List of Washington (state) railroads

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

Common freight carriers

• Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)
• BNSF Railway (BNSF)
• Cascade & Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) (GWRR)
• Central Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW)
• Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW)
• Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC) (PATR)
• Columbia Walla Walla Railroad (CWW) (FTRX)
• Eastside Freight Railroad (EFRX) (BDTL)
• Frontier Rail (FTRX)
• Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) (WATX)
• Kennewick Terminal Railroad (KET) (FTRX)
• Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR)
• Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN) (BDTL)
• Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT)
• Olympia and Belmore Railroad (OYLO) (GWRR)
• Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC) (WATX)
• Patriot Woods Railroad (PAWR) (PATR)
• Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)
• Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) operates Lewis and Clark Railway (LINC)
• Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) (GWRR)
• Rainier Rail (RANR) (FTRX)
• St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad (STPP)
• Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway (SS&P)
• Tri-City Railroad (TCRY)
• Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW)
• Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
• Washington Eastern Railroad (WER)
• Washington Royal Line (WRL) (FTRX)

Private freight carriers

• Greenbrier Rail Services
• Longview Switching Company
• United States Army (USAX)

Passenger carriers

• Amtrak (AMTK)
• Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
• Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
• Lake Whatcom Railway
• Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
• Seattle Streetcar
• Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
• Sound Transit (Sounder, Tacoma Link, and Central Link)
• Yakima Electric Railway Museum

Defunct railroads

• Aberdeen Electric Company
• Arlington Heights Motor Railway
• City Park Railway
• Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Railway
• Everett Railway and Electric Company
• Everett Railway, Light and Water Company
• Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
• Grays Harbor Electric Company
• Inland Empire Railroad
• Loyal Railway
• North Shore Electric Company
• Olympia Light and Power Company
• Pacific Northwest Traction Company
• Pacific Traction Company
• Puget Sound Electric Railway
• Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
• Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company
• Ross Park Street Railway
• Seattle Electric Company
• Seattle Municipal Railway
• Seattle and Rainier Beach Railway
• Seattle and Renton Railway
• Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway
• South Bend Electric Company
• Spokane Cable Railway
• Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway
• Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company
• Spokane Electric Railway
• Spokane and Inland Railway
• Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
• Spokane Street Railway
• Spokane Traction Company
• Tacoma Railway and Motor Company
• Tacoma Railway and Power Company
• Tacoma Railways
• Tacoma Traction Company
• Twin City Electric Company
• Twin City Light and Traction Company
• Vancouver Traction Company
• Walla Walla Valley Railway (WWV)
• Walla Walla Valley Traction Company
• Washington–Oregon Corporation
• Washington Water Power Company
• Whatcom County Railway and Light Company
• Willapa Electric Company
• Willapa Harbor Railway
• Yakima Valley Transportation Company (YVT)

Notes

References

• Washington State Department of Transportation (September 2008), Washington State Rail System Map (PDF). Retrieved May 3, 2008.
• Washington State Department of Transportation (2004), Railroads in Washington State. Retrieved May 6, 2005.
• Watco Companies, Railroads. Retrieved August 15, 2005.

External links

• http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wshs/research/finding_aids.htm provides finding aid to article subject from the Special Collections, Washington State Historical Society (WSHS)