List of heritage railroads in the United States

This is a list of heritage railways in the United States. There are currently no such railways in the states of Mississippi or North Dakota.

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train

Heritage railroads by state

Alabama

• Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Shelby & Southern Railroad and Calera & Shelby Railroad
• North Alabama Railroad Museum, Mercury and Chase Railroad
• Wales West Light Railway

Alaska

• Tanana Valley Railroad Museum in Pioneer Park (1899 engine)
• White Pass and Yukon Route

Arizona

• Arizona Railway Museum (No excursions listed)
• Arizona State Railroad Museum (In planning stages, possible 2020 opening)
• Arizona Street Railway Museum (Phoenix Trolley Museum)
• Grand Canyon Railway
• McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale
• Old Pueblo Trolley
• Verde Canyon Railroad

Arkansas

• Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
• Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
• Fort Smith Trolley Museum
• Metro Streetcar

California

• Angels Flight
• Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, uses repurposed narrow gauge steam engines and is partly the inspiration for Walt Disney's theme park, Disneyland
• California State Railroad Museum
• California Western Railroad, also called The Skunk Train
• Disneyland Railroad (four locomotives are historic)
• Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease Agreement ends 2021)
• Ghost Town & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
• Los Angeles Market Street Streetcar
• Napa Valley Wine Train
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
• Niles Canyon Railway
• Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
• Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi
• Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015)
• Poway–Midland Railroad
• Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
• Red Car Trolley
• Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Sacramento RiverTrain
• Sacramento Southern Railroad
• San Diego Trolley Silver Line
• San Francisco Municipal Railway
  • E Embarcadero streetcar line
  • F Market & Wharves streetcar line
  • San Francisco cable car system
• San Jose Steam Railroad Museum (Proposed)
• San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
• Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
• Sierra Railroad
• Sonoma TrainTown Railroad
• Southern California Railway Museum (Formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum from 1956-2018)
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum
• Western Railway Museum
• Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

Colorado

• Colorado Railroad Museum
• Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
• Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
• Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Fort Collins trolley
• Georgetown Loop Railroad
• Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad (The South Park)
• Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (Closed until 2021)
• Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation
• Platte Valley Trolley
• Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Currently in receivership)
• Royal Gorge Route Railroad
• Ski Train

Connecticut

• Connecticut Trolley Museum
• Danbury Railway Museum
• Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company
• Naugatuck Railroad and Railroad Museum of New England
• Shore Line Trolley Museum

Delaware

• Wilmington and Western Railroad

Florida

• Florida Railroad Museum
• Gold Coast Railroad Museum
• Kirby Family Farm Train
• Orlando & Northwestern Railway
• Seminole Gulf Railway
• Serengeti Express in Busch Gardens Tampa
• TECO Line Streetcar System
• Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad (Closed in 2017)
• Walt Disney World Railroad (Returning 2020-2021) (four engines are historic)
• Wildlife Express Train

Georgia

• Agrirama Logging Train
• Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
• Chickamauga Train from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
• River Street Streetcar (Out of service)
• Roundhouse Railroad Museum
• SAM Shortline Excursion Train
• Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad in Six Flags Over Georgia
• Southeastern Railway Museum
• St Marys Express
• Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad
• Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum

Hawaii

See also: Heritage railways in Kauai

• Grove Farm Plantation Museum Railroad
• Hawaiian Railway
• Kauai plantation railroad
• Sugar Cane Train (Closed in 2014, but will be revived)

Idaho

• Silverwood Theme Park
• Thunder Mountain Line

Illinois

• American Heritage Farm & Railroad
• Fox River Trolley Museum
• Galesburg Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Monticello Railway Museum
• Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad

Indiana

• Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (Future)
• Hesston Steam Museum
• Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
• Indiana Railway Museum
• National New York Central Railroad Museum
• Ohio River Scenic Railway
• Whitewater Valley Railroad

Iowa

• Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
• Fourth Street Elevator
• Midwest Central Railroad
• Midwest Electric Railway

Kansas

• Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
• Midland Railway

Kentucky

• Big South Fork Scenic Railway
• Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
• Kentucky Railway Museum
• Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation (For C&O 2716 excursion trips)
• My Old Kentucky Dinner Train (Between Bardstown and Limestone Springs)

Louisiana

• Canal Streetcar Line
• Louisiana Steam Train Association
• Old Hickory Railroad
• Riverfront Streetcar Line
• St. Charles Streetcar Line

Maine

• Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway
• Boothbay Railway Village
• Downeast Scenic Railroad
• Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
• Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
• Seashore Trolley Museum
• Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway

Maryland

• B&O Railroad Museum
• Baltimore Streetcar Museum
• National Capital Trolley Museum
• Walkersville Southern Railroad
• Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

Massachusetts

• Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
• Cape Cod Central Railroad
• Edaville Railroad
• MBTA Mattapan Trolley
• Lowell National Historical Park Trolley Line

Michigan

• Coopersville and Marne Railway
• Huckleberry Railroad
• Lake Linden & Torch Lake Railroad (Track is on museum grounds)
• Little River Railroad
• Michigan Transit Museum
• Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway
• Southern Michigan Railroad Society
• Steam Railroading Institute
• Weiser Railroad

Minnesota

• Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
• Excelsior Streetcar Line
• Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
• Minnesota Transportation Museum
• North Shore Scenic Railroad
• Northfield & Cannon Valley Railroad (Closed in 2007)
• Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway

Mississippi

• Cleveland Train Museum

Missouri

• Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad
• Branson Scenic Railway
• Frisco Silver Dollar Line in Silver Dollar City
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
• St. Louis Steam Train Association (For SLSF 1522 excursion trips from 1988-2002)
• Tommy G. Robertson Railroad in Six Flags St. Louis

Montana

• Central Montana Rail, Inc.

