This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota.
Heritage railroads by state Alabama Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Shelby & Southern Railroad and Calera & Shelby Railroad Mercury & Chase Railroad Wales West Light Railway
Alaska Tanana Valley Railroad Museum in Pioneer Park (1899 engine) White Pass and Yukon Route
Arizona Arizona Railway Museum (No excursions listed) Arizona State Railroad Museum (In planning stages) Grand Canyon Railway McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale Old Pueblo Trolley Phoenix Trolley Museum, incorporated as the Arizona Street Railway Museum Superstition Narrow Gauge Railroad Verde Canyon Railroad
Arkansas Arkansas and Missouri Railroad Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway Fort Smith Trolley Museum Metro Streetcar
California Angels Flight Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, uses repurposed narrow gauge steam engines and is partly the inspiration for Walt Disney's theme park, Disneyland Calico and Odessa Railroad California State Railroad Museum California Western Railroad, also called The Skunk Train Disneyland Railroad (three locomotives are historic) Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease agreement ended in 2021) Ghost Town & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed) Napa Valley Wine Train Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum Niles Canyon Railway Nut Tree Railroad Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the MississippiPlacerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad official website Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015) Poway–Midland Railroad Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park Red Car Trolley (Closed in 2025) Redwood Valley Railway Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad Sacramento RiverTrain Sacramento Southern Railroad San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 3751 excursion trips) San Diego Trolley Silver Line San Francisco Municipal Railway E Embarcadero streetcar line F Market & Wharves streetcar line San Francisco cable car system San Jose Steam Railroad Museum (Proposed) San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway Sierra Railroad Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources (Reconstruction of the South Pacific Coast Railroad) Sonoma TrainTown Railroad Southern California Railway Museum (Formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum from 1956 to 2018) Western Pacific Railroad Museum Western Railway Museum Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
Colorado Cañon City & Royal Gorge Railroad LLC (DBA Royal Gorge Route Railroad) Colorado Railroad Museum Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Denver Trolley (formerly the Platte Valley Trolley) Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Company Fort Collins trolley Georgetown Loop Railroad Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Currently in receivership) Ski Train (now operated by Amtrak as the Winter Park Express) Tiny Town Railroad
Connecticut Connecticut Trolley Museum Danbury Railway Museum Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company Naugatuck Railroad and Railroad Museum of New England Shore Line Trolley Museum
Delaware Wilmington and Western Railroad
Florida Florida Railroad Museum Gold Coast Railroad Museum Kirby Family Farm Train Orlando & Northwestern Railway (Closed in 2020) Seminole Gulf Railway Serengeti Express in Busch Gardens Tampa Sugar Express TECO Line Streetcar Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad (Closed in 2017) Walt Disney World Railroad (four locomotives are historic) Wildlife Express Train at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Georgia Azalea Sprinter Blue Ridge Scenic Railway Chickamauga Train from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Georgia Coastal Railway River Street Streetcar (Out of service) Georgia State Railroad Museum SAM Shortline Excursion Train Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad in Six Flags Over Georgia Southeastern Railway Museum Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad Tallulah Falls Railway Museum (commemorates the Tallulah Falls Railway) Vulcan Steam Train
Hawaii
Grove Farm Plantation Museum Railroad Hawaiian Railway Kauai plantation railroad Lahaina Ka'anapali & Pacific Railroad (Closed in 2014, currently defunct)
Idaho Silverwood Theme Park Thunder Mountain Line (Closed in 2015)
Illinois Fox River Trolley Museum Illinois Railway Museum Monticello Railway Museum Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad
Indiana Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (For NKP 765 excursion trips, future) French Lick Scenic Railway Hesston Steam Museum (For Hesston and Galena Creek excursions) Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum National New York Central Railroad Museum Nickel Plate Express Ohio River Scenic Railway Whitewater Valley Railroad
Iowa Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad Fourth Street Elevator Midwest Central Railroad Midwest Electric Railway
Kansas Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad Ottawa Northern Railroad, formerly the Midland Railway
Kentucky Big South Fork Scenic Railway Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Kentucky Railway Museum Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation (For C&O 2716 excursion trips) My Old Kentucky Dinner Train (Between Bardstown station and Limestone Springs)
Louisiana Streetcars in New Orleans Canal Streetcar Line Riverfront Streetcar Line St. Charles Streetcar Line Louisiana Steam Train Association Old Hickory Railroad
Maine Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Boothbay Railway Village Downeast Scenic Railroad Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum Midcoast Railservice (Coastliner); operated 2023 to 2024; replaced by Maine Switching Services in 2025 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Seashore Trolley Museum Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
Maryland B&O Railroad Museum Baltimore Streetcar Museum National Capital Trolley Museum Walkersville Southern Railroad Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Massachusetts Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum Cape Cod Central Railroad Edaville Railroad Lowell National Historical Park Trolley Line MBTA Mattapan Trolley
Michigan Coopersville and Marne Railway Huckleberry Railroad Lake Linden & Torch Lake Railroad Little River Railroad Michigan Transit Museum Neo Wilson Memorial Railway Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway Southern Michigan Railroad Society Timbertown Railway at Michigan's Adventure Steam Railroading Institute Weiser Railroad
Minnesota Como-Harriet Streetcar Line Gopher State Railway Museum Excelsior Streetcar Line Ironhorse Central Railroad Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad Minnesota Transportation Museum North Shore Scenic Railroad Northfield & Cannon Valley Railroad (Closed in 2007) Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
Mississippi Cleveland Train Museum
Missouri Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad Branson Scenic Railway Delmar Loop Trolley Frisco Silver Dollar Line in Silver Dollar City St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Tommy G. Robertson Railroad in Six Flags St. Louis Worlds of Fun Park Railroad in Worlds of Fun Neil F. Norkaitis Demonstration Trolley Line in National Museum of Transportation Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Empire County Line in King Jack Park, Webb City
Montana Alder Gulch Shortline Railroad, in Virginia City, Montana Central Montana Rail, Inc.
