Collectible Stocks and Bonds from North American Railroads
by Terry Cox
A guidebook and catalog of prices
(I do NOT buy or sell certificates on this website)
(I do NOT buy or sell certificates on this website)
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References to railroad names
Sources of railroad and railroad-related company names
The cataloguing of certificates depends on the names of railroad companies. The very first step, many years ago, was to try to compile the most extensive list of company names possible. Since that time, thousands of new names have emerged.
New company names are getting harder and harder to find, although I still add a few every year. I also remove names when it becomes obvious that original sources were erroneous. For instance, historical references were frequently lackadaisical about both spelling and the distinction between "railroad" and "railway" in company names.
This page displays a nearly complete list of the sources where I originally found names of railroads, railways and companies closely related to railroading.
If I were to classify them, I would say that company names tend to originate from five types of sources.
Published references. This includes books, magazines, and security-related publications such as Moody's, Poor's and material that originated with the now-defunct Interstate Commerce Commission.
Existing documents. This category encompasses all sorts of documents that bear company names. Documents include stocks, bonds, receipts, passes, tickets, menus, paper money, advertising and bills of lading. They may also include collectible and museum artifacts such as locomotives, rail cars, china, lanterns, calendars, photographs, and so forth. Unfortunately, these kinds of primary sources usually offer only one or two new names at a time and their appearances are completely random.
Internet sources. Certain kinds of websites are valuable for accumulating company names including sites maintained by states, railroad companies and historical societies. Unfortunately – and this problem grows every day! – web sources are notoriously transient. Please consider that EVERY website in the world is only one button click from going dark.
Contributions from correspondents. These are contributions of names that originate from research by private individuals who correspond with me. For privacy reasons, I do not list their names in the list below. In general, I try to confirm such private information from other public sources.
Personal sources. I have had the great fortune of scanning and indexing hundreds of thousands of maps and documents related to the Union Pacific Railroad and its huge land grant that stretched from Omaha to the Great Salt Lake. During that adventure, I stumbled across numerous company names missing from any of the other sources.
The online database currently holds over 24,700 company names of railroads founded within North America. Following is a list of every name source I have recorded. However, there are many, many additional sources I may never have time to examine. Please let me know if you have references that include company names I have missed.
| Author (or source) | Date | Title (or description of source) |
|---|---|---|
| Adams, Kramer A. | 1961 | Logging Railroads of the West |
| Alabama, State of | 2001 | State of Alabama List on Corporations |
| Alexander James J Jr. | 1988 | Historic American Engineering Record |
| Ambrose, Stephen E. | 2000 | Nothing Like It in the World: the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869 |
| American Railway Engineering Association | 1915 | Bulletin |
| American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association | 2001 | web site |
| American Society of Check Collectors | Aug, 1992 | Check Collector #23 |
| American Society of Check Collectors | Aug, 1993 | Check Collector #27 |
| American Society of Check Collectors | Nov, 1990 | Check Collector #16 |
| Ames, Williams | Jul 6, 1902 | New York Times |
| anonymous | 1916 | Corporate History Chart of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co |
| anonymous | 2003 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/histigri.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2003 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/histigry.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2003 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/stlearly.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2003 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/transal.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2003 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/transmi.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histhmd.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histielk.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histimic.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histmke2.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histmke3.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histmke4.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histmkel.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/histwken.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailfan/mkeearly.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/aarhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/akrhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/canhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/chuhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/cinearly.