List of Minnesota railroads

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

Common freight carriers

• Airlake Terminal Railway (reporting mark ALT)
• BNSF Railway (reporting mark BNSF)
• Canadian National Railway (reporting mark CN) including subsidiaries Cedar River Railroad (reporting mark CEDR), Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (reporting mark DMIR), Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (reporting mark DWP), Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC) and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (reporting mark WC)
• Canadian Pacific Kansas City (reporting mark CPKC) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark DME) and Soo Line Railroad (reporting mark SOO)
• Cloquet Terminal Railroad (reporting mark CTRR)
• Minnesota Commercial Railway (reporting mark MNNR)
• Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (reporting mark MDW)
• Minnesota Northern Railroad (reporting mark MNN)
• Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (reporting mark MPLI)
• Northern Lines Railway (reporting mark NLR)
• Northern Plains Railroad (reporting mark NPR)
• Otter Tail Valley Railroad (reporting mark OTVR)
• Progressive Rail, Inc. (reporting mark PGR)
• Red River Valley and Western Railroad (reporting mark RRVW)
• St. Croix Valley Railroad (reporting mark SCXY)
• Twin Cities and Western Railroad (reporting mark TCWR)
• Union Pacific Railroad (reporting mark UP)

Private freight carriers

• Cliffs Erie Railroad (reporting mark LTVX)
• Northshore Mining (reporting mark NSMX)
• US Steel

Passenger carriers

• Amtrak (reporting mark AMTK)
• Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
• METRO Light Rail
• North Shore Scenic Railroad (reporting mark NSSR)
• Northstar Line (reporting mark MNRX)
• Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway (reporting mark MNTX)

Defunct railroads

Electric

• Duluth Street Railway
• Duluth–Superior Traction Company
• Fargo and Moorhead Street Railway
• Granite City Railway
• Interstate Traction Company
• Lakeside Railway
• Lyndale Railway
• Mankato Electric Traction Company
• Mesaba Railway
• Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railroad
• Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railway
• Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad (MA&C, MACR)
• Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railway (MA&C)
• Minneapolis, Lyndale and Lake Calhoun Railway
• Minneapolis, Lyndale and Minnetonka Railway
• Minneapolis Street Railway
• Park Point Traction Company
• St. Paul City Railway
• St. Paul Southern Electric Railway
• Superior Rapid Transit Railway
• Twin City Rapid Transit Company
• Wahpeton–Breckenridge Street Railway
• Winnoa Railway and Light Company
• Woodland Railway

Private

• Itasca Lumber Company

Notes

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