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Non-Railroad "Companies"
I depend heavily upon contributors to add new railroad company names to the database. Those names come from hundreds of different sources. It is unavoidable that non-legitimate names will creep in from time to time.
Many new names come from published and well-researched references, of course. Many names also come from new certificates that appear in auctions both here and in Europe. Each year, probably 50 to 100 new names come from other kinds of railroad paper, including passes, tickets, invoices, timetables, brochures, and booklets.
Although the vast majority of names from those sources are legitimate, some are not. Perhaps the most deceptive 'bad company names' come from model railroad club membership cards. A huge number were made to resemble antique passes from passenger railroads. Many model railroad names are so close to legitimate railroad names that they are very hard to identify as clubs.
Even more time-consuming are passes from bus operations. Many bus companies took over from streetcar predecessors and used streetcar name variants to bolster ridership during transitional periods.
Non-rail shipping companies have proven very problematic. Many issued passes to railroad company officers, making some of them among the most difficult to reject from the railroad name database.
The list below represents my most current knowledge of non-railroad "companies". All sound close - or even identical - to legitimate railroads. If you know of additional names, such as now-defunct model railroads, please contact me. Similarly, send an email if you can add a short note about any of these listings.
"Company" Name | Type | Notes |
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Abo Timber & Mining Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Adirondack & Raquette Lake RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Aetna & Baker City Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Alameda & Indian Beach RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Albuquerque Bernalillo & Dona Ana Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Albuquerque Carnuel & Tijeras RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Albuquerque Raton & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Alder Creek Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Algoma & Madawaska Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Algoma River Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Allegheny & Blue Ridge | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Allegheny Eastern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Allegheny Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Allegheny Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Alton & Mississippi River Belt Railway Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Alton & Ohio Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Alton & Western Illinois RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Alton St. Louis & Texas Eastern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Amador Truckee & South Fork Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
American Brake Shore Company | Non-railroad company | considered too far removed from railroading for inclusion |
Androscoggin Lakes Transportation Co | Shipping company | considered a Great Lakes shipping company |
Appalachian South Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Appalachian Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Area 51 Terminal & Transfer Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Arizona Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Arlington Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Aronimink Transportation Co | Bus company | bus company subsidiary of the Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Co |
ASIARAIL-OMNIPRESENCE Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Aspen Mountain Lumber Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Atlanta & South Georgia | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Atlantic & Hibernia Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Atlantic & New England Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Atlantic & Southern RR (Northern Division) | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Atlantic Coast & Eastern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Atlantic Shoals Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Austin Temple & Salado Falls RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Autumn Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
B & I Garden Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
B & J Railroad Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Backwoods Timber Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Badger Mid Western RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Balboa Granada & Eastern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bald Eagle Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Baltimore & Alleghany Railroad | Model railroad club | model railroad; name also known from 'pass' |
Baltimore & Cumberland Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Baltimore & Millis Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bangor & Navesink Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Basement Division, Canadian Pacific Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bay Island Docks & Ferries | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bayou Self Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bear Lake & Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bear Western River | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Beech Hill Short Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Beeler United Traction | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bessemer & Ohio Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Big Branch & Eastern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Big Neches & South Fork Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Billings & Paradise Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Black Mountain Div - CD&L | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Blackstone Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bloomfield & Oakland Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Blue Ridge Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bodie Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bona Vista Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Boston & Maine-New Hampshire Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Brandt River Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Brass City & Charter Oak RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Bristal Hill RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
British Columbia Transport Co Ltd | Shipping company | references strongly suggest this company was involved in ocean shipping because it owned "tugs, barges, and floating properties" in addition to docks along the New Westminster, BC waterfront. |
Broad Top Improvement Co | Non-railroad company | a development company that bought the land and laid out the town of Broad Top City in eastern Pennsylvania. |
Broad Top Mountain | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Browne Subdivision, Virginia Hamlin | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Buffalo Creek & Kincade Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Buffalo Pass Scalplock & Defiance Railroad Corp | Fantasy company | fantasy stock certificate known with Gary Collins and Dale Robertson signatures |
Buffalo Rochester & Pennsylvania RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Burlington Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Pilchuck Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Butternut Electric Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Buzzard Gulch & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
