The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Current railroads
Common freight carriers
- Albany & Eastern Railroad Company (AERC)
- Operates the Venell Farms Railroad Company
- BNSF Railway Company (BNSF)
- Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP) (GWI)
- City of Prineville Railway (COP)
- Clackamas Valley Railway, LLC (CVLY)
- Coos Bay Rail Line, Inc. (CBR)
- Goose Lake Railway LLC (GOOS)
- Hood River Railroad LLC (DBA Mount Hood Railroad) (MH)
- Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Company (INPR)
- Klamath Northern Railway Company (KNOR)
- Oregon Pacific Railroad Company Incorporated (OPR)
- Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad, L.L.C. (PCC)
- Peninsula Terminal Company (PT)
- Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad (POTB) (Out of Service)
- Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. (PNWR)
- Operates the Hampton Railway, LLC (HLSC) and the Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc. (WPRR)
- Portland Terminal Railroad Company (PTRC) (Operated by BNSF)
- Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation (RVT)
- Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
- Wallowa Union Railroad Authority (WURR)
- Willamette Valley Railway (WVR)
- Wyoming Colorado Railroad, Inc. (OERR)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Astoria Riverfront Trolley
- Eagle Cap Excursion Train (WURR)
- MAX Light Rail (TMTC)
- Oregon Pacific Railroad Company Incorporated (OPR)
- Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OCSR)
- Sumpter Valley Railway
- Washington Park and Zoo Railway
- Westside Express Service (TMTC)
- Willamette Shore Trolley
Private freight carriers
- SP Newsprint (Newberg, Oregon)
- Superior Lumber Company (Glendale, Oregon)
Defunct railroads
<!--Clatskanie and Nehalem Railroad? Teal Creek Railroad?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Albany and Lebanon Railroad
|
|SP
|1880
|1881
|Oregon and California Railroad
|-
|Astoria and Columbia River Railroad
|
|GN/ NP
|1895
|1911
|Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
|-
|Astoria and South Coast Railway
|
|GN/ NP
|1888
|1892
|Seashore Road Company
|-
|Astoria Southern Railway
|
|
|1910
|1943<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Beaverton and Willsburg Railroad
|
|SP
|1906
|1916
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Boise and Western Railway
|
|UP
|1909<!--??-->
|1910
|Oregon Eastern Railway
|-
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|BN
|
|1970
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|BN
|
|1981
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington), Inc.
|
|
|1981
|1985
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|California Northeastern Railway
|
|SP
|1905<!--or later in Oregon?-->
|1911
|Oregon Eastern Railway
|-
|California and Oregon Coast Railroad
|
|
|1913
|1954
|N/A
|-
|Carlton and Coast Railroad
|CR&C
|
|1910
|1940
|N/A
|-
|Central Railroad of Oregon
|
|
|1909
|1927
|Union Railroad of Oregon
|-
|Central Railway of Oregon
|
|
|1905
|1909
|Central Railroad of Oregon
|-
|Central Oregon Railroad
|
|GN/ NP
|1908
|1909
|Oregon Trunk Railway
|-
|Central Pacific Railway
|
|SP
|1912
|1959
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Clackamas Southern Railway
|
|
|1908
|1914
|Willamette Valley Southern Railway
|-
|Columbia and Nehalem River Railroad
|
|
|1913
|1925<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Columbia River and Astoria Railway
|
|GN/ NP
|1891
|1895
|Astoria and Columbia River Railroad
|-
|Columbia River and Oregon Central Railroad
|
|UP
|1903
|1910
|Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Columbia Southern Railway
|
|UP
|1897
|1910
|Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Condon, Kinzua and Southern Railroad
|CKSO
|
|1928
|1976
|N/A
|-
|Coos Bay, Roseburg and Eastern Railroad and Navigation Company
|
|SP
|1890
|1915
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Corvallis and Alsea River Railway
|
|SP
|1907
|1911
|Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
|-
|Corvallis and Eastern Railroad
|
|SP
|1897
|1915
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Corvallis and Yaquina Bay Railroad
|
|
|1872
|1874
|Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad
|-
|The Dalles and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1933
|1936
|N/A
|-
|Dayton, Sheridan and Grande Ronde Railroad
|
|SP
|1877
|1879
|Willamette Valley Railroad
|-
|Des Chutes Railroad
|
|UP
|1906
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|East Portland Traction Company
|EPTC
|
|1987<!--?-->
|1997
|Oregon Pacific Railroad
|-
|Gales Creek and Wilson River Railroad
|
|GN/ NP
|1917
|1944<!--or the end of 1943?-->
|Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
|-
|Goble, Nehalem and Pacific Railway
|
|
|1902
|1922<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Great Northern Railway
|GN
|GN
|1927<!--got trackage rights to Bend then?-->
|1970
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|-
|Great Southern Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1933
|The Dalles and Southern Railroad
|-
|Great Western Railway of Colorado
|GWR
|
|1986<!--?-->
|1987
|Great Western Railway of Oregon
|-
|Great Western Railway of Oregon
|GWR<!--?-->
|
|1987
|1997
|Lake County Railroad
|-
|Independence and Monmouth Railway
|
|SP
|1889
|1918
|N/A
|-
|Klamath Lake Railroad
|
|
|1901<!--or later in Oregon?-->
|1913<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Lake County Railroad
|LCR
|
|1997
|2005
|Modoc Northern Railroad
|-
|Longview, Portland and Northern Railway
|LPN
|
|1952<!--in Oregon?-->
|1999
|N/A
|-
|LRY LLC (DBA Lake Railway)
|LRY
|
|2009
|2017
|Goose Lake Railway LLC
|-
|Malheur Railroad
|
|
|1923
|1928
|Oregon and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Malheur Valley Railway
|
|UP
|1906
|1910
|Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Marion and Linn County Railroad
|
|SP
|1918
|1927
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Medford and Crater Lake Railroad
|
|GN/ NP
|1904
|1907
|Pacific and Eastern Railway
|-
|Modoc Northern Railroad
|MNRR
|
|2005
|2009
|LRY LLC (DBA Lake Railway)
|-
|Molalla Western Railway
|MWRL
|
|1993
|1997
|Oregon Pacific Railroad
|-
|Mount Hood Railroad
|
|UP
|1905
|1968
|Mount Hood Railway
|-
|Mount Hood Railway
|MH
|UP
|1968
|1987
|Mount Hood Railroad
|-
|Nevada–California–Oregon Railway
|
|SP
|1888<!--or later in Oregon?-->
|1945
|Central Pacific Railway
|-
|Northern Pacific Railroad
|
|NP
|1864
|1896
|Northern Pacific Railway
|-
|Northern Pacific Railway
|NP
|NP
|1896
|1970
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|-
|Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon
|
|NP/ SP/ UP
|1882
|1965
|Portland Terminal Railroad
|-
|Northwest Railway
|
|UP
|<!--no idea-->
|
|Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Northwestern Railroad
|
|UP
|1906
|1910
|Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Oregon Railway
|
|SP
|1880
|1880
|Oregonian Railway
|-
|Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
|
|UP
|1896
|1910
|Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Oregon Railway Extensions Company
|
|UP
|1888
|1896
|Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
|
|UP
|1879
|1896
|Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Oregon and California Railroad
|
|SP
|1870
|1927
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Oregon, California and Eastern Railway
|OCE
|GN/ SP
|1915
|1990
|N/A
|-
|Oregon Central Railroad ("West Side Company")
|
|SP
|1866
|1880
|Oregon and California Railroad
|-
|Oregon Central Rail Road ("East Side Company")
|
|SP
|1867
|1870
|Oregon and California Railroad
|-
|Oregon Central and Eastern Railroad
|
|SP
|1895
|1898
|Corvallis and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Oregon Eastern Railway
|
|SP, UP
|1905
|1912
|Central Pacific Railway, Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Oregon Electric Railway
|OE
|GN/ NP
|1906
|1981
|Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington), Inc.
