Road Names

This page lists all 301 road names represented in the RailRosterDB catalog database, grouped by railroad classification. Click any road name to view its full product listing.

Class I[edit | edit source]

Major railroads operating more than 250 miles of track with annual revenues exceeding federal thresholds. These are the largest freight and passenger carriers in North America.

Class I (52 road names): Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (160 products); Atlantic Coast Line (15 products); BNSF Railway (79 products); Baltimore & Ohio (67 products); Boston & Albany (5 products); Burlington Northern (48 products); CPKC Railway (5 products); CSX Transportation (105 products); Canadian National (47 products); Canadian Pacific (53 products); Central Pacific (4 products); Chesapeake & Ohio (66 products); Chessie System (19 products); Chicago & North Western (51 products); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (31 products); Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad (1 product); Conrail (63 products); Cotton Belt (9 products); Erie Lackawanna (16 products); Erie Railroad (28 products); Family Lines System (1 product); Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (1 product); Ferromex (4 products); Grand Trunk (12 products); Great Northern (51 products); Illinois Central (12 products); Illinois Central Gulf (6 products); Kansas City Southern (34 products); Kansas City Southern de Mexico (3 products); Lehigh Valley (27 products); Louisville & Nashville (31 products); Michigan Central (1 product); Milwaukee Road (64 products); Missouri Pacific (22 products); New Haven Railroad (32 products); New York Central (142 products); Norfolk & Western (62 products); Norfolk Southern (169 products); Northern Pacific (22 products); Penn Central (27 products); Pennsylvania Railroad (237 products); Reading Company (31 products); Rock Island (32 products); Seaboard Air Line (17 products); Seaboard Coast Line (3 products); Seaboard System (5 products); Southern Pacific (152 products); Southern Railway (52 products); St. Louis-San Francisco (24 products); Texas & Pacific (11 products); Union Pacific (258 products); Wabash Railroad (22 products)

Class II[edit | edit source]

Regional railroads operating between 250 miles and the Class I threshold. These carriers serve specific regions and often interchange with Class I railroads.

Class II (41 road names): Alaska Railroad (30 products); Alton Railroad (2 products); BC Rail (5 products); Bangor & Aroostook (2 products); Bessemer & Lake Erie (6 products); Boston & Maine (20 products); Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh (1 product); Central Railroad of New Jersey (29 products); Central of Georgia (2 products); Chicago & Alton (1 product); Chicago & Eastern Illinois (1 product); Chicago Great Western (3 products); Clinchfield Railroad (4 products); Colorado & Southern (1 product); Delaware & Hudson (18 products); Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (16 products); Denver & Rio Grande Western (58 products); Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (10 products); Florida East Coast (17 products); Grand Trunk Western (6 products); Guilford Transportation (5 products); Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (12 products); Long Island Rail Road (26 products); Minneapolis & St. Louis (3 products); Missouri-Kansas-Texas (31 products); Monon Railroad (11 products); Montana Rail Link (6 products); Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (2 products); New York Ontario & Western (5 products); Nickel Plate Road (39 products); Northern Central (1 product); Pere Marquette (12 products); Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (2 products); Quebec North Shore & Labrador (3 products); Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac (5 products); Soo Line (19 products); Spokane, Portland & Seattle (5 products); Virginian Railway (9 products); Western Maryland (20 products); Western Pacific (22 products); Wisconsin Central (6 products)

Class III[edit | edit source]

Short line and local railroads operating fewer than 250 miles of track. These carriers serve local industries and communities.

Class III (73 road names): Aberdeen & Rockfish (1 product); Aberdeen Carolina & Western (4 products); Akron Canton & Youngstown (2 products); Allegheny Railroad (2 products); Ann Arbor Railroad (5 products); Apache Railroad (3 products); Atlanta & West Point (1 product); Atlantic City Railroad (1 product); Bellefonte Central (1 product); Black River & Western (2 products); Buffalo & Pittsburgh (2 products); Buffalo Creek & Gauley (1 product); Cambria & Indiana (1 product); Camden & Amboy (1 product); Central Vermont (3 products); Chicago & Illinois Midland (1 product); Chicago South Shore & South Bend (2 products); Conemaugh & Black Lick (1 product); Depew Lancaster & Western (2 products); Detroit & Mackinac (1 product); Detroit Toledo & Ironton (6 products); Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (10 products); Everett Railroad (1 product); Georgia Railroad (1 product); Grand Canyon Railway (1 product); Green Bay & Western (2 products); Housatonic (2 products); Illinois Terminal (1 product); Indiana Harbor Belt (3 products); Indiana Rail Road (2 products); Iowa Interstate (4 products); Kyle Railroad (2 products); Lancaster & Chester (1 product); Lehigh & Hudson River (4 products); Lehigh & New England (5 products); Lycoming Valley (2 products); Maine Central (6 products); Maine Northern (2 products); Marquette Railroad (1 product); Maryland & Pennsylvania (1 product); Middletown & Hummelstown (1 product); Minneapolis Northfield & Southern (1 product); Monongahela Railway (3 products); Morristown & Erie (1 product); New Hope & Ivyland (1 product); New York & Pennsylvania (1 product); New York Susquehanna & Western (11 products); Ohio Central (3 products); Pacific Harbor Line (1 product); Paducah & Louisville (4 products); Peabody Short Line (1 product); Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (4 products); Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England (2 products); Piedmont & Northern (2 products); Pittsburgh & West Virginia (1 product); Providence & Worcester (2 products); R.J. Corman Railroad (2 products); Reading & Northern (21 products); Rutland Railroad (2 products); San Luis & Rio Grande (3 products); South Buffalo Railway (2 products); Strasburg Rail Road (13 products); Tacoma Rail (2 products); Tennessee Central (1 product); Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia (1 product); Toledo, Peoria & Western (1 product); Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo (3 products); Turtle Creek (1 product); Union Railroad (2 products); Vermont Railway (2 products); Western Allegheny (1 product); Wheeling & Lake Erie (8 products); Wisconsin & Southern (3 products)

Industrial[edit | edit source]

Plant railroads, mining operations, lumber companies, and other non-common-carrier railroads serving specific industrial facilities.