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/cleearly.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/colhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/cvghist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/dayhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/dsmearly.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/dsmhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/dsrearly.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/eslhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/eslhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/fnthist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/fwahist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/grbhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/histibn.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/indhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/kzohist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/lafhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/lanhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/louhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/louhisti.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/madhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/msphist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/peohist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/spfhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/tolhist.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/transil.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/transin.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/transoh.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/chirailtwo/transwi.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/histiknk.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/histilas.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/histilin.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/histirfd.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/interil.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/interin.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/intermi.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/interoh.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| anonymous | 2004 | Hometown.aol.com/metrafan/interwi.html (see Wayback Machine) |
| Anreas, A T | 1880 | History of the State of Kansas |
| Arkansas, State of | 2001 | web site listing of corporations |
| Aspinall, Sir Algernon Edward | 1912 | British West Indies: Their History, Resources and Progress, The |
| Belcher, C. Francis | 1980 | Logging Railroads of the White Mountains |
| Bender, Harry E. Jr. | 1970 | Uintah Railway: the Gilsonite Route |
| Best, Gerald M. | 1968 | Mexican Narrow Gauge |
| Blickpunkt Straßenbahn | 1999 | web site |
| Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Massachusetts | 1913 | Fourty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners |
| Bruce II, Colin | 1981 | Standard Catalog of Mexican Coins, Paper Money, Stocks, Bonds, and Medals |
| Bruce II, Colin | 1982 | Complete Encyclopedia of Mexican Paper Money |
| Burlington Route Historical Society | 1999 | web site |
| C&O Historical Society | 1999 | web site |
| Carl Gustafson | 1967 | The Dairy Route: A history of the Elgin & Belvidere Electric Co. |
| Carter, Kate B. | 1966 | Daughters of Utah Pioneers |
| Castenholz, B.J. | 1991 | Field Guide to Revenue Stamped Paper:stocks, bonds, railroad tickets, part 7 |
| Cedarlof, A.P. | 1944 | Heart Throbs of the West |
| Chester County Historical Society | 2017 | Chester County Historical Society website |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co | 1929 | Documentary history, charters, articles of incorporations, deeds, consolidations, mortgages, leases, decrees, etc., volume 2, lines in Iowa and Missouri. |
| Chicago Transit & Rail Fan Web Site | 2018 | Chicago Transit & Rail Fan Web Site |
| Churcher, Colin | 2001 | Significant Dates in Canadian Railway History, web site |
| Clews, Henry | 1906 | Investment Guide, 6th Annual |
| CN Railroad | 2006 | CN (Canadian National) corporate web site |
| Cochran, Thomas C. | 1953 | Railroad Leaders, 1845-1890: the business mind in action |
| Colorado College Tutt Library | 1994 | Edmond Van Diest Papers |
| Colorado Historical Society | 1993-1994 | society collection |
| Colorado Railroad Commissioner | 1886 | First Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Colorado for the year ending June 30, 1883 |
| Colorado, State of | 2001 | web site listing of corporations |
| Colorado, State of | 2013 | State of Colorado List of Incorporations |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Aug, 1993 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #7 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Dec, 1993 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #8 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Jan, 1991 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #1 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Jul, 1991 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #3 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Mar, 1992 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #5 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Mar, 1993 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #6 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | May, 1991 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #2 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | May, 1991 | No-frills Price Lists for Checks, #2 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Nov, 1991 | No-frills fixed price list, railroad stocks and bonds #4 |
