What is the biggest railroad company in the United States?

BNSF Railway leads the market The railroad focuses on transporting freight commodities such as coal, industrial or agricultural products. In 2022, the company generated some 24.49 billion U.S. dollars in freight revenue and hauled more than 10 million carloads across the country.



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What is the biggest Class I Railroad?
  • BNSF Railway – $25.9 Billion Revenue, 32,500 route miles, 35,000 employees.
  • Union Pacific Railroad – $24.9 Billion Revenue, 32,100 route miles, 32,100 employees.
  • CSX Transportation – $14.9 Billion Revenue, 20,000 route miles, 25,000 employees.


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U.S. railways are privately owned and operated, though the Consolidated Rail Corporation was established by the federal government and Amtrak uses public funds to subsidize privately owned intercity passenger trains.

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List of major United States railroads
  • Amtrak.
  • BNSF Railway.
  • Canadian National Railway.
  • CPKC Railway.
  • CSX Transportation.
  • Norfolk Southern Railway.
  • Union Pacific Railroad.


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According to the statistics portal Statista, Union Pacific of the USA is worth a massive $75.4 billion, making it comfortably the biggest rail company in the world.

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As of 2020, Texas was the U.S. state with the largest railroad mileage, reaching over 10,400 miles. It represented around 7.6 percent of the total mileage for the United States.

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BNSF Railway is most highly rated for Compensation and benefits and Union Pacific is most highly rated for Compensation and benefits. Learn more, read reviews and see open jobs.

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World's largest train maker China's CRRC on uphill climb post-merger. BEIJING -- As Chinese train manufacturer CRRC confronts slower growth in a maturing market at home, the state-owned company is setting its course on a new track.

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This is an interactive map of the major freight railroads, also known as class I railroads in the United States. They include CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF), Union Pacific (UP), Canadian Pacific (CP), Canadian National Railway (CN), and the Kansas City Southern (KCS).

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Strasburg Railroad Begins It is still in business and is the oldest continuously operated railroad in the country.

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BNSF Railway leads the market The railroad focuses on transporting freight commodities such as coal, industrial or agricultural products. In 2022, the company generated some 24.49 billion U.S. dollars in freight revenue and hauled more than 10 million carloads across the country.

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Chicago is the largest rail hub in the U.S. and third largest intermodal container/trailer port in the world, following only Singapore and Hong Kong. There are over 60 railroad companies that operate trains in and through Illinois, which is the highest in the nation.

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Current Class I railroads
  • Amtrak.
  • BNSF Railway.
  • Canadian National Railway.
  • Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
  • CSX Transportation.
  • Norfolk Southern Railway.
  • Union Pacific Railroad.


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The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway, situated in the English city of Leeds. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway, run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd. since 1960. Main station building on Moor Road.

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Federal regulation of railroads is mainly through the United States Department of Transportation, especially the Federal Railroad Administration which regulates safety, and the Surface Transportation Board which regulates rates, service, the construction, acquisition and abandonment of rail lines, carrier mergers and ...

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Of the top 3 common jobs between the two companies, BNSF Railway salaries averaged $12,704 higher than Union Pacific.

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Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, is the largest railroad classification yard in the world.

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