska

• Tanana Valley Railroad [1] in Pioneer Park (1899 engine)
• White Pass and Yukon Route

[edit] Arizona

• Arizona Railway Museum (no excursions listed)
• Arizona Street Railway Museum (Phoenix Trolley)
• Grand Canyon Railway
• Old Pueblo Trolley
• Verde Canyon Railroad
• McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale

[edit] Arkansas

• Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
• River Rail Streetcar

[edit] California

• Angels Flight
• Calico and Odessa Railroad in the ghost town of Calico
• California State Railroad Museum
• California Western Railroad, also called the Skunk Train
• Disneyland Railroad (three locomotives are historic)
• Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry.
• Ghost Town and Calico Railway in Knott's Berry Farm
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum (no excursions listed)
• Napa Valley Wine Train
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and Transportation Museum^{[citation needed]}
• Niles Canyon Railway
• Orange Empire Railway Museum
• Pacific Coast Railroad Company
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
• Poway-Midland Railroad
• Railtown 1897
• Roaring Camp Railroads
• Sacramento RiverTrain
• San Francisco cable car system
• San Francisco F Market streetcar line
• San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
• Santa Clara County Railroad Museum (proposed)
• Sierra Railroad
• Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum formerly called the Portola Railroad Museum
• Western Railway Museum
• Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
• Yreka Western Railroad

[edit] Colorado

• Colorado Railroad Museum
• Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
• Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Georgetown Loop
• Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway
• Royal Gorge Route Railroad

[edit] Connecticut

See also: Category:Heritage railroads in Connecticut

• Connecticut Trolley Museum, in East Windsor.
• Danbury Railway Museum, in Danbury.
• Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company, in Essex. [2]
• Naugatuck Railroad and Railroad Museum of New England, in Thomaston [3]
• Shore Line Trolley Museum, in East Haven.

[edit] Delaware

• Wilmington and Western Railroad

[edit] Florida

• TECO Line Streetcar System
• Walt Disney World Railroad (four locomotives are historic)
• (Mount Dora Railroad}

  Seminole  Gulf  Dinner  Train

[edit] Georgia

• Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
• Sam Shortline Excursion Train
• Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad
• Chickamauga Train From TN Valley Railroad Museum
• Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad
• Agrigama Logging Train
• Southeastern Railroad Museum ( Offers caboose rides & Retired Freight Car Rides]
• Roosevelt Railroad Museum { Motorcar Excursions & Possible Train Rides]
• Savannah Roundhouse Railroad Museum (Retired Railroad Equipment Steamers & Some Diesels,

Streetcars/  Trolley Cars  on  Display  But  there  is  going  to be   Heritage   Streetcar  / Trolley Car  Operation

that Savannah , Georgia Is currently going to do with a Melbourne Australian w- 5 Streetcar, PCC Streamliner

Streetcar, Birney Car Single Truck car with Diesel Hybrid Operation will change batteries over to Diesel

Electric Power]

[edit] Hawaii

• Hawaiian Railway
• Sugar Cane Train
• Kauai Railroad

[edit] Illinois

• Galesburg Railroad Museum
• Illinois Railway Museum includes a 4.9 miles (8 km) line trough farmland.
• Monticello Railway Museum [4]

[edit] Indiana

• Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society [5] (future)
• Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum [6]
• Indiana Railway Museum
• National New York Central Railroad Museum in Elkhart, Indiana
• Whitewater Valley Railroad

[edit] Iowa

• Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
• Fourth Street Elevator
• Midwest Central Railroad

[edit] Kansas

• Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
• Midland Railway (Kansas)

[edit] Kentucky

• Bluegrass Railroad Museum
• Big South Fork Scenic Railway
• Kentucky Railway Museum

[edit] Louisiana

• St. Charles Avenue Streetcar
• Riverfront Streetcar
• Canal St. Streetcar

• Old Hickory Railroad [7] in Baton Rouge

[edit] Maine

• Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
• Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
• Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
• Seashore Trolley Museum
• Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
• Boothbay Railway Village