C & G Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cabrillo & Southwestern | Model railroad club | San Diego Model Railroad Club |
Calapooya Pacific RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
California Improvement Co of Illinois | Non-railroad company | this company APPEARS to have been an irrigation company involved in early development of California's Imperial Valley |
Calumet Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Canadian Pacific Railway-Basement Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cape Fear & Piedmont Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Carolina & Northwestern Rwy | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Carrol County Narrow Gauge Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cascade International Ry | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cascade Pacific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cascade Pacific Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
CB Rail - Belair Central | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Central Missouri & Southern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Central Pennsylvania Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chautauaqua Scenic Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chequesset & Western RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chesapeak Systems | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chesapeake & Delaware Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chesapeake & Potomac Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chesapeake & Southwestern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chesapeake Bay & Northern Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chestnut Ridge & Laurel Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cheyenne Denver & Laramie RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cheyenne Mountain Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chicago Bellevue Casscade & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chicago Creek Branch Evergreen Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chicago Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co | Shipping company | Great Lakes shipping company |
Chicago Emporia & Evansville | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chicago French Lick & New Orleans | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chicago Malady Bay & Pacific RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Chicago Milwaukee & Gary | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008; also a real railway company |
Chicago St Louis & Gulf Transportation Co | Shipping company | river transport company that operated on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers |
Chicago-Milwaukee Road & Realty Co | Non-railroad company | the land-holding arm of the Chicago-Milwaukee Corp; not directly related to railroading |
Chicagon Terminal & Transfer | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Children's Iron Mountain Railroad Inc | Amusement park line | fantasy railroad" that issued stock to help pay for maintenance of locomotive #300 in Harmon Park in Paragould, AR |
Chucklehead & Ticklefoot R.R. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cincinnati Transit Co | Bus company | bus company |
Circle Isoscles & Lateral Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
City Park Railroad (New Orleans) | Miniature railroad | name known from undated ticket |
Clear Creek & Quicksilver | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Clearwater Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co, The | Shipping company | Lake Erie shipping company |
Clinch Mountain Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Clinch Valley RR. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Clinton & Tampico Southern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Coal Belt Electric Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cohoksink & Penn-Treaty Railroad | Model railroad club | name from membership card |
Colorado & Apache Western Railway Co | Model railroad club | probable model railroad |
Colorado & East Central Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Colorado Midland Railway (Eastern Division) | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Columbia Clipper Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Columbia Gorge & Eastern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Columbia Portland & Pacific Ry | Model railroad club | suspicious name, known only from pass, possible model railroad? |
Columbia Transportation Co | Shipping company | passenger and shipping company that operated from Portland and Seattle-Tacoma; no rail involvement |
Colvin Creek Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Conemaugh & Juniata Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Connequenessing Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Conowingo Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Coon Creek Logging RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Coos & Deschutes Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Copper & Woodchute Mountain Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Coquihalla Valley Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Coraopolis & Neville Island Bridge Co | Non-railroad company | owned by rail companies, but no direct rail involvement |
Corrosion &Oxide Power & Light Street RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cortland Aptakisic & Washtenaw Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Crandon & Northern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cream Ridge Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Credit River & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Crossbow & Midland | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Crown Point Mining Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
CTM (Cost Too Much) | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cumberland & Lake Erie RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cumberland Northern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cumberland River & Eastern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Cuyahoga Valley & West Shore RR | Model railroad club | model RR club; known to have issued stock certificates |
Dad Boys & Mom Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dakota Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dakotah Midwest Railway Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dallas Belt & Terminal Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Danville & Minnesota Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dawcha Southern Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dayton & Mad River | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dead Horse Canyon & Mossback | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Deadwood & Rock Creek Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Deer Mountain Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Defiance & Beyond Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Del Rio & Midland Northern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
DeLand & Atlantic | Model railroad club | DeLand & Atlantic Model Railroad Club |
Delaware Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Delta & Canyon Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Denver & Cat Canyon Rail Road | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Denver & Clear Creek | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Derban - Windsor & Squire RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Detroit & Port Huron Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Detroit Woodbridge & Birmingham RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dew Valley | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Diablo Mining Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dinsdale & Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Downe & Owlte RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
