List of Virginia railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Common freight carriers
- Buckingham Branch Railroad
- Canadian Pacific Railway through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway
- Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad
- Commonwealth Railway
- CSX Transportation
- Delmarva Central Railroad
- Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad operates Shenandoah Valley Railroad
- North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
- Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak
- Busch Gardens Railway
- The Tide
- Virginia Railway Express
- Washington Metro
Private carriers
- Fort Eustis Military Railroad
- Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Defunct railroads
| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
| Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad | N&W | 1887 | 1894 | Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway | - | |
| Alberene Railroad | C&O | 1895 | 1902 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway | RF&P | 1864 | 1890 | Washington Southern Railway | - | |
| Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad | SOU | 1853 | 1870 | Washington and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Alexandria and Harper's Ferry Railroad | SOU | 1847 | 1853 | Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad | - | |
| Alexandria and Washington Railroad | RF&P | 1854 | 1887 | Alexandria and Washington Railway | - | |
| Alexandria and Washington Railway | RF&P | 1887 | 1890 | Washington Southern Railway | - | |
| Appomattox Railroad | N&W | 1847 | 1854 | Southside Railroad | - | |
| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ACL | ACL | 1898 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | - |
| Atlantic and Danville Railway | AD | N&W | 1882 | 1962 | Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway | - |
| Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | N&W | 1870 | 1881 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1867 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | - |
| Baltimore and Potomac Railroad | PRR | 1890 | 1891 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | - | |
| Bay Coast Railroad | BCR | 2006 | 2018 | Delmarva Central Railroad | - | |
| Beaver Dam Railroad | 1910 | - | ||||
| Big Sandy Railway | C&O | 1902 | 1906 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky | - | |
| Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad | BS&C | N&W | 1900 | 1932 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - |
| Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railroad | 1912 | - | ||||
| Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railway | 1892 | 1912 | Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railroad | - | ||
| Big Stony Railway | N&W | 1892 | 1915 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Black Mountain Railway | SOU | 1903 | 1908 | Virginia and Southwestern Railway | - | |
| Blackstone and Lunenburg Railroad | N&W | 1905 | 1910 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Blackstone and Southern Railroad | N&W | 1900 | 1905 | Blackstone and Lunenburg Railroad | - | |
| Blue Ridge Railroad | C&O | 1849 | 1870 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Brighthope Railway | 1877 | 1889 | Farmville and Powhatan Railroad | - | ||
| Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad | SOU | 1876 | 1882 | South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway | C&O | 1876 | 1880 | Richmond and Alleghany Railroad | - | |
| Buckingham Railroad | C&O | 1879 | 1897 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Cape Charles Railroad | PRR | 1906 | 1918 | New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | - | |
| Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | CC&O | ACL/ L&N | 1908 | 1990 | CSX Transportation | - |
| Carolina and Northwestern Railway | CRN | SOU | 1982 | 1988 | Southern Railway | - |
| Carolina and Northwestern Railway | CR&N | SOU | 1951 | 1974 | Norfolk Southern Railway | - |
| Catawba Valley Railway and Mining Company | N&W | 1902 | 1909 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1887 | 1893 | Ohio River and Charleston Railroad | - | |
| Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad | SOU | 1876 | 1914 | Southern Railway | - | |
| 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 | - |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky | C&O | 1906 | 1907 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Chesapeake, Shendun and Western Railroad | N&W | 1892 | 1895 | Chesapeake and Western Railroad | - | |
| Chesapeake and Western Railroad | N&W | 1895 | 1943 | Chesapeake Western Railway | - | |
| Chesterfield Railroad | 1828 | 1851 | N/A | - | ||
