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  2. THE FAMILY TREE OF NORTH AMERICAN RAILROADS
  3. ==============================================================================
  4.  
  5. This is a compiled chart of major North American railroad mergers,
  6. takeovers, and controls. Most are since 1900 but exceptions may occur.
  7. Railroad names represent the railroad handling part of the corporate
  8. entity, if different. By major, I am limiting the chart to Class 1, former
  9. Class 1, or major Regional lines. This chart represents only the "top" of
  10. the chart. Many roads had predecessors too numerous to include here. No
  11. tourist or commuter operatio ns are included unless they also haul freight.
  12. Trains magazine publishes an excel ent list of the former once a year. I
  13. may add commuter RRs sometime later. All information is correct to the best
  14. of my knowledge. Drop me a line with corrections or additions, particularly
  15. dates, at:
  16.  
  17. colemanc@er4.eng.ohio-state.edu
  18.  
  19. "The Great List of North American Railroads" is a comprehensive list of
  20. these railroads and ohers which will be avilable in a few months.
  21.  
  22. This article is hereby Copyrighted by the author. I grant permission for
  23. its copying and distribution anywhere in either electronic or hardcopy
  24. format, pro viding it is not altered, changed or edited in any way other
  25. than format (DOS, UNIX, MAC, html, WP, etc) and no payment is extracted
  26. solely for its use. All other types of reproduction in part or in whole are
  27. not permitted without my express permission. Boy I hate that legal stuff.
  28.  
  29. Last modified: 11-0-94
  30. Available: http://watnet7.eng.ohio-state.edu/colemanc/webville.htm
  31.  
  32. KEY---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  33.  
  34. [] = parent corporate entity
  35. {} = holding company which preserved the "feel" of its predecessor roads
  36. () = common name of railroad
  37. :: = previous owner
  38. -> = name change
  39. ->( = company split up
  40. '79   = date of legal acquisition
  41. ('70) = approximate date corporate identity vanished
  42.  
  43. PASSENGER---------------------------------------------------------------------
  44.  
  45.                                        '71
  46. most intercity US passenger operations -> National Railroad Passenger
  47.                                              Corporation (Amtrak)
  48.                                                    /
  49.                               Southern (passenger)/'79
  50.         Denver and Rio Grande Western (passenger)/'83
  51.      Chicago Rock Island and Pacific (passenger)/'79
  52.  
  53.  
  54. long distance Canadian Pacific 
  55.   and Canadian National passenger operations -> VIA Rail Canada
  56.  
  57.  
  58. EASTERN US---------------------------------------------------------------------
  59.  
  60.                                      Western Maryland\
  61.             Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton\             \
  62.                                 Baltimore & Ohio->Chessie System\
  63.                                Chesapeake & Ohio/                \
  64.                       Pere Marquette/                             \
  65.                      Hocking Valley/                              |
  66.                                                                   >CSX
  67.   Seaboard Air Line\'67                                           |Transportation
  68. Atlantic Coast Line >Seaboard Coast Line\                         |[CSX
  69.                              Clinchfield-\                        / Corporation]
  70.                     Atlanta & West Point-|                       /      |
  71.                         Georgia Railroad-|       Seaboard System/       |
  72.               Western Railway of Alabama->{Family Lines}-^             /
  73.      Chicago and Eastern Illinois (part)-/                            /
  74.                 Louisville and Nashville/                            /
  75.                                   /                                 /
  76. Chicago, Indianapolis,           /                                 /
  77.            & Louisville -> Monon/'71                              / 
  78.                                                                  /
  79.                                         Pittsburgh and Lake Erie/'93
  80.                  Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac {Chessie}/'93
  81.  
  82.  