DT & C Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Duck Lake & Bear Canyon Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Dundee Tecumseh & Muskegon | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Durango South Platte & Northern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Eagle Crest & Keystone Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Eagle Lake Lines, The | Model railroad club | name from HO gauge membership card |
Eagle River Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
East Central Indiana | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
East Central Wisconsin & Illinois | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
East Valley Lines | Model railroad club | Los angeles N-Scale Accociation |
Eastern Division, Colorado Midland Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Eastern Gully & Gorge RR | Model railroad club | |
Eastern Gully & Gorge RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Eastern Pacific Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Eastern Transportation Line | Shipping company | this company ran tugs in and around the port of New York; not considered rail-related |
EJ& K Railway | Model railroad club | 1.5" scale model railway, Boone IA, name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Elk Springs Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Elk Valley Division, Imagination & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Elkhorn Subdivision, Union Pacific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Empire City Subway Co Ltd | Non-railroad company | NOT rail-related; this company installed and maintained sub-surface conduits for telegraph, telephone, and lighting in New York and Brooklyn |
Erie & Cumberland | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Erie & Western Transportation Co | Shipping company | this company operated a Great Lakes shipping concern called the "Anchor Line" out of Erie, PA |
Erie & Western Transportation Co, The | Shipping company | Great Lakes shipping company; NOT a railroad |
Erk Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Eucheeanna Valley Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
EURORAIL-OMNIPRESENCE Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Evenston & Johnston R.R. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Farmers Grain & Terminal Shortline Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Fiddletown & Copperopolis Railway | Fantasy company | ficticious railroad, subject of recurring cartoons in 1940s-1950s Railroad Magazine |
Flat Frog Bayou | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Florida Coastal Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Florida East Coast Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ford City Northern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern Transportation Co | Bus company | bus company formed in 1925 to cover area served by interurbans around Ames |
Franklin & South Manchester | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Freeport & Conemaugh Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Frostbite Falls & Mount Flatten | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Galena & Mahaffey Railroad | Model railroad club | |
Galesburg Quincy & St. Joseph | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Garden City Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Gate House & Easter Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Gecko & Gossamer Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Georgia Midland | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Georgia Southern & Florida Rail Way, Hooter Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Glendale Transfer Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Glibet Industrial Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Gnaw Bone & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Golden ~ Blackhawk & Central Railway | Model railroad club | Z-scale model railroad, Spring, TX; nmra.org, 2008 |
Governors Creek Steam Transportation & Mining Co | Non-railroad company | Despite its name, this was a coal mining company that operated the Egypt mine at Egypt, NC prior to the Civil War. It was dependent on the Western Railroad and apparently did not operate any rails on its own. |
Grafton & Cumberland | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Grand Canyon Western RR | Model railroad club | |
Grand River Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Grand Road | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Grand Tower Mining Manufacturing & Transport Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Grand Trunk-Pennsylvania Transportation Co | Shipping company | ferry company was controlled by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
Granite Gorge & Great Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Cypress Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Eastern Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Falls Bitterroot & Pacific | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Great Northern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Lakes & Gulf | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Lakes & Southeastern | Model railroad club | Chesapeake, VA model railroad club |
Great Lakes Eastern Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Lakes Midwestern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Lakes Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Lakes Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Northern - Mesabi Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Great Pacfic Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Greenview & Pickford | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Gronunkreque & Sputnkoff RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Gulf Lake & Western Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Gully Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Halfhollow & Huntington | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hamlin & Rio Grande Northern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hanford Atomic Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Happy Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Harriman - Hill System | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hartford & New York Transportation, The | Shipping company | |
Hazel Fern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hewitt & Central Texas | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
High Sierra Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Highson & De Anza RR (=Restfull Rooms) Co | Non-railroad company | annual 'pass' known |
Hillsboro Jackson & Meadowpoint RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hither & Yon Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hither Thither & Yawn RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hog Pen Gap Mining & Timber Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hooter Division Georgia Southern & Florida Rail Way | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Housatonic & Cayuga RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Housatonic River Valley RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hudson Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Hungry Horse Timber Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Illinois & Michigan | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
IllinoisCalifornia Terminals Inc | Non-railroad company | sub of Illinois-California Express, a trucking company |
Imagination & Western-Elk Valley Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Indiana Motor Transit Co | Non-railroad company | handled trailer on flat car operations for the Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern RR |