| Chowan and Southern Railroad | ACL | 1887 | 1889 | Norfolk and Carolina Railroad | - | |
| City Point Railroad | N&W | 1836 | 1847 | Appomattox Railroad | - | |
| Clarksville and North Carolina Railroad | SOU | 1887 | 1894 | Southern Railway | - | |
| Clinch Valley Railroad | N&W | 1887 | 1887 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| Clinchfield Railroad | CRR | ACL/ L&N | 1924 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | - |
| Clinchfield Northern Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1911 | 1912 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Clover Hill Railroad | 1841 | 1877 | Brighthope Railway | - | ||
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | Norfolk Southern Railway | - | |
| Covington and Ohio Railroad | C&O | 1853 | 1868 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Cumberland Valley Railroad | PRR | 1890 | 1919 | N/A | Leased the Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad | |
| Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad | PRR | 1889 | 1958 | Penndel Company | - | |
| Danville, Mocksville and Southwestern Railroad | SOU | 1880 | 1899 | Danville and Western Railway | - | |
| Danville and New River Railroad | SOU | 1873 | 1890 | Danville and Western Railway | - | |
| Danville and Seaboard Railroad | NS | 1887 | 1891 | Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad | - | |
| Danville and Western Railway | D&W | SOU | 1891 | - | ||
| Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1956 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | - | |
| Dismal Swamp Railroad | 1896 | 1941 | N/A | - | ||
| East River Railroad | N&W | 1881 | 1882 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| Eastern Shore Railroad | ESHR | 1981 | 2006 | Bay Coast Railroad | - | |
| Eastern Shore Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1878 | Peninsula Railroad | - | |
| Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad | NS | 1875 | 1883 | Norfolk Southern Railroad | - | |
| Elizabeth River Railroad | 1901 | 1910 | Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad | - | ||
| Elkhorn Southern Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1906 | 1911 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Clinchfield Northern Railway | - | |
| Farmville and Powhatan Railroad | 1884 | 1905 | Tidewater and Western Railroad | - | ||
| Franklin and Carolina Railroad | 1945 | 1958 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | - | ||
| Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad | 1878 | 1932 | N/A | - | ||
| Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad | 1853 | 1876 | Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad | - | ||
| Fredericksburg, Orange and Charlottesville Railroad | 1872 | 1873 | Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad | - | ||
| Gladeville Railroad | 1892 | 1902 | Virginia and Kentucky Railway | - | ||
| Greensville and Roanoke Railroad | ACL | 1834 | 1855 | Petersburg Railroad | - | |
| Haysi Railroad | L&N/ SCL | 1969 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | - | |
| Henrico Railroad | 1882 | - | ||||
| Laurel Railway | 1906 | - | ||||
| Lick Creek and Lake Erie Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1902 | 1908 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Louisa Railroad | C&O | 1836 | 1850 | Virginia Central Railroad | - | |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad | L&N, LN | L&N | 1887 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | - |
| Lynchburg Belt Line and Connecting Railway | N&W | 1907 | 1910 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Lynchburg and Danville Railroad | SOU | 1866 | 1872 | Virginia and North Carolina Railroad | - | |
| Lynchburg and Durham Railroad | N&W | 1887 | 1896 | Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad | - | |
| Lynchburg, Halifax and North Carolina Railroad | N&W | 1884 | 1887 | Lynchburg and Durham Railroad | - | |
| Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad | N&W | 1848 | 1849 | Virginia and Tennessee Railroad | - | |
| Manassas Gap Railroad | SOU | 1850 | 1867 | Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | - | |
| Marion and Rye Valley Railroad | 1891 | 1900 | Marion and Rye Valley Railway | - | ||
| Marion and Rye Valley Railway | 1900 | 1931 | N/A | - | ||
| Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad | PRR | 1870 | 1890 | Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad | - | |
| Meherrin Valley Railroad | 1878 | - | ||||
| Milton and Sutherlin Railroad | 1876 | 1894 | N/A | - | ||
| Mount Airy and Eastern Railway | 1899 | 1910 | Virginia and Mount Airy Railway | - | ||
| Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow Gauge Railway Company | NS | 1873 | 1884 | Suffolk and Carolina Railway | - | |