[edit] Maryland

• B&O Railroad Museum
• Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

[edit] Massachusetts

• Berkshire Scenic Railroad Museum [8]
• Cape Cod Central Railroad
• Edaville Railroad

[edit] Michigan

• Coopersville and Marne Railway^{[citation needed]}
• Huckleberry Railroad
• Little River Railroad (Michigan)
• Steam Railroading Institute [9]
• The Henry Ford (track is on museum grounds)
• Southern Michigan Railroad Society

[edit] Minnesota

• Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
• Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
• Excelsior Streetcar Line
• North Shore Scenic Railroad
• Minnesota Transportation Museum

[edit] Missouri

• Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad [10]
• Branson Scenic Railway [11]

[edit] Nebraska

• Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad [12]

[edit] Nevada

• Nevada Northern Railway
• Nevada State Railroad Museum (one and seven mile tracks)
• Virginia and Truckee Railroad (in reconstruction)

[edit] New Hampshire

• Conway Scenic Railroad
• Hobo Railroad
• Mount Washington Cog Railway
• Wilton Scenic Railroad
• Silver Lake Railroad

[edit] New Jersey

• Black River and Western Railroad [13]
• New Jersey Museum of Transportation [14]
• Delaware River Rail Excursions [15]

[edit] New Mexico

• Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

[edit] New York

• Adirondack Scenic Railroad
• Arcade and Attica Railroad [16]
• Catskill Mountain Railroad
• Delaware & Ulster Railroad
• Railroad Museum of Long Island [17]
• Tioga Scenic Railroad [18]

[edit] North Carolina

• Charlotte Trolley
• Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
• North Carolina Transportation Museum [19]
• Tweetsie Railroad
• New Hope Valley Railway [20]

[edit] Ohio

• Zanesville & Western Scenic Railroad [21]
• Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad [22]
• Hocking Valley Scenic Railway [23]
• Ohio Central Railroad [24] (status uncertain)

[edit] Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Railway Museum [25]

[edit] Oregon

• Mount Hood Railroad
• Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society
• Portland Streetcar (portions)
• Sumpter Valley Railway
• Willamette Shore Trolley
• Portland Vintage Trolley

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Bellefonte Historical Railroad [26]
• Duquesne Incline
• East Broad Top Railroad - a National Historic Landmark
• Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
• Monongahela Incline
• New Hope and Ivyland Railroad [27]
• Steamtown National Historic Site
• Strasburg Rail Road
• Wanamaker, Kempton, and Southern [28]
• West Chester Railroad [29]
• Wawa and Concordville Railroad - now defunct
• Westmoreland Scenic Railroad - now defunct^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Rhode Island

• Newport Dinner Train [30]
• Islander Touring Train[31]
• Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railroad [32]

[edit] South Dakota

• Black Hills Central Railroad [33] - the 1880 Train
• Prairie Village, Herman and Milwaukee Railroad [34]

[edit] Tennessee

• Dollywood Express [35] in Dollywood
• MATA Trolley
• Tennessee Central Railroad Museum
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

[edit] Texas

• Galveston Trolley [36]
• Grapevine Vintage Railroad
• Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
• McKinney Avenue Transit Authority [37]
• Six Flags Over Texas Railroad [38]
• Texas Railroad Museum (proposed)
• Austin Steam Train Association [39]

[edit] Utah

• Heber Valley Historic Railroad

[edit] Washington

• Chehalis-Centralia Railroad
• Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
• Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
• Northern Pacific Railway Museum
• The Northwest Railway Museum
• Pend Oreille Railroad
• George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line

[edit] West Virginia

• Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
• Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad [40]
• Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad [41]

[edit] Wisconsin

• East Troy Electric Railroad [42]
• Kenosha Streetcar
• Kettle Moraine Scenic Railroad - now defunct^{[citation needed]}
• Lumberjack Steam Train
• Mid-Continent Railway Museum
• Osceola and St Croix Valley Railway

[edit] See also

• List of heritage railways