Industrial (81 road names): American Freedom Train (4 products); American Locomotive Co. (5 products); Amtrak (42 products); Archer Daniels Midland (1 product); Baldwin Locomotive Works (6 products); Bethlehem Steel (11 products); Blue Jay Lumber (1 product); Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (1 product); CITX (3 products); Cargill (1 product); Cass Scenic Railroad (3 products); CitiRail (3 products); Clearwater Timber (1 product); Construction Railroad (1 product); Coors Brewing Company (1 product); Detroit Edison (1 product); Detroit Terminal (1 product); Dubuque Sand & Gravel (1 product); East Broad Top (1 product); Electro-Motive Division (14 products); Elk River Coal & Lumber (3 products); Ely Thomas Lumber (1 product); Emergency Response (1 product); Erie Mining Company (3 products); FURX (3 products); Fairbanks-Morse (4 products); Flambeau Paper (1 product); Ford Motor Company (2 products); GECX (2 products); General Electric (6 products); General Motors (2 products); Granite Run Quarry (1 product); Juniata Railroad (1 product); Kansas City Terminal (1 product); Kinzua Pine Mills (1 product); Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (1 product); Lehigh Valley Coal Co. (1 product); Lima Locomotive Works (3 products); Long-Bell Lumber (1 product); Louisville & Indiana (2 products); Manufacturers Junction (1 product); Manufacturers Railway (1 product); Meadow River Lumber (2 products); Merrill & Ring Lumber (2 products); Metro-North Railroad (4 products); Middle Fork Railroad (1 product); Motive Power Industries (2 products); Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad (1 product); NASA (2 products); NJ Transit (2 products); Northern Pacific Terminal (1 product); Osage Railway (1 product); PRLX (1 product); Pennsylvania Power & Light (2 products); Pickering Lumber (2 products); Pilot (Undecorated) (20 products); Portland Terminal (1 product); Preamble Express (1 product); Rail Logix (2 products); Roaring Camp & Big Trees (1 product); Rogers Locomotive Works (1 product); SVTX (3 products); Savage Industries (2 products); Schenectady Locomotive Works (1 product); St. Regis Paper (1 product); Staten Island Rapid Transit (1 product); Sugar Pine Lumber (2 products); Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (2 products); U.S. Air Force (1 product); U.S. Army (18 products); U.S. Marine Corps (6 products); U.S. Navy (4 products); U.S. Space Force (2 products); U.S. Steel (1 product); VMV Enterprises (1 product); Washington Terminal (1 product); West Side Lumber (3 products); Western & Atlantic (3 products); Western Union (1 product); Weyerhaeuser (4 products); Youngstown Sheet & Tube (1 product)

International[edit | edit source]

Railroads headquartered outside North America.

Australia (1 road name): Pilbara Rail (3 products)
UK (2 road names): Great Central Railway (1 product); Great Western Railway (2 products)

Fantasy / Licensed[edit | edit source]

Fictional railroads, licensed characters, holiday themes, and other non-prototype road names used by Lionel for themed releases.

Fantasy / Licensed (51 road names): A Christmas Story (1 product); Americana (10 products); Angela Trotta Thomas (2 products); Anheuser-Busch (3 products); Appalachian & Western (4 products); Area 51 (4 products); Atomic Energy Commission (2 products); Boston Red Sox (1 product); Boy Scouts of America (1 product); Chattanooga Express (1 product); Chicago Cubs (1 product); Christmas (40 products); Coca-Cola (1 product); DC Comics (4 products); Disney (11 products); Easter Eggspress (1 product); Fantasy (Graffiti) (1 product); Gingerbread Junction (1 product); Gold Mountain (1 product); Greenbrier (1 product); Halloween (22 products); Heisler (1 product); Hershey's (1 product); Hogwarts Express (6 products); Hot Wheels (1 product); John Deere (4 products); Lionel (9 products); Lionel Lines (23 products); Lionelville & Western (2 products); Lone Ranger (1 product); Looney Tunes (1 product); NASCAR (12 products); New York Yankees (3 products); Paul Bunyan Lumber (2 products); Peanuts (1 product); Philadelphia Phillies (1 product); Scooby-Doo (1 product); Shark Research & Rescue (1 product); Sleepy Hollow (1 product); Star Trek (2 products); Star Wars (2 products); The Polar Express (31 products); Thomas & Friends (27 products); Thomas Kinkade (1 product); Thunder Valley (1 product); Titanic Centennial (1 product); Transylvania (1 product); Willy Wonka (1 product); Winter Wonderland (1 product); Wizard of Oz (1 product); Zombie Apocalypse (1 product)