Indiana Valley Transfer | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Indiaola Charles City & Northern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Inidana Motor Transit Co | Bus company | probably a bus company |
Intermountan Pacific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
International Car Exchange | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Inter-State Co, The | Shipping company | considered a shipping company |
Iron Belt (Chicago & Lake Erie) | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Iron Hill & Deep Gorge | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Iron Pine & Rusty River R.R. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Iron Range & Northern Ry | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Iron River & Lake Michigan | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Island Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ixonia Depot | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Jamaica & Brooklyn Road Co | Non-railroad company | considered a road company, not a railroad |
James Bay & Victoria Railway | Miniature railroad | Nov 1939 'Railroad Magazine' |
Jefferson Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Jersey Mountain Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Jersey Southern Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Jolo Coastal Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kaos Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kaw Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kenly's Creek Railroad Coal & Lumber Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kentucky Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kerhonkson Lackawack & Peekamoose RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Keystone Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Keystone Connecting System | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Keystone Consolidated lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Keystone Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kickapoo & Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kingston Branch of the NYO&W | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kiski Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kiskiminetas Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Kneedy & Lackamoney | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
La Cloche & Manitoulin Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lakaoia Lumber Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lake Calumet & Indiana RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lake Erie & Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lake Genever & Bamboo Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lake Shore & Great Western RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lakeshore & Eastern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Laurel Ridge Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lawrelyn Division, Lawrelyn Overland Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lawrelyn Overland Railroad (Lawrelyn Division) | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lehig Valley Commuter Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lehigh & Susquehanna | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lehigh Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Leisure Prarie Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Likely Storrie Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Liquid Air Refrigeration & Power Co, The | Non-railroad company | held a "Cold Blast" refrigeration patent and considered too far-removed for inclusion as a railroad-related company |
Lite Rail Branch Line | Model railroad club | |
Little Rhody Division-NMRA Modular Div | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
LJ & BCT RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lone Star Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Lonepine & Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Long Green Valley Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Long Island Railroad -Lower Montauk Branch | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Loon Lake Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Los Cerritos & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Los Gatos Locos Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Louisiana Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Luzerne & Lackawanna | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Madison Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Maine Link Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Manchester & Lincoln RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Manzano Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Maple Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Maryann & Eastern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Maryland Blue & Gray Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Marysville Short Line Railroad | Museum or society line | not a real railroad, but probably some historically-related function in Marysville, KS |
Marysville Short Line Railroad | Fantasy company | |
Marysville Sierra Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
McCloud River Railroad Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
MDAK | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Memphis Ridge Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mercer Locomotive Works | Model toy manufacturer | model locomotive manufacturer |
Merchants & Miners Transportation Co | Shipping company | Atlantic coast ocean shipping and passenger company; NOT rail-related |
Merchants Express Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mesabi Division, Great Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Middletown & Sussex Transit Corp | Bus company | |
Midland Oceanic System | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Midlands Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Midwest & Northern Rail System | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Midwest Lines RR. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mill Street Connecting Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Miller Road | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Millersburg & Ohio Eastern Railroad | Model railroad club | |
Minarets & Western RR | Model railroad club | name from membership card |
Mineral Lake & Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Minnesota & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Minnesota Heartland Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Misery Bay Copper Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Miskin Spring Wheel Co | Non-railroad company | company incorporated to make automotive and baby buggie wheels with spokes made out of springs |
Mission Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Missouri Pacific Lines - White River Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Missouri Texas Division, Union Pacific | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Missouri Transit Co | Bus company | definitely a bus company in later years; unknown if it ever operated rail |
Mongaup Valley Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Monon Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Monongalia Southern Railway Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Moose Equipment Leasing | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Moose Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Morgan Rail | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mountain & Pacific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mountain Division Senjaville, Western Pacific | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mountain Yard Terminal Harbor Inter-Connection All Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mudsock Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Mystic Mountain Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Narrow Crooked & Ornery Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
