The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Common freight carriers
- Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO)
- Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC)
- Elk River Railroad (ELKR)
- Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line (RJCV)
- South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR)
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
- Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)
Private freight carriers
- Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad (BIP)
- Kanawha River Terminal Railroad (KRT)
- Little Kanawha River Rail, Inc. (LKRR)
- Short Line Services operates Big Eagle Rail, LLC, lessor of Kanawha Rail Corporation
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Cass Scenic Railroad
- Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
- MARC
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
- South Branch Valley Railroad
Defunct railroads
<!--Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad? Keeneys Creek Railroad? Blackwater and Potomac Railroad? Ritchie Mineral Railroad? Frenchton Railroad? Greenbrier and Elk River? Thompson and Northern Railroad? Wellsburg and State Line Railroad?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|Alexander and Eastern Railway
|
|
|1906
|<!--ca. 1925? leased to Croft Railroad since 1910-->
|N/A
|-
|Alexander and Rich Mountain Railroad
|
|
|1892
|1899
|Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway
|-
|Alexander and Rich Mountain Railway
|
|
|1899
|1906<!--?-->
|Alexander and Eastern Railway
|-
|Allegheny and Western Railway
|
|NYC
|1905
|1918
|Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|-
|Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1881
|1882
|Ohio Central Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|B&O, BO
|B&O
|1827<!--in WV too-->
|1987
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Belington and Beaver Creek Railroad
|
|WM
|1899
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Belington and Northern Railroad
|
|B&O
|1900
|1941
|N/A
|-
|Benwood and Wheeling Connecting Railway
|
|
|1900
|1960
|N/A
|-
|Berkeley Springs Railroad
|
|B&O
|1911
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Berkeley Springs and Potomac Railroad
|
|B&O
|1880
|1910
|Berkeley Springs Railroad
|-
|Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad
|BS&C
|N&W
|1900<!--or later in WV?-->
|1932
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Big Sandy, East Lynn and Guyan Railroad
|
|N&W
|1902
|1908
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Big Stony Railway
|
|N&W
|1910<!--or earlier in WV?-->
|1915
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Black Fork Railroad
|
|
|1912
|1913<!--??-->
|Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|-
|Blacksville and Western Railway
|
|MGA
|1917
|1917
|Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
|-
|Blackwater and Potomac Railroad
|
|
|1915
|1922
|N/A
|-
|Blue Stone Railroad
|
|N&W
|1881
|1881
|New River Railroad of West Virginia
|-
|Buckhannon and Northern Railroad
|
|MGA
|1902
|1915
|Monongahela Railway
|-
|Buckhannon River Railroad
|
|B&O
|1889
|1890
|West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
|-
|Buckhannon River Lumber Company
|
|B&O
|1885
|1889
|Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|-
|Buckhannon and West Fork Railroad
|
|B&O
|1882
|1890
|Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|-
|Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1965
|Elk River Railroad<!--or was the 1971-1985 operation a common carrier?-->
|-
|Cairo and Kanawha Railway
|
|
|1906
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Cairo and Kanawha Valley Railroad
|
|
|1890
|1906<!--?-->
|Cairo and Kanawha Railway
|-
|Campbell's Creek Railroad
|CCK
|
|1901
|1962<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Caretta Railway
|
|N&W
|1906
|1909
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Central Railway of West Virginia
|
|B&O
|1898
|1902<!--?-->
|Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|-
|Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1913<!--??-->
|1936<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Chaffee Railroad
|
|WM
|1918<!--in WV too?-->
|1950
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Charleston, Clendenin and Sutton Railroad
|
|B&O
|1891
|1903
|Coal and Coke Railway
|-
|Charleston and Gauley Railway
|
|NYC
|1887
|1890
|Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|-
|Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad
|
|B&O
|1911
|1965<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Cheat River and Pittsburg Railroad
|
|B&O
|<!--ICC doesn't know-->
|1902<!--?-->
|Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|-
|Cheat Valley Railroad
|
|B&O
|1897
|1904
|Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|-
|Chemical and Helvetia Railroad
|
|
|1909
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad
|
|B&O
|1892
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|
|C&O
|1868
|1878
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|C&O, CO
|C&O
|1878
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Clarksburg, Weston and Glenville Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|B&O
