Freight Railroads
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.
Class I Railroads
Regional and Short Line Railroads
- Appalachian & Ohio Railroad
- Beech Mountain Railroad
- Kanawha River Railroad
- Little Kanawha River Rail
- 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
