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title="Colorado">Colorado</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1883–1918</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Colorado Midland Railway</b> (<a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">reporting mark</a> <b>CM</b>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> incorporated in 1883, was the first <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroad</a> built over the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Divide" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Divide">Continental Divide</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. It ran from <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a> to <a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville</a> and through the divide at <a href="/wiki/Hagerman_Pass" title="Hagerman Pass">Hagerman Pass</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado" title="Glenwood Springs, Colorado">Glenwood Springs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_Midland_Railway_postcard_ad_circa_1900.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Colorado_Midland_Railway_postcard_ad_circa_1900.JPG/180px-Colorado_Midland_Railway_postcard_ad_circa_1900.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Colorado_Midland_Railway_postcard_ad_circa_1900.JPG/270px-Colorado_Midland_Railway_postcard_ad_circa_1900.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Colorado_Midland_Railway_postcard_ad_circa_1900.JPG/360px-Colorado_Midland_Railway_postcard_ad_circa_1900.JPG 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1202" /></a><figcaption>Circa early 1900s postcard ad for the line.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/John_J._Hagerman" class="mw-redirect" title="John J. Hagerman">John J. Hagerman</a> gained control of the Colorado Midland Railway Company in June 1885. In September 1890, Hagerman sold the railroad to the <a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a>, which operated the railroad as a <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiary</a> and changed the name to the Colorado Midland Railroad. </p><p>For a short time the railroad was consolidated with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aspen_Short_Line&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aspen Short Line (page does not exist)">Aspen Short Line</a> (1893-1897). Following the <a href="/wiki/Panic_of_1893" title="Panic of 1893">Panic of 1893</a>, the Santa Fe railroad failed and both it and the Colorado Midland went into receivership. During this time, a crash in the price of silver also led to economic decline in the mining towns served by the railway. </p><p>After the company was sold through the bankruptcy court on May 4, 1897, a new company known as the Colorado Midland Railway took over operation of the railroad. It then came under the joint control of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Southern_Railway" title="Colorado and Southern Railway">Colorado and Southern Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver and Rio Grande Railroad">Denver and Rio Grande Railroad</a> in 1900. It again declared bankruptcy April 21, 1917, and was sold at auction to <a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Carlton" title="Albert E. Carlton">Albert E. Carlton</a> of Colorado Springs. Carlton attempted to revive the railroad's fortunes, but his stewardship of the road coincided with the entry of the United States into the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. After the inauguration of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Railroad_Administration" title="United States Railroad Administration">United States Railroad Administration</a> in late 1917, the government managers redirected much of the trans-Colorado traffic that was previously carried by other railroads onto the Midland, which was ill-equipped to deal with the sudden upturn in business. The traffic overwhelmed the railroad, and when it became apparent that the Midland was incapable of dealing with the volume of business, the government redirected all of it elsewhere. Business dropped off precipitately, and Carleton was forced to apply for permission to abandon operations. He received it, and the Colorado Midland Railway ceased operations in 1918. Segments of the railroad were then sold to the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Terminal_Railway" title="Midland Terminal Railway">Midland Terminal Railway</a>; the rest of the line, mostly west of the Midland Terminal connection at Divide, was abandoned. The line was scrapped in the early 1920s. </p><p>Much of the line’s grade was incorporated into the modern day <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_24_in_Colorado" title="U.S. Route 24 in Colorado">U.S. Route 24 in Colorado</a>, in particular the section from Colorado Springs to Buena Vista. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Topography_and_operations">Topography and operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Topography and operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot_(Victor,_Colorado).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot_%28Victor%2C_Colorado%29.JPG/220px-Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot_%28Victor%2C_Colorado%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot_%28Victor%2C_Colorado%29.JPG/330px-Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot_%28Victor%2C_Colorado%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot_%28Victor%2C_Colorado%29.JPG/440px-Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot_%28Victor%2C_Colorado%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4733" data-file-height="2460" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Midland_Terminal_Railroad_Depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Terminal Railroad Depot">Midland Terminal Railroad Depot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor,_Colorado" title="Victor, Colorado">Victor, Colorado</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Midland (as it was colloquially known) was an extraordinarily difficult railroad to operate, in large part because it had very little level track. In crossing Colorado, the line made three summits – at <a href="/wiki/Divide,_Colorado" title="Divide, Colorado">Hayden Divide</a>, west of Colorado Springs, at <a href="/wiki/Trout_Creek_Pass" title="Trout Creek Pass">Trout Creek Pass</a>, and at Hagerman Pass on the Continental Divide. The <a href="/wiki/Hagerman_Tunnel" title="Hagerman Tunnel">Hagerman Tunnel</a> was completed in 1887. In 1891, it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Busk-Ivanhoe_Tunnel" class="mw-redirect" title="Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel">Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel</a> which was at a lower altitude. This shortened the line and made the grade easier, but the approaches to these summits were severe: eastbound trains faced an ascent of about twenty miles of three percent grades in the climb from Basalt to the western portal of the tunnel at Ivanhoe; westbound trains climbing out of the Arkansas River Valley faced a shorter but still difficult climb of 3.24%. The ascent from Colorado Springs to Divide was also severe, with several stretches of 4% grade and significant curvature. </p><p>The portion of the line from Leadville to Hagerman Pass provided the setting for some of the finest railroad imagery ever taken. Especially noteworthy was the work of <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Jackson" title="William Henry Jackson">W. H. Jackson</a>, particularly the photos circa 1890 showing the rise over five levels and the massive wood trestle leading to the final tier. </p><p>Even after the boring of the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel, much of this trackage was above nine thousand feet, in a district of Colorado where the snow often does not melt entirely until June. The railroad was difficult to operate at the best of times, and in winter it was often nearly impossible: the 1899 blizzard closed the line over Hagerman Pass for 77 days and cost the company more than $73,000 (approx $2 million in 2013). