List of U.S. Class II railroads
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. The Association of American Railroads has defined the lower bound as of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue.., a Class II railroad in the United States has an operating revenue greater than $39.2 million but less than $489.9 million.
Former Class II railroads
- Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad, owned by Norfolk Southern Railway
- Atlanta and West Point Railroad, owned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- New York, Ontario & Western
- Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
- Lehigh and New England Railroad
- Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, owned by Canadian National Railway
- Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, incorporated by interests of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, later merged with the Tonopah and Tidewater and the Las Vegas and Tonopah.
- Central of Georgia Railroad, owned by Norfolk Southern Railway
- Central Maine and Quebec Railway, owned by Canadian Pacific Railway
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
- Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
- Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway
- Carolina and Northwestern Railway
- Central Vermont Railway, owned by Canadian National Railway
- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, owned by Canadian Pacific Railway
- Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, owned by Canadian National Railway
- Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
- Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, owned by Canadian National Railway
- Fox Valley and Western Ltd., owned by Canadian National Railway
- Gateway Western Railway, owned by Kansas City Southern Railway
- Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, owned by Norfolk Southern Railway
- Georgia Railroad and Banking Company owned by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
- Great Lakes Central Railroad
- Gulf and Mississippi Railroad
- I&M Rail Link
- Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, owned by Canadian Pacific Railway
- Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad
- Magma Arizona Railroad
- Minarets and Western Railway
- Monongahela Railway
- Montana Rail Link, until its reintegration into BNSF on January 1, 2024
- Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
- MidSouth Rail Corporation
- Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
- Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
- Pan Am Railways, acquired by CSX Transportation
- Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
- Spokane International Railroad
- Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
- Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
- Texas Mexican Railway, owned by Kansas City Southern Railway
- Wisconsin Central Ltd., owned by Canadian National Railway
- Western Railway of Alabama owned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad