STREET RUNNING LOCATIONS, PAST & PRESENT
Last updated August 3, 2000
The locations listed here are towns in the U. S. and abroad that have (or did have) street trackage operations for regular freight or passenger trains (not trolley or light rail). Many thanks to everyone who has contributed via posts or email.

If you have new locations, updated/corrected information, or web links for this list please send me an email!

• Albany, GA (NS)
  
• Albany, OR (BNSF/Oregon Electric)(12 blocks on Water Ave)
  
• Alexander County, NC (Alexander County RR)(on NC Rte 16)
  
• Alton, IL (GM&O)
  
• Anaheim, CA (SP/UP)(Santa Ana St/Olive St)
  
• Ashland, VA (CSX;formerly RF&P)(Center St)
  
• Augusta, GA (CSX)(Broad & 6th St)
  
• Austin, TX (Longhorn RR; ex-SP)(downtown on 4th St)
  
• Baltimore, MD (B&O;also PRR/PC)(Locust Point, Fells Point)
  
• Bayonne, NJ (CNJ)(2nd Ave until early '60s)
  
• Bedford, IN (Soo Line)
  
• Bellevue, IA (former MILW/SOO/CP; now IMRL)(1/2 mile;converted to boulevard)
  
• Birmingham, AL (Frisco)(in MR)
  
• Boonville, IN (SR/NS)
  
• Boston, MA (Drydock Ave near cruise terminal)(also Union Frt RR used to run on Atlantic Ave)
  
• Brantford, Ontario (RailLink Southern/CN)(Burford Spur runs on Clarence St)
  
• Bridgeport, CT (NY, NH, & Hartford RR)(ran on Seaview Ave in '60s)
  
• Brooklyn, NY (Jay St.), (Cross Harbor), (McDonald Ave), (Bush Terminal), (BEDT), (Jay St.), (S. Brooklyn), (Photo of S4 in action)
  
• Burlington, NJ (Conrail)(private boulevard in median)
  
• Cairo, IL (Cairo Terminal RR)(former GM&O line)
  
• Chelsea, MA (Boston & Albany)(Marginal St)
  
• Chicago, IL (CP Rail;ex MILW)(Lakewood Ave); (CP Rail;ex MILW)(Kingsbury St); (UP; ex CNW)(Carroll Ave); UP 1730 on Carroll Ave (May '99); (CP Rail;ex MILW)(N. Branch St);
  
• Cincinnnati, OH (Mehring Way near Riverfront Stadium)
  
• Claremont, CA (SP)(1st Ave; abandoned)
  
• Claremont, NH (Claremont & Concord RR)(now Claremont-Concord; all street trackage is paved over)
  
• Clearwater, FL (near the bay)
  
• Columbus, GA (NS)(Front St)
  
• Corvallis, OR (W&P)
  
• Dallas, TX (T&P)(Pacific Ave;now DART streetcar)(also abandoned tracks near old Cotton Belt depot);(also on Mockingbird just north of Dr. Pepper plant;DART now)
  
• Dayton, OH (B&O)
  
• Denver, CO (BNSF)(Market St; serves Waste Mgmt plant)
  
• District of Columbia (B&O Georgetown Branch)(ran NW along Water and K streets under Whitehurst freeway until early '85)
  
• Dixon, IL (UP/ex C&NW)(River St just N of Rock River;serves cement plant)
  
• East Hartford, CT (New Haven)(Main St.--up to late '60s;for Pratt & Whitney plant)
  
• East Providence, RI (PCW/PC/NH)
  
• Elizabethon, TN (East Tenn & WNC)
  
• Elizabeth, PA (CSXT; ex-P&LE)
  
• Elwood, IN (NKP)(used to run steam trains)
  
• Erie, PA (NKP/NS)(19th St; to be removed in 3 yrs); Photo of NS maintenance train, Oct '97; Photo of Cotton Belt SD40T-2, Feb '98 (by Mike Thidemann)
  
• Eureka, CA (NWP)
  
• Everett, WA (MILW)(Smith Ave, McDougal Ave near PA Jct area)
  
• Fond Du Lac, WI (C&NW/WC)(between Brooks St & Military Ave)
  
• Frankfort, KY (CSXT/L&N)(Broadway--was in street; curbs put up in '72)
  
• Franklin, OH (Conrail)
  
• Fresno, CA (BNSF)(Diana St N of Amtrak Station)(Q St and Effie St)
  
• Ft. Collins, CO (BN/BNSF;ex C&S)(Mason St--ends at Maple/Riverside)(6-8 trains/day; 15 MPH)
  
• Ft. Scott, KS (ATSF)(?)
  
