User:NE2/US Class I

$1 million:
- 1911: 177
- 1912: 171
- 1913: 176
- 1914: 176
- 1915:
- 1916-06: 181
- 1916-12: 183
- 1917: 185
- 1918: 189
- 1919: 191
- 1920: 186
- 1921: 182
- 1922: 180
- 1923: 180
- 1924: 177
- 1925: 176
- 1926:
- 1927:
- 1928: 171
- 1929:
- 1930: 158
- 1931: 155
- 1932:
- 1933:
- 1934:
- 1935:
- 1951: 127
- 1955: 126
$3 million:
- 1956: 113
- 1964: 98
$5 million:
- 1965: 76
- 1975: 74
$10 million:
- 1976: 58
- 1977: 59
$50 million:
- 1978: 40?
- 1979: 40?
- 1980: 38
- 1981: 37?
- 1982: 36?
  - revenue deflator adopted January 20, 1983[1] (effective 1982[2]; also [3])
- 1983: 32?
- 1984: 28
- 1985: 24
- 1986: 18
- 1987: 18 [4]
- 1988: 18
- 1989: 15?
- 1990: 14
- 1991:
$250 million:
- 1992:
- 1993:
- 1994:
- 1995:
- 1996: 10 BNSF Railway, Conrail, CSX, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
- 1997: 9 BNSF Railway, Conrail, CSX, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo, Union Pacific
- 1998: 9 BNSF Railway, Conrail, CSX, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo, Union Pacific
- 1999: 9 BNSF Railway, Conrail, CSX, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, Union Pacific
- 2000: 8 BNSF Railway, CSX, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, Union Pacific
- 2001: 8 BNSF Railway, Canadian National - Grand Trunk Western, Canadian National - Illinois Central, CSXT, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, Union Pacific
  required consolidated reporting starting with 2001 for groups "that operate as a single, integrated United States rail system whose cumulative operating revenues meet the Class I threshold"[5] (NS was already consolidated; the only effect was on CN w/r/t GTW, IC, and possibly WC)
- 2002: 7 BNSF Railway, Canadian National - Grand Trunk Western, CSXT, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, Union Pacific
- 2003: 7 BNSF Railway, Canadian National - Grand Trunk Western, CSXT, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, Union Pacific
- 2004: 7 BNSF Railway, Canadian National - Grand Trunk Corporation, CSXT, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, Union Pacific
- 2005: 7 BNSF Railway Company Leased Lines and Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; CSX Transportation, Inc.; Grand Trunk Corporation; The Kansas City Southern Railway Company; Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries; Soo Line Railroad Company; Union Pacific Railroad Company

http://books.google.com/books?id=RdnZiHvabiMC&pg=PA112 (1918): lists on p. 36 (partial; also shows the New England Steamship Company as Class I), p. 112 (full), p. 151 (relinquished)

http://books.google.com/books?id=TKcTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1181 (1919): list on p. 1181 of railroads that were bumped up in 1919

http://books.google.com/books?id=QxYeAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA231 (1920): list on p. 231 (full, but also includes some "large terminal companies")

http://books.google.com/books?id=4kY3AAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 (1920 AAR): couldn't get a full list, but some information was used

http://www.nber.org/chapters/c4765.pdf : full lists on p. 52 (1928), p. 55 (1936), p. 58 (1940) - groupings are from this, and the group name is not listed separately in 1918 and 1920

http://books.google.com/books?id=hT5oAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 (1951; includes history)

http://books.google.com/books?id=RSZPAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 (1956; includes history)

http://cba.unomaha.edu/faculty/mohara/web/Koeppe_Competitive_RR_97.pdf : full list from 1970-1996 on p. 73

Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railway became Class I in 1947 (1956 list)
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
BNSF Railway ← Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 1996 ← Burlington Northern Railroad formed in 1970
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway merged in 1995 (and affiliated companies, starting in 1936)
  - ← Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad leased in 1932
  - ← Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (not listed as Class I in 1920) (presumably an affiliated company) why isn't this listed in 1951 or 1956?
    - ← Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway became Class I in 1919; leased in 1937
  - ← Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway (listed under AT&SF in 1920) (presumably an affiliated company) why isn't this listed in 1951 or 1956?
    - ← Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas leased in 1931 (listed under KCM&O in 1918 and 1920)
  - x Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway dropped by 1978 increase
- ← Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad merged in 1970
- ← Colorado and Southern Railway merged in 1981
  - ← Wichita Valley Railroad became Class I in 1919; leased in 1940? (listed under C&S in 1920) (not listed in 1936 - why? was it actually leased earlier?) (listed as Class II in 1951 and 1956, but doesn't seem to have been leased to anything)
- ← Fort Worth and Denver City Railway merged in 1982
- ← Great Northern Railway merged in 1970
- ← Northern Pacific Railway merged in 1970
- ← St. Louis-San Francisco Railway merged in 1980
  - ← St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway merged in 1964
- ← Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway merged in 1970 (and affiliated companies, starting in 1936 - apparently these were Oregon Trunk Railway and Oregon Electric Railway, but were they Class I? the latter was, at least from 1971 to 1975)
Boston and Maine Railroad dropped by 1992 increase
Grand Trunk Corporation ← Grand Trunk Western Railway (including Muskegon Railway and Navigation Company, starting in 1936)
- x Canadian National Lines in New England dropped by 1955 increase ← Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad (listed under GT in 1920)
- x Central Vermont Railway dropped by 1978 increase
- ← Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad merged in 1928 (not listed in 1920)
- ← Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway merged in 1928 (not listed in 1920)
- ← Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad merged in 1983
- x Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad dropped by 1978 increase
- x Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (relinquished) (including Duluth, Rainy Lake and Winnipeg Railway, starting in 1936) (last listed in 1979 - why?)
Soo Line Railroad 1960 ← Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
- Canadian Pacific Lines in Maine ← International Railway of Maine ← Canadian Pacific Lines in Maine (relinquished)
- x Canadian Pacific Lines in Vermont dropped by 1955 increase (not listed in 1918 or 1920) - this is the Newport and Richford Railroad and former B&M from Newport to Wells River
- ← Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 1927; merged in 1985 ← Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
  - ← Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway leased in 1921
- Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
- x Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway became Class I in 1956 [6] (last listed in 1982 - why?)
- Wisconsin Central Railway (new in 1956)
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway (not listed in 1918 or 1920; Class II in 1920 AAR)
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
- ← Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway leased in 1939 (listed under CRI&P in 1918 and 1920)
Colorado and Wyoming Railway became Class I in 1919 (relinquished) (not listed in 1928) - back up to Class I in 1941[7]
Conrail 1976; broken up in 1999
- ← Ann Arbor Railroad merged in 1976
- ← Central Railroad of New Jersey merged in 1976
  - ← Central Railroad of Pennsylvania split off in 1946; merged or leased in 1952
- ← Erie Lackawanna Railway 1968; merged in 1976 ← Erie-Lackawanna Railroad 1960
  - ← Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad merged in 1960
  - ← Erie Railroad merged in 1960 (including Chicago and Erie Railroad, starting in 1936)
    - ← Chicago and Erie Railroad leased by 1936?? (listed under Erie in 1920)
- x Lehigh and Hudson River Railway merged in 1976 (not listed by 1970)
- ← Lehigh Valley Railroad merged in 1976
- ← Penn Central Transportation 1968; merged in 1976
  - ← New York Central Railroad merged in 1968 (including Boston and Albany Railroad, 1918 only - not listed in 1920 or 1928)
    - ← Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway leased in 1930
      - ← Cincinnati Northern Railroad leased ca. 1929
      - ← Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railway leased ca. 1929 (not listed in 1918 or 1920)
    - ← Michigan Central Railroad leased in 1930
    - ← Toledo and Ohio Central Railway leased in 1922 (listed under NYC in 1920)
      - ← Kanawha and Michigan Railway leased in 1922 (listed under NYC in 1920)
    - ← Ulster and Delaware Railroad merged in 1932
  - New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad merged in 1969
