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512: 247: 470: 40: 566: 128:. Class I railroads had an annual operating revenue of at least $ 1 million, while Class III railroad incomes were under $ 100,000. Railroads in both classes were subject to reporting requirements on a quarterly or annual schedule. In 1925, the ICC reported 174 Class I railroads, 282 Class II railroads, and 348 Class III railroads. 151:, asked the ICC to increase the minimum annual operating revenue criteria (then established at US$ 93.5 million) to avoid being redesignated as Class I, which would have resulted in increased administrative and legal costs. The Class II maximum criterion was increased in 1992 to $ 250 million annually, which resulted in the 131:
The $ 1 million criterion established in 1911 for a Class I railroad was used until January 1, 1956, when the figure was increased to $ 3 million. In 1956, the ICC counted 113 Class I line-haul operating railroads (excluding "3 class I companies in systems") and 309 Class II railroads (excluding "3
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category was dropped in 1956 but reinstated in 1978. By 1963, the number of Class I railroads had dropped to 102; cutoffs were increased to $ 5 million by 1965, to $ 10 million in 1976 and to $ 50 million in 1978, at which point only 41 railroads qualified as Class I.
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serving a small number of towns and industries or hauling cars for one or more railroads; often, they once had been branch lines of larger railroads or even abandoned portions of main lines. Some Class III railroads are owned by railroad holding companies such as
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Class I railroads are the largest rail carriers in the United States. In 1900, there were 132 Class I railroads, but as the result of mergers and bankruptcies, the industry has consolidated and as of April 2023, just six Class I freight railroads remain.
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A Class II railroad in the United States hauls freight and is mid-sized in terms of operating revenue. Switching and terminal railroads are excluded from Class II status. Railroads considered by the
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in 1992. With annual adjustments for inflation, the 2019 thresholds were US$ 504,803,294 for Class I carriers and US$ 40,384,263 for Class II carriers. (Smaller carriers were Class III by default.)
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categorizes rail carriers into Class I, Class II, and Class III based on the carrier's annual revenue. The thresholds, last adjusted for inflation in 2019, are:
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meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight component.
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In a special move in 1979, all switching and terminal railroads were re-designated Class III — even those with Class I or Class II revenues.
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is defined (as of 2004) as a company that has earned gross revenues exceeding $ 250 million (CAD) for each of the previous two years.
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regulations for the two classes. The bounds are typically redefined every several years to adjust for inflation and other factors.
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freight railroad would also qualify as Class I, but it does not operate within the United States.
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as "Regional Railroads" are typically Class II. Some examples of Class II railroads would be the
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Class II and Class III designations are now rarely used outside the rail transport industry. The
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is a typical example of a Class II regional railroad in Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois.
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Local railroads: smaller than a regional railroad, but engage in line-haul service.
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over all transcontinental freight rail lines in the Western United States, while
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would qualify as a Class I railroad if it had trackage in the United States.
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Class II: A carrier earning revenue between $ 40,387,772 and $ 504,803,294
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Class II: A carrier earning revenue between $ 20 million and $ 250 million
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is a typical example of a Class I railroad in the eastern United States.
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There are six Class I freight railroad companies in the United States:
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Uniform Classification of Accounts and Related Railway Records (UCA)
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operate most of the trackage in the Eastern United States, with the
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In addition, the national passenger railroads in the US and Canada—
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In addition, the national passenger railroad in the United States,
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typically divides non–Class I companies into three categories:
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Class I: A carrier earning revenue greater than $ 504,803,294
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Class I: A carrier earning revenue greater than $ 250 million
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Class III: A carrier earning revenue less than $ 40,387,772
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Class III: A carrier earning revenue less than $ 20 million
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is a typical example of a Class III shortline in Virginia.
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Index

Class 2 railroad
Track class

North America
freight railroads
United States
Surface Transportation Board
BNSF Railway
CSX Transportation
Canadian National Railway
CPKC
Norfolk Southern Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
Amtrak
Via Rail
Mexico
Ferromex
Interstate Commerce Commission
gross revenue
Class III
Montana Rail Link
Wisconsin Central
Florida East Coast Railway
Surface Transportation Board
labor
Association of American Railroads
Regional railroads
Switching and terminal railroads
Surface Transportation Board
Canada

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