• Garfield, NJ (New York & Greenwood Lake RR; former Conrail branch)(Monroe St; also serves Passaic, NJ)
  
• Gevelsberg, Germany (Kruiner Tunnel, Fed Highway B7)(track merges onto road in a tunnel)
  
• Green Bay, WI (ex-GBW)(west of Norwood Yard)
  
• Gretna, LA (UP;ex-SP)(runs M-F about 6am east from Avondale Yard to reach Gouldsboro interchange with New Orleans & Gulf Coast;near SP and T&P depots;1 mile long section)
  
• Hamilton, Ontario
  
• Harrisburg, OR (Oregon Electric)
  
• Hiddenite, NC (Alexander Co. RR)(NC Rt 16; branch from Statesville to Taylorsville)
  
• Hoboken, NJ (Hoboken Shore RR)(ceased 1979; some track from 11th to 5th St)
  
• Hoquiam, WA (Puget Sound & Pacific RR)(serves Hoquiam Plywood)
  
• Hudson, NY (CSXT)(end stub of B&A branch from Chatham)
  
• Iowa City, IA (CRandIC & Iowa Interstate RR)(south side of town)
  
• Jersey City, NJ
  
• Junction City, OR (BNSF)(former Oregon Electric Line)
  
• Kansas City, MO (ATSF)(near Old Union Depot; removed by BNSF in mid-90s)
  
• Kokomo, IN (CERA/formerly NKP/N&W/NS)(Buckeye St downtown, and Madison St)
  
• Lafayette, IN (CSX/Monon)(Fifth St. -- track moved in 1994)Photo of Amtrak train near depot
  
• LaGrange, KY (ex L&N; CSX)
  
• Lake Oswego, OR (SP)(Jefferson St Rail Line; SP freight service until 1983; now in trolley service)
  
• Lansing, IA (former MILW/SOO/CP; now IMRL)
  
• Lawrence, MA (Boston & Maine RR, Canal Dist.)
  
• Lockport, Nova Scotia (CN Lockport Branch)
  
• Lodi, CA (Central California Traction)
  
• Lompoc, CA (SP/UP)(A St--line from mine to yard for diatomatious earth)
  
• Longmont, CO (BNSF)
  
• Los Angeles, CA (PE/Harbor Belt Line)(was in B St. near San Pedro)
  
• Los Angeles, CA (SP/UP)(Alameda St)
  
• Los Angeles, CA (SP)(Sepulveda Blvd and in median of Santa Monica Blvd; served bakery in Beverly Hills until late '70s))
  
• Louisville, KY (L&N passenger trains near station)
  
• Lynchburg, VA (N&W)(Jefferson St;ceased operation in mid-60's)
  
• Madison, WI (WSOR; ex MILW)(between Baldwin St & 1st Ave)
  
• Marysville, CA (UP; ex Sacramento Northern)
  
• Michigan City, IN (South Shore)
  
• Middleton, PA (Middleton & Hummelstown)(runs 1/2 mile to Amtrak interchange
  
• Milwaukee, WI (ex-MILW)(Menominee River Valley complex)
  
• Mobile, AL (Commerce St, St Louis St until '50s)
  
• Modesto, CA (WP/UP)(Tidewater Southern branch; Ninth St.) -- for a related article, go here.
  
• Moorhead City/Beaufort NC (NS)(runs 2-3 miles down Arrendale St in grassy median from 54th St to 4th St)
  
• Morristown, PA (Conrail; ex-PRR)(Delmarr Ave near Delaware River betw Amtrak bridge & Pennsylvania Ave)
  
• Mount Vernon, WA (Mt. Vernon Terminal Railway, former interurban)
  
• New Albany, IN (CSX, former Monon, with MILW/SOO rights)
  
• New Bern, NC (NS)(on line from Raleigh to Morehead City--see above)
  
• New Haven CT (W/CR/PC/NH)(Belle Dock Branch)
  
• New Iberia, LA (T&NO/SP)(Washington Ave)
  
• New Orleans, LA (L&N)(Elysian Fields Ave)(also N.O. Public Belt on Eagle St)
  
• Newport, KY (L&N)(Saratoga St in boulevard)(street running on industrial spur in Lowell St about 12 blocks west)
  
• New York, NY (Cross Harbor), (car floats);(also see Brooklyn links above)
  
• Niles, MI (Ninth St)
  
• Noblesville, IN (LE&W/NKP)(now owned by Indiana Transportation Museum)
  
• Oakland, CA (SP/UP)(Embarcadero West near Jack London Sq; was Third St)(3 new photos of UP MU action (by D. Dean): [1] - [2] - [3] )
  
• Oconto, WI (WC)(Broadway Ave)
  
• Olympia, WA (BNSF, UP)(Jefferson St)
  
