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List of heritage railroads in the United States

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List of heritage railroads in the United States

This is a list of heritage railways in the United States. There are currently no railways in Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota or South Carolina.

Contents

Alabama

  • Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Shelby & Southern Railroad and Calera & Shelby Railroad
  • North Alabama Railroad Museum, Mercury and Chase Railroad
  • Wales West Light Railway
  • Alaska

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

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

  • Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
  • Fort Smith Trolley Museum
  • Metro Streetcar
  • California

  • Angels Flight
  • Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, uses repurposed narrow gauge steam engines and is partly the inspiration for Walt Disney's theme park, Disneyland
  • 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 & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm
  • Golden Gate Railroad Museum (no excursions listed)
  • Los Angeles Market Street Streetcar
  • Napa Valley Wine Train
  • Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
  • Niles Canyon Railway
  • Orange Empire Railway Museum
  • Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita
  • Pacific Coast Railway, a former narrow-gauge system near San Luis Obispo
  • Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
  • Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi
  • Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (closed 2015)
  • Poway–Midland Railroad
  • Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
  • Sacramento RiverTrain
  • Sacramento Southern Railroad
  • San Diego Trolley Silver Line
  • San Francisco Municipal Railway
  • San Francisco cable car system
  • E Embarcadero streetcar line
  • F Market & Wharves streetcar line
  • San Jose Steam Railroad Museum (proposed)
  • San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
  • Sierra Railroad
  • Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
  • Western Pacific Railroad Museum, formerly the Portola Railroad Museum
  • Western Railway Museum
  • Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
  • Yreka Western Railroad
  • Colorado

  • Colorado Railroad Museum
  • Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
  • Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
  • Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
  • Fort Collins trolley
  • Georgetown Loop Railroad
  • Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad (the South Park)
  • Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway
  • Platte Valley Trolley
  • Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
  • Royal Gorge Route Railroad
  • Ski Train
  • Connecticut

  • Connecticut Trolley Museum
  • Danbury Railway Museum
  • Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company
  • Naugatuck Railroad and Railroad Museum of New England
  • Shore Line Trolley Museum
  • Delaware

  • Wilmington and Western Railroad
  • Florida

  • Florida Railroad Museum
  • Inland Lakes Railway (defunct)
  • Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Train
  • Orange Blossom Cannonball (Last operated in January 2017)
  • Seminole Gulf Railway
  • Serengeti Railway at Busch Gardens Tampa
  • TECO Line Streetcar System
  • Walt Disney World Railroad (four locomotives are historic)
  • Georgia

  • Agrirama Logging Train
  • Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
  • Chickamauga Train from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
  • River Street Streetcar
  • Roosevelt Railroad
  • Roundhouse Railroad Museum
  • SAM Shortline Excursion Train
  • Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad
  • Southeastern Railway Museum
  • Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad
  • Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum
  • Hawaii

  • Grove Farm Plantation Museum Railroad
  • Hawaiian Railway
  • Kauai plantation railroad
  • Sugar Cane Train (Closed in 2014, but will be revived in 2017)
  • Idaho

    Train at Silverwood Theme Park, The train was won in an auction by outbidding Walt Disney, who wanted to use the train for his own theme park.

    Illinois

  • Fox River Trolley Museum
  • Galesburg Railroad Museum
  • Illinois Railway Museum
  • Monticello Railway Museum
  • Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad
  • Indiana

  • Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (future)
  • Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
  • Indiana Railway Museum
  • Indiana Transportation Museum
  • National New York Central Railroad Museum
  • Whitewater Valley Railroad
  • Iowa

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

  • Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
  • Midland Railway
  • Kentucky

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

  • Canal Street Streetcar
  • Old Hickory Railroad
  • Riverfront Streetcar
  • St. Charles Streetcar Line
  • Maine

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

  • B&O Railroad Museum
  • National Capital Trolley Museum
  • Walkersville Southern Railroad
  • Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
  • Massachusetts

  • Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
  • Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
  • Cape Cod Central Railroad
  • Edaville Railroad
  • Lowell National Historical Park Trolley Line
  • Michigan

  • Coopersville and Marne Railway
  • The Henry Ford (track is on museum grounds)
  • Huckleberry Railroad
  • Little River Railroad
  • Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway
  • Southern Michigan Railroad Society
  • Steam Railroading Institute
  • Minnesota

  • Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
  • Excelsior Streetcar Line
  • Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
  • Minnesota Transportation Museum
  • North Shore Scenic Railroad
  • Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
  • Missouri

  • Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad
  • Branson Scenic Railway
  • Frisco Silver Dollar Line Steam Train
  • St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
  • Montana

  • Central Montana Rail, Inc.
  • Nebraska

  • Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad
  • Nevada

  • Nevada Northern Railway
  • Nevada State Railroad Museum
  • Virginia and Truckee Railroad
  • New Hampshire

  • Conway Scenic Railroad
  • Hobo Railroad
  • Mount Washington Cog Railway
  • Silver Lake Railroad
  • White Mountain Central Railroad
  • New Jersey

  • Black River and Western Railroad
  • Cape May Seashore Lines
  • Delaware River Rail Excursions
  • New Jersey Museum of Transportation
  • Whippany Railway Museum
  • New Mexico

  • Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
  • Santa Fe Southern Railway
  • New York

  • Adirondack Scenic Railroad
  • Arcade and Attica Railroad
  • Catskill Mountain Railroad
  • Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
  • Delaware and Ulster Railroad
  • Medina Railroad Museum
  • Railroad Museum of Long Island
  • Saratoga and North Creek Railway
  • Trolley Museum of New York
  • North Carolina

  • Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
  • New Hope Valley Railway
  • North Carolina Transportation Museum
  • Tweetsie Railroad
  • Ohio

  • Byesville Scenic Railway
  • Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad
  • Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
  • Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
  • Lake Shore Railway Association (Lorain and West Virginia Railway)[1]
  • Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
  • Ohio Central Railroad System (status uncertain)
  • Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway
  • Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad
  • Oklahoma

  • El Reno Trolley
  • Oklahoma Railway Museum
  • Oregon

  • Astoria Riverfront Trolley
  • Eagle Cap Excursion Train
  • Mount Hood Railroad
  • Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
  • Oregon Electric Railway Museum
  • Oregon Pacific Railroad
  • Sumpter Valley Railway
  • Willamette Shore Trolley
  • Pennsylvania

  • Allentown & Auburn Railroad
  • Bellefonte Historical Railroad
  • Colebrookdale Railroad
  • Duquesne Incline
  • East Broad Top Railroad (defunct, under restoration.)
  • Horseshoe Curve Incline
  • Johnstown Inclined Plane
  • Kiski Junction Railroad
  • Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
  • Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
  • Monongahela Incline
  • New Hope and Ivyland Railroad
  • Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
  • Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
  • SEPTA Route 15
  • Steam Into History
  • Steamtown National Historic Site
  • Strasburg Rail Road
  • Tioga Central Railroad
  • Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
  • Wawa and Concordville Railroad
  • West Chester Railroad
  • Westmoreland Scenic Railroad
  • Puerto Rico

  • Train of the South (defunct, pending restoration)
  • Rhode Island

  • Islander Touring Train
  • Newport Dinner Train
  • Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway
  • South Dakota

  • Black Hills Central Railroad
  • Prairie Village, Herman and Milwaukee Railroad
  • Tennessee

  • Chattanooga Choo Choo Trolley
  • Dollywood Express
  • Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
  • MATA Trolley (Memphis)
  • Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
  • Tennessee Central Railway Museum
  • Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
  • Three Rivers Rambler
  • Texas

  • Austin Steam Train Association
  • Galveston Island Trolley
  • Grapevine Vintage Railroad
  • Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
  • McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
  • Six Flags & Texas Railroad
  • Texas Railroad Museum (proposed)
  • Texas State Railroad
  • Utah

  • Heber Valley Historic Railroad
  • Golden Spike National Historic Site (Promontory Summit, Utah)
  • Vermont

  • Green Mountain Railroad
  • Steamtown, USA (moved to Scranton, PA)
  • Virginia

  • James River Rambler
  • Burke Lake Park Railroad
  • Washington

  • Anacortes Railway - Static Display
  • Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
  • Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
  • George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line (closed 2005)
  • Issaquah Valley Trolley
  • Lake Whatcom Railway
  • Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum (formerly Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad 1980-2016)
  • Northern Pacific Railway Museum
  • Northwest Railway Museum
  • Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
  • Yakima Electric Railway Museum
  • West Virginia

  • Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
  • Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
  • Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
  • Wisconsin

  • East Troy Electric Railroad
  • Kenosha Streetcar
  • Kettle Moraine Scenic Railroad (defunct)
  • Lumberjack Steam Train
  • Mid-Continent Railway Museum
  • Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
  • Riverside and Great Northern Railway
  • Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad
  • Wyoming

  • Wyoming Transportation Museum
  • References

    List of heritage railroads in the United States Wikipedia


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