| Cox Collectible Currency | Sep, 1991 | No-frills Price Lists for Checks, #3 |
| Cox, Terry | 1995 | Stocks and Bonds of North American Railroads: collectors' guide with prices |
| Cox, Terry | 1997 | Union Pacific/Southern Pacific map scanning project |
| Cox, Terry | 2001 | Cox research, miscellaneous web sources |
| Drury, George H. | 1984 | Train Watcher's Guide to North American Railroads |
| Drury, George H. | 1990 | Train Watcher's Guide to North American Railroads |
| Drury, George H. | 1992 | Train Watcher's Guide to North American Railroads |
| Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Historical Society | 1999 | Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Historical Society website |
| Edson, William D | 1984 | Railroad Names: a directory of common carrier railroads operating in the United States 1826-1982 |
| Edson, William D | 1985 | Updates #2 to Railroad Names |
| Edson, William D | 1985-1990 | annual updates to Railroad Names |
| Edson, William D | 1986 | Updates #3 to Railroad Names |
| Edson, William D | 1987 | Updates #4 to Railroad Names |
| Edson, William D | 1988 | Updates #5 to Railroad Names |
| Edson, William D | 1989 | Updates #6 to Railroad Names |
| Edson, William D | 1990 | Updates #7 to Railroad Names |
| Edson, William D | 1993 | Railroad Names: a directory of common carrier railroads operating in the United States 1826-1992 |
| Electric Railway Historical Assn of Southern California | 1999-2009 | website (erha.org) of the Electric Railway Historical Assn of Southern California |
| Electric Railway Journal | 1908 | American Street Railway Investments |
| Empire State Railway Museum | 1993 | Steam Passenger Service Directory, 28th annual |
| Ferrocarriles de Guatemala | 1999 | website of company, now removed (this company is now called Ferrovias Guatemala and owned by Railroad Development Corp.) |
| Fetters, Thomas | 1990 | Logging Railroads of South Carolina |
| Fleming, Howard | 1949 | Narrow Gauge Railways of America |
| Fleming, Howard | 1980 | Narrow Gauge Railways of America |
| Forgotten Delaware.com | 2003 | web site |
| Foshay, James W. | 1885 | Report of the Second Annual Meeting of the Street-Railway Assn of the State of New York |
| Franco, Francisco Garma | 1985 | Railroads in Mexico: an illustrated history, vol 1 |
| Franco, Francisco Garma | 1988 | Railroads in Mexico: an illustrated history, vol 2 |
| Frontier Trails of the Old West | 2003 | frontiertrails.com |
| GATX Corporation | 1999 | web site |
| Gaytan, Carlos | 1972 | Paper Currency of Mexico, 1822-1971 |
| Georgia, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| Gibb, James G. | 1990 | Calvert Historian, The |
| Good, Mike | 2003 | tacnet.missouri.org, Corporate History: MK&T Railway |
| Greenawalt, Robert | Spring 1994 | Railroadiana Express |
| Griffin, William E, Jr. | 1999 | Seaboard: the Route of Courteous Service |
| Gross, Joseph | 1986 | Railroads of North America: a complete listing of all North American railroads, 1827-1986 |
| Gross, Joseph | 1987 | Trolley and Interurban Directory |
| Haight & Freese, Bankers and Brokers | 1894 | Haight & Freese's Information to Investors and Speculators in stocks, grain and cotton |
| Haight & Freese, Bankers and Brokers | 1899 | Haight & Freese's Information to Investors and Operator in stocks, grain, provisions and cotton |
| Haight & Freese, Bankers and Brokers | 1900 | Haight & Freese's Information to Investors and Operator in stocks, grain, provisions and cotton |
| Haight & Freese, Bankers and Brokers | 1901 | Haight & Freese's Information to Investors and Operator in stocks, grain, provisions and cotton |
| Haight & Freese, Bankers and Brokers | 1903 | Haight & Freese's Information to Investors and Operator in stocks, grain, provisions and cotton |
| Hawaiian Railway Historical Society | 1999 | web site |
| Haxby, James A. | 1988 | Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes, 1782-1866 |
| Hessler, Gene | 1992 | Engraver's Line, The |
| Hilton, George Woodman | 1971 | Cable Car in America |
| Hilton, George Woodman | 1990 | American Narrow Gauge Railroads |
| Hilton, George Woodman & John F. Due | 1960 | Electric Interurban Railways in America |
| Hoober, Richard T | 1983-1989 | Paper Money |
| Hoober, Richard T | Apr, 1985 | Paper Money Whole No. 116 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Dec, 1984 | Paper Money Whole No. 114 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Dec, 1985 | Paper Money Whole No. 120 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Feb, 1985 | Paper Money Whole No. 115 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jan, 1984 | Paper Money Whole No. 109 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jan/Feb, 1986 | Paper Money Whole No. 121 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jan/Feb, 1987 | Paper Money Whole No. 127 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jan/Feb, 1988 | Paper Money Whole No. 133 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jan/Feb, 1989 | Paper Money Whole No. 139 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jul, 1984 | Paper Money Whole No. 112 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jul, 1985 | Paper Money Whole No. 118 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jul/Aug, 1986 | Paper Money Whole No. 124 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jul/Aug, 1987 | Paper Money Whole No. 130 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jul/Aug, 1988 | Paper Money Whole No. 136 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Jul/Aug, 1989 | Paper Money Whole No. 142 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Mar, 1984 | Paper Money Whole No. 110 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Mar/Apr, 1986 | Paper Money Whole No. 122 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Mar/Apr, 1989 | Paper Money Whole No. 140 |
