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LIST OF ROAD NAMES AND ACRONYMS REVISED: 03/18/2008
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ROAD AAR MARK FULL NAME
A&EC AEC Atlantic & East Carolina Railway
A&LM ALM Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Rwy
A&R AR Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad
A&S ALS Alton & Southern Railroad
A&WP AWP Atlanta & West Point Railroad
A.A.RAAR American Association Of Railroads
AARR AA Ann Arbor Railroad System
AC&F ACFX American Car & Foundry Company
AC&Y ACY Akron, Canton & Youngstown RR
ACL ACL Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
AGS AGS Alabama Great Southern Railroad
AH&D . American Hoist & Derrick
ALASKARR Alaska Railroad
ALCO . American Locomotive Company
AMTRKAMTK Amtrak
ARE . American Railway Express
AT&SFATSF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rwy.
AUSTR. Commonwealth of Australia
B&A BA Boston & Albany Railroad
B&LE BLE Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
B&M BM Boston & Maine Railroad
B&O BO Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
BA&P BAP Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway
BAR BAR Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
BCR BCIT British Columbia Railway; BC Rail
BEYER. Beyer-Garratt
BHP . BHP Billiton
BLW . Baldwin Locomotive Works
BMT BMT Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
BN BN Burlington Northern Railroad
BNSF BNSF Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rwy.
BORDN. Borden, Inc.
BR . British Railways
BRT . Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
BTC . Baltimore Transit Company
C&EI CEI Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR
C&IM CIM Chicago & Illinois Midland Rwy.
C&LE . Cincinnati & Lake Erie
C&NW CNW Chicago & Northwestern Railway
C&O CO Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
C&S CS Colorado & Southern Railway District
C&Sn3CS Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge
C&WC . Charleston & West Carolina RR
CA&E . Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad
CALTR. Caltrain
CB&Q CBQ Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR
CD&M . Columbus, Delaware & Marion Rwy.
CERA . Central Electric Railway Assoc.
CGW CGW Chicago Great Western Railway
CIT CEFX CIT Equipment Finance Corporation
CLINCCRR Clinchfield Railroad
CM . Colorado Midland Railway
CM&O CMO Chigago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Rwy.
CMSPPMILW Chigago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR
CN CN Canadian National Railways
CNJ CNJ Central Railroad of New Jersey
CNOTPCNTP Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Rwy.
CNS&M. Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee RR
COD . City of Detroit - D.S.R. - Dept. of Street Railways
CONN . Connecticut Co.
CONOCCONX Conoco, Inc.
CONRLCR Conrail
CP . Central Pacific Railroad
CP-UP. Central Pacific - Union Pacific
CPR CP Canadian Pacific Railway
CRI&P. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR
CS&CC. Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District
CSL . Chicago Surface Lines
CSSSBCSS Chicago South Shore & South Bend RR
CSX CSX CSX Transportation
CSXT CSXT CSX Transportation
CTA . Chicago Transit Authority
CTDOTCNDX Connecticut Dept. of Transportati on
CUBA . Consolidated Railroads of Cuba - Ferrocarriles De Cuba
CUT . Cleveland Union Terminal
CV CV Central Vermont Railway
CZ . California Zephyr
CalNoCFNR California Northern Railroad
CofG CG CENTRAL of GEORGIA
D&H DH Delaware & Hudson Railroad
D&NE DNE Duluth & Northeastern Railroad
D&RGWDRG Denver & Rio Grande Western RR
D&RGnDRG Denver & Rio Grande Narrow Gauge
D&SL . Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
D&T . Dayton & Troy Electric Railway
D&TSLDTS Detroit & Toledo Shore Line RR
DL&W DLW Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR
DM&IRDMIR Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
DM&N . Duluth, Missabe & Northern
DNW&P. Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Rwy. (ex. D&SL)
DSP&P. Denver, South Park & Pacific
DSS&ADSSA Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Rwy.
DT&I DTI Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR
DW&P DWC Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Rwy.
EBTn3. East Broad Top - Narrow Gauge
EJ&E EJE Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
EMD EMDX Electro-Motive Division (GM)
ERIE ERIE Erie Railroad
ErieLEL Erie Lackawanna Railway
ErieM. Erie Mining Company Railroad
F&CCD. Florence & Cripple Creek District
FEC FEC Florida East Coast Railway
FERROFXE, FCM Ferrocarril Mexicano
FJ&G FJG Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR Company
FM . Fairbanks-Morse & Company
FORD . Ford Motor Co.
