List of Ohio railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Ohio.

Common freight carriers

• Akron Barberton Cluster Railway (AB)
• Ann Arbor Railroad (AA), (Watco)
• Ashland Railway (ASRY)
• Ashtabula, Carson and Jefferson Railroad (ACJR)
• Belpre Industrial, Parkersburg Railroad (BIP)
• Camp Chase Railway (CAMY)
• Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (BLE) and Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
• Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND) (owned by Genesee & Wyoming (GWI))
• Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE) (owned by GWI)
  • Operates Delphos Terminal
• Cincinnati East Terminal Railway (CET)
• Cleveland Commercial Railroad (CCRL)
• Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad (CHB)
• Cleveland Works Railway (CWRO)
• Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road (CUOH) (owned by GWI)
• CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Three Rivers Railway
• Flats Industrial Railroad (FIR)
• Grand River Railway (GRRY)
• Indiana Eastern Railroad (IERR)
• Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
• Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) (owned by GWI)
  • Operates South Charleston Railroad, West Central Ohio Port Authority
• Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA) (Watco)
• Lake Terminal Railroad (LT)
• Lorain Northern Railroad (LNOR)
• Mahoning Valley Railway (MVRY) (owned by GWI)
• Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad (NDW), (Pioneer Lines)
• Newburgh and South Shore Railroad (NSR) (Omnitrax)
• Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNTP)
• Northern Ohio and Western Railway (NOW)
• Ohio and National Railway Company (ONRR)
• Ohi-Rail Corporation (OHIC) (taken over by Mahoning Valley Railway (MVRY))
• Ohio Central Railroad (OHCR) (owned by GWI)
• Ohio South Central Railroad (OSCR)
• Ohio Southern Railroad (OSRR) (owned by GWI)
• Ohio Terminal Railway (OHIO)
• Republic N&T Railroad (NTRY)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Cleveland Line (RJCL)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Western Ohio Lines (RJCW)
• RSL Railroad (RSL)
• Warren and Trumbull Railroad (WTRM) (owned by GWI)
• Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
• Youngstown and Austintown Railroad (YARR) (owned by GWI)
• Youngstown Belt Railroad (YB) (owned by GWI)
• Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad (YSRR)
  • Operates Eastern States Railroad and Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad (OHPA)

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

Electric railways

• Akron, Bedford and Cleveland Railroad
• Akron and Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit Company
• Blissfield Railroad
• Canton and Massillon Electric Railway
• Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo Traction
• Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
• Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
• Cincinnati Street Railway
• Cleveland Railway
• Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway
• Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway
• Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus Railway
• Lake Shore Electric Railway
• Muskingum Electric Railroad (private)
• Newark and Granville Electric Street Railway
• Ohio Electric Railway (OE)
• Sandusky, Milan and Norwalk Electric Railway
• Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
• Toledo and Indiana Railway
• Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway
• Toledo and Western Railway (T&W)
• Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad

Notes

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

References

• Association of American Railroads (2003), "Railroad Service in Ohio" (PDF).. Retrieved May 25, 2005.
• Cole, Wayne A. (2005). Ghost rails, 1850-1980. Volume 1, Abandoned railroads, their industries, last runs, Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Darlington, Pennsylvania: ColeBooks. ISBN 0-9727397-1-8.
• Morris, J. C., compiler (December 31, 1902), Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs; Part II, history of the railroads of Ohio. Retrieved August 16, 2005.