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Top 25 Short line railroads based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 121 company matches for short line railroads associated with the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 59,105 professional contacts across them, including 18,380 with verified work emails. Fort Worth is the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for short line railroads associated with the United States, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 18, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest short line railroads based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17,731 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 16,307 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “BNSF Railway operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles in 28 states and three Canadian provinces.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 9,874 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “CSX is a company on the move.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 9,218 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Since 1827, Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that power the U.S.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 2,529 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 583 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “With more than 45 years of experience, Railserve is the leading provider of industrial rail services in North America.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 461 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Moving major carload commodities of aggregate, automobiles, lumber, farm products, food and kindred, machinery, pulp and paper, petroleum products, stone, clay, and glass…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 356 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Road & Rail Services is a recognized industry leader and a top-tier provider of rail related services to railroads, to rail shippers, and to railcar owners.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 257 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Reliable Rail Services.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 239 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “TGS, a division of Trans-Global Solutions, Inc, is a fully-integrated rail service organization and a leader in the industry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is the largest switch carrier in the U.S.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Iowa Interstate Railroad, LLC is a privately held Delaware Limited Liability Company and subsidiary of Railroad Development Corporation.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Cathcart Rail is a leading freight rail services and transportation company.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Rio Grande Pacific Corporation (RGPC), founded in 1986, is a privately-held, Texas-based railroad holding company for regional freight railroads, signal construction and design…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Strasburg Rail Road Company is America’s oldest short line railroad, incorporated in 1832, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1986, The Indiana Rail Road Company is a privately held, 250-mile freight railroad.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Pinsly Railroad Company is a short line railroad and logistics holding company that is focused on safe and sustainable growth through acquisitions, strategic investments, and…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “With four divisions and 282 miles of track, the Buckingham Branch is the largest shortline railroad in Virginia.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Lake State Railway Company (LSRC) is a Michigan - based progressive short line railroad that has been providing "excellence in transportation" since 1992.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Vermont Rail System is an affiliation of seven shortline railroads: Vermont Railway (VTR), Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC), Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP), Washington…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Fort Worth & Western Railroad (FWWR) began in 1988, with the purchase of 6.25 miles of track through west Fort Worth from the former Burlington Northern Railroad.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The New Hope Railroad is a privately held freight and tourism railroad headquartered in New Hope, Pennsylvania.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Strategically located in on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, MSE is a short line railroad providing economical logistics solutions from the southeast US to Western Canada.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Anacostia Rail Holdings Company is a leading owner and operator of short line freight railroads and rail-served logistics platforms across the United States.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Our extensive rail network connects you and your business to more markets further away.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 18, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “short line railroads”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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Short line railroads based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 18, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 121 companies.
How this list was built
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- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Company records associated with the United States whose business descriptions match “short line railroads” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 18,380 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
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- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 18, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
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- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “short line railroads”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many short line railroads are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 121 company matches for short line railroads associated with the United States as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
Union Pacific Railroad tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which city has the most short line railroads?
Fort Worth leads with 5 company records, followed by Jacksonville (5) and Atlanta (2).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 18,380 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 121 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
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The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 18, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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Top 25 short line railroads based in the United States
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 121 matching company records for short line railroads based in the United States, with 59,105 tracked contacts and 18,380 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 18, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 short line railroads based in the United States
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Union Pacific Railroadup.comHQ: Omaha, NE, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Omaha, NE, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 17,731 contacts → |
“One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  Bnsf Railwaybnsf.comHQ: Fort Worth, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Fort Worth, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 16,307 contacts → |
“BNSF Railway operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles in 28 states and three Canadian provinces.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 |  CSXcsx.comHQ: Jacksonville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Jacksonville, FL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 9,874 contacts → |
“CSX is a company on the move.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  Norfolk Southernnorfolksouthern.comHQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Atlanta, GA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 9,218 contacts → |