National Express & Transportation Co | Non-railroad company | short-lived express company, a competitor to Adams and Well Fargo |
National Southern Railroad Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
National Transit Company | Non-railroad company | oil pipeline holding company for Standard Oil Company lines |
NC & StL. Rwy, Tullahoma District Chattanooga Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Nebraska & Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Nevadun Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New Brighton Great Northern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New England Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New Hampshire Division, Boston & Maine | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New Haven South | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New Jersey Elevating & Transportation Co, The | Non-railroad company | this company operated a short incline between Weehawken Street in Weehawken NJ and Mountain Road in West Hoboken NJ; it never connected with any other rail, so it is considered more of an elevator than a true railroad |
New Port Railway & Transportation Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New Triton & Atlantic Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New York Grand Trunk Northern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New York Ontario & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
New York Ontario & Western Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Nickel City Line Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Nickle Plate Road - Peoria Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ninth Street Bee Line RR Co | Fantasy company | |
No Name Troublesom Crook Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
No X | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Norfolk Southern Rwy | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Norfolk Southern's Ohio Flats | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
North Shore Terminal | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
North Woods Route | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northeastern Philadelphia Transit Co | Bus company | probably bus or trackless trolley system |
Northern Central Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northern Division, Atlantic & Southern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northern Division, PRR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northern Illinois - Southern Indiana | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northern Illinois & Eastern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northern Illinois Corp | Non-railroad company | subsidiary of NICOR Inc., a natural gas company |
Northern Indiana Transit Inc | Bus company | company may have ran streetcars temporarily in 1940 while in the process of converting all streetcars of the Northern Indiana Railway Inc. to buses; considered a bus company |
Northern Indiana Transit Inc | Bus company | operated bus routes between South Bend and Elkhart, IN |
Northern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northern Vermont Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Northern Vermont Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Norwich & New York Transportation Co | Shipping company | NOT a railroad; considered a shipping concern owned by railroad company |
Nothin Specific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Nutmeg Central Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Nutmeg Central Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Oak Ridge Central | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ocklawaha Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ocolia Midland Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ohio Valley Western Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Oil City Allegheny & Millcreek Railroad Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Old Colony & South Shore Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Old Point Comfort Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Omaha Transit Co | Bus company | bus company; previously Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway Co but no rail transit under this name |
OMNIPRESENCE Division, ASIARAIL | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
OMNIPRESENCE Division, EURORAIL | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
OMNIPRESENCE Division, OMNIRAIL | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
OMNIRAIL-OMNIPRESENCE Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ontario Central Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Opcit Loccit & Ibid RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Orange Belt Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Orange Belt Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Oregon Development Co | Shipping company | company owned a couple of steamers, both of which sank in in the same place on the Oregon coast about a year apart |
Orion Express Scenic Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Osage Valley Tie & Lumber Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ottawa Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Otter Creek & Perry Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Overland Short Haul & Industrial Transfer Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Owego & Western | Model railroad club | |
Owensboro & Elsewhere | Fantasy company | fantasy passes known, but this is deemed to be strictly a captive operation of the Glenmore Distilleries Co |
Ozark & Neustadt Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pacific & Western States | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pacific Central & Eastern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pacific Coast Manufacturing & Transportation Co | Non-railroad company | company incorporated to manufacture and transport fuel |
Pacific Coast Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pacific Desert Lines | Model railroad club | San Diego Society of N-scale |
Pacific Union Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Paper Valley Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Parsons & Oak Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pearl River & Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pecos Company, The | Non-railroad company | company organized in 1893 to construct the largest irrigation enterprise in southeastern New Mexico |
Pendes Isle Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Penn Western Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Penn Western RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pennsylvania & North Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pennsylvania Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pennsylvania Railroad - North Jersey Branch | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pennsylvania Transportation Co | Bus company | oil transportation company |
Pennsylvania-Indiana General Transit Co | Bus company | bus company acquired by Greyhound in 1932 |
Peoples Rapid Transit Co | Bus company | bus company purchased by Greyhound |
Peoples Transit Co | Bus company | bus company ultimately bought by Greyhound |
Peoria Division, Nickle Plate Road | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Peoria Pekin Transfer Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Perryville & Highlands Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Piedmont & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pikes Peak & Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | model railroad club, Limon, CO |