| Hoober, Richard T | May, 1984 | Paper Money Whole No. 111 |
| Hoober, Richard T | May, 1985 | Paper Money Whole No. 117 |
| Hoober, Richard T | May/Jun, 1987 | Paper Money Whole No. 129 |
| Hoober, Richard T | May/Jun, 1988 | Paper Money Whole No. 135 |
| Hoober, Richard T | May/Jun, 1989 | Paper Money Whole No. 141 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Nov, 1983 | Paper Money Whole No. 108 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Nov/Dec, 1986 | Paper Money Whole No. 126 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Nov/Dec, 1987 | Paper Money Whole No. 132 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Nov/Dec, 1989 | Paper Money Whole No. 144 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Oct, 1985 | Paper Money Whole No. 119 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Sep, 1984 | Paper Money Whole No. 113 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Sep,1983 | Paper Money Whole No. 107 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Sep/Oct, 1986 | Paper Money Whole No. 125 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Sep/Oct, 1987 | Paper Money Whole No. 131 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Sep/Oct, 1988 | Paper Money Whole No. 137 |
| Hoober, Richard T | Sep/Oct, 1989 | Paper Money Whole No. 143 |
| I & M Rail Link | 1999 | web site |
| Illinois Secretary of State | 1911 | Certified List of Illinois Corporations |
| Illinois, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| Indiana Railroad Attractions | 1999 | web site |
| Indiana, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| International Bond & Share Society | Apr, 2009 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Apr, 2013 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Apr, 2014 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Apr, 2016 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Apr, 2017 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Apr, 2018 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Aug 2010 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Aug 2011 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Aug 2012 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Aug 2013 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Aug, 1999 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Aug, 2018 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Aug, 2020 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec 2014 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec 2019 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec, 2000 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec, 2001 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec, 2002 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec, 2003 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec, 2005 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec, 2017 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Dec, 2018 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Jul, 2009 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Jul, 2017 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Jun, 2000 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Jun, 2001 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Jun, 2002 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Mar, 2000 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Mar, 2001 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Mar, 2002 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Mar, 2003 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | May, 1999 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | May, 2006 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Nov, 1999 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Sep, 2000 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Sep, 2001 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| International Bond & Share Society | Sep, 2002 | Scripophily; Journal of the IBSS |
| Interstate Commerce Commission | 1889 | Statistics of Railways |
| Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners | 1897 | 19th Annual Report |
| Jefferson County, CO (Prythero, Matthew and Ronda Frazier) | 2015 | Jefferson County (Colorado) Clerk & Recorder Incorporation Records, 1862-1969, series 168 |
| Johnson, Walter A | Autumn, 1946 | Chronicles of Oklahoma, The |
| Kansas City Historical Society | 2006 | web site |
| Kansas City Southern Historical Society | 1999 | web site |
| Kansas Historical Society | May 9, 2019 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company records |
| Kansas, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| Karr, Ronald Dale | 1989 | Lost Railroads of New England |
| Kentucky, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| Kerr, James W. | 1983 | Illustrated History of Rail Rapid Transit Systems and Cars of North America |
| Kerr, James W. & O. M. Kerr | 1980 | Illustrated Rail Rapid Transit Systems and Cars of North America |
