The following railroads operate or once operated in the U.S. District of Columbia.
{{TOC left}}Name | Mark | System[1] | From | To | Successor | Notes | Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway | RF&P | 1872 | 1890 | Baltimore and Potomac Railroad |
Alexandria and Washington Railroad | RF&P | 1854 | 1872 | Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1831 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad |
Chesapeake Beach Railway | 1896 | 1935 | East Washington Railway |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | C&O | 1891 | 1987 | CSX Transportation |
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation/Norfolk Southern Railway |
East Washington Railway | 1935 | 1976 | N/A |
Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company | B&O | 1888 | 1972 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | SOU | 1872 | 1872 | Virginia and North Carolina Railroad |
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1918 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company |
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | PRR | 1891 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad |
Richmond and Danville Railroad | SOU | 1886 | 1894 | Southern Railway |
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | RF&P, RFP | RF&P | 1920 | 1991 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway |
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | RFP | 1991 | Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation |
Southern Railway | SOU | SOU | 1894 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway |
Southern Maryland Railroad | 1882 | 1886 | Washington and Potomac Railroad |
Virginia Midland Railway | SOU | 1880 | 1886 | Richmond and Danville Railroad |
Virginia and North Carolina Railroad | SOU | 1872 | 1873 | Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway |
Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad | RF&P | 1862 | 1868 | Alexandria and Washington Railroad |
Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad | B&O | 1873 | 1874 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway | SOU | 1873 | 1880 | Virginia Midland Railway |
Washington and Potomac Railroad | 1886 | 1900 | Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad |
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad | 1901 | 1910 | Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway |
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway | 1910 | 1918 | Chesapeake Beach Railway |
Washington Southern Railway | WSN | RF&P | 1901 | 1920 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad |
Washington Terminal Company | WATC | B&O/ PRR | 1901 | Still exists as a subsidiary of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) |
Washington and Western Maryland Railroad | B&O | 1889 | 1985 | N/A |
1. ^This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
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