| Nelson and Albemarle Railway | 1903 | 1963 | N/A | - | ||
| New River Railroad | N&W | 1877 | 1882 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company | N&W | 1873 | 1877 | New River Railroad | - | |
| New River, Holston and Western Railroad | NH&W | N&W | 1900 | 1919 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - |
| New River Plateau Railway | N&W | 1888 | 1889 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| New York and Norfolk Railroad | PRR | 1872 | 1878 | Peninsula Railroad | - | |
| New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | PRR | 1882 | 1958 | Penndel Company | - | |
| Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad | NS | 1891 | 1896 | Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk and Carolina Railroad | ACL | 1889 | 1900 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway | NFD | N&W | 1962 | 1983 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - |
| Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad | N&W | 1896 | 1896 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad | N&W | 1851 | 1871 | Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad | N&W | 1896 | 1896 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk and Sewalls Point Railroad | NS | 1872 | 1882 | Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad and Improvement Company | - | |
| Norfolk Southern Railroad | NS | NS | 1910 | 1942 | Norfolk Southern Railway | - |
| Norfolk Southern Railroad | NS | 1883 | 1891 | Norfolk and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk Southern Railway | NS | NS | 1942 | 1982 | Carolina and Northwestern Railway | - |
| Norfolk and Southern Railroad | NS | 1891 | 1906 | Norfolk and Southern Railway | - | |
| Norfolk and Southern Railway | NS | 1906 | 1910 | Norfolk Southern Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk Terminal Company | N&W | 1882 | 1889 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk Terminal Railway | NS/ N&W | 1910 | - | |||
| Norfolk Terminal and Transportation Company | C&O | 1896 | 1945 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad | NS | 1887 | 1891 | Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad and Improvement Company | NS | 1882 | 1887 | Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad | NS | 1896 | 1900 | Norfolk and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Norfolk and Western Railroad | N&W | 1881 | 1896 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | N&W | 1896 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | - |
| Norfolk Wharf, Warehouse and Terminal Company | C&O | 1893 | 1896 | Norfolk Terminal and Transportation Company | - | |
| North and South Railroad | PRR | 1853 | 1878 | Peninsula Railroad | - | |
| Norton and Northern Railway | 1916 | 1934 | N/A | - | ||
| Ohio River and Charleston Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1894 | 1894 | Ohio River and Charleston Railway | - | |
| Ohio River and Charleston Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1894 | 1902 | South and Western Railway | - | |
| Orange and Alexandria Railroad | SOU | 1848 | 1867 | Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | - | |
| Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | SOU | 1867 | 1872 | Virginia and North Carolina Railroad | - | |
| Orange and Fredericksburg Railroad | 1925 | 1926 | Virginia Central Railway | - | ||
| Peninsula Railroad | PRR | 1878 | 1882 | New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | - | |
| Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | - | |
| Penndel Company | PRR | 1958 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | - | |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1918 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | - |
| Petersburg and Lynchburg Railroad | - | |||||
| Petersburg Railroad | ACL | 1830 | 1898 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | - | |
| Petersburg and Asylum Railway | ACL | 1888 | 1896 | Petersburg and Western Railroad | - | |
| Petersburg and Western Railroad | ACL | 1896 | 1898 | Petersburg Railroad | - | |
| Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1918 | Pennsylvania Railroad | - | |
| Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | PRR | 1891 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | - | |
| Piedmont Railroad | SOU | 1862 | 1894 | Southern Railway | - | |
| Pocahontas and Western Railroad | N&W | 1904 | 1910 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad | SAL | 1832 | 1846 | Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad | - | |
| Potomac Railroad | RF&P | 1867 | 1917 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | - | |
| Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad | 1876 | 1925 | Orange and Fredericksburg Railroad | - | ||
