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Table 1-12: Freight Railroads Operating in Oregon by Class: 2000

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Railroad Miles operated in Oregon1
Class I railroads 1,427
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. 423
Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1,004
Regional railroads 395
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad 395
Local railroads 117
City of Prineville Railway 18
Hampton Railway, Inc. 5
Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Co. 21
Longview, Portland, and Northern Railway 4
Mount Hood Railroad 22
Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad 23
Wyoming and Colorado Railroad 24
Switching and terminal railroads 699
Albany and Eastern Railroad Company 67
Lake County Railroad 15
Oregon Pacific Railroad Co. 16
Peninsula Terminal Co. 1
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad 101
Portland and Western Railroad, Inc. 220
Portland Terminal Railroad Co. 3
WCTU Railway Co. 14
Willamette and Pacific Railroad 230
Willamette Valley Railway Co. 32

1 Miles operated is in terms of railroad so that a mile of single track is counted the same as a mile of double track. Sidings, turnouts, yard switching mileage, and mileage not operated are excluded. Miles operated under trackage rights provided by another (owning) railroad are included.

NOTE: For definition of railroad types see previous table.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States - 2000, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/StateInformation.asp as of Mar. 19, 2002.