The West Virginia rail system is comprised of 2 Class I railroads and 11 short line or regional railroads. The system contains 2,401 route miles of track. CSX Transportation is West Virginia's largest carrier with 1,113 route miles of track. Norfolk Southern is next in size with 801 route miles of track. Short lines and Regional roads make up the remaining 487 route miles of track.
Appalachian & Ohio Railroad
Beech Mountain Railroad
CSXT
Kanawha River Railroad
Little Kanawha River Rail
Norfolk Southern
RJ Corman Railroad Company/West Virginia Line
South Branch Valley Railroad
Vaughan Railroad Company
West Virginia Central Railroad
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Winchester & Western Railroad
Winifrede Railroad Company