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_Midlland_Railway_Wild_Flower_excursion_1917.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Colorado_Midlland_Railway_Wild_Flower_excursion_1917.JPG/220px-Colorado_Midlland_Railway_Wild_Flower_excursion_1917.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Colorado_Midlland_Railway_Wild_Flower_excursion_1917.JPG/330px-Colorado_Midlland_Railway_Wild_Flower_excursion_1917.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Colorado_Midlland_Railway_Wild_Flower_excursion_1917.JPG/440px-Colorado_Midlland_Railway_Wild_Flower_excursion_1917.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="967" /></a><figcaption>Wild flower excursion from Colorado Springs, 1917.</figcaption></figure> <p>As great a problem as topography was, the route and terminals posed a still greater one. The line was originally projected to connect <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leadville" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadville">Leadville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, Utah, but it eventually stopped at <a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a>, Colorado. If the line had been extended to Salt Lake City it would have had access to connections with the <a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Pacific">Union Pacific</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Railroad">Southern Pacific</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ogden,_Utah" title="Ogden, Utah">Ogden</a>, but at Grand Junction, it connected only with the <a href="/wiki/Denver_%26_Rio_Grande" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver & Rio Grande">Denver & Rio Grande</a>, its principal competitor for traffic at Leadville and Colorado Springs. While the Midland had no choice but to turn over westbound traffic to the D&RGW at Grand Junction, the competing line had no such incentive; it could move eastbound traffic over its own line to any spot the Midland served. When A.E. Carleton bought the CM, he planned to remedy this situation by extending the railroad across Utah to Salt Lake City, but he was unable to do so, relying instead on his business connections to obtain cars consigned for shipment east at Grand Junction. </p><p>Ironically, the situation reversed itself abruptly after the government took control of the railroads, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Railroad_Administration" title="United States Railroad Administration">USRA</a> decided to route all trans-Colorado traffic onto the Midland. The railroad suddenly found itself handling a swelling volume of interchange traffic at Colorado Springs and Grand Junction. The line had neither the motive power nor the physical facilities to deal with this sudden change, and yards and even on-line sidings rapidly filled with cars waiting movement to one of the terminals. After an investigation, the government reversed its decision, redirecting through traffic to neighboring lines that were more capable of handling it; this was a wise decision, but the business generated by the road's on-line customers was not sufficient to keep it profitable without through traffic, and Carleton was compelled to seek permission from a court to abandon service in the summer of 1918. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of its construction, the Midland was among the best-appointed roads in the United States. Ten of the locomotives it purchased in 1886 and 1887 (the Class 115 2-8-0s) were among the largest and most powerful of their type in the United States. Unfortunately, the Midland's cash situation militated against capital replacement, and most of the locomotives purchased in the road's first decade were still on the property when it closed in 1918. The Midland purchased its last locomotives, the Class 175 2-8-0s, in 1907; after that, the purchase of new power fell behind ordinary operations and maintenance expenses on the company's priority list, and was postponed in part because of concerns about the ability of the roadbed and track to support heavier equipment. At the outbreak of the First World War, the road's chief mechanical officer proposed the immediate construction of a new class of engines to handle the surging traffic, but the state of the road's physical plant (which urgently needed both maintenance and upgrading) was such that he limited his proposal to a copy of the D&RGW's C-48 class locomotives, a design that was thirteen years old and approaching obsolescence. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Locomotives </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Numbers </th> <th>Class </th> <th>Builder </th> <th>SN </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Built </th></tr> <tr> <td>1-3 </td> <td>Class 115 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2225-2227 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2-8-0" title="2-8-0">2-8-0</a> </td> <td>1886 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-10 </td> <td>Class 115 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2228-2234 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2-8-0" title="2-8-0">2-8-0</a> </td> <td>1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11-13 </td> <td>Class 102 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2235-2236,2417 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> </td> <td>1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14-22 </td> <td>Class 104 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2418,2239-2246 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> </td> <td>1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23-25 </td> <td>Class 93 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2309-2311 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> </td> <td>1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26-28 </td> <td>Class 102 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2419-2421 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> </td> <td>1888 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29-38 </td> <td>Class 102 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>9206,9209,9208,9210,9215,9217,9298,9300,9302 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> </td> <td>1888 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39-44 </td> <td>Class 102 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2925-2930 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> </td> <td>1889 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45-48 </td> <td>Class 102 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>3261-3264 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4-6-0" title="4-6-0">4-6-0</a> </td> <td>1890 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49-53 </td> <td>Class 136 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>15130-15134 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2-8-0" title="2-8-0">2-8-0</a> </td> <td>1897 </td></tr> <tr> <td>100-102 </td> <td>Class 91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works" title="Schenectady Locomotive Works">Schenectady Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>2309-2311 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/0-6-0" title="0-6-0">0-6-0</a> </td> <td>1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>201-205 </td> <td>Class 159 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>18631-18632,18646=18648 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2-8-0" title="2-8-0">2-8-0</a> </td> <td>1897 </td></tr> <tr> <td>301-306 </td> <td>Class 175 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> </td> <td>32124-32127,32151-32152 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2-8-0" title="2-8-0">2-8-0</a> </td> <td>1907 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Marie Railroad">SOO/MStP&SSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Southern Railway (U.S.)">SOU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">SP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_Railway" title="Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway">SP&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway">SSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Central_Railway" title="Tennessee Central Railway">TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Kansas City Southern de México">TFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Mexican_Railway" title="Texas Mexican Railway">TM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_New_Orleans_Railroad" title="Texas and New Orleans Railroad">T&NO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Texas and Pacific Railway">T&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Peoria_and_Western_Railway" title="Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway">TP&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginian_Railway" title="Virginian Railway">VGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Railway_of_Alabama" title="Western Railway of Alabama">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_Railroad" title="Wabash Railroad">WAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Central_Railway_(1897%E2%80%931954)" title="Wisconsin Central Railway (1897–1954)">WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maryland_Railway" title="Western Maryland Railway">WM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pacific_Railroad" title="Western Pacific Railroad">WP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">pre-1956</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway">AB&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Coast_Railroad" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad">AB&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Railroad" title="Atlantic City Railroad">AC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_and_Danville_Railway" title="Atlantic and Danville Railway">A&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">A&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte,_Anaconda_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway">BA&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Chesapeake_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway">BC&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennecott_Utah_Copper_rail_line" title="Kennecott Utah Copper rail line">B&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington-Rock_Island_Railroad" title="Burlington-Rock Island Railroad">BRI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_Rochester_and_Pittsburgh_Railway" title="Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway">BR&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Susquehanna_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad">B&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Sour_Lake_and_Western_Railway" title="Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway">BSL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">C&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Akron_and_Columbus_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway">CA&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_and_Coke_Railway" title="Coal and Coke Railway">C&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway">CCC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Chicago and Atlantic Railway">C&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway" title="Columbus and Greenville Railway">C&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Hamilton_and_Dayton_Railway_(1846%E2%80%931917)" title="Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1846–1917)">CH&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Cambria and Indiana Railroad">C&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Northern_Railroad_(1894%E2%80%931938)" title="Cincinnati Northern Railroad (1894–1938)">CINN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Indiana_and_Southern_Railroad" title="Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad">CI&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Indianapolis_and_Western_Railroad" title="Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad">CI&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Lebanon_and_Northern_Railway" title="Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway">CL&N</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee_and_Puget_Sound_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway">CM&PS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_New_England_Railway" title="Central New England Railway">CNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">CNNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Northern_Railway" title="Canadian Northern Railway">CNOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Peoria_and_St._Louis_Railroad" title="Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad">CP&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Lines_in_Vermont" title="Canadian Pacific Lines in Vermont">CPVT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Gulf_Railway" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway">CRI&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_River_and_Northwestern_Railway" title="Copper River and Northwestern Railway">CR&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_Pennsylvania" title="Central Railroad of Pennsylvania">CRP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley_Railroad" title="Cumberland Valley Railroad">CVRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Grand_Haven_and_Milwaukee_Railway" title="Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway">DGH&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_and_Iron_Range_Railroad" title="Duluth and Iron Range Railroad">D&IR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_and_Mackinac_Railway" title="Detroit and Mackinac Railway">D&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Northern_Railway" title="Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway">DM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">DNW&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">D&SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_and_Southwestern_Railroad" title="El Paso and Southwestern Railroad">EP&SW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_and_Crawfordsville_Railroad" title="Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad">E&TH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_and_Cripple_Creek_Railroad" title="Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad">F&CC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fonda,_Johnstown_and_Gloversville_Railroad" title="Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad">FJ&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Smith_and_Western_Railway" title="Fort Smith and Western Railway">FS&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_and_Rio_Grande_Railway" title="Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway">FW&RG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Colorado_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway">GC&SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou,_Brazos_and_Colorado_Railway" title="Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway">GH&SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad">GM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad">GR&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_and_Ship_Island_Railroad" title="Gulf and Ship Island Railroad">G&SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_East_and_West_Texas_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston East and West Texas Railway">HE&WT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_and_Texas_Central_Railway" title="Houston and Texas Central Railway">H&TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hocking_Valley_Railway" title="Hocking Valley Railway">HV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Central_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Central Railway">ICRY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International%E2%80%93Great_Northern_Railroad" title="International–Great Northern