  83.                               The Buffalo Creek Railroad Company\
  84.                                  Central Indiana Railway Company-\
  85.                                                                   \
  86.      Lehigh and New England Railway Company \                     |
  87.         Mount Hope Mineral Railroad Company  >Central Railroad    |
  88.       Wharton and Northern Railroad Company /      of New Jersey--|
  89.                          Allentown Terminal/                      |
  90.                                                                   |
  91.                   The Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company--|
  92.                                                                   |
  93.               Delaware, Lackawanna &                              |
  94.                Western Railroad Company\'60                       |
  95.                   Erie Railroad Company >Erie Lackawanna          |
  96.                  CC&L/'10                  Railway Company {N&W}--|
  97.                                                                   >Consolidated Rail
  98.                      Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railway Company--|  Corporation
  99.                      The Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Company--|  (Conrail)
  100. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company--|   |
  101.                                 Niagara Junction Railway Company--|   |
  102.                                                                   |   |
  103.               Baltimore and Eastern  \                            |   |
  104.                      Railroad Company-\                           |   |
  105.      Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago    \                          |   |
  106.                  and St.Louis Railway--|                          |   |
  107.             Michigan Central Railroad--|                          |   |
  108. The New York Central Railroad Company--|                          |   |
  109.         The New York, New Haven and    >Penn Central              |   |
  110.             Hartford Railroad Company--|  Transportation Company--|   |
  111.     The Pennsylvania Railroad Company--|                          |   |
  112.              Peoria & Eastern Railway--/                          |   |
  113.           Waynesburg and Washington   /                           |   |
  114.                      Railroad Company/                            |   |
  115.                                                                   /   |
  116.                              Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines-/    /
  117.                                                  Reading Company/    /
  118.                                                                     /
  119.                                                         Monongahela/'93
  120.  
  121.  
  122. Wheeling and Lake Erie\
  123.                        \
  124.          New York, Chicago & St. 
  125.               Louis (Nickel Plate)\'64
  126.                              Wabash\'64
  127.                            Virginian\'59
  128.            Pittsburgh & West Virginia\
  129.             Akron, Canton & Youngstown\
  130.                       Illinois Terminal\'81
  131.                                         \
  132.                                 Norfolk & Western\
  133.                                                   >Norfolk Southern Corporation
  134.                                          Southern/
  135.                          Norfolk & Southern/
  136.                         Central of Georgia/
  137.                       Georgia and Florida/
  138.               Alabama & Georgia Southern/
  139.         Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas/
  140.           Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia/
  141.  
  142.  
  143. Ann Arbor\'63
  144.           \
  145.   Detroit, Toledo and Ironton\'80 ('84)
  146.  Detroit and Toledo Shore Line\
  147.                                \
  148.                         Grand Trunk Western {CN North America}
  149.  
  150.  
  151. Florida East Coast
  152.  
  153.  
  154. New York Susquehanna and Western
  155.  
  156.  
  157. Toledo, Peoria & Western {once part of AT&SF}
  158.  
  159.  
  160. Atlanta and Saint Andrews Bay Railroad (The Bay Line)
  161.  
  162.  
  163. Louisiana Midland {bankrupt} -> abandoned July '85
  164.  
  165.  
  166. New York, Ontario & Western (bankrupt)->( Erie
  167.  
  168.  
  169. Lehigh and New England Railroad (bankrupt)->(Lehigh and New England Railway Co
  170. mpny
  171.  
  172.  
  173. L&HR (bankrupt)->( New York, Susquhanna and Western
  174.  
  175.  
  176.  
  177. MIDWEST-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  178.  
  179.  
  180. Bessemer & Lake Erie.
  181.  
  182.  
  183.  
  184.           Mobile &Ohio\ Chicago & Alton\'47
  185. Gulf Mobile & Northern >Gulf Mobile & Ohio\'72
  186.                           Illinois Central >Illinois Central Gulf -> Illinois
  187.                                                                       Central
  188.    
  189.  
  190. Louisiana & Arkansas\
  191.              MidSouth\
  192.                       \
  193.               Kansas City Southern
  194.  
  195.  
  196.  