|1878
|1889
|Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|-
|Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|
|B&O
|1890
|1890
|West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
|-
|Clendenin and Spencer Railroad
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|1904<!--?-->
|Kanawha and Northern Railway
|-
|Coal and Coke Railway
|C&C
|B&O
|1902
|1933
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Coal and Iron Railway
|
|WM
|1899
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Coal River Railway
|
|C&O
|1905
|1909
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Coal River and Western Railway
|
|C&O
|1903
|1905
|Coal River Railway
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|Norfolk Southern Railway<!--CSX didn't get any in WV-->
|-
|Covington and Ohio Railroad
|
|C&O
|1853
|1868
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Croft Railroad
|
|
|1910
|<!--ca. 1925?-->
|N/A
|-
|Cross Creek Railroad
|
|P&WV
|1900
|1904
|Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
|-
|Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
|C&PA, CPA
|WM
|1863<!--bought the Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company's line-->
|1953
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Cumberland Valley Railroad
|
|PRR
|1873<!--began operating Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad-->
|1919
|N/A
|Leased the Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|-
|Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|
|PRR
|1888
|1958
|Penndel Company
|-
|Deepwater Railway
|
|N&W
|1898
|1907
|Virginian Railway
|-
|Dry Fork Railroad
|
|
|1892
|1913
|Central West Virginia and Southern Railroad<!--or was it still Black Fork Railroad then?-->
|-
|Elk and Little Kanawha Railroad
|
|
|1909
|1919
|N/A
|-
|Elm Grove and State Line Railroad
|
|PRR
|1883
|1884
|Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway
|-
|Erbacon and Summersville Railroad
|
|
|1911
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|Erbacon, West Virginia
|-
|Everson and Adamsville Railroad
|
|B&O
|1902
|1903
|Monongahela River Railroad
|-
|Fairmont Bingamon Railway
|
|WM
|1916
|1950
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Fairmont Helen's Run Railway
|
|WM
|1915
|1950
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad<!--Pittsburgh before 1915-->
|
|B&O
|1883
|1989
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Fairmont, Shinnston and Clarksburg Railway
|
|B&O
|1884
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Gaston Gas Coal Company
|
|B&O
|1883
|1889
|Monongahela River Railroad
|-
|Gauley and Eastern Railway
|
|NYC
|1889
|1920
|Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|-
|Gauley and Meadow River Railroad
|
|C&O
|1912
|1918
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Gauley River Railroad
|GRIV
|
|1998
|1999
|N/A
|Never operated
|-
|Glade Creek and Raleigh Railroad
|
|C&O
|1891
|1906
|Raleigh and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Glady and Alpena Railroad
|
|
|1901
|1922
|N/A
|-
|Glen Jean, Lower Loup and Deepwater Railroad
|
|C&O
|1895
|1901
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Grafton and Belington Railroad
|
|B&O
|1892
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad
|
|B&O
|1881
|1892
|Grafton and Belington Railroad
|-
|Greenbrier Railway
|
|C&O
|1897
|1903
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad
|
|WM
|1910
|1927
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Greenbrier and Eastern Railroad
|
|C&O/ NYC
|1919
|1931
|Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|-
|Greenbrier and New River Railroad
|
|C&O
|1881
|1901
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Guyan, Big Ugly and Coal River Railway
|
|
|1907
|1921<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Guyandotte Valley Railroad Company
|
|C&O
|1899
|1903
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Guyandotte and Ohio River Railroad and Mineral Company
|
|NYC
|1872
|1881
|Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Hampshire Southern Railroad
|
|B&O
|1906
|1911
|Moorefield and Virginia Railroad
|-
|Harrisville and Cornwallis Railroad
|
|
|1908
|1911
|Harrisville Southern Railroad
|-
|Harrisville Southern Railroad
|
|
|1911
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Hartland Railroad
|
|
|1922
|1925<!--??-->
|Middle Creek Railroad
|-
|Hempfield Railroad
|
|B&O
|1851
|1871
|Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
|-
|Holliday's Cove Railroad
|
|PRR
|1860
|1868
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Holly River Railroad
|
|
|1896
|1899
|Holly River and Addison Railway
|-
|Holly River and Addison Railway
|
|
|1898
|1906
|West Virginia Midland Railroad
|-
|Huntington and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|B&O
|1890
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Iaeger and Southern Railway
|
|N&W
|1898
|1906
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Imboden and Odell Railroad
|
|NYC
|1903
|1905
|Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|-
|Indian Creek and Northern Railway
|
|MGA
|1918
|1933
|Monongahela Railway
|-
|Interior and West Virginia Railroad
|
|N&W
|1906
|1910
|Big Stony Railway
|-
|Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|1912
|White Sulphur and Huntersville Railroad
|-
|Iron Valley and Morgantown Railroad
|
|B&O
|1881
|1883
|West Virginia Midland Railway
|-
|Island Creek Railroad
|
|C&O
|1902
|1933
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Kanawha Railway
|
|C&O
|1881
|1902
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Kanawha Bridge and Terminal Company
|
|C&O
|1907
|1918
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Kanawha Central Railway
|KC
|
|1906
|1977
|N/A
|-
|Kanawha and Coal River Railroad<!--or was it Railway after 1888??-->
|
|
|1881
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Kanawha, Glen Jean and Eastern Railroad
|
|C&O
|1895
|1940
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|K&M
|NYC
|1890
|1938
|Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
|-
|Kanawha and Northern Railway
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|1906<!--? this is when the corporation was dissolved-->
|N/A
|-
|Kanawha and Ohio Railway
|
|NYC
|1886
|1890
|Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|-
|Kanawha and Paint Creek Railroad
|
|C&O
|1884
|1895
|Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway
|-
|Kanawha and Paint Creek Railway
|
|C&O
|1895
|1902
|Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad
|-
|Kanawha and Pennsylvania Railway
|
|NYC
|1903
|1917
|Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|-
|Kanawha and Pocahontas Railroad
|
|C&O
|1898
|1905
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad
|K&WV
|NYC
|1905
|1938
|Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
|-
|Kelly's Creek Railroad
|
|
|1916
|1964<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Kelly's Creek and Northwestern Railroad
|KCNW
|
|1903
|1993
|N/A
|-
|Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad
|
|N&W
|1902
|1904
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Kingwood Railway
|
|
|1882
|1888
|Tunnelton, Kingwood and Fairchance Railroad
|-
|Little Kanawha Railroad
|
|B&O
|1896
|1937<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Logan and Southern Railway
|
|C&O
|1907
|1918
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Loop and Lookout Railroad
|
|C&O/ NYC
|1907
|1931
|Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|-
|Lorama Railroad
|
|
|1903
|1924
|N/A
|-
|Mann's Creek Railroad
|
|
|1886
|1955
|N/A
|-
|Marlinton and Camden Railroad
|
|
|1903
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad
|
|PRR
|1868
|1888
|Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|-
|Middle Creek Railroad
|
|
|1925
|1951
|N/A
|-
|Monongah and Ohio River Railroad
|
|B&O
|1895
|<!--ICC doesn't know exactly-->
|Monongahela River Railroad
|-
|Monongahela Railway
|MGA
|MGA
|1915
|1993
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Monongahela River Railroad
|
|B&O
|1888
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Moorefield and Virginia Railroad
|
|B&O
|1910
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad
|
|MGA
|1905
|1913
|Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
|-
|Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|M&K
|B&O
|1899
|<!--late 1930s?-->
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
|M&W
|MGA
|1912
|1923
|Scotts Run Railway
|-
|New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company of West Virginia
|
|N&W
|1874
|1881
|New River Railroad of West Virginia
|-
|New River Railroad of West Virginia
|
|N&W
|1881
|1882
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|New River Bridge Company
|
|C&O
|1887
|1890
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|New York Central Railroad
|NYC
|NYC
|1922<!--leased the T&OC, K&M-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|NKP
|NKP
|1949<!--leased the W&LE-->
|1964
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|
|C&O/ NYC
|1926
|1996<!--?-->
|Consolidated Rail Corporation, CSX Transportation
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1882<!--or earlier in WV?-->
|1896
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|N&W, NW
|N&W
|1896
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|North Western Virginia Railroad
|
|B&O
|1851
|1865
|Parkersburg Branch Railroad
|-
|Ohio Central Railroad
|
|NYC
|1882
|1885<!--?-->
|Kanawha and Ohio Railway
|-
|Ohio and Little Kanawha Railroad
|
|B&O
|1900
|1910
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Ohio River Railroad
|
|B&O
|1882
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Pan Handle Railroad
|
|PRR
|1868
|1871
|Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad
|-
|Pan Handle Railway
|
|PRR
|1867<!--or earlier in WV?-->
|1868
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Panther Railroad
|
|
|1895
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Parkersburg Branch Railroad
|
|B&O
|1865
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Patterson's Creek and Potomac Railroad
|
|B&O
|1900
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Paw Paw Railroad
|
|B&O
|1900
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Penndel Company
|
|PRR
|1954
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsboro and Harrisville Railroad
|
|
|1873<!--??-->
|1879
|Pennsboro and Harrisville Ritchie County Railway
|-