Pilchuck & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pilchuck Division, Burlington Northern Santa Fe | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pittsburgh & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pleasant Ridge & Shelter Rock Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Plymouth Cottonwood & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pocono & Hudson | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pocono Valley Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pokey Slo & Never Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Popenna Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Potomac & Patuxent RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Potomac Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Potomic & Ohio Connecting RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Pottstown Rapid Transit | Bus company | bus company |
Proctor Shortline Railroad | Museum or society line | Duluth MN locomotive refurbushment project; not a real railroad. Fantasy stock certificates known. |
PRR Northern Division (Emporium to Ridgeway & Points | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
PRR West of Middle Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Puget Sound Iron Goat Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Purdue Railroad | Model railroad club | |
PWD Rail System | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Quake & Shake Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Quaske Creek Traction Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Quinsippi Central Railway | Amusement park line | Amusement park miniature railroad |
Raccoon Rock | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Raccoon Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rail Vermont | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rainier Great Western Railway & Navagation Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Raquette Lake Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Raquette Lake Transportation Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Reading Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Reading Railroad Co | Fantasy company | not a valid company, fantasy stock certificate with this name known used by Wallace Business College (imprinted at top of stock certificate |
Reading Railroad Inc | Fantasy company | not a valid company, fantasy stock certificate with this name known used by Wallace Business College (imprinted at top of stock certificate |
Reno Truckee & Carson Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rensselaer Central Railroad Co | Miniature railroad | miniature train at Henry Becker & Son Dairy Farms |
Retired N' Recluse | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Revere Beach County Fair & Musical Ry Co | Amusement park line | considered a park and entertainment company |
Richland & Bonville | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rinconada Express Agency | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rio Golare Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Roaring Western Gorge Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rock Bottom & Stony End Rwy. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rock Creek Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rocky Mountain & White Pass Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Rolls Canardly & Pacific | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Route Of The Glacier Express | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Royal Gorge Southern Ry | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Royal Gorge Western Ry | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Ruptured Duck & Daffler Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Saicremoc Rail Road Co | Fantasy company | |
Saint Andrew Islands Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Saint Johns & Atlantic Transportation | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Salem Atlantic & New Jersey | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Salero & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Salt Lake Garfield & Western RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Saltsburg & Slickville Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Salvo Hill Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
San Antonio & Pacific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
San Isabel Valley | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
San Luis Valley Irrigation, Land & Power Company | Non-railroad company | irrigation company |
Sandy River Central | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Sanford & Santa Fe Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Santa Fe Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Santa Fe RR 89 Route | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Santa Margarita & Pozo Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Scenic Green Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Schuylkill Transportation Co | Bus company | bus company that began operation in June, 1933 in Frackville, PA |
Scotts-dale Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Scotts-dale Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Seaboard & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Seaboard Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Seaboard-Bay Line Co | Shipping company | ocean shipping concern, descended from the Old Bay Line Company |
Seattle Pacific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Selah Valley Co | Non-railroad company | irrigation company |
Serendip & Western RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Serenity Valley & Southern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Settebakke & Delaye | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Severn Valley Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Shasta Northern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Shelter Bay Railway Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Shiloh Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Shimberg Pines #II | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Shiro Lines Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Sierra Carson & Truckee Rwy. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Sierra Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Sin City Renewal Evangeline & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Skokie Valley Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Skunk Hollow Junction Railway | Model railroad club | seemingly a 1950s-era model railroad located in Palatine, IL. |
Slow & Sleepy RR Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Smoke Line Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Snow Hill Maing on the Main Central | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Solomons & Patuxent Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
South Broadbottom Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
South West Side Lumber Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Southern Colorado | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Southwood & Macey Bay Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Spirit Lake Hotel & Transportation Co | Non-railroad company | name from contributor; lake steamboat company |
Spruce Creek Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
St Francis Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | |
St. James & Sandy River Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines, Trinity Subdivision | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Stanislaus Central Bridge Co | Non-railroad company | bridge company |
Steven Thomas & Stella R.R | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Stony Creek & Western Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Stratton Valley Railroad & Transfer Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Sunnybrook Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Surface Transportation Corp | Bus company | bus company |