Nebraska

• Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (Ended service)

Nevada

• Nevada Northern Railway
• Nevada State Railroad Museum
• Nevada Southern Railroad Museum
• Virginia and Truckee Railroad

New Hampshire

• Conway Scenic Railroad
• Hobo Railroad
• Mount Washington Cog Railway
• Silver Lake Railroad
• White Mountain Central Railroad

New Jersey

• Black River and Western Railroad
• Cape May Seashore Lines
• Delaware River Rail Excursions
• New Jersey Museum of Transportation
• Whippany Railway Museum

New Mexico

• Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

New York

• Adirondack Scenic Railroad
• Arcade and Attica Railroad
• Buffalo Cattaraugus and Jamestown Scenic Railway
• Catskill Mountain Railroad
• Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
• Delaware and Ulster Railroad
• Medina Railroad Museum
• Railroad Museum of Long Island
• Saratoga and North Creek Railway (Closed in April 2018)
• Trolley Museum of New York

North Carolina

• Craggy Mountain Line
• Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
• Handy Dandy Railroad
• New Hope Valley Railway
• North Carolina Transportation Museum
• Tweetsie Railroad

Ohio

• Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad in Cedar Point
• Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
• Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
• Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad in Kings Island
• Lake Shore Railway Association (Lorain and West Virginia Railway)
• Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
• Age of Steam Roundhouse (Several operating steam locomotives, but no excursions listed)
• Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway
• Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad

Oklahoma

• El Reno Trolley
• Oklahoma Railway Museum

Oregon

• Astoria Riverfront Trolley
• Eagle Cap Excursion Train
• Mount Hood Railroad (Currently in receivership)
• Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
• Oregon Electric Railway Museum
• Oregon Pacific Railroad
• Oregon Rail Heritage Center
• Sumpter Valley Railway
• Willamette Shore Trolley

Pennsylvania

• Allentown & Auburn Railroad
• Bellefonte Historical Railroad
• Colebrookdale Railroad
• Duquesne Incline
• East Broad Top Railroad (Closed from 2011-2020, regular service expected to resume in late 2020)
• Everett Railroad
• Horseshoe Curve Incline
• Johnstown Inclined Plane
• Kiski Junction Railroad (Operations suspended 2016-ongoing)
• Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
• Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
• Monongahela Incline
• New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (New Hope Railroad)
• Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
• Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
• Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
• SEPTA Route 15
• Northern Central Railway
• The Stourbridge Line
• Steamtown National Historic Site
• Stewartstown Railroad
• Strasburg Rail Road
• Tioga Central Railroad
• Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
• Wawa and Concordville Railroad
• West Chester Railroad
• Westmoreland Scenic Railroad (Closed in 2004)

Rhode Island

• Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad

South Carolina

• Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad/South Carolina Railroad Museum/Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District

South Dakota

• Black Hills Central Railroad
• Prairie Village, Herman and Milwaukee Railroad

Tennessee

• Chattanooga Choo Choo Trolley
• Dollywood Express in Dollywood
• Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
• MATA Trolley (Memphis)
• Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
• Tennessee Central Railway Museum
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
• Three Rivers Rambler

Texas

• 610 Limited in Six Flags AstroWorld (Closed in 2005)
• Austin Steam Train Association
• Galveston Island Trolley
• Grapevine Vintage Railroad
• Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
• Longhorn and Western Railroad
• McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
• Rosenberg Railroad Museum
• Six Flags & Texas Railroad in Six Flags Over Texas
• Six Flags Fiesta Texas Park Railroad in Six Flags Fiesta Texas
• Texas Railroad Museum (Proposed)
• Texas State Railroad
• Texas Transportation Museum

Utah

• Heber Valley Railroad
• Golden Spike National Historic Site (Promontory Summit, Utah)
• Lagoon Wild Kingdom Train

Vermont

• Green Mountain Railroad
• Steamtown, U.S.A. (Moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Steamtown National Historic Site)

Virginia

• Busch Gardens Railway in Busch Gardens Williamsburg
• Old Dominion Line in Kings Dominion (Closed in 1995)
• James River Rambler
• Virginia Museum of Transportation (For N&W 611 excursion trips)

Washington

• Anacortes Railway (Now a static display)
• Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
• Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
• George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line (Closed in 2005)
• Issaquah Valley Trolley
• Lake Whatcom Railway
• Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum (Formerly known as the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad from 1980-2016, closed in May 2020)
• Northern Pacific Railway Museum
• Northwest Railway Museum
• Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (Ended excursion service in 2016)
• Yakima Electric Railway Museum

West Virginia

• Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
• Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
• Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad

Wisconsin

• East Troy Electric Railroad
• Kenosha Streetcar
• Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway (Closed in October 2001)
• Lumberjack Steam Train
• Mid-Continent Railway Museum
• Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
• Riverside and Great Northern Railway
• Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad

Wyoming

• Union Pacific Steam Program (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
• Wyoming Transportation Museum

See also

• List of heritage railways
• List of heritage railways in Canada
• Heritage streetcar

External links

• Media related to Heritage railways in the United States at Wikimedia Commons