List of West Virginia railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

West Virginia train stations
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Cardinal
to Chicago
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 Huntington
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 Charleston
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 Montgomery
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 Thurmond DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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 Prince
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 Hinton
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 Alderson DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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 White Sulphur Springs
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Cardinal
to Washington, D.C.
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Capitol Limited
to Chicago
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 Martinsburg
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 Duffields
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 Harpers Ferry
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Brunswick Line / Capitol Limited
to Washington, D.C.

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Alexander and Eastern Railway 1906N/A
Alexander and Rich Mountain Railroad 18921899 Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway
Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway 18991906 Alexander and Eastern Railway
Allegheny and Western Railway NYC 19051918 Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad NYC 18811882 Ohio Central Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BOB&O18271987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Belington and Beaver Creek Railroad WM 18991905 Western Maryland Railroad
Belington and Northern Railroad B&O 19001941N/A
Benwood and Wheeling Connecting Railway 19001960N/A
Berkeley Springs Railroad B&O 19111912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Berkeley Springs and Potomac Railroad B&O 18801910 Berkeley Springs Railroad
Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad BS&C N&W 19001932 Norfolk and Western Railway
Big Sandy, East Lynn and Guyan Railroad N&W 19021908 Norfolk and Western Railway
Big Stony Railway N&W 19101915 Norfolk and Western Railway
Black Fork Railroad 19121913 Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad
Blacksville and Western Railway MGA 19171917 Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
Blackwater and Potomac Railroad 19151922N/A
Blue Stone Railroad N&W 18811881 New River Railroad of West Virginia
Buckhannon and Northern Railroad MGA 19021915 Monongahela Railway
Buckhannon River Railroad B&O 18891890 West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
Buckhannon River Lumber Company B&O 18851889 Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
Buckhannon and West Fork Railroad B&O 18821890 Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad 19041965 Elk River Railroad
Cairo and Kanawha Railway 1906N/A
Cairo and Kanawha Valley Railroad 18901906 Cairo and Kanawha Railway
Campbell's Creek Railroad CCK19011962N/A
Caretta Railway N&W 19061909 Norfolk and Western Railway
Central Railway of West Virginia B&O 18981902 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad 19131936N/A
Chaffee Railroad WM 19181950 Western Maryland Railway
Charleston, Clendenin and Sutton Railroad B&O 18911903 Coal and Coke Railway
Charleston and Gauley Railway NYC 18871890 Kanawha and Michigan Railway
Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad B&O 19111965N/A
Cheat River and Pittsburg Railroad B&O 1902 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
Cheat Valley Railroad B&O 18971904 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
Chemical and Helvetia Railroad 1909N/A
Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad B&O 18921912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad C&O 18681878 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, COC&O18781987 CSX Transportation
Clarksburg, Weston and Glenville Railroad and Transportation Company B&O 18781889 Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad B&O 18901890 West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
Clendenin and Spencer Railroad 1904 Kanawha and Northern Railway
Coal and Coke Railway C&C B&O 19021933 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Coal and Iron Railway WM 18991905 Western Maryland Railroad
Coal River Railway C&O 19051909 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Coal River and Western Railway C&O 19031905 Coal River Railway
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR19761999 Norfolk Southern Railway
Covington and Ohio Railroad C&O 18531868 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Croft Railroad 1910N/A
Cross Creek Railroad P&WV 19001904 Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad C&PA, CPA WM 18631953 Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland Valley Railroad PRR 18731919N/ALeased the Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad PRR 18881958 Penndel Company
Deepwater Railway N&W 18981907 Virginian Railway
Dry Fork Railroad 18921913 Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad
Elk and Little Kanawha Railroad 19091919N/A
Elm Grove and State Line Railroad PRR 18831884 Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway
Erbacon and Summersville Railroad 1911N/A
Everson and Adamsville Railroad B&O 19021903 Monongahela River Railroad
Fairmont Bingamon Railway WM 19161950 Western Maryland Railway
Fairmont Helen's Run Railway WM 19151950 Western Maryland Railway
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad B&O 18831989 CSX Transportation
Fairmont, Shinnston and Clarksburg Railway B&O 18841912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Gaston Gas Coal Company B&O 18831889 Monongahela River Railroad
Gauley and Eastern Railway NYC 18891920 Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
Gauley and Meadow River Railroad C&O 19121918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Gauley River Railroad GRIV19981999N/ANever operated
Glade Creek and Raleigh Railroad C&O 18911906 Raleigh and Southwestern Railway
Glady and Alpena Railroad 19011922N/A
Glen Jean, Lower Loup and Deepwater Railroad C&O 18951901 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Grafton and Belington Railroad B&O 18921912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad B&O 18811892 Grafton and Belington Railroad
