User:SPUI/Class I family tree

Current Class I railroads

1. BNSF Railway formed December 31, 1996
   • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway merged December 31, 1996
     • Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
   • Burlington Northern Railroad formed March 2, 1970; renamed December 31, 1996
     • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad merged March 2, 1970
     • Colorado and Southern Railway merged March 2 1970
     • Fort Worth and Denver Railway merged March 2 1971
     • Great Northern Railway merged March 2, 1970
     • Northern Pacific Railway merged March 2, 1970
     • St. Louis-San Francisco Railway merged November 21 1980
       • Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad merged January 1 1971
     • Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway merged March 2, 1970
2. CSX Transportation formed July 1, 1986
   • Seaboard System Railroad formed December 29, 1982; renamed July 1, 1986
     • Seaboard Coast Line Railroad formed July 1, 1967; merged December 29, 1982
       • Atlantic Coast Line Railroad merged July 1, 1967
         • Charleston and Western Carolina Railway merged December 31, 1959
       • Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged July 1, 1967
       • Georgia Railroad and Banking Company merged 1983
     • Louisville and Nashville Railroad merged December 29, 1982
       • Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway merged August 30, 1957
       • Monon Railroad merged July 31, 1971
   • Chesapeake and Ohio Railway merged August 31, 1987
     • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad merged April 30, 1987
       • Western Maryland Railway merged May 1, 1983
         • Pere Marquette Railway merged June 6, 1947
   • Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad merged 1991
3. Grand Trunk Corporation "formed" January 1, 2002
   • Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway "merged" January 1, 2002
   • Grand Trunk Western Railroad "merged" January 1, 2002
     • Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad merged December 31, 1983
   • Illinois Central Railroad formed February 29, 1988; "merged" January 1, 2002
     • Illinois Central Gulf Railroad formed August 10, 1972; renamed February 29, 1988
       • Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad merged August 10, 1972
         • Alton Railroad merged May 31, 1947
       • Illinois Central Railroad merged August 10, 1972
   • Kansas City Southern Railway
     • Louisiana and Arkansas Railway merged 1992
4. Norfolk Southern Railway formed December 31, 1990
   • Norfolk and Western Railway merged December 31, 1990
     • Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway purchased 1964
     • Atlantic and Danville Railway purchased October 31 1962
     • Virginian Railway merged December 1, 1959
     • New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad merged October 16, 1964
     • Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway leased October 16, 1964
     • Wabash Railway leased October 16, 1964
     • Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad merged January 1, 1982
   • Southern Railway renamed December 31, 1990
     • Central of Georgia Railway acquired June 17 1963
5. Soo Line Railroad
   • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad merged January 1, 1986
6. Union Pacific Railroad
   • Missouri Pacific Railroad merged December 22, 1982
     • Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad merged October 15, 1976
   • Chicago and North Western Railway merged June 23, 1995
     • Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway leased January 1, 1957
     • Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway merged November 1, 1960
     • Chicago Great Western Railway merged July 1, 1968
   • Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad merged August 12 1988
   • Southern Pacific Railroad merged September 11 1996
     • Northwestern Pacific Railroad merged 1992
     • St. Louis Southwestern Railway
     • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad merged August 9 1988
       • Denver and Salt Lake Railway merged April 11 1947
   • Western Pacific Railroad merged December 22 1982
     • Sacramento Northern Railroad

Canadian companies

1. Canadian National Railway
2. Canadian Pacific Railway

Dissolved companies

1. Conrail formed April 1, 1976; split June 1, 1999
   • Central Railroad of New Jersey merged April 1, 1976
   • Erie Lackawanna Railway formed October 17, 1960; merged April 1, 1976
     • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merged October 17, 1960
     • Erie Railroad merged October 17, 1960
   • Lehigh and Hudson River Railway merged April 1, 1976
   • Lehigh Valley Railroad merged April 1, 1976
   • Penn Central Transportation merged April 1, 1976
     • New York Central Railroad merged February 1, 1968
     • Pennsylvania Railroad merged February 1, 1968
     • New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad merged January 1, 1969
   • Reading Company merged April 1, 1976
2. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ceased operations March 31, 1980

Currently operating railroads; no longer Class I

1. Ann Arbor Railroad (AA)
2. Bay Line Railroad formed January 1, 1994
   • Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad sold January 1, 1994
3. Boston and Maine Railroad
4. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
5. Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
6. Florida East Coast Railway
7. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway formed January 8, 2003
   • Bangor and Aroostook Railroad sold January 8, 2003
8. New England Central Railroad formed February 4, 1995
   • Central Vermont Railway sold February 4, 1995
9. New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
10. Utah Railway

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