  197.         Chicago Minneapolis & Omaha\
  198.     Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern\
  199.                                      \
  200.            Chicago Great Western\     \
  201. Chicago and Northwestern Railway->Chicago and Northwestern
  202.          Minneapolis & St. Louis/
  203.  
  204.  
  205.                                  Wisconsin Central
  206. Green Bay & Western >Fox Valley & Western/
  207.    Fox River Valley/'93
  208.  
  209.  
  210. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range
  211.  
  212.                                              /St. Louis Southwestern (Connon Belt)
  213.                                             / Chicago & Northwestern
  214.                                      '79   /  Southern Pacific
  215. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific (bankrupt)->(   Chicago St Paul and Omaha 
  216.                                            \    (Milwaukee Road)
  217.                                             \ Union Pacific
  218.                                              \Missouri Pacific
  219.  
  220.  
  221. Chicago Terre Haute and Southeastern\'28
  222.                                      \
  223.  Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul (Milwaukee Road)\
  224.               Minneapolis Northfield & Southern\
  225.                  Duluth South Shore and Atlantic\
  226.      Sault Sainte Marie, Saint Paul and Pacific (Soo)\ 
  227.                  Delaware and Hudson :Guiford Transp: >{CP Rail System}
  228.                                                 /          [CP Limited]
  229.                            Napierville Junction/
  230.  
  231.  
  232. Chicago South Shore & South Bend
  233.  
  234.  
  235. Detroit & Mackinac -> Lake States Railway
  236.  
  237.  
  238. WESTERN US---------------------------------------------------------------------
  239.  
  240.                       Missouri Illinois\('70s)
  241.             International Great Northern\('50s)
  242.                         Texas and Pacific\
  243.        Chicago and Eastern Illinois {part}\
  244.                                            \
  245.                                     Missouri Pacific\'82
  246.                               Oakland Terminal {part}\
  247.      The Northern Electric\'10                        \
  248. Oakland, Antioch & Eastern-> Sacramento Northern\'76   \
  249.                                Tidewater Southern\      \
  250.                                           Western Pacific\'82
  251.                                      Missouri-Kansas-Texas\'88
  252.                                       Spokane International\
  253.                                                Yakima Valley\
  254.                          Laramie Hanes Peak and Pacific(part)\
  255.                                                               \
  256.                                                          Union Pacific
  257.  
  258. Laramie Hanes Peak and Pacific(part)\
  259.                 Union Pacific (Walden Branch)\
  260.                                     Wyoming and Colorado
  261.  
  262. Great Western Railway
  263.  
  264. Camas Prairie {Burlington Northern and Union Pacific}
  265.  
  266. Burlington Northern (part) -> Washington Central
  267.  
  268.  
  269.               Northwestern Pacific\('50s)
  270.                     Arizona Eastern\('50s)
  271.                      Central Pacific\('47)
  272. Denver Northwestern and Pacific\     \
  273.                  Denver & Salt Lake\  \
  274.           Denver and Rio Grande Western\
  275.     St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)\
  276.                       Texas & New Orleans\('60s)
  277.                     El Paso & Southwestern\
  278.                        El Paso Northeastern\
  279.                                             \
  280.                                    Southern Pacific
  281.  
  282. Denver South Park and Pacific\
  283.        Union Pacific Denver and Gulf\
  284.                 Fort Worth and Denver\
  285.                           Colorado and Southern\
  286.                                                 \
  287.                     Chicago Burlington and Quincy\
  288.                    Pacific Coast Railroad {GN/NP}-\
  289.                           Pacific Coast\           \
  290.                                    Great Northern   >Burlington Northern
  291.                                  Northern Pacific  /     /
  292.                      Spokane Portland and Seattle /'70  /
  293.                           /                            /
  294.           Oregon Electric/('40s)                Frisco/'80
  295.  
  296.  
  297.                         Burlington Northern (Climax Branch)
  298.                                           \Leadville Colorado and Southern
  299.  