|Pennsboro and Harrisville Ritchie County Railway
|
|
|1880
|1905
|Lorama Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1920<!--leased the Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
|PRR
|1956
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pickens and Addison Railway
|
|
|1903
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Pickens and Hackers Valley Railroad
|
|
|1899
|1921<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Pickens and Webster Springs Railroad
|
|
|1912
|1915<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Piedmont and Cumberland Railway
|
|WM
|1886
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad
|
|C&O
|1905
|1918
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1917
|1956
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|PRR
|1890
|1917
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway
|
|PRR
|1868
|1890
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Pittsburgh Southern Railway
|
|B&O
|1881
|1884
|N/A
|Sold at foreclosure; no property in West Virginia
|-
|Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad
|
|PRR
|1856<!--bought "Edgington and Wells Railroad"-->
|1867
|Pan Handle Railway
|-
|Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
|
|
|1967
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|-
|Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
|P&WV
|P&WV
|1916
|1967
|Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
|-
|Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad
|
|PRR
|1871
|1917
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Pocahontas Railroad
|
|
|1901
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Pocahontas, Coal River and Kanawha Railway
|
|C&O
|1899
|1903
|Coal River and Western Railway
|-
|Point Pleasant Bridge Company
|
|NYC
|1886
|1935
|Kanawha and Michigan Railway
|-
|Point Pleasant, Buckhannon and Tygart's Valley Railroad
|
|B&O
|1892
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Point Pleasant and Ohio River Railroad
|
|NYC
|1881
|1885
|Kanawha and Michigan Railway, Point Pleasant Bridge Company
|-
|Pond Fork Railway
|
|C&O
|1915<!--?-->
|1918
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Pond Fork and Bald Knob Railroad
|
|C&O
|1919
|1933
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Porters Creek and Gauley Railroad
|
|
|1896<!--??-->
|1904<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Potomac and Piedmont Coal and Railroad Company
|
|WM
|1866
|1881
|West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
|-
|Potomac Valley Railroad of West Virginia
|
|WM
|1890
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Powellton and Pocahontas Railway
|
|C&O
|1891
|1902
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Preston Railroad
|
|
|1897<!--in WV too?-->
|1960<!--or earlier in WV??-->
|N/A
|-
|Raleigh and Pocahontas Railroad
|
|
|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Raleigh and Southwestern Railway
|
|C&O
|1903
|1910
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Ravenswood, Spencer and Glenville Railway
|
|B&O
|1886
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Richwood and Gauley Railroad
|
|
|1911
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Richmond, Toledo and Chicago Railroad
|
|NYC
|1881
|1881
|Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Ripley and Mill Creek Valley Railroad
|
|B&O
|1886
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad
|
|B&O
|1893
|1919
|Coal and Coke Railway
|-
|Roaring Creek and Charleston Railroad
|
|B&O
|1893
|1904
|Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad
|-
|Rowlesburg and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1911
|1950<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Scotts Run Railway
|
|MGA
|1923
|1933
|Monongahela Railway
|-
|Sewell Valley Railroad
|
|C&O/ NYC
|1907
|1931
|Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad
|-
|Shenandoah Valley Railroad
|
|N&W
|1870
|1890
|Shenandoah Valley Railway
|-
|Shenandoah Valley Railway
|
|N&W
|1890
|1890
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|South Branch Railway
|
|B&O
|1871
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Strouds Creek and Muddlety Railroad
|SCM
|B&O
|1904
|2000<!--??-->
|N/A
|Most recently subleased to the Gauley River Railroad
|-
|Tug River and Kentucky Railroad
|
|N&W
|1913<!--or later in WV?-->
|1936
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Tunnelton, Kingwood and Fairchance Railroad
|
|
|1888
|1899
|West Virginia Northern Railroad
|-
|Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad
|
|
|1911
|1919<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Valley River Railroad
|
|
|1907
|1931
|N/A
|-
|Virginia–Maryland Coal Corporation
|
|B&O
|1907
|1912
|Monongahela River Railroad
|-
|Virginian Railway
|VGN
|N&W
|1907
|1959
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Virginian and Western Railway
|
|N&W
|1922
|1936
|Virginian Railway
|-
|Virginian–Wyoming Railway
|
|N&W
|1919
|1922
|Virginian and Western Railway
|-
|Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
|WPT
|P&WV
|1904
|1916
|Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
|-
|Walkersville and Ireland Railroad
|
|
|1907
|1924
|Walkersville and Southern Railroad
|-