“Since 1827, Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that power the U.S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Norfolk Southern Railroadnscorp.com HQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Atlanta, GA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 2,529 contacts → |
“Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  Railserve, INCrailserve.comHQ: Frankfort, IN, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Frankfort, IN, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 583 contacts → |
“With more than 45 years of experience, Railserve is the leading provider of industrial rail services in North America.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Florida East Coast Railwayfecrwy.comHQ: Jacksonville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Jacksonville, FL, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 461 contacts → |
“Moving major carload commodities of aggregate, automobiles, lumber, farm products, food and kindred, machinery, pulp and paper, petroleum products, stone, clay, and glass…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  Road & Rail Servicesroadandrail.comHQ: Louisville, KY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Louisville, KY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 356 contacts → |
“Road & Rail Services is a recognized industry leader and a top-tier provider of rail related services to railroads, to rail shippers, and to railcar owners.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 |  Omnitrax, INComnitrax.comHQ: Denver, CO, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Denver, CO, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 257 contacts → |
“Reliable Rail Services.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Trans-Global Solutions, INCtgsgroup.comHQ: Beaumont, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Beaumont, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 239 contacts → |
“TGS, a division of Trans-Global Solutions, Inc, is a fully-integrated rail service organization and a leader in the industry.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  Indiana Harbor Belt Railroadihbrr.comHQ: Hammond, IN, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Hammond, IN, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 173 contacts → |
“The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is the largest switch carrier in the U.S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Iowa Interstate Railroadiaisrr.com HQ: Cedar Rapids, IA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Cedar Rapids, IA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 84 contacts → |
“Iowa Interstate Railroad, LLC is a privately held Delaware Limited Liability Company and subsidiary of Railroad Development Corporation.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Cathcart Railcathcart-rail.com HQ: Columbus, OH, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Columbus, OH, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 75 contacts → |
“Cathcart Rail is a leading freight rail services and transportation company.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  RIO Grande Pacific Corporationrgpc.comHQ: Fort Worth, TX, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Fort Worth, TX, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 57 contacts → |
“Rio Grande Pacific Corporation (RGPC), founded in 1986, is a privately-held, Texas-based railroad holding company for regional freight railroads, signal construction and design…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Strasburg Rail Road Companystrasburgrailroad.com HQ: Ronks, PA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Ronks, PA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 49 contacts → |
“The Strasburg Rail Road Company is America’s oldest short line railroad, incorporated in 1832, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | The Indiana Rail Road Companyinrd.com HQ: Indianapolis, IN, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Indianapolis, IN, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 43 contacts → |
“Founded in 1986, The Indiana Rail Road Company is a privately held, 250-mile freight railroad.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Pinsly Railroad Companypinsly.com HQ: Jacksonville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Jacksonville, FL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 41 contacts → |
“Pinsly Railroad Company is a short line railroad and logistics holding company that is focused on safe and sustainable growth through acquisitions, strategic investments, and…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Buckingham Branch Railroadbuckinghambranch.com HQ: Dillwyn, VA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Dillwyn, VA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 38 contacts → |
“With four divisions and 282 miles of track, the Buckingham Branch is the largest shortline railroad in Virginia.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Lake State Railwaylsrc.com HQ: Saginaw, MI, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Saginaw, MI, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 37 contacts → |
“Lake State Railway Company (LSRC) is a Michigan - based progressive short line railroad that has been providing "excellence in transportation" since 1992.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Vermont Rail Systemvrs.us.com HQ: Burlington, VT, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Burlington, VT, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Vermont Rail System is an affiliation of seven shortline railroads: Vermont Railway (VTR), Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC), Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP), Washington…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Fort Worth & Western Railroadfwwr.net HQ: Fort Worth, TX, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Fort Worth, TX, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Fort Worth & Western Railroad (FWWR) began in 1988, with the purchase of 6.25 miles of track through west Fort Worth from the former Burlington Northern Railroad.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | NEW Hope Railroadnewhoperailroad.com HQ: New Hope, PA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New Hope, PA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 32 contacts → |
“The New Hope Railroad is a privately held freight and tourism railroad headquartered in New Hope, Pennsylvania.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Mississippi Export Railroadmserr.com HQ: Moss Point, MS, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Moss Point, MS, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 30 contacts → |
“Strategically located in on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, MSE is a short line railroad providing economical logistics solutions from the southeast US to Western Canada.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 |  Anacostia Rail Holdingsanacostia.comHQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Chicago, IL, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 28 contacts → |
“Anacostia Rail Holdings Company is a leading owner and operator of short line freight railroads and rail-served logistics platforms across the United States.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Progressive Rail INCprogressiverail.com HQ: Lakeville, MN, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Lakeville, MN, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 28 contacts → |
“Our extensive rail network connects you and your business to more markets further away.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Short line railroads: dataset insights
September 18, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
121 records in the displayed employee bands.
0 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 121 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 18, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for short line railroads?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many short line railroads did RevenueBase find based in the United States?
The saved snapshot records 121 matching company records, 59,105 tracked contacts and 18,380 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 18, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 short line railroads based in the United States. Snapshot: September 18, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/short-line-railroads/united-states.