  300.  
  301. Saint Louis, Rocky Mountain, & Pacific\
  302.                    Rocky Mountain & Santa Fe\
  303.                Eastern Railways of New Mexico\
  304.                             New Mexico Central\
  305.                    Santa Fe Central/           \
  306.                  Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient\'28
  307.                      Clinton and Oklahoma Western\
  308.                           Denver, Kansas, and Gulf\
  309.                              Denver, Enid, and Gulf\
  310.                         Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe\
  311.                                Panhandle and Santa Fe\
  312.                                    Hutchinson Southern\
  313.                               Pecos Valley Northeastern\
  314.                                  Oakland Terminal (part)\
  315.                                                          \
  316.                                         Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe -> Sante Fe
  317.  
  318.  
  319. Minnesota, Dakota & Western
  320.  
  321.  
  322. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
  323.  
  324. NORTHEAST---------------------------------------------------------------------
  325.  
  326.  
  327.     Boston and Maine\
  328.        Maine Central->{Guilford Transportation}
  329.                                \Springfield Terminal
  330.  
  331.  
  332. Central Vermont -- see CN Rail in Canada
  333.  
  334.  
  335. Bangor and Aroostook
  336.  
  337.  
  338. Providence & Worcester
  339.  
  340.  
  341.                '63  /Vermont Railway -> St. LAWRENCE & RACQUETTE RIVER RR
  342. Rutland (bankrupt) ( Green Mountain Railroad
  343.  
  344.  
  345. Vermont Northern -> Lamoille Valley
  346.  
  347.  
  348. ALASKA------------------------------------------------------------------------
  349.  
  350.  
  351. Alaskan Railways
  352.  
  353.  
  354. CANADA------------------------------------------------------------------------
  355.  
  356.  
  357.                                               Canada & Gulf Terminal\
  358.                                 Central Vermont\                     \
  359.                                              Grand Trunk\             \
  360.                                          Northern Alberta\             \
  361.                                                Temiscouata\             \
  362.                                    Canadian Southern (part)\80's         \
  363.                                          Grand Trunk Pacific\             \
  364.       Intercolonial Railway\             Newfoundland Railway\             \
  365. National Transcontinental   >Canadian Government Railways\    \             \
  366.                     Railway/                              >Canadian National \
  367. Canadian Northern/    Railways -> CN Rail
  368.                                               /                            \
  369.                     Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific/                              \Central Vermont
  370.  
  371.  
  372. Toronto 
  373.   Hamilton and Buffalo\late 60's
  374.   Esquimalt and Nanaimo\
  375.           Quebec Central\
  376.               Grand River\
  377.     Lake Erie and Northern\
  378.      Canada Southern {part}\80's
  379.             Ontario & Quebec\
  380.                  Campbellford\50s
  381.       Lake Ontario & Western  \       Dominion Atlantic\
  382.                   1870's Canadian Pacific -> CP Rail [CP Limited]
  383.                                                 \
  384.                                                  \Canadian Atlantic [CP Limited]
  385.  
  386. Pacific Great Eastern -> British Columbia Railway -> BC Rail
  387.  
  388.  
  389. Algoma Central
  390.  
  391.  
  392. WP&Y
  393.  
  394.  
  395. Temiskaming & Northern Ontario -> Ontario Northland
  396.  
  397.  
  398. Quebec North Shore & Labrador
  399.  
  400.  
  401. Temiskaming and Northern Ontario -> Temiskaming and Northern OntarioOntario No
  402. rthland
  403.  
  404.  
  405. MEXICO------------------------------------------------------------------------
  406.  
  407.  
  408. National of Mexico (NdeM)\
  409.      Ferrocarril Pacifico->Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM)
  410.         Chihuahua Pacific/
  411.  
  412.  
  413. FCM (Mexican Railway)
  414.  
  415. ==============================================================================
  416.  
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