|Walkersville and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1924
|1930<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Wardensville Railroad
|
|
|1929
|1929
|Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|-
|Waynesburg Southern Railroad
|WAS
|MGA
|1966<!--?-->
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|West Virginia Railroad
|
|B&O
|1886
|1897
|Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
|-
|West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
|
|WM
|1881
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|West Virginia and Ironton Railroad
|
|N&W
|1888
|1890
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|West Virginia Midland Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1924
|West Virginia Midland Railway
|-
|West Virginia Midland Railway
|
|
|1924
|1931
|N/A
|-
|West Virginia Midland Railway
|
|B&O
|1883
|1886
|Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad, West Virginia Railroad
|-
|West Virginia Northern Railroad
|WVN
|
|1899
|1991
|N/A
|Continued as a tourist railroad until 1999
|-
|West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
|
|B&O
|1890
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|West Virginia Short Line Railroad
|
|B&O
|1895
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|West Virginia South Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1902
|1909
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1897
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|WV Southern Railway
|WVSR
|
|2003
|2005
|R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line
|-
|West Virginia Southern Railway
|
|
|1895
|1897
|West Virginia and Southern Railroad
|-
|Western Maryland Railroad
|
|WM
|1905<!--or earlier in WV?-->
|1909
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Western Maryland Railway
|WM
|WM
|1909<!--or 1910 in WV?-->
|1989
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Weston and Buckhannon Railroad
|
|B&O
|1882
|1890
|Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|-
|Weston and Centreville Railroad
|
|B&O
|1882
|1882
|Weston and Buckhannon Railroad
|-
|Weston and Elk River Railroad
|
|B&O
|1889
|1889
|Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|-
|Weston and West Fork Railroad
|
|B&O
|1875
|1889
|Clarksburg, Weston and Midland Railroad
|-
|Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|PRR
|1889
|1900
|Wheeling Terminal Railway
|-
|Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway
|
|PRR
|1882
|1889
|Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway
|-
|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
|
|NKP
|1899
|1916
|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|-
|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|
|NKP
|1890<!--?? is this when it started using the Wheeling Terminal Railway?-->
|1899
|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
|-
|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
|W&LE, WLE
|NKP
|1916
|1949<!--since there was no property in WV, the trackage rights transferred with the lease-->
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Wheeling, Parkersburg and Charleston Railway
|
|B&O
|1881
|1882
|Ohio River Railroad
|-
|Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad
|
|B&O
|1872
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Wheeling Terminal Railway
|
|PRR
|1900
|1954
|Penndel Company
|-
|White Oak Railway
|
|C&O, N&W
|1905
|1917
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Virginian Railway
|-
|White Sulphur and Huntersville Railroad
|
|
|1912
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Williamson and Pond Creek Railroad
|
|N&W
|1912<!--or later in WV?-->
|1936
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Williamsport, Nessle and Martinsburg Railway
|
|WM
|1913
|1937
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Winchester and Potomac Railroad
|
|B&O
|1831
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|
|
|1929
|1934<!--cut back to Virginia only-->
|N/A
|-
|Winchester and Western Railroad
|
|
|1916
|1930
|Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|-
|Winding Gulf Railroad
|
|
|1906
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|-
|Winifrede Railroad
|WNFR
|
|1881
|1987
|Kanawha Rail Corporation
|}
;Electric
- Appalachian Power Company
- Charleston–Dunbar Traction Company
- Charleston Interurban Railroad
- City Railway
- East Liverpool Traction and Light Company
- Grafton Light and Power Company
- Kanawha Traction and Electric Company
- Lewisburg and Ronceverte Electric Railway
- Monongahela Valley Traction Company
- Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railway
- Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
- Newell Bridge and Railway Company
- Ohio Valley Electric Railway
- Pan Handle Traction Company
- Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway
- Princeton Power Company
- South Morgantown Traction Company
- Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
- Steubenville, Wellsburg and Weirton Railway
- Tyler Traction Company
- Union Traction Company
- Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railway
- West Virginia Traction and Electric Company
- Wheeling and Elm Grove Railway
- Wheeling Traction Company