| Prince George and Chesterfield Railway | SAL | 1929 | 1946 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | - | |
| Radford-Southern Railroad and Mining Company | N&W | 1898 | 1903 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Richmond and Alleghany Railroad | C&O | 1878 | 1889 | Richmond and Alleghany Railway | - | |
| Richmond and Alleghany Railway | C&O | 1889 | 1890 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Richmond and Danville Railroad | SOU | 1847 | 1894 | Southern Railway | - | |
| Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | RF&P, RFP | RF&P | 1834 | 1991 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | - |
| Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | RFP | 1991 | Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation | |||
| Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Connection Company | RF&P | 1866 | 1919 | N/A | - | |
| Richmond and Lynchburg Railroad | C&O | 1860 | 1873 | Straight-Shoot Railroad | - | |
| Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad | SOU | 1875 | 1950 | Southern Railway | - | |
| Richmond and Petersburg Railroad | ACL | 1836 | 1898 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | - | |
| Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad | SAL | 1892 | 1900 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | - | |
| Richmond Terminal Railway | ACL/ RF&P | 1916 | 1976 | N/A | - | |
| Richmond and York River Railroad | SOU | 1853 | 1873 | Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad | - | |
| Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad | SOU | 1873 | 1894 | Southern Railway | - | |
| Roanoke and Southern Railway | N&W | 1887 | 1896 | Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Roanoke Valley Railroad | SOU | 1850 | 1880 | Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad | - | |
| Roaring Fork Railroad | 1904 | - | ||||
| Rockbridge Alum and Goshen Railroad | 1889 | - | ||||
| Rosslyn Connecting Railroad | RC | PRR | 1904 | 1969 | Penndel Company | - |
| Seaboard Air Line Railroad | SAL | SAL | 1946 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | - |
| Seaboard Air Line Railway | SAL | 1900 | 1945 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | - | |
| Seaboard Air Line System | SAL | 1893 | 1900 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | - | |
| Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | SCL | 1967 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | - | |
| Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad | SAL | 1846 | 1911 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | - | |
| Seaboard System Railroad | SBD | 1983 | 1986 | CSX Transportation | - | |
| Shenandoah Valley Railroad | N&W | 1867 | 1890 | Shenandoah Valley Railway | - | |
| Shenandoah Valley Railway | N&W | 1890 | 1890 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | - | |
| South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad | SOU | 1882 | 1898 | Virginia and Southwestern Railway | - | |
| South and Western Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1905 | 1908 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | - | |
| South and Western Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1902 | 1906 | South and Western Railroad | - | |
| Southeastern and Atlantic Railroad | 1896 | 1898 | Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad | - | ||
| Southern Railway | SOU | SOU | 1894 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway | - |
| Southside Railroad | N&W | 1846 | 1871 | Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Straight-Shoot Railroad | C&O | 1873 | 1878 | Richmond and Alleghany Railroad | - | |
| Suffolk and Carolina Railway | NS | 1884 | 1906 | Norfolk and Southern Railway | - | |
| Sulphur Mines Railroad | C&O | 1884 | - | |||
| Surry, Sussex and Southampton Railway | 1886 | 1930 | N/A | - | ||
| Tidewater Railway | N&W | 1904 | 1907 | Virginian Railway | - | |
| Tidewater and West Virginia Railroad | N&W | 1900 | 1901 | Chesapeake Western Railway | - | |
| Tidewater and Western Railroad | 1905 | 1917 | N/A | - | ||
| Tuckahoe and James River Railroad | 1837 | - | ||||
| Valley Railroad | B&O | 1866 | - | |||
| Valley Street Railway | 1890 | 1892 | Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railway | - | ||
| Virginia Air Line Railway | C&O | 1906 | 1912 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | - | |
| Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company | N&W | 1902 | 1911 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Virginia Blue Ridge Railway | VBR | 1914 | 1980 | N/A | - | |
| Virginia and Carolina Railroad | SAL | 1882 | 1892 | Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad | - | |
| Virginia–Carolina Railway | N&W | 1898 | 1919 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - | |
| Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad | NS | 1905 | 1906 | Norfolk and Southern Railway | - | |
| Virginia–Carolina and Southern Railway | N&W | 1906 | 1912 | Virginia–Carolina Railway | - | |
| Virginia Central Railroad | C&O | 1850 | 1868 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Virginia Central Railway | VC | 1926 | 1983 | N/A | - | |
| Virginia and Kentucky Railroad | SOU | 1852 | 1876 | Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad | - | |
| Virginia and Kentucky Railway | 1902 | 1916 | Norton and Northern Railway | - | ||
| Virginia and Maryland Railroad | VAMD | 1977 | 1981 | Eastern Shore Railroad | - | |
| Virginia Midland Railway | SOU | 1880 | 1898 | Southern Railway | - | |
| Virginia and Mount Airy Railway | 1920 | N/A | Never operated | |||
| Virginia and North Carolina Railroad | SOU | 1872 | 1873 | Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway | - | |
| Virginia and Potts Creek Railroad | N&W | 1906 | 1910 | Big Stony Railway | - | |
| Virginia and Southeastern Railway | SOU | 1904 | 1908 | Virginia and Southwestern Railway | - | |
| Virginia Southern Railroad | 1902 | 1931 | N/A | - | ||
| Virginia and Southwestern Railway | SOU | 1899 | Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway | |||
| Virginia and Tennessee Railroad | N&W | 1849 | 1871 | Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | - | |
| Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway | N&W | 1894 | 1898 | Virginia–Carolina Railway | - | |
| Virginian Railway | VGN | N&W | 1907 | 1959 | Norfolk and Western Railway | - |
| Virginian Terminal Railway | N&W | 1907 | 1936 | Virginian Railway | - | |
| Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad | RF&P | 1862 | 1868 | Alexandria and Washington Railroad | - | |
| Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway | SOU | 1873 | 1880 | Virginia Midland Railway | - | |
| Washington and Ohio Railroad | SOU | 1870 | 1882 | Washington and Western Railroad | - | |
| Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad | SOU | 1883 | 1894 | Southern Railway | - | |
| Washington Southern Railway | WSN | RF&P | 1890 | 1920 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | - |
| Washington and Western Railroad | N&W | 1889 | 1890 | Shenandoah Valley Railway | - | |
| Washington and Western Railroad | SOU | 1882 | 1883 | Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad | - | |
| Western Branch Railway | ACL | 1888 | 1888 | Chowan and Southern Railroad | - | |
| White Top Railway | 1913 | - | ||||
| Winchester Railroad | 1929 | 1929 | Winchester and Wardensville Railroad | - | ||
| Winchester and Potomac Railroad | B&O | 1831 | 1988 | CSX Transportation | - | |
| Winchester and Strasburg Railroad | B&O | 1867 | 1988 | CSX Transportation | - | |
| Winchester and Wardensville Railroad | 1929 | 1941 | Winchester and Western Railroad | - | ||
| Winchester and Western Railroad | 1916 | 1930 | Winchester and Wardensville Railroad | - | ||
| Wise Terminal Company | SOU | 1900 | 1913 | Interstate Railroad | - | |
| Worcester Railroad | PRR | 1876 | 1883 | Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | - |
;Electric
- Appalachian Power Company
- Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company
- Blue Ridge Light and Power Company
- Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway
- Chesapeake Transit Company
- Citizens Railway, Light and Power Company
- Danville Traction and Power Company
- Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
- Hampton Roads Traction Company
- Lynchburg Traction and Light Company
- Mill Mountain Incline
- Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway
- Newport News and Old Point Railway and Electric Company
- Norfolk Railway and Light Company
- Norfolk City and Suburban Railway
- Norfolk and Ocean View Railroad and Hotel Company
- Norfolk and Ocean View Railway
- Norfolk Southern Railroad
- Norfolk and Southern Railroad
- Norfolk Street Railroad
- Radford Water Power Company
- Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway
- Richmond and Henrico Railway
- Richmond and Rappahannock River Railway
- Richmond-Ashland Railway
- Richmond-Petersburg Interurban Electric Railway
- Roanoke Railway and Electric Company
- Schuyler Railway
- Tazewell Street Railway
- Virginia Railway and Power Company
- Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway
- Washington and Old Dominion Railroad
- Washington and Old Dominion Railway
- Washington Utilities Company
- Washington-Virginia Railway
- Centreville Military Railroad
- Lorton and Occoquan Railroad
- Suffolk Lumber Company's Railroad
- United States Military Railroad