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In the United States, a Class II railroad, sometimes referred to as a regional railroad, is a railroad company that is not Class I, but still has a substantial amount of traffic or trackage (and is thus not a short line). The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has defined the lower bound as 350 miles (560 km) of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue.[1] (The Class I threshold is $250 million, adjusted for inflation since 1991.[2]). As of 2021, a Class II railroad in the United States has an operating revenue greater than $39.2 million but less than $489.9 million.[3]

Current Class II railroads

Former Class II railroads

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References

  1. ^ Association of American Railroads (May 2008). "Overview of America's Freight Railroads" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Surface Transportation Board, FAQs, accessed October 2008
  3. ^ Marsh, Joanna (2021-05-22). "Why are freight railroads separated into classes?". FreightWaves. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  4. ^ "Commuter Rail Safety Study". Archived from the original on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  5. ^ Surface Transportation Board, GENESEE & WYOMING INC.--CONTROL EXEMPTION--COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY, THE CHATTOOGA AND CHICKAMAUGA RAILWAY COMPANY, AND LUXAPALILA VALLEY RAILROAD, INC., May 15, 2008
  6. ^ a b Surface Transportation Board, FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, ET AL.--CONTROL--FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY, LLC, September 28, 2007
  7. ^ "Evansville Western Railway, Inc.-Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption-Illinois Central Railroad Company". Federal Register. June 13, 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  8. ^ Great Lakes Central, [1], 2011
  9. ^ Surface Transportation Board, IOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD, LTD.-ACQUISITION OF CONTROL EXEMPTION-LINCOLN & SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, December 22, 2006
  10. ^ Surface Transportation Board, LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY--DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE EXEMPTION--IN GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND, NY, September 6, 2002
  11. ^ Surface Transportation Board, FOUR RIVERS TRANSPORTATION, INC., PADUCAH & LOUISVILLE RAILWAY, INC., AND EVANSVILLE WESTERN RAILWAY, INC. - CORPORATE FAMILY TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, August 8, 2007
  12. ^ "PROVIDENCE & WORCESTER RAILROAD, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Mar 25, 2008". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  13. ^ Surface Transportation Board, WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN RAILROAD CO.--LEASE AND OPERATION EXEMPTION--SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY D/B/A CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, July 17, 2007
  14. ^ a b c Annual Report of Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries to the Surface Transportation Board for the Year Ended December 31, 2007, p. 13
  15. ^ a b Surface Transportation Board, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION-CONTROL-DULUTH, MISSABE AND IRON RANGE RAILWAY COMPANY, BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE PITTSBURGH & CONNEAUT DOCK COMPANY, December 1, 2003
  16. ^ Surface Transportation Board, DAKOTA, MINNESOTA & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION--ACQUISITION EXEMPTION--LINE OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, May 14, 2008
  17. ^ Surface Transportation Board, TRANSTAR, INC.-CONTROL EXEMPTION-TEXAS & NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, August 8, 2007
  18. ^ a b Surface Transportation Board, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY, GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION, AND WC MERGER SUB, INC.--CONTROL--WISCONSIN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION, WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD., FOX VALLEY & WESTERN LTD., SAULTE STE. MARIE BRIDGE COMPANY, AND WISCONSIN CHICAGO LINK LTD., May 9, 2001
  19. ^ Surface Transportation Board, THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--ACQUISITION AND MERGER EXEMPTION--GATEWAY WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, October 19, 2001
  20. ^ Surface Transportation Board, IOWA, CHICAGO & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION EXEMPTION--LINES OF I&M RAIL LINK, LLC, June 12, 2002
  21. ^ Surface Transportation Board, IOWA, CHICAGO & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION--ACQUISITION EXEMPTION--LINE OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, December 4, 2007
  22. ^ Surface Transportation Board, DENNIS WASHINGTON et al.-CONTINUANCE CONTROL EXEMPTION-I&M RAIL LINK LLC, April 9, 1997
  23. ^ "BNSF Railway sets date for taking control of Montana Rail Link". Trains. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  24. ^ Surface Transportation Board, NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, PAN AM RAILWAYS, INC., ET AL.-JOINT CONTROL AND OPERATING/POOLING AGREEMENTS-PAN AM SOUTHERN LLC, June 26, 2008
  25. ^ "STB Issues Additional Hearing Information in CSX/Pan Am Merger Application Review". Surface Transportation Board. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  26. ^ Surface Transportation Board, KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN--CONTROL--THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, GATEWAY EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, AND THE TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY, November 29, 2004
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