 I depend heavily upon contributors to add new railroad company names to the database. Those names come from hundreds of different sources. It is unavoidable that non-legitimate names will creep in from time to time.
Many new names come from published and well-researched references, of course. Many names also come from new certificates that appear in auctions both here and in Europe. Each year, probably 50 to 100 new names come from other kinds of railroad paper, including passes, tickets, invoices, timetables, brochures, and booklets.
Even though the vast majority of names from those sources are legitimate, some are not. Perhaps the most deceptive 'bad company names' come from model railroad club membership cards. A huge number were made to resemble antique passes from passenger railroads. Many model railroad names are so close to legitimate railroad names that they are very hard to identify as clubs.
 Even more time-consuming, though, are passes from bus operations. Many bus companies took over from streetcar predecessors and used streetcar name variants to bolster ridership during transitional periods.
Shipping companies that operated along the east and west coasts and on the Great Lakes have proven very problematic. Many of them issued passes to railroad company officers, making some of them among the most difficult to reject from the railroad name database.
The list below represents my most current knowledge of non-railroad "companies". All these sound close - or even identical - to legitimate railroads. If you know of additional names, such as now-defunct model railroads, please contact me. Similarly, if you can add a short note about any of these listings, send me an email.
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| Model railroad club | Abo Timber & Mining Co. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Adirondack & Raquette Lake RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Aetna & Baker City Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Alameda & Indian Beach RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Albuquerque Bernalillo & Dona Ana Southern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Albuquerque Carnuel & Tijeras RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Albuquerque Raton & Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Alder Creek Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Algoma & Madawaska Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Algoma River Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Allegheny & Blue Ridge | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Allegheny Eastern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Allegheny Northern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Allegheny Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Alton & Mississippi River Belt Railway Co. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Alton & Ohio Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Alton & Western Illinois RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Alton St. Louis & Texas Eastern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Amador Truckee & South Fork Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | American Brake Shore Company | considered too far removed from railroading for inclusion | | Shipping company | Androscoggin Lakes Transportation Co | considered a Great Lakes shipping company | | Model railroad club | Appalachian South Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Appalachian Southern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Area 51 Terminal & Transfer Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Arizona Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Arlington Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Bus company | Aronimink Transportation Co | bus company subsidiary of the
Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Co | | Model railroad club | ASIARAIL-OMNIPRESENCE Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Aspen Mountain Lumber Co. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Atlanta & South Georgia | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Atlantic & Hibernia Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Atlantic & New England Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Atlantic & Southern RR (Northern Division) | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Atlantic Coast & Eastern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Atlantic Shoals Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Austin Temple & Salado Falls RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Autumn Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | B & I Garden Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | B & J Railroad Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Backwoods Timber Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Badger Mid Western RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Balboa Granada & Eastern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bald Eagle Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Baltimore & Alleghany Railroad | model railroad; name also known from 'pass' | | Model railroad club | Baltimore & Cumberland Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Baltimore & Millis Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bangor & Navesink Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Basement Division, Canadian Pacific Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bay Island Docks & Ferries | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bayou Self Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bear Lake & Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bear Western River | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Beech Hill Short Line | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Beeler United Traction | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bessemer & Ohio Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Big Branch & Eastern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Big Neches & South Fork Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Billings & Paradise Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Black Mountain Div - CD&L | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Blackstone Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bloomfield & Oakland Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Blue Ridge Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bodie Southern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bona Vista Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Boston & Maine-New Hampshire Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Brandt River Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Brass City & Charter Oak RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Bristal Hill RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | British Columbia Transport Co Ltd | references strongly suggest this company was involved in ocean shipping because it owned "tugs, barges, and floating properties" in addition to docks along the New Westminster, BC waterfront. | | Non-railroad company | Broad Top Improvement Co | a development company that bought the land and laid out the town of Broad Top City in eastern Pennsylvania. | | Model railroad club | Broad Top Mountain | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Browne Subdivision, Virginia Hamlin | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Buffalo Creek & Kincade Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Buffalo Rochester & Pennsylvania RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Burlington Northern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Pilchuck Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Butternut Electric Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Buzzard Gulch & Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | C & G Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cabrillo & Southwestern | San Diego Model Railroad Club | | Model railroad club | Calapooya Pacific RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | California Improvement Co of Illinois | this company APPEARS to have been an irrigation company involved in early development of California's Imperial Valley | | Model railroad club | Calumet Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Canadian Pacific Railway-Basement Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cape Fear & Piedmont Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Carolina & Northwestern Rwy | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Carrol County Narrow Gauge Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cascade International Ry | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cascade Pacific Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cascade Pacific Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | CB Rail - Belair Central | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Central Missouri & Southern RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Central Pennsylvania Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chautauaqua Scenic Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chequesset & Western RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chesapeak Systems | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chesapeake & Delaware Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chesapeake & Potomac Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chesapeake & Southwestern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chesapeake Bay & Northern Railway Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chestnut Ridge & Laurel Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cheyenne Denver & Laramie RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cheyenne Mountain Southern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chicago Bellevue Casscade & Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chicago Creek Branch Evergreen Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Chicago Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co | Great Lakes shipping company | | Model railroad club | Chicago Emporia & Evansville | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chicago French Lick & New Orleans | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chicago Malady Bay & Pacific RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Chicago Milwaukee & Gary | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Chicago St Louis & Gulf Transportation Co | river transport company that operated on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers | | Non-railroad company | Chicago-Milwaukee Road & Realty Co | the land-holding arm of the Chicago-Milwaukee Corp; not directly related to railroading | | Model railroad club | Chicagon Terminal & Transfer | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Amusement park line | Children's Iron Mountain Railroad Inc | fantasy railroad" that issued stock to help pay for maintenance of locomotive #300 in Harmon Park in Paragould, AR | | Model railroad club | Chucklehead & Ticklefoot R.R. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Bus company | Cincinnati Transit Co | bus company | | Model railroad club | Circle Isoscles & Lateral Railway Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Centreville & Southwestern Railroad | City Park Railroad (New Orleans) | name known from undated ticket | | Miniature railroad | City Park Railroad (New Orleans) | name known from undated ticket | | Model railroad club | Clear Creek & Quicksilver | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Clearwater Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co, The | Lake Erie shipping company | | Model railroad club | Clinch Mountain Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Clinch Valley RR. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Clinton & Tampico Southern RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Coal Belt Electric Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Colorado & Apache Western Railway Co | probable model railroad | | Model railroad club | Colorado & East Central Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Colorado Midland Railway (Eastern Division) | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Columbia Clipper Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Columbia Gorge & Eastern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Columbia Portland & Pacific Ry | suspicious name, known only from pass, possible model railroad? | | Shipping company | Columbia Transportation Co | passenger and shipping company that operated from Portland and Seattle-Tacoma; no rail involvement | | Model railroad club | Colvin Creek Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Conemaugh & Juniata Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Connequenessing Line | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Conowingo Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Coon Creek Logging RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Coos & Deschutes Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Copper & Woodchute Mountain Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Coquihalla Valley Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | Coraopolis & Neville Island Bridge Co | owned by rail companies, but no direct rail involvement | | Model railroad club | Corrosion &Oxide Power & Light Street RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cortland Aptakisic & Washtenaw Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Crandon & Northern RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cream Ridge Southern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Credit River & Western Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Crossbow & Midland | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Crown Point Mining Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | CTM (Cost Too Much) | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cumberland & Lake Erie RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cumberland Northern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cumberland River & Eastern RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Cuyahoga Valley & West Shore RR | model RR club; known to have issued stock certificates | | Model railroad club | Dad Boys & Mom Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dakota Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dakotah Midwest Railway Co. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dallas Belt & Terminal Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Danville & Minnesota Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dawcha Southern Railway Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dayton & Mad River | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dead Horse Canyon & Mossback | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Deadwood & Rock Creek Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Deer Mountain Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Defiance & Beyond Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Del Rio & Midland Northern RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | DeLand & Atlantic | DeLand & Atlantic Model Railroad Club | | Model railroad club | Delaware Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Delta & Canyon Southern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Denver & Cat Canyon Rail Road | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Denver & Clear Creek | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Derban - Windsor & Squire RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Detroit & Port Huron Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Detroit Woodbridge & Birmingham RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dew Valley | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Diablo Mining Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dinsdale & Southern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Downe & Owlte RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | DT & C Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Duck Lake & Bear Canyon Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Dundee Tecumseh & Muskegon | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Durango South Platte & Northern RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Eagle Crest & Keystone Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Eagle River Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | East Central Indiana | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | East Central Wisconsin & Illinois | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | East Valley Lines | Los angeles N-Scale Accociation | | Model railroad club | Eastern Division, Colorado Midland Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Eastern Gully & Gorge RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Eastern Gully & Gorge RR | | | Model railroad club | Eastern