There are a total of 19 railroads in the state. They are broken down in the following manner: 4 Class I’s, which are large national railroads, 2 Regionals, which only operate in two or three states, 2 Terminal Railroads, which are based in large metropolitan areas, 6 Shortlines, which are regional railroads inside state lines, 3 Tourists, which are short trip railroads which only haul passengers for less than a day excursions, and 1 Amtrak, which is the national inter-city railroad passenger system. Those railroads are:
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- AM Arkansas and Missouri Railroad Company
- BGKX Belton-Grandview Railway
- BSR Branson Scenic Railway
- BNSF BNSF Railway Company
- CMR Central Midland Railway Company
- CBRM Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority/MO North Central RR
- COLT Columbia Terminal Railroad Company
- DM&E Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation
- KCS Kansas City Southern Railway Company
- KCT Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
- MRS Manufacturers’ Railway Company
- MNA Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad Company
- MVP Missouri Valley Park Switching Service
- NS Norfolk Southern Railway Company
- SLIM St. Louis Iron Mountain Railroad
- SE SEMO Port Railroad, Inc.
- TRRA Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
- UP Union Pacific Railroad Company
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