FRISCSLSF St. Louis - San Francisco Rwy. - SLSF - Frisco
FW&D FWD Fort Worth & Denver Railway
G&NR GRN Greenville & Northern Railway
G.A. GATX General American Marks Company
G.E. GEX General Electric Company
GAPC . General American - Pfaudler Corp.
GARE . General American Transportation Corp.
GARX GARX General American Transportation Corp.
GATC . General American Transportation Corp.
GBW GBW Green Bay & Western Railroad
GECX GECX GE Transportation Systems
GM GMCX General Motors Corporation
GM&O GMO Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
GMRR GMRC Green Mountain Railroad Co.
GN GN Great Northern Railway
GRS . Guilford Rail System
GTW GTW Grand Trunk Western Railroad
GW GWR Great Western Railway
HELM HLCX Helm Leasing Company
IC IC Illinois Central Railroad
ICG ICG Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
IHB IHB Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
INT'L. International Car Company
IRR INRD Indiana Railroad
ITR ITC Illinois Terminal Railroad
ITS . Illinois Traction System
ITT . ITT Rayonier Railroad
IU IU Indianapolis Union Railway
J&L . Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
JNR . Japanese National Railroad
K-M . Krauss-Maffei
KCS KCS Kansas City Southern Railway
KCSdMKCSM Kansas City Southern de Mexico
KCT KCT Kansas City Terminal Railway
KO&G KOG Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
KOPPRKPCX Koppers Company, Inc.
L&A LA Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
L&HR LHR Lehigh & Hudson River Railway
L&N LN Louisville & Nashville Railroad
L&NE LNE Lehigh & New England Railroad
L&NW LNW Lousiana & North West Railroad
L.A.R. Los Angeles Railway Streetcars
LACK LRWY Lackawanna Railway
LE&W . Lake Erie & Western
LINDE. Linde - Union Carbide
LIRR LI Long Island Railroad
LNER . London & North Eastern Railway
LOG . Logging Equipment
LOG-R. Logging Locomotives - Rod Type
LS&MS. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry
LSE . Lake Shore Electric Railway
LV LV Lehigh Valley Railroad
LVT . Lehigh Valley Transit
M&StLMSTL Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
MA&PAMPA Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad
MACK . Mack Trucks
MAERSMAEU Maersk Lines
MARC . Maryland Dept. of Transportation
MBTA MBTX Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth.
MEC MEC Maine Central Railroad
MESTA. Mesta Machine Co.
MILW MILW Milwaukee Road (See also CMSPP)
MISC . Miscellaneous / Generic Standard Gauge
MISCn. Miscellaneous / Generic Narrow Gauge
MKT MKT Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy)
MLW . Montreal Locomotive Works
MN&S MNS Minneapolis Northfield & Southern Railway
MONONMON Monon Railroad
MOPACMP Missouri Pacific Railroad
MRL MRL Montana Rail Link
MStP&MILZ Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Rwy. (Soo Line)
MTA . Metropolitan Transportation Auth. New York
MV MV Midland Valley Railroad
Met.NMN, MNCW Metro North Commuter RR (NY)
N&W NW Norfolk & Western Railway
N.A. NAHX North American Car Company
NAR NAR Northern Alberta Railroad
NB&Wn. New Berlin & Winfield Narrow Gauge
NC&SL. Nashville, Chatanooga & St. Louis Rwy.
NCDOT. North Carolina D.O.T.
NCn3 . Nevada County Narrow Gauge
NELSN. Nelson Manufacturing
NH NH New York, New Haven & Hartford RR
NJT NJT, NJTRNew Jersey Transit
NKP NKP Nickle Plate Road (Also NYC&StL)
NOPS . New Orleans Public Service
NP NP Northern Pacific Railway
NP/BNNP Northern Pacific - Burlington Northern
NRE NREX National Railway Equipment Co.
NS NS Norfolk Southern Railway
NSWGR. New South Wales Government Railways
NSWR . New South Wales Railways
NYC NYC New York Central System
NYO&W. New York Ontario & Western Rwy.