    - ← Central New England Railway merged in 1927
  - ← Pennsylvania Railroad, lines east merged in 1968
    - ← Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway became Class I in 1919; leased in 1921 (not listed in 1918; listed under Pennsy lines west in 1920)
    - ← Cumberland Valley Railroad merged in 1919 (listed under Pennsy in 1920)
    - ← Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway leased in 1921
    - ← New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad leased in 1920 (listed under Pennsy in 1920)
    - ← Pennsylvania Company, lines west leased in 1918
    - ← Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad leased in 1921
- ← Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines 1933; merged in 1976 ← Atlantic City Railroad (listed under Reading in 1920 and 1928)
  - ← West Jersey and Seashore Railroad leased in 1933 (listed under PRR in 1928; leased to PRR in 1930)
- ← Reading Company 1923; merged in 1976 ← Philadelphia and Reading Railway
  - ← Perkiomen Railroad became Class I in 1919; leased in 1929 (listed as Class II in 1918; listed under Reading in 1920)
  - ← Port Reading Railroad leased in 1929 (listed under Reading in 1920)
CSX Transportation 1986
- ← Baltimore and Ohio Railroad merged in 1986 (including Coal and Coke Railway, 1918 and 1920)
  - ← Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad leased in 1932
  - ← Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway leased in 1932
  - ← Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad leased in 1927
  - ← Western Maryland Railway leased in 1983
- ← Chesapeake and Ohio Railway merged in 1986
  - ← Hocking Valley Railway merged in 1930
  - ← Pere Marquette Railway merged in 1947
- x Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad dropped by 1978 increase; merged in 1991?
  - ← Washington Southern Railway merged in 1920
- ← Seaboard System Railroad 1983; merged in 1986
  - x Atlanta and West Point Railroad merged in 1983 (but last listed in 1974?)
  - ← Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway leased in 1983?
  - x Georgia Railroad Lessee Organization dropped by 1978 increase; merged in 1983
  - ← Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 1967; merged in 1983
    - ← Atlantic Coast Line Railroad merged in 1967
      - ← Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad 1926; merged in 1946 ← Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
      - ← Charleston and Western Carolina Railway merged in 1959
    - ← Louisville and Nashville Railroad merged in 1983
      - ← Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway leased in 1928
      - ← Monon Railroad 1956; merged in 1971 ← Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
      - ← Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway merged in 1957
    - ← Seaboard Air Line Railway merged in 1967
  - x Western Railway of Alabama merged in 1983 (but last listed in 1974?)
Delaware and Hudson Company (last listed in 1988 - why?)
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 1937 ← Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway
- ← Duluth and Iron Range Railroad leased in 1930
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway became Class II in 1986[8] "NOTE: in 1986 there were 18 Class I railroads reporting to the ICC as opposed to 24 in 1985. The reduction in number of reporting Class I's is due to the reclassification of EJ&E to a Class II railroad and the consolidation of Class I reporting under a single corporate entity for the following railroads: CSX Transportation: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. / Norfolk Southern Corp: Southern System and Norfolk & Western Railroad / Union Pacific Railroad: Union Pacific Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad"
Florida East Coast Railway
Georgia and Florida Railroad became Class I in 1919 (not listed as Class I in 1918 or 1920) (including Statesboro Northern Railway, starting in 1936)
Green Bay and Western Railroad became Class I in 1919 (not listed in 1918; listed as Class I in 1920 and 1920 AAR)
Illinois Central Railroad 1988 ← Illinois Central Gulf Railroad 1972 ← Illinois Central Railroad
- ← Alabama and Vicksburg Railway leased in 1926
- ← Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 1940; merged in 1972
  - ← Alton Railroad 1931; merged in 1947 ← Chicago and Alton Railroad
  - ← Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad merged in 1940
    - ← New Orleans Great Northern Railroad leased in 1933
  - ← Mobile and Ohio Railroad merged in 1940
- ← Gulf and Ship Island Railroad merged in 1945
- ← Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway leased in 1925
- ← Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad merged in 1946
Kansas City Southern Railway
- ← Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway leased in 1934 (listed under KCS in 1918)
- Louisiana and Arkansas Railway (including Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway, starting in 1940)
  - ← Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company leased in 1929 (not listed in 1918 or 1920)
  - ← Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1930; merged in 1939 ← Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas (not listed in 1918 or 1920)
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway 1919-1921 ← Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (not listed in 1918)