Railroad">IGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Mexico_and_Orient_Railway" title="Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway">KCM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Mexico_and_Orient_Railway" title="Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway">KCM&OTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_and_Salt_Lake_Railroad" title="Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad">LA&SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie_and_Western_Railroad" title="Lake Erie and Western Railroad">LE&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway" title="Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway">LS&MS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Railroad" title="Michigan Central Railroad">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland,_Delaware_and_Virginia_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway">MD&V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_and_International_Railway" title="Minnesota and International Railway">M&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_and_North_Arkansas_Railroad" title="Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad">M&NA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Mobile and Ohio Railroad">M&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Central_Railroad_(1901%E2%80%931967)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi Central Railroad (1901–1967)">MSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montour_Railroad" title="Montour Railroad">MTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Valley_Railroad" title="Midland Valley Railroad">MV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Central_Railway" title="Northern Central Railway">NCRY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_and_New_York_Railroad" title="New Jersey and New York Railroad">NJ&NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Northern_Railway" title="Nevada Northern Railway">NN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Texas_and_Mexico_Railway" title="New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway">NOT&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Philadelphia_and_Norfolk_Railroad" title="New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad">NYP&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_%E2%80%93_Ada_%E2%80%93_Atoka_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway">OCAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Electric_Railway" title="Oregon Electric Railway">OE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oahu_Railway_and_Land_Company" title="Oahu Railway and Land Company">OR&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Short_Line_Railroad" title="Oregon Short Line Railroad">OSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Railroad_and_Navigation_Company" title="Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company">OWRN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Baltimore_and_Washington_Railroad" title="Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad">PB&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad" title="Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad">PCC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Company" title="Pennsylvania Company">PCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Electric" title="Pacific Electric">PE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Peoria and Eastern Railway">P&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pere_Marquette_Railway" title="Pere Marquette Railway">PM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Reading_Railroad" title="Port Reading Railroad">PRDG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg_and_Shawmut_Railroad" title="Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad">P&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panhandle_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway">P&SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_Shawmut_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad">PS&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_and_Aransas_Pass_Railway" title="San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway">SA&AP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_and_Binghamton_Railroad" title="Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad">SB&NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_and_Arizona_Railway" title="San Diego and Arizona Railway">SD&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe,_Prescott_and_Phoenix_Railway" title="Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway">SFP&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_and_Inland_Empire_Railroad" title="Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad">S&IE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_and_Grand_Island_Railway" title="St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway">SJ&GI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Brownsville_and_Mexico_Railway" title="St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway">SLB&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Iron_Mountain_and_Southern_Railway" title="St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway">SLIM&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway" title="Columbus and Greenville Railway">SOUMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway_of_Texas" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas">SSWTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_and_Brazos_Valley_Railway" title="Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway">T&BV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texarkana_and_Fort_Smith_Railway" title="Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway">T&FS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_Northern_Railway" title="Texas and Northern Railway">T&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo_and_Ohio_Central_Railway" title="Toledo and Ohio Central Railway">T&OC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_St._Louis_and_Western_Railroad" title="Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad">TSTL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_and_Delaware_Railroad" title="Ulster and Delaware Railroad">U&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Railway" title="Utah Railway">UTAH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandalia_Railroad_(1905%E2%80%9317)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandalia Railroad (1905–17)">VAND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicksburg,_Shreveport_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway">VS&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Jersey_and_Seashore_Railroad" title="West Jersey and Seashore Railroad">WJ&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_and_Lake_Erie_Railway_(1916%E2%80%9388)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916–88)">W&LE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_West_Virginia_Railway" title="Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway">WPT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad" title="Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad">WSN</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wichita_Valley_Railway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wichita Valley Railway (page does not exist)">WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazoo_and_Mississippi_Valley_Railroad" title="Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad">Y&MV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1910%E2%80%931929)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929)">1910–1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1930%E2%80%931976)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1930–1976)">1930–1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1977%E2%80%93present)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1977–present)">1977–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Railroads in <i>italics</i> meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight 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