Nebraska Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (Ended service) Nebraska Railroad Museum (In transition to move to permanent home) Omaha Zoo Railroad in Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Nevada Nevada Northern Railway Nevada State Railroad Museum Nevada Southern Railroad Museum Virginia and Truckee Railroad
New Hampshire Conway Scenic Railroad Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad Granite State Scenic Railway (formerly known as Hobo Railroad) Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad Wilton Scenic Railroad Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train Mount Washington Cog Railway Silver Lake Railroad White Mountain Central Railroad
New Jersey Black River and Western Railroad Cape May Seashore Lines Delaware River Rail Excursions New Jersey Museum of Transportation Woodstown Central Railroad Whippany Railway Museum
New Mexico Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 2926 excursion trips) Sky Railway
New York Adirondack Railroad Arcade and Attica Railroad Buffalo Cattaraugus and Jamestown Scenic Railway Catskill Mountain Railroad Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad Delaware and Ulster Railroad Medina Railroad Museum New York Museum of Transportation New York, Susquehanna, & Western Technical and Historical Society (aka Delaware River Railroad) New York Transit Museum Railroad Museum of Long Island Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway Saratoga and North Creek Railway (Closed in April 2018) Trolley Museum of New York Troy and New England Railway
North Carolina Craggy Mountain Line Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Handy Dandy Railroad New Hope Valley Railway North Carolina Transportation Museum Tweetsie Railroad
Ohio Age of Steam Roundhouse (Several operating steam locomotives, but no excursions listed) Carillon Park Railroad in Carillon Historical Park Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad in Cedar Point Cincinnati Union Terminal Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Hocking Valley Scenic Railway Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad in Kings Island Lake Shore Railway Association (Lorain and West Virginia Railway)Lake Shore Railway Association Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad
Oklahoma El Reno Heritage Express Oklahoma Railway Museum
Oregon Astoria Riverfront Trolley Eagle Cap Excursion Train Hood River Railroad (DBA Mount Hood Railroad) Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Oregon Electric Railway Museum Oregon Pacific Railroad Oregon Rail Heritage Center Santiam Excursion Train Safari Village Train Ride at Wildlife Safari Sumpter Valley Railway Train Mountain Railroad Washington Park and Zoo Railway Willamette Shore Trolley
Pennsylvania Allentown and Auburn Railroad Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society Colebrookdale Railroad Dry Gulch Railroad in Hersheypark Duquesne Incline East Broad Top Railroad Everett Railroad G (SEPTA Metro) Horseshoe Curve Incline Johnstown Inclined Plane Kiski Junction Railroad (Operations suspended 2016) Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad Monongahela Incline New Hope Railroad (formerly the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad) Northern Central Railway of York Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train Railroaders Memorial Museum Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad Reading Railroad Heritage Museum Rockhill Trolley Museum Steamtown National Historic Site Stewartstown Railroad The Stourbridge Line Strasburg Rail Road Tioga Central Railroad (Closed in 2019) Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad Wawa and Concordville Railroad (Closed in 1968) West Chester Railroad Westmoreland Scenic Railroad (Closed in 2004) Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association Quakertown and Eastern Railroad (Closed in 1970)
Rhode Island Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad
South Carolina Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad/South Carolina Railroad Museum/Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District
South Dakota