List of heritage railroads in the United States

A Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train east of Chama, New Mexico

This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota.

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)
• Arizona Street Railway Museum (Phoenix Trolley Museum)
• Grand Canyon Railway
• McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale
• Old Pueblo Trolley
• Superstition Narrow Gauge Railroad
• 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
• Calico and Odessa Railroad
• California State Railroad Museum
• California Western Railroad, also called The Skunk Train
• Disneyland Railroad (three locomotives are historic)
• Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease agreement ended in 2021)
• Ghost Town & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
• Napa Valley Wine Train
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
• Niles Canyon Railway
• Nut Tree Railroad
• 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
• Redwood Valley Railway
• Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Sacramento RiverTrain
• Sacramento Southern Railroad
• San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 3751 excursion trips)
• 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
• Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
• Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation
• Platte Valley Trolley
• Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Currently in receivership)
• Royal Gorge Route Railroad
• Ski Train
• Tiny Town Railroad

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 (Closed in 2020)
• Seminole Gulf Railway
• Serengeti Express in Busch Gardens Tampa
• Sugar Express
• TECO Line Streetcar
• Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad (Closed in 2017)
• Walt Disney World Railroad (four locomotives are historic)
• Wildlife Express Train at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Georgia

• Agrirama Logging Train
• Azalea Sprinter
• Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
• Chickamauga Train from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
• Georgia Coastal Railway
• River Street Streetcar (Out of service)
• Georgia State Railroad Museum
• SAM Shortline Excursion Train
• Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad in Six Flags Over Georgia
• Southeastern Railway Museum
• 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
• Lahaina Ka'anapali & Pacific Railroad (Closed in 2014, but new operator plans to resume operations at a later date)

Idaho

• Silverwood Theme Park
• Thunder Mountain Line (Closed in 2015)

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 (For NKP 765 excursion trips, future)
• Hesston Steam Museum (For Hesston and Galena Creek excursions)
• 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
• Midcoast Railservice (Coastliner)
• 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
• Lowell National Historical Park Trolley Line
• MBTA Mattapan Trolley

Michigan

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

Minnesota

• Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
• Gopher State Railway Museum
• Excelsior Streetcar Line
• Ironhorse Central Railroad
• 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
• Delmar Loop Trolley
• Frisco Silver Dollar Line in Silver Dollar City
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
• Tommy G. Robertson Railroad in Six Flags St. Louis
• Worlds of Fun Park Railroad in Worlds of Fun
• National Museum of Transportation (trolley on grounds)

Montana

• Alder Gulch Shortline Railroad
• Central Montana Rail, Inc.

Nebraska

• Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (Ended service)
• Nebraska Railroad Museum (In transition to move to permanent home)
• Omaha Zoo Railroad in Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

• Conway Scenic Railroad
• Granite State Scenic Railway (formerly known as Hobo Railroad)
• Wilton Scenic Railroad
• Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
• Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train
• Mount Washington Cog Railway
• Silver Lake Railroad
• White Mountain Central Railroad

New Jersey

• Black River and Western Railroad
• Woodstown Central 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 Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 2926 excursion trips)
• Sky Railway

New York

• Adirondack 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
• New York Museum of Transportation
• New York Transit Museum
• Railroad Museum of Long Island
• Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
• Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway
• Saratoga and North Creek Railway (Closed in April 2018)
• Trolley Museum of New York
• Troy and New England Railway

North Carolina

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

Ohio

• Age of Steam Roundhouse (Several operating steam locomotives, but no excursions listed)
• 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
• 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
• Santiam Excursion Train
• Sumpter Valley Railway
• Train Mountain Railroad
• Willamette Shore Trolley

Pennsylvania

• Allentown and Auburn Railroad
• Bellefonte Historical Railroad
• Colebrookdale Railroad
• Dry Gulch Railroad in Hersheypark
• Duquesne Incline
• East Broad Top Railroad
• Everett Railroad
• Horseshoe Curve Incline
• Johnstown Inclined Plane
• Kiski Junction Railroad (Operations suspended 2016)
• Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
• Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
• Monongahela Incline
• New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (New Hope Railroad)
• Northern Central Railway of York
• Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
• Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train
• Railroaders Memorial Museum
• Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
• Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
• Rockhill Trolley Museum
• SEPTA Route 15
• Steamtown National Historic Site
• Stewartstown Railroad
• The Stourbridge Line
• Strasburg Rail Road
• Tioga Central Railroad (Closed in 2019)
• Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
• Wawa and Concordville Railroad (Closed in 1968)
• West Chester Railroad
• Westmoreland Scenic Railroad (Closed in 2004)
• Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association

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

• 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

• Austin Steam Train Association (presently runs only diesel equipment)
• Galveston Island Trolley
• Grapevine Vintage Railroad
• Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
• Longhorn and Western Railroad (Texas Transportation Museum)
• McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
• Rosenberg Railroad Museum
• San Antonio Railroad Heritage 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

Utah

• Golden Spike National Historic Site (Promontory Summit, Utah)
• Heber Valley Railroad
• 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
• Virginia Scenic Railway (Buckingham Branch)
• James River Rambler (Buckingham Branch)
• Virginia Museum of Transportation (For N&W 611 excursion trips)

Washington

• Anacortes Railway (Defunct)
• Chehalis–Centralia Railroad (Operations suspended as of 2022)
• Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
• George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line (Closed in 2005)
• Issaquah Valley Trolley (Closed in 2020)
• Inland Northwest Rail Museum
• Lake Whatcom Railway
• Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
• Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (Ended excursion service in 2016)
• Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
• 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
• National Railroad Museum, Ashwaubenon (includes a small rail loop)
• Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
• Riverside and Great Northern Railway
• Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad

Wyoming

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

Territories

Puerto Rico

• Train of the South

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