|Electric until 1945
|-
|Oregon and Northwestern Railroad
|ONW
|
|1934
|1984
|N/A
|-
|Oregon Pacific Railroad
|
|SP
|1880
|1894
|Oregon Central and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway
|OPE
|
|1912
|1994
|N/A
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|
|UP
|1897
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railway
|
|UP
|1882<!--?-->
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|
|UP
|1889
|1897
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|-
|Oregon and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1914
|Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway
|-
|Oregon Southern Railway
|
|UP
|<!--no idea-->
|
|Columbia River and Oregon Central Railroad
|-
|Oregon Portage Railroad
|
|
|1858
|1896
|N/A
|-
|Oregon Steam Navigation Company
|
|UP
|1862<!--or earlier in Oregon?-->
|1880
|Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
|-
|Oregon Trunk Railway
|OT
|GN/ NP
|1909
|1981
|Burlington Northern (Oregon–Washington), Inc.
|-
|Oregon Trunk Line, Inc.
|
|GN/ NP
|1906
|1909
|Oregon Trunk Railway
|-
|Oregon and Washington Railroad
|
|UP
|1906
|1910
|Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
|
|UP
|1910
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Oregon and Washington Territory Railroad
|
|NP
|1886
|1892
|Washington and Columbia River Railway
|-
|Oregon Western Railroad
|
|SP
|1889
|1890
|Oregonian Railroad
|-
|Oregon Western Railway
|
|SP
|1905
|1914
|Willamette Pacific Railroad Company
|-
|Oregonian Railroad
|
|SP
|1890
|1893
|Oregon and California Railroad
|-
|Oregonian Railway
|
|SP
|1880
|1889
|Oregon Western Railroad
|-
|Pacific Railway and Navigation Company
|
|SP
|1905
|1915
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Pacific Coast Line Railway
|
|SP
|1911
|1912
|Willamette Pacific Railroad Company
|-
|Pacific and Eastern Railway
|
|GN/ NP
|1907
|1919
|N/A
|-
|Pacific Great Western Railway
|
|SP
|1911
|1912
|Willamette Pacific Railroad Company
|-
|Portland, Astoria and Pacific Railroad
|
|GN/ NP
|1919
|1921
|United Railways
|-
|Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
|
|SP
|1907
|1915
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Portland and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1944<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Portland Terminal Railroad
|PTRC
|NP/ SP/ UP
|1965
|
|
|Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Portland Traction Company
|PRTD
|SP/ UP
|1930
|1991<!--?-->
|East Portland Traction Company
|Electric until 1958<!--??-->
|-
|Portland and Willamette Valley Railway
|
|SP
|1885
|1892
|Portland and Yamhill Railroad
|-
|Portland and Yamhill Railroad
|
|SP
|1892
|1893
|Oregon and California Railroad
|-
|Rogue River Valley Railway
|
|
|1891
|1915<!--?-->
|Southern Oregon Traction Company
|-
|Salem, Falls City and Western Railway
|
|SP
|1901
|1915
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Seashore Road Company
|
|GN/ NP
|1893
|1897
|Astoria and Columbia River Railroad
|-
|Sheridan and Willamina Railroad
|
|SP
|1907
|1913
|Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
|-
|Southern Extensions Railway
|
|UP
|1906
|<!--no idea-->
|Des Chutes Railroad
|-
|Southern Pacific Company
|SP
|SP
|1887<!--leased the Oregon and California Railroad-->
|1969
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|-
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|SP
|SP
|1969
|1998
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
|SP&S, SPS
|GN/ NP
|1908<!--Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6 opened-->
|1979
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|-
|Sumpter Valley Railway
|
|
|1890
|1961
|N/A
|-
|Terminal Railway
|
|SP
|1911
|1913
|Willamette Pacific Railroad