Pacific Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Eastern Transportation Line | this company ran tugs in and around the port of New York; not considered rail-related | | Model railroad club | EJ& K Railway | 1.5" scale model railway, Boone IA, name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Elk Springs Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Elk Valley Division, Imagination & Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Elkhorn Subdivision, Union Pacific Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | Empire City Subway Co Ltd | NOT rail-related; this company installed and maintained sub-surface conduits for telegraph, telephone, and lighting in New York and Brooklyn | | Model railroad club | Erie & Cumberland | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Erie & Western Transportation Co | this company operated a Great Lakes shipping concern called the "Anchor Line" out of Erie, PA | | Shipping company | Erie & Western Transportation Co, The | Great Lakes shipping company; NOT a railroad | | Model railroad club | Erk Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Eucheeanna Valley Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | EURORAIL-OMNIPRESENCE Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Evenston & Johnston R.R. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Farmers Grain & Terminal Shortline Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Fantasy company | Fiddletown & Copperopolis Railway | ficticious railroad, subject of recurring cartoons in 1940s-1950s Railroad Magazine | | Model railroad club | Flat Frog Bayou | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Florida Coastal Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Florida East Coast Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Ford City Northern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Bus company | Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern Transportation Co | bus company formed in
1925 to cover area served by interurbans around Ames | | Model railroad club | Franklin & South Manchester | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Freeport & Conemaugh Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Frostbite Falls & Mount Flatten | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Galena & Mahaffey Railroad | | | Model railroad club | Galesburg Quincy & St. Joseph | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Garden City Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Gate House & Easter Railway Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Gecko & Gossamer Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Georgia Midland | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Georgia Southern & Florida Rail Way, Hooter Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Glendale Transfer Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Glibet Industrial Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Gnaw Bone & Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Golden ~ Blackhawk & Central Railway | Z-scale model railroad, Spring, TX; nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | Governors Creek Steam Transportation & Mining Co | Despite its name, this was a coal mining company that operated the Egypt mine at Egypt, NC prior to the Civil War. It was dependent on the Western Railroad and apparently did not operate any rails on its own. | | Model railroad club | Grafton & Cumberland | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Grand River Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Grand Road | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Grand Tower Mining Manufacturing & Transport Co. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Grand Trunk-Pennsylvania Transportation Co | ferry company was controlled by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad | | Model railroad club | Granite Gorge & Great Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Cypress Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Eastern Railway Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Falls Bitterroot & Pacific | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Great Northern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Lakes & Gulf | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Lakes & Southeastern | Chesapeake, VA model railroad club | | Model railroad club | Great Lakes Eastern Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Lakes Midwestern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Lakes Railway Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Lakes Western Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Northern - Mesabi Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Northern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Great Pacfic Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Greenview & Pickford | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Gronunkreque & Sputnkoff RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Gulf Lake & Western Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Gully Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Halfhollow & Huntington | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hamlin & Rio Grande Northern RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hanford Atomic Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Happy Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Harriman - Hill System | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Hartford & New York Transportation, The | | | Model railroad club | Hazel Fern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hewitt & Central Texas | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | High Sierra Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hillsboro Jackson & Meadowpoint RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hither & Yon Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hither Thither & Yawn RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hog Pen Gap Mining & Timber Co. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hooter Division Georgia Southern & Florida Rail Way | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Housatonic & Cayuga RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Housatonic River Valley RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hudson Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Hungry Horse Timber Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Illinois & Michigan | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | IllinoisCalifornia Terminals Inc | sub of Illinois-California Express, a trucking company | | Model railroad club | Imagination & Western-Elk Valley Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | Indiana Motor Transit Co | handled trailer on flat car operations for the Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern RR | | Model railroad club | Indiana Valley Transfer | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Indiaola Charles City & Northern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Bus company | Inidana Motor Transit Co | probably a bus company | | Model railroad club | Intermountan Pacific Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | International Car Exchange | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Shipping company | Inter-State Co, The | considered a shipping company | | Model railroad club | Iron Belt (Chicago & Lake Erie) | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Iron Hill & Deep Gorge | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Iron Pine & Rusty River R.R. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Iron Range & Northern Ry | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Iron River & Lake Michigan | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Island Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Ixonia Depot | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | Jamaica & Brooklyn Road Co | considered a road company, not a railroad | | Centreville & Southwestern Railroad | James Bay & Victoria Railway | Nov 1939 'Railroad Magazine' | | Miniature railroad | James Bay & Victoria Railway | Nov 1939 'Railroad Magazine' | | Model railroad club | Jefferson Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Jersey Mountain Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Jersey Southern Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Jolo Coastal Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kaos Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kaw Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kenly's Creek Railroad Coal & Lumber Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kentucky Western Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kerhonkson Lackawack & Peekamoose RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Keystone Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Keystone Connecting System | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Keystone Consolidated lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Keystone Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kickapoo & Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kingston Branch of the NYO&W | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kiski Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kiskiminetas Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Kneedy & Lackamoney | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | La Cloche & Manitoulin Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lakaoia Lumber Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lake Calumet & Indiana RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lake Erie & Southern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lake Genever & Bamboo Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lake Shore & Great Western RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lakeshore & Eastern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Laurel Ridge Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lawrelyn Division, Lawrelyn Overland Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lawrelyn Overland Railroad (Lawrelyn Division) | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lehig Valley Commuter Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lehigh & Susquehanna | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lehigh Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Leisure Prarie Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Likely Storrie Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | Liquid Air Refrigeration & Power Co, The | held a "Cold Blast" refrigeration patent and considered too far-removed for inclusion as a railroad-related company | | Model railroad club | Lite Rail Branch Line | | | Model railroad club | Little Rhody Division-NMRA Modular Div | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | LJ & BCT RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lone Star Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Lonepine & Northern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Long Green Valley Line | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Long Island Railroad -Lower Montauk Branch | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Loon Lake Line | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Los Cerritos & Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Los Gatos Locos Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Louisiana Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Luzerne & Lackawanna | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Madison Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Maine Link Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Manchester & Lincoln RR | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Manzano Southern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Maple Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Maryann & Eastern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Maryland Blue & Gray Line | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Fantasy company | Marysville Short Line Railroad | | | Museum or society line | Marysville Short Line Railroad | not a real railroad, but probably some historically-related function in Marysville, KS | | Model railroad club | Marysville Sierra Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | McCloud River Railroad Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | MDAK | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Memphis Ridge Line | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model toy manufacturer | Mercer Locomotive Works | model locomotive manufacturer | | Shipping company | Merchants & Miners Transportation Co | Atlantic coast ocean shipping and passenger company; NOT rail-related | | Model railroad club | Merchants Express Line | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Mesabi Division, Great Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Bus company | Middletown & Sussex Transit Corp | | | Model railroad club | Midland Oceanic System | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Midlands Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Midwest & Northern Rail System | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Midwest Lines RR. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Mill Street Connecting Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Miller Road | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Millersburg & Ohio Eastern Railroad | | | Model railroad club | Mineral Lake & Southern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Minnesota & Western Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Minnesota Heartland Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Misery Bay Copper Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | Miskin Spring Wheel Co | company incorporated to make automotive and baby buggie wheels with spokes made out of springs | | Model railroad club | Mission Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Missouri Pacific Lines - White River Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Missouri Texas Division, Union Pacific | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Bus company | Missouri Transit Co | definitely a bus company in later years; unknown if it ever operated rail | | Model railroad club | Mongaup Valley Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Monon Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Monongalia Southern Railway Co. | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Moose Equipment Leasing | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Moose Valley Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Morgan Rail | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Mountain & Pacific Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Mountain Division Senjaville, Western Pacific | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Mountain Yard Terminal Harbor Inter-Connection All Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Mudsock Central Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Mystic Mountain Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Narrow Crooked & Ornery Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | National Express & Transportation Co | short-lived express company, a competitor to Adams and Well Fargo | | Model railroad club | National Southern Railroad Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | National Transit Company | oil pipeline holding company for Standard Oil Company lines | | Model railroad club | NC & StL. Rwy, Tullahoma District Chattanooga Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Nebraska & Southern Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Nevadun Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New Brighton Great Northern Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New England Lines | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New Hampshire Division, Boston & Maine | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New Haven South | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Non-railroad company | New Jersey Elevating & Transportation Co, The | this company operated a short incline between Weehawken Street in Weehawken NJ and Mountain Road in West Hoboken NJ; it never connected with any other rail, so it is considered more of an elevator than a true railroad | | Model railroad club | New Port Railway & Transportation Co | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New Triton & Atlantic Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New York Grand Trunk Northern | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New York Ontario & Western | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | New York Ontario & Western Railway | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Nickel City Line Railroad | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Model railroad club | Nickle Plate Road - Peoria Division | name from nmra.org, 2008 | | Fantasy company |
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