Greenbrier Railway C&O 18971903 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad WM 19101927 Western Maryland Railway
Greenbrier and Eastern Railroad C&O/ NYC 19191931 Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
Greenbrier and New River Railroad C&O 18811901 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Guyan, Big Ugly and Coal River Railway 19071921N/A
Guyandotte Valley Railroad Company C&O 18991903 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Guyandotte and Ohio River Railroad and Mineral Company NYC 18721881 Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
Hampshire Southern Railroad B&O 19061911 Moorefield and Virginia Railroad
Harrisville and Cornwallis Railroad 19081911 Harrisville Southern Railroad
Harrisville Southern Railroad 1911N/A
Hartland Railroad 19221925 Middle Creek Railroad
Hempfield Railroad B&O 18511871 Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
Holliday's Cove Railroad PRR 18601868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
Holly River Railroad 18961899 Holly River and Addison Railway
Holly River and Addison Railway 18981906 West Virginia Midland Railroad
Huntington and Big Sandy Railroad B&O 18901912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Iaeger and Southern Railway N&W 18981906 Norfolk and Western Railway
Imboden and Odell Railroad NYC 19031905 Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
Indian Creek and Northern Railway MGA 19181933 Monongahela Railway
Interior and West Virginia Railroad N&W 19061910 Big Stony Railway
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad 1912 White Sulphur and Huntersville Railroad
Iron Valley and Morgantown Railroad B&O 18811883 West Virginia Midland Railway
Island Creek Railroad C&O 19021933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kanawha Railway C&O 18811902 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kanawha Bridge and Terminal Company C&O 19071918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kanawha Central Railway KC19061977N/A
Kanawha and Coal River Railroad 1881N/A
Kanawha, Glen Jean and Eastern Railroad C&O 18951940 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kanawha and Michigan Railway K&M NYC 18901938 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
Kanawha and Northern Railway 1906N/A
Kanawha and Ohio Railway NYC 18861890 Kanawha and Michigan Railway
Kanawha and Paint Creek Railroad C&O 18841895 Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway
Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway C&O 18951902 Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad
Kanawha and Pennsylvania Railway NYC 19031917 Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad C&O 18981905 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad K&WV NYC 19051938 Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
Kelly's Creek Railroad 19161964N/A
Kelly's Creek and Northwestern Railroad KCNW19031993N/A
Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad N&W 19021904 Norfolk and Western Railway
Kingwood Railway 18821888 Tunnelton, Kingwood and Fairchance Railroad
Little Kanawha Railroad B&O 18961937N/A
Logan and Southern Railway C&O 19071918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Loop and Lookout Railroad C&O/ NYC 19071931 Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
Lorama Railroad 19031924N/A
Mann's Creek Railroad 18861955N/A
Marlinton and Camden Railroad 1903N/A
Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad PRR 18681888 Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
Middle Creek Railroad 19251951N/A
Monongah and Ohio River Railroad B&O 1895ca. 1900 Monongahela River Railroad
Monongahela Railway MGA MGA 19151993 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Monongahela River Railroad B&O 18881912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Moorefield and Virginia Railroad B&O 19101912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad MGA 19051913 Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad M&K B&O 1899 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Morgantown and Wheeling Railway M&W MGA 19121923 Scotts Run Railway
New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company of West Virginia N&W 18741881 New River Railroad of West Virginia
New River Railroad of West Virginia N&W 18811882 Norfolk and Western Railroad
New River Bridge Company C&O 18871890 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New York Central Railroad NYCNYC19221968 Penn Central Transportation Company
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad NKPNKP19491964 Norfolk and Western Railway
Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad C&O/ NYC 19261996 Consolidated Rail Corporation, CSX Transportation
Norfolk and Western Railroad N&W 18821896 Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NWN&W18961998 Norfolk Southern Railway
North Western Virginia Railroad B&O 18511865 Parkersburg Branch Railroad
Ohio Central Railroad NYC 18821885 Kanawha and Ohio Railway
Ohio and Little Kanawha Railroad B&O 19001910 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio River Railroad B&O 18821912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pan Handle Railroad PRR 18681871 Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad
Pan Handle Railway PRR 18671868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
Panther Railroad 1895N/A
Parkersburg Branch Railroad B&O 18651912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Patterson's Creek and Potomac Railroad B&O 19001912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Paw Paw Railroad B&O 19001912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Penn Central Transportation Company PC19681976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Penndel Company PRR 19541976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsboro and Harrisville Railroad 18731879 Pennsboro and Harrisville Ritchie County Railway
Pennsboro and Harrisville Ritchie County Railway 18801905 Lorama Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad PRRPRR19201968 Penn Central Transportation Company
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad PRR 19561976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pickens and Addison Railway 1903N/A
Pickens and Hackers Valley Railroad 18991921N/A
Pickens and Webster Springs Railroad 19121915N/A
Piedmont and Cumberland Railway WM 18861905 Western Maryland Railroad
Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad C&O 19051918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR 19171956 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway PRR 18901917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway PRR 18681890 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Pittsburgh Southern Railway B&O 18811884N/ASold at foreclosure; no property in West Virginia
Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad PRR 18561867 Pan Handle Railway
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad 1967Still exists as a lessor of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway P&WVP&WV19161967 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad PRR 18711917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Pocahontas Railroad 1901N/A
Pocahontas, Coal River and Kanawha Railway C&O 18991903 Coal River and Western Railway
Point Pleasant Bridge Company NYC 18861935 Kanawha and Michigan Railway
Point Pleasant, Buckhannon and Tygart's Valley Railroad B&O 18921912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Point Pleasant and Ohio River Railroad NYC 18811885 Kanawha and Michigan Railway, Point Pleasant Bridge Company
Pond Fork Railway C&O 19151918 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Pond Fork and Bald Knob Railroad C&O 19191933 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Porters Creek and Gauley Railroad 18961904N/A
Potomac and Piedmont Coal and Railroad Company WM 18661881 West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
Potomac Valley Railroad of West Virginia WM 18901905 Western Maryland Railroad
Powellton and Pocahontas Railway C&O 18911902 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Preston Railroad 18971960N/A
Raleigh and Pocahontas Railroad 1902N/A
Raleigh and Southwestern Railway C&O 19031910 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Ravenswood, Spencer and Glenville Railway B&O 18861912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Richwood and Gauley Railroad 1911N/A
Richmond, Toledo and Chicago Railroad NYC 18811881 Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
Ripley and Mill Creek Valley Railroad B&O 18861912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad B&O 18931919 Coal and Coke Railway
Roaring Creek and Charleston Railroad B&O 18931904 Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad
Rowlesburg and Southern Railroad 19111950N/A
Scotts Run Railway MGA 19231933 Monongahela Railway
Sewell Valley Railroad C&O/ NYC 19071931 Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
Shenandoah Valley Railroad N&W 18701890 Shenandoah Valley Railway
Shenandoah Valley Railway N&W 18901890 Norfolk and Western Railroad
South Branch Railway B&O 18711912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Strouds Creek and Muddlety Railroad SCM B&O 19042000N/AMost recently subleased to the Gauley River Railroad
Tug River and Kentucky Railroad N&W 19131936 Norfolk and Western Railway
Tunnelton, Kingwood and Fairchance Railroad 18881899 West Virginia Northern Railroad
Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad 19111919N/A
Valley River Railroad 19071931N/A
Virginia–Maryland Coal Corporation B&O 19071912 Monongahela River Railroad
Virginian Railway VGN N&W 19071959 Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginian and Western Railway N&W 19221936 Virginian Railway
Virginian–Wyoming Railway N&W 19191922 Virginian and Western Railway
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway WPT P&WV 19041916 Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
Walkersville and Ireland Railroad 19071924 Walkersville and Southern Railroad
Walkersville and Southern Railroad 19241930N/A
Wardensville Railroad 19291929 Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
Waynesburg Southern Railroad WAS MGA 19661976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
West Virginia Railroad B&O 18861897 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway WM 18811905 Western Maryland Railroad
West Virginia and Ironton Railroad N&W 18881890 Norfolk and Western Railroad
West Virginia Midland Railroad 19051924 West Virginia Midland Railway
West Virginia Midland Railway 19241931N/A
West Virginia Midland Railway B&O 18831886 Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad, West Virginia Railroad
West Virginia Northern Railroad WVN18991991N/AContinued as a tourist railroad until 1999
West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad B&O 18901912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Short Line Railroad B&O 18951912 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia South Western Railroad N&W 19021909 Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia and Southern Railroad 1897N/A
WV Southern Railway WVSR20032005 R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line
West Virginia Southern Railway 18951897 West Virginia and Southern Railroad
Western Maryland Railroad WM 19051909 Western Maryland Railway
Western Maryland Railway WMWM19091989 CSX Transportation
Weston and Buckhannon Railroad B&O 18821890 Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
Weston and Centreville Railroad B&O 18821882 Weston and Buckhannon Railroad
Weston and Elk River Railroad B&O 18891889 Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
Weston and West Fork Railroad B&O 18751889 Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway PRR 18891900 Wheeling Terminal Railway
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway PRR 18821889 Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad NKP 18991916 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway NKP 18901899 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway W&LE, WLE NKP 19161949 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Wheeling, Parkersburg and Charleston Railway B&O 18811882 Ohio River Railroad
Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad B&O 1872
Wheeling Terminal Railway PRR 19001954 Penndel Company
White Oak Railway C&O, N&W 19051917 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Virginian Railway
White Sulphur and Huntersville Railroad 1912N/A
Williamson and Pond Creek Railroad N&W 19121936 Norfolk and Western Railway
Williamsport, Nessle and Martinsburg Railway WM 19131937 Western Maryland Railway
Winchester and Potomac Railroad B&O 18311988 CSX Transportation
Winchester and Wardensville Railroad 19291934N/A
Winchester and Western Railroad 19161930 Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
Winding Gulf Railroad 1906N/A
Winifrede Railroad WNFR18811987 Kanawha Rail Corporation
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Notes

  1. ↑ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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