Lakefront Dock and Railroad Terminal???
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (listed as Class II in 1918 and 1920)
Lehigh and New England Railroad
Litchfield and Madison Railway became Class I in 1956
Long Island Rail Road
Maine Central Railroad (last listed in 1978 - why?)
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Monongahela Railway
New York Connecting Railroad (not listed as Class I in 1918 or 1920)
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
- ← Lake Erie and Western Railroad merged in 1923
- ← Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad merged in 1923 (not listed in 1920)
- ← Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway leased in 1949
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (including Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad, starting in 1936; not listed in 1940, but listed in 1951 and 1956)
Norfolk Southern Railway 1982
- ← Norfolk and Western Railway merged in 1982
  - x Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railway (not listed in 1918 or 1920) (last listed in 1974 - why?)
  - x Illinois Terminal Company dropped by 1978 increase (not listed in 1918 or 1920)
- ← Southern Railway merged in 1982
  - x Alabama Great Southern Railroad (last listed in 1984 - why?)
  - Carolina and Northwestern Railway became Class I in 1956
  - x Central of Georgia Railway (last listed in 1984 - why?)
    - Savannah and Atlanta Railway became Class I in 1956
  - x Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (last listed in 1984 - why?)
  - x Georgia Southern and Florida Railway dropped by 1978 increase
  - New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
  - x Norfolk Southern Railroad dropped by 1978 increase
  - ← Northern Alabama Railway became Class I in 1919; merged in 1939 (listed as Class II in 1918 and 1920; listed as Class I in 1920 AAR)
Piedmont and Northern Railway became Class I in 1956
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad became Class II in 1985[9]
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway became Class I in 1919
Rutland Railway ← Rutland Railroad became Class II in 1963[10]
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway became Class I in 1963 [11]
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway (listed under B&O in 1920)
Tennessee Central Railroad
Texas Mexican Railway (new in 1936)
Union Pacific Railroad
- ← Chicago and North Western Railway merged in 1995
  - Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
- ← Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad leased in 1936
- ← Missouri Pacific Railroad leased in 1982?
  - ← Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway became Class I in 1919; merged in 1956 (listed under Gulf Coast Lines in 1920)
  - ← Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad merged in 1976
  - ← International and Great Northern Railway merged in 1956
  - x Missouri-Illinois Railroad (new in 1936) dropped by 1978 increase [12]
  - ← Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway merged in 1988 (and controlled companies, starting in 1936)
    - ← Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas merged in 1960 (presumably a controlled company) why isn't this listed in 1951 or 1956?
      - ← Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway leased in 1923
  - ← New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway merged in 1956 (listed under Gulf Coast Lines in 1920)
  - ← St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway merged in 1956 (listed under Gulf Coast Lines in 1920)
  - ← San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad merged in 1956 (listed as Class II in 1918 and 1920)
  - ← Texas and Pacific Railway merged in 1976
- ← Oregon Short Line Railroad leased in 1936 (listed under UP in 1920)
- ← Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company leased in 1936 (listed under UP in 1920)
- ← St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway leased in 1936
- ← Southern Pacific Company merged in 1996
  - ← Arizona Eastern Railroad leased in 1924 (listed under SP in 1920)
  - ← Denver and Rio Grande Railroad merged in 1988?
    - ← Denver and Salt Lake Railroad merged in 1947
  - ← El Paso and Southwestern Railroad leased in 1924
    - ← Arizona and New Mexico Railway leased in 1922 (relinquished)
  - x Northwestern Pacific Railroad dropped by 1978 increase
  - x St. Louis Southwestern Railway dropped by 1992 increase (and affiliated companies, starting in 1936)
    - ← St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas leased in 1954 (presumably an affiliated company) why isn't this listed in 1951?
  - Texas and New Orleans Railroad (listed under SP in 1920)
    - ← Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway leased in 1927 (listed under SP in 1920)
      - ← San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway leased in 1925
    - ← Houston and Texas Central Railroad leased in 1927 (listed under SP in 1920)
    - ← Houston, East and West Texas Railway leased in 1927 (listed under SP in 1920)
    - ← Louisiana Western Railroad leased in 1926 (listed under SP in 1920)
    - ← Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company leased in 1926 (listed under SP in 1920)
- x Spokane International Railway (relinquished) (last listed in 1974 - why?)
- ← Western Pacific Railroad leased in 1982?
  - Sacramento Northern Railway (new in 1956)
Virginian Railway
Wabash Railway

Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad became Class II 1963-01-01[13]
Atlantic and Danville Railway dropped by 1955 increase (new in 1951)
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway (not listed in 1918 or 1936; listed as Class I in 1920, 1920 AAR, and 1928)
Bingham and Garfield Railway (relinquished) (not listed in 1936)
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad 1930; leased by FtW&D and CRI&P in 1950 ← Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway (not listed as Class I in 1918 or 1920)
Cambria and Indiana Railroad dropped by 1955 increase (new in 1936)
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad (not listed in 1928)
Colorado Midland Railroad (relinquished) (not listed in 1928)
Columbus and Greenville Railway 1920; dropped by 1955 increase ← Southern Railway in Mississippi
Copper River and Northwestern Railway (not listed in 1918 or 1920; not listed in 1940)
Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Railroad (relinquished) (not listed in 1928)
Detroit and Mackinac Railway dropped by 1955 increase
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad became Class I in 1919 (not listed anywhere else)
Fort Smith and Western Railroad became Class I in 1919 (not listed in 1918 or 1920; not listed in 1940)
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (not listed as Class I in 1920 or 1928; only listed as Class I in 1918)
Lewiston and Auburn Railroad (not listed in 1918 or 1928; listed under GT in 1920) - apparently leased to A&StL in 1874
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway became Class I in 1919 (listed as Class II in 1918; listed as Class I in 1920 and 1920 AAR; not listed in 1928)
Midland Valley Railroad dropped by 1955 increase
Mineral Range Railroad became Class I in 1919 (not listed in 1928) - was this leased by the DSS&A?
Minnesota and International Railway became Class I in 1919 (not listed as Class I in 1920 or 1928)
Mississippi Central Railroad became Class I in 1919; dropped by 1955 increase (listed as Class II in 1918; listed as Class I in 1920 and 1920 AAR)
Missouri and Arkansas Railway 1935 (not listed in 1951 or 1956) ← Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Montour Railroad (not listed in 1918 or 1920) (listed in 1951; not listed in 1956)
Nevada Northern Railway (relinquished) (not listed in 1951 or 1956)
New Jersey and New York Railroad became Class I in 1919 (listed as Class II in 1918 and 1920; not listed in 1940 - was it leased to the Erie?)
Oahu Railway and Land Company (not listed in 1918 or 1920; not listed in 1940)
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway dropped by 1955 increase (new in 1936)
Oregon Electric Railway (listed from 1971 to 1975) - not sure why it was added or dropped
Pacific Electric Railway [14]
Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad dropped by 1955 increase
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad abandoned in 1947 (relinquished)
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway [15]
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad became Class I in 1919 (listed as Class II in 1918; listed under CB&Q in 1920 and 1928; not listed in 1936)
San Diego and Arizona Railway (not listed in 1918 or 1920; not listed in 1936)
Texas and Northern Railway began common carrier operations in 1948; dropped by 1955 increase
Utah Railway dropped by 1955 increase (not listed in 1918 or 1920; listed as Class I in 1920 AAR)
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad (not listed in 1918 or 1920; not listed in 1940)