- List of Washington, D.C. railroads
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Contents
The following railroads operate in the U.S. District of Columbia.
Current railroads
Common freight carriers
- Canadian Pacific Railway through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (trackage rights, not used)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Passenger carriers
Defunct railroads
Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway RF&P 1872 1890 Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Alexandria and Washington Railroad RF&P 1854 1872 Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BO B&O 1831 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Baltimore and Potomac Railroad PRR 1867 1902 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Chesapeake Beach Railway 1896 1935 East Washington Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, CO C&O 1891 1987 CSX Transportation Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation/Norfolk Southern Railway East Washington Railway 1935 1976 N/A Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company B&O 1888 1972 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad SOU 1872 1872 Virginia and North Carolina Railroad Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Pennsylvania Railroad PRR PRR 1918 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad PRR 1902 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad PRR 1891 1902 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Richmond and Danville Railroad SOU 1886 1894 Southern Railway Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad RF&P, RFP RF&P 1920 1991 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway RFP 1991 Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation Southern Railway SOU SOU 1894 1990 Norfolk Southern Railway Southern Maryland Railroad 1882 1886 Washington and Potomac Railroad Virginia Midland Railway SOU 1880 1886 Richmond and Danville Railroad Virginia and North Carolina Railroad SOU 1872 1873 Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad RF&P 1862 1868 Alexandria and Washington Railroad Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad B&O 1873 1874 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway SOU 1873 1880 Virginia Midland Railway Washington and Potomac Railroad 1886 1900 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad 1901 1910 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway 1910 1918 Chesapeake Beach Railway Washington Southern Railway WSN RF&P 1901 1920 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Washington Terminal Company WATC B&O/ PRR 1901 Still exists as a subsidiary of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Washington and Western Maryland Railroad B&O 1889 1985 N/A Electric
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- Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
- Baltimore and Ocean City Railway
- Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
- Brightwood Railway
- Capital Traction Company
- Capital Transit Company
- Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway
- City and Suburban Railway
- Columbia Railway
- Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway
- Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
- Metropolitan Railroad
- Rock Creek Railway
- Tennallytown and Rockville Railroad
- Washington Railway and Electric Company
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
- Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railway
- Washington and Georgetown Railroad
- Washington and Glen Echo Railroad
- Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway
- Washington Interurban Railway
- Washington and Old Dominion Railway
- Washington and Rockville Railway
- Washington, Spa Springs and Gretta Railroad
- Washington Traction and Electric Company
- Washington–Virginia Railway
- Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company
Notes
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
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