Susquehanna Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Susquehanna Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Susquehanna ValleyLine | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Suwanee River Route RR. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Swayzee Pacific Transportation Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Sweetwater & Aberjona Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Swope Park Railways | Amusement park line | Kansas City municipal park amusement, ticket known |
Tahoe N Tidewater RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tall Pine Timber Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tall Timber Logging Line RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tarfu Belt Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tennessee Midland Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Texas Maverick Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Texas Union Border Railway | Model railroad club | |
Third Coast Route | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Thompson Transit Corp, The | Bus company | probably a bus company |
Thompson Transit Corporation | Shipping company | Great Lakes shipping company |
Thoth Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tidewater & Western Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Timber Creek | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tionesta Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Token Creek Transportation | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tolchester & Annapolis Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Transylvania Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Trap "N" Garnet Ridge Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Trenton Transit | Bus company | probably a bus company |
Trewsville Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Trinity Southern Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Trinity Subdivision St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tryangit Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tryangit Union Traction Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tuckahoe Flats & Cowhide R.R. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tullahoma District Chattanooga Division NC & StL. Rwy | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tuolumne Forks Lumber Co RR | Model railroad club | name from Model Railroader, Jul 2000 |
Tupper Lake & South Junction | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Tuscarora & Mohawk Valley RR | Model railroad club | |
Twin Valley & Meadow Ridge Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Union Pacific - Missouri Texas Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Union Pacific Railroad - Elkhorn Subdivision | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Union Pacific Willamette Valley & Vida Rair Road | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Union Santa Fe & Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
United States & Dominion Transportation Co | Shipping company | Great Lakes shipping company owned by Booth Fisheries |
United States Express Co | Non-railroad company | express company not directly related to railroading |
United States Railroad Administration | Non-railroad company | an administration of the United States government and not a corporation |
United Verde & Pacific Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Upper Mississippi Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Upton & Clyde Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Val Ease Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Venango Traction Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Venedocia Railway Co. | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Venice Railway Co | Miniature railroad | miniature line at Venica Beach, CA |
Virgina Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Virginia Great Western Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Virginia Hamlin - Browne Subdivision | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Virginia Northern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Virginia Southern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wabash Frisco & Pacific Association | Amusement park line | |
Wadda Oad & Wurnoutt Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Walt N' Verne Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wapsie Valley Railroad Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Washington Pacific Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Washington Rapid Transit | Bus company | definitely a bus company in later years; unknown if it ever operated rail |
Webster Groves & Fenton | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Weeter Mining Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
West of Middle Division, PRR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
West Virginia Midland Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
West Virginia Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Western Allegheny Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Western Division, Western Pacific | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Western Division, Wisconsin & Michigan | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Western Marland Fast Freight Line | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Western Pacific - Mountain Division Senjaville | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Western Pacific - Western Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Western Pennsylvania Railroad Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Westport Terminal Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Whiskeytown & Shasta RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
White Bear Lake & Northern RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
White River Division, Missouri Pacific Lines | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Whitefish Bay & Peninsula RR | Model railroad club | |
Whitehall & Iron Mountain | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Widow Creek Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wilkes-Barre Transit Corp | Non-railroad company | bus company descended from Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp; no direct rail involvement |
Wilmington Overland & Western Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wilmington Transportation Co | Shipping company | ocean shipping company |
Wilson Creek Great Northern RR, The | Model railroad club | |
Wind River Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Windburne County Railway Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Windham & Gorham Railway | Model railroad club | |
Wisconsin & Illinois Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wisconsin & Iowa Railroad Co | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wisconsin & Michigan - Western Division | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wisconsin && Midwestern | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wisconsin Central & Southern Santa Fe | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wisconsin Central Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wisconsin Kettle Moraine RR | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Wyoming & La Grand | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Yankee - Southern Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Yankee & Rebel Railroad | Model railroad club | |
Yosemite Short Line Railway | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Zig Zag Valley Railroad | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Zilwaukee Okeechobee & Tremungus | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
Zumbro Valley & Western | Model railroad club | name from nmra.org, 2008 |
This represents a full listing of non-railroad companies or model railroad clubs that closely resemble railroad names. Last updated Sunday, February 17, 2019. This database is updated about every two weeks, depending on the number of new additions.
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