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Top 25 short line railroads based in the United States
RevenueBase records 121 matching company records for short line railroads based in the United States, with 59,105 tracked contacts and 18,380 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 18, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 short line railroads based in the United States
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Pacific Railroadup.com HQ: Omaha, NE, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Omaha, NE, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 17,731 contacts → |
“One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Bnsf Railwaybnsf.com HQ: Fort Worth, TX, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Fort Worth, TX, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 16,307 contacts → |
“BNSF Railway operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles in 28 states and three Canadian provinces.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | CSXcsx.com HQ: Jacksonville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Jacksonville, FL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 9,874 contacts → |
“CSX is a company on the move.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Norfolk Southernnorfolksouthern.com HQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Atlanta, GA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 9,218 contacts → |
“Since 1827, Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that power the U.S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Norfolk Southern Railroadnscorp.com HQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Atlanta, GA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 2,529 contacts → |
“Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Railserve, INCrailserve.com HQ: Frankfort, IN, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Frankfort, IN, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 583 contacts → |
“With more than 45 years of experience, Railserve is the leading provider of industrial rail services in North America.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Florida East Coast Railwayfecrwy.com HQ: Jacksonville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Jacksonville, FL, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 461 contacts → |
“Moving major carload commodities of aggregate, automobiles, lumber, farm products, food and kindred, machinery, pulp and paper, petroleum products, stone, clay, and glass…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Road & Rail Servicesroadandrail.com HQ: Louisville, KY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Louisville, KY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 356 contacts → |
“Road & Rail Services is a recognized industry leader and a top-tier provider of rail related services to railroads, to rail shippers, and to railcar owners.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Omnitrax, INComnitrax.com HQ: Denver, CO, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Denver, CO, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 257 contacts → |
“Reliable Rail Services.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Trans-Global Solutions, INCtgsgroup.com HQ: Beaumont, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Beaumont, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 239 contacts → |
“TGS, a division of Trans-Global Solutions, Inc, is a fully-integrated rail service organization and a leader in the industry.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | Indiana Harbor Belt Railroadihbrr.com HQ: Hammond, IN, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Hammond, IN, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 173 contacts → |
“The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is the largest switch carrier in the U.S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Iowa Interstate Railroadiaisrr.com HQ: Cedar Rapids, IA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Cedar Rapids, IA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 84 contacts → |
“Iowa Interstate Railroad, LLC is a privately held Delaware Limited Liability Company and subsidiary of Railroad Development Corporation.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Cathcart Railcathcart-rail.com HQ: Columbus, OH, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Columbus, OH, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 75 contacts → |
“Cathcart Rail is a leading freight rail services and transportation company.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | RIO Grande Pacific Corporationrgpc.com HQ: Fort Worth, TX, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Fort Worth, TX, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 57 contacts → |
“Rio Grande Pacific Corporation (RGPC), founded in 1986, is a privately-held, Texas-based railroad holding company for regional freight railroads, signal construction and design…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Strasburg Rail Road Companystrasburgrailroad.com HQ: Ronks, PA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Ronks, PA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 49 contacts → |
“The Strasburg Rail Road Company is America’s oldest short line railroad, incorporated in 1832, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | The Indiana Rail Road Companyinrd.com HQ: Indianapolis, IN, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Indianapolis, IN, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 43 contacts → |
“Founded in 1986, The Indiana Rail Road Company is a privately held, 250-mile freight railroad.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Pinsly Railroad Companypinsly.com HQ: Jacksonville, FL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Jacksonville, FL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 41 contacts → |
“Pinsly Railroad Company is a short line railroad and logistics holding company that is focused on safe and sustainable growth through acquisitions, strategic investments, and…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Buckingham Branch Railroadbuckinghambranch.com HQ: Dillwyn, VA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Dillwyn, VA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 38 contacts → |
“With four divisions and 282 miles of track, the Buckingham Branch is the largest shortline railroad in Virginia.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Lake State Railwaylsrc.com HQ: Saginaw, MI, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Saginaw, MI, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 37 contacts → |
“Lake State Railway Company (LSRC) is a Michigan - based progressive short line railroad that has been providing "excellence in transportation" since 1992.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Vermont Rail Systemvrs.us.com HQ: Burlington, VT, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Burlington, VT, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Vermont Rail System is an affiliation of seven shortline railroads: Vermont Railway (VTR), Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC), Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP), Washington…” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Fort Worth & Western Railroadfwwr.net HQ: Fort Worth, TX, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Fort Worth, TX, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Fort Worth & Western Railroad (FWWR) began in 1988, with the purchase of 6.25 miles of track through west Fort Worth from the former Burlington Northern Railroad.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | NEW Hope Railroadnewhoperailroad.com HQ: New Hope, PA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New Hope, PA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 32 contacts → |
“The New Hope Railroad is a privately held freight and tourism railroad headquartered in New Hope, Pennsylvania.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Mississippi Export Railroadmserr.com HQ: Moss Point, MS, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Moss Point, MS, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 30 contacts → |
“Strategically located in on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, MSE is a short line railroad providing economical logistics solutions from the southeast US to Western Canada.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Anacostia Rail Holdingsanacostia.com HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Chicago, IL, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 28 contacts → |
“Anacostia Rail Holdings Company is a leading owner and operator of short line freight railroads and rail-served logistics platforms across the United States.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Progressive Rail INCprogressiverail.com HQ: Lakeville, MN, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Lakeville, MN, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 28 contacts → |
“Our extensive rail network connects you and your business to more markets further away.” Recorded description excerpt · September 18, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Short line railroads: dataset insights
September 18, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
121 records in the displayed employee bands.
0 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 121 companies.
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RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
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Snapshot: September 18, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
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What does Exact match mean for short line railroads?
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How many short line railroads did RevenueBase find based in the United States?
The saved snapshot records 121 matching company records, 59,105 tracked contacts and 18,380 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 short line railroads based in the United States. Snapshot: September 18, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/short-line-railroads/united-states.
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