|-
|Umatilla Central Railroad
|
|UP
|1906
|1910
|Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Union Railroad of Oregon
|UO
|
|1927
|1993<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Union Railway
|
|
|1890
|1894
|Union Street and Suburban Railway
|-
|Union, Cove and Valley Railway
|
|
|1905
|1906
|Central Railway of Oregon
|-
|Union Street and Suburban Railway
|
|
|1894
|1906
|Union, Cove and Valley Railway
|-
|United Railways
|URC
|GN/ NP
|1906
|1944
|Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
|-
|Valley and Siletz Railroad
|VS
|
|1912
|1985
|Willamette Valley Railroad
|-
|Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad
|
|UP
|1868<!--or later in Oregon?-->
|1910
|Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
|-
|Walla Walla Valley Railway
|WWV
|NP
|1910
|1985
|N/A
|Electric until 1949
|-
|Washington and Columbia River Railway
|
|NP
|1892
|1907
|Northern Pacific Railway
|-
|Western Oregon Railroad
|
|SP
|1879
|1880
|Oregon and California Railroad
|-
|WCTU Railway LLC
|
|
|1975
|2013
|Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation
|-
|White City Terminal & Utilities Co.
|
|
|1954
|1974
|WCTU Railway LLC
|-
|Willamette Pacific Railroad Company
|
|SP
|1911
|1915
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Willamette Valley Railroad
|WVRD
|
|1984
|1994
|Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway
|-
|Willamette Valley Railroad
|
|SP
|1878
|1880
|Oregon Railway
|-
|Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad
|
|
|1911
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad
|
|SP
|1874
|1894
|Oregon Central and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Willamina and Grand Ronde Railroad
|WGRR
|
|1980
|1986
|Willamette Valley Railroad
|-
|Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway
|WGR
|
|1988
|1996
|Willamette Valley Railway
|-
|Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway
|
|
|1920
|1955
|Longview, Portland and Northern Railway
|}
Private freight carriers
- Bridal Veil Falls Lumbering Company
- Bridal Veil Lumbering Company
- Northwest Log and Lumber Company
- Black Diamond Coal Mining Company (Southport Coal Mine Railroad, 1875-1885)
- Sunset Logging Company
Passenger carriers
- Samtrak
Electric
- Albany Street Railway
- Astoria Electric Company
- Astoria Street Railway
- Central Railway of Oregon
- City and Suburban Railway
- East Side Railway
- Eugene and Eastern Railway
- Forest Grove Transportation Company
- Medford Coast Railroad
- Mount Hood Railway and Power Company
- Mount Scott Railway
- Multnomah Street Railway
- Oregon City and Southern Railway
- Oregon Electric Railway (OE)
- Oregon Traction Company
- Oregon Water Power and Railway Company
- Pacific Power & Light Company
- Portland Railroad and Terminal Division (PRTD)
- Portland Railway
- Portland Railway, Light and Power Company (PRL&P)
- Portland City and Oregon Railway
- Portland Consolidated Railway
- Portland Consolidated Street Railway
- Portland Electric Power Company (PEP)
- Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
- Portland and Fairview Railway
- Portland Traction Company (PRTD)
- Portland and Vancouver Railway
- Southern Oregon Traction Company
- Southern Pacific Company
- Trans-continental Street Railway
- Union Street and Suburban Railway
- United Railways (URC)
- Valley Railway
- Walla Walla Valley Railway (WWV)
- Walla Walla Valley Traction Company
- Waverly–Woodstock Electric Railway
- Willamette Bridge Railway
- Willamette Falls Company
- Willamette Valley Railway
- Willamette Valley Southern Railway
See also
- Lists of Oregon-related topics
- Rail transportation in Oregon
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), . Retrieved May 11, 2005.