NYRC . New York Railways Co.
NYS&WNYSW New York Susquehanna & Western Railway
NdeM . Nacionales de Mexico
O&NW ONW Oregon & Northwestern Railroad
OER . Oregon Electric Railway
OMAHACMO Chicaco, St.Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RR - (also CStPM&O; CM&O)
ONR ONT, ONTAOntario Northland Railway
P&LE PLE Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
P&O . Pennsylvania & Ohio Electric / Traction
P&R . Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
P&W . Philadelphia & Western Railway
P.E. PE Pacific Electric Railway
P.R. . Portland Railway
PADOT. Pennsylvania D.O.T
PC PC Penn Central
PC&F PCFX Pacific Car & Foundry Company
PCC . Presidents Conference Committee
PCR . Panama Canal Railway
PE&E . Portland, Eugene & Eastern Rwy.
PFE PFE Pacific Fruit Express
PGE PGE, PGERPacific Great Eastern Railway NEW YORK
PHL PHL Pacific Harbor Line
PM PM Pere Marquette Railroad
PRR PRR Pennsylvania Railroad
PRSL PRSL Penn-Reading Seashore Line
PST . Philadelphia Suburban Trans'n Co.
PTC . Philadelphia Transit Company
PULLM. Pullman Company, Pullman Standard
QNS&L. Quebec, North Shore & Labrador Ry
RDG RDG Reading Railroad
REA . Railway Express Agency
REX . Railway Express Agency
RF&P RFP Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
RGSn RGS Rio Grande Southern Narrow Gauge
RTNKP. Richmond Tank Car Company
RUTLDRUT Rutland Railroad
RioTN. Rio Tinto Mines Railway
S&A SA Savannah & Atlanta Railroad
S.A. . Saudi Arabia
SAL SAL Seaboard Air Line Railway
SBD SBD Seaboard System Railroad
SCL SCL Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
SDT . San Diego Trolley
SEPTASEPA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transpo rtation Authority
SERA SERA Sierra Railroad
SLSF SLSF St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (Frisco)
SN SN Sacramento Northern Railway
SNCF . French National Railway Company - Societe Nationale des Chemins de
SOO SOO Soo Line Railroad
SP SP Southern Pacific Railroad
SP n3SP Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge
SP&S SPS Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rwy.
SPSF . Southern Pacific - Santa Fe
SPTNOTNO Southern Pacific - Texas & New Orleans
SR SOU Southern Railway
SR&RL. Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR
SSR . Swedish State Railway
SSW SSW St. Louis Southwestern Railway also Cotton Belt
SVn3 . Sumpter Valley Narrow Gauge
St.PP. St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
T&M TM Texas Mexican Railway
T&P TP Texas & Pacific Railway
TARS . Third Avenue Railway System (NY)
TC . Tennessee Central Railway
TCRT . Twin City Rapid Transit Company
TCX . Texaco Tank Company
TFM TFM Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexica na
TH&B THB Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Rwy.
TIMKNTRBX Timken Roller Bearing Company
TMBL TMBL Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Rwy.
TRONATRC Trona Railway
TTJX TTX Trailer Train Co.
TWEET. Tweetsie Railroad
U.P. UP Union Pacific Railroad
U.P.V. U.P. Valley
UINTA. Uintah Railway
URR URR Union Railroad (Pittsburgh, PA)
URTX URTX General American Transportation Corp.
USA USAX U.S. Army
USRA . United States Railroad Admin.
UTAH UTAH Utah Railway
UTLX UTLX Union Tank Company (GRAMPS)
V&T VT Virginia & Truckee Railroad
VE VE Visalia Electric Railroad
VIA . Via Rail (Canada)
VIRG VGN Virginian Railway
VTR VTR Vermont Railway
W&LE WE, WLE Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
W&W . Wilmington & Weldon Railway
WA&G WAG Wellsville, Addison & Galeton RR
WABASWAB Wabash Railway
WATC WATC Washington Terminal Company
WC WC Wisconsin Central Railway
WC&F . Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern RR
WM WM Western Maryland Railway
WP WP Western Pacific Railroad
WP&YnWPY White Pass & Yukon Route Narrow Gauge
YV YV Yosemite Valley Railroad
YVT YV Yakima Valley Transportation Co.