Talk:List of U.S. Class II railroads

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It would be cool if these were sorted by state or other geography. -- Beland 01:14, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

[1] lists the following "Class II and Commuter Railroads":

Freight

Alaska Railroad (STB: Class III)
Alton and Southern Railway (STB: UP subsidiary)
Belt Railway of Chicago (STB: ?)
BNSF Fort Worth (??)
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad
Conrail Shared Assets (STB: ?)
Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Florida East Coast Railway
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (STB: Class III)
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
Iowa Interstate Railroad
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (STB: Class III)
Kyle Railroad (STB: Class III)
Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (STB: Class III)
Montana Rail Link
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
Nashville and Eastern Railroad (might be listed because of the commuter rail on it)
New England Central Railroad (STB: Class III)
New York and Atlantic Railway (STB: Class III)
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (STB: Class III)
Paducah and Louisville Railway
Pan Am Railways
Port Terminal Railroad Association (STB: ?)
Providence and Worcester Railroad (STB: Class III)
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (STB: Class III)
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (STB: ?)
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990)
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Commuter

The only one that the STB includes but is not in here is ISG Railways. --NE2 17:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another possible list

This is from Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed February 2009. I don't know if this list is any more correct than the current one.

--NE2 03:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Completeness

Is this list complete? In the past there was a incomplete stub. Knightdaemon (talk) 17:36, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Convert to chart & merge with class II railroad

This hole article should be turned into a chart and be merged into Class II railroad. There is no need to have it as a separate article, and i don't think it meets wikipedia standers to stand as an independent article.--Alex at kms (talk) 23:06, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hole article? ;-) –BMRR (talk) 23:10, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ha, well i think you know what I'm talking about, mostly complete article, sort of thing. anyway if no one objects i think I'll start converting it to a chart in a notepad file. I'll let you guys know if i ever get it finished, help is defiantly welcome!--Alex at kms (talk) 06:30, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed merge of Regional railroad into List of U.S. Class II railroads

These articles have an extremely similar scope - both use the criteria set by the AAR of 350 miles of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue. There is no reason to maintain two versions of the same list, so these articles should be combined into one. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:07, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, and suggest List of Class II railroads as a new title, to match List of Class I railroads. Mackensen (talk) 11:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have redirected Regional railroad here, as following your improvements there is nothing worth merging from the other article which is 15 years out of date. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:10, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Incidentally, the Class II designation may be in use in Canada; finding sources for that is even harder than finding US sources. Mackensen (talk) 00:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Updating

The AAR published individual fact sheets for each state: [2]. Each one (see New York for example) breaks out regional railroads operating in that state. I haven't seen a better/more recent source than that. Mackensen (talk) 12:18, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]