| Kettle Valley Steam Railway | 1999 | web site |
| Klein, Aaron E. | 1985 | Encyclopedia of North American Railroads |
| Klein, Maury | 1972 | History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad |
| Klein, Maury | 1986 | The Life and Legend of Jay Gould |
| Klein, Maury | 1987 | Union Pacific: the birth of a railroad, 1862-1893 |
| Klein, Maury | 1989 | Union Pacific: the rebirth, 1894-1969 |
| Klein, Maury | 2000 | The Life and Legend of E.H. Harriman |
| Kneiss, G.H. Western Pacific RR Historical Society | 1999 | web site |
| Kohl, Walter | Dec, 1944 | Railroad Magazine |
| Krajewski, Stephen A. | 2015 | Personal Research |
| Lambie, Joseph | 1954 | New York University Graduate School of Business Administration; Business History Series |
| Lavallee, Omer | 1972 | Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada |
| Legget, Robert Ferguson | 1973 | Railroads of Canada |
| Lewis, Edward A | 1991 | American Shortline Railway Guide, 4th edition |
| Library of Congress | 1999 | Library of Congress |
| Logging Railroads of Mississippi | 2002 | www.datasync.com/~dhbjda/, now removed |
| McGraw Publishing | 1914 | McGraw Electric Railway Manual: The Red Book of American Street Railway Investment |
| McNeely, John Hamilton | 1964 | Railways of Mexico: a study in nationalization (Texas Western College, Southwestern Studies vol 2, no 1) |
| Meints, Graydon M. | 1992 | Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies |
| Middleton, Kenneth R and Norman C Keyes Jr | Autumn, 1980 | Railroad History magazine |
| Middleton, William D. | 1967 | Time of the Trolley: the street railway from horsecar to light rail, vol 1 |
| Miller, William E. | 1999 | web site, Electric Lines in Southern Ontario |
| Minnesota Historical Society | 2000 | item in collection |
| Miscellaneous World Wide Web sources | 1999 | minor non-railroad web sites |
| Mississippi Legislature | 1888 | Laws of the State of Mississippi |
| Missouri Pacific Historical Society | 1999 | web site |
| Missouri, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| Modelski, Andrew M. | 1984 | Railroad Maps of North America: the first hundred years |
| Mohawk & Hudson Chapter National Railroad Historical Society | 1999 | web site |
| Moody, Linwood W. | Jul, 1940 | Railroad Magazine |
| Moody's Manual | 1971-1977 | Moody's Manual of Transportation |
| Morrison, Allen | 2009 | The Tramways of Yucatan, tramz.com web site |
| Myrick, David F. | 1962 | Railroads of Nevada (and eastern California, in 2 vols) |
| Myrick, David F. | 1990 | New Mexico's Railroads: a historical study |
| Nabb Research Center | 2005-2009 | nabbhistory.salisbury.edu web site |
| National Railway Publication Co | 1956 | Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, April 1956 |
| National Register of Historic Places | Railroads in North Dakota, 1872-1956 | |
| National Register of Historic Places | 1990 | Advent and Development of Railroads in Iowa, 1855-1940 |
| National Register of Historic Places | 1997 | Railroads in Colorado 1858-1948 |
| National Register of Historic Places | 1998 | Historic Railroads of South Dakota |
| National Register of Historic Places | 2000 | Historic Railroad Resources of Kansas |
| National Register of Historic Places | 2013 | Railroads in Minnesota, 1862-1956 |
| Netzlof, Robert T. | 2005-2009 | Pennsylvania Railroad Corporate History, rmetzolof.pennsyrr.com web site |
| New Jersey Secretary of State | 1914 | Corporations of New Jersey, Lisy of Certificates to Dec. 31, 1911 |
| New York Central System Annual Report | 1913 | History of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co |
| New York Public Service Commission | 1913 | Report of the Public Service Commission, Documentary History of Railroad Companies |
| New York Stock Exchange | 1938 | New York Stock Exchange Yearbook |
| New York Times | Sep 3, 1927 | New York Times |
| New York, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society | 1999 | web site |
| North Shore RR | 1999 | web site |
| Ohio, State of | 1878 | Ohio Statistics |
| Ohio, State of | 1879 | Ohio Railway Report |
| Ohio, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
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| Oregon, State of | 1909 | Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon |
| Ormes, Robert M. | 1975 | Tracking Ghost Railroads in Colorado |
| Palmer, Richard | 1996 | Short Lines of Central New York |
| Pennsylvania Public Utilities | 1999 | web site |
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| Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society | 2002 | broadway.pennsyrr.com |
| Pennsylvania State Archives | 2008 | Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission |
| Pennsylvania, State of | 2001 | web site, listing of corporations |
| Philadelphia Rapid Transit System Corporate Organization Chart | 1935 | Philadelphia Rapid Transit System |
| Poor, Henry Varnum | 1860 | History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States (reprint 1970) |
| Poor, Henry Varnum | 1874 | Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1874-1875 |
| Poor, Henry Varnum | 1876 | Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1876-1877 |
| Poor, Henry Varnum | 1877 | Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1877-1878 |
| Poor, Henry Varnum | 1886 | Poor's directory of Railroad Officials |
| Poor, Henry Varnum | 1898 | Poor's Manual of Railroads |
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