• Oregon City, OR (UP; ex-SP)(Main St switching lead for Smurfit paper mill)
  
• Oshawa, ON (CN)(for GM plant)
  
• Oshkosh, WI (SOO/WC)(Broad St in median)(also Ceape St)
  
• Passaic, NJ (ex-Conrail)(see Garfield, NJ above)
  
• Paterson, NJ (ex-Conrail)
  
• Peterborough, ON (CN)(was 10 blocks around station;served warehouses;gone now)
  
• Philadelphia, PA (PRR)(Delaware Ave; N/S along river)(now in a median)(the City Branch ran east of Broad St to junction w. Delaware Ave trackage)(also Conrail had double track on Washington St until 1990)
  
• Phoenix, AZ (SP)(Jackson St; used as switching lead)
  
• Portland, ME (Grand Trunk; also Portland Terminal)(Commercial St)
  
• Portland, OR (BN)(runs down 12th St. to Burnside; serves Blitz-Weinhard brewery)
  
• Port Newark, NJ (runs on streets near the docks)
  
• Providence, RI (P&W)(Allens Ave until '80s)
  
• Racine, WI (MILW)(downtown near Root River bridge;some track remains)
  
• Rainer, OR (side street near Columbia River)
  
• Ravenswood, WV (CSX)(on Ohio River subdivision)
  
• Redwood City, CA (Chestnut St; rebuilt in '92 with curb around track)
  
• Renton, WA
  
• Rockford, IL (UP ex CNW)(east side of the Rock River -- city operates a "trolley" over the small street running section)
  
• Rockhampton, Australia (photo from 1939)
  
• Salem, OR (north side, 1 block W of River Rd)
  
• Salt Lake City, UT(UP and D&RGW)(downtown area incl 2nd West St; no longer active)
  
• San Antonio, TX (SP)(serves Pearl brewery; 2 miles)
  
• San Francisco, CA (State Belt Line/SF Belt RR)(until 1993); (steam & streetcars on Embarcadero at Ferry Building circa 1940)
  
• Sandersville, GA (Sandersville RR; kaolin-hauling shortline;article in RR & Railfan or Trains)
  
• San Jose, CA (DRGW)(Rogers St)
  
• Santa Cruz, CA (SP/UP)(road in front of the Boardwalk)(SCBT&P tourist RR also uses this trackage)
  
• Santa Maria, CA (Santa Maria Valley RR)(runs 0.6 mi on Jones St)
  
• Savannah, GA (NS/former CG "The River St Rambler")(near waterfront; serves IIRC plant--chemical or power)
  
• Scranton, PA (Delaware-Lackawana)
  
• Seattle, WA (UP, BNSF)(also NP lines near Lake Union on Valley St and Northlake Way)(also on NW 54th St and NW 45th St)
  
• South Bend, IN (Conrail)(Niles Ave; paved over in '83)
  
• South Boston, MA (NH)(E. 1st St; also near A Street Yard)
  
• Springfield, IL (UP)(in median)
  
• Springfield, VT (Springfield Terminal RR)
  
• St Louis, MO (former Illinois Terminal)(downtown); (Manufacturer's Railway)(2nd St in South St Louis)
  
• St Mary's, WV (CSX)
  
• Stevens Point, WI (WC; ex-GBW)(south of downtown)
  
• Stockton, CA (Stockton, Terminal & Eastern)(Roosevelt St.)
  
• Syracuse, NY (used to run steam trains)
  
• Tampa, FL (CSX)(Polk St)
  
• Tell City, IN (Hoosier Southern/former SR)(6th St; revived for barge facility at old Maxon Marine site)
  
• Ticonderoga, NY
  
• Toledo, OH
  
• Tyrone, PA (Nittany & Bald Eagle??)
  
• Upland, CA (SP)(Euclid Ave; track donated to trolley museum & moved)
  
• Utica NY (Susquehanna & Western)(Schuyler St)
  
• Ventura, CA (Ventura County RR)(Wooley Rd 1.5 mi in median)
  
• Venice, CA (SP)(Electric Ave)
  
• Visalia, CA (several blocks; spur to business, 90 degree crossing with another rail line)
  
• Washington, DC (Conrail)(First St SE to Potomac Ave; served concrete plant)
  
• Watertown, NY (NYCRR)(photo shows RDC in 1962)
  
• West Brownsville, PA (Conrail)(Detroit Edison coal trains); photo of train;another photo
  
• Weymouth Harbor Branch, England (south coast; 8 coach passenger trains to ferry terminal until mid '80s; some excursion trains still run)
  
• Wheeling, WV (former Chessie trackage; until 1986)
  
• Wichita, KS (Wichita Terminal)(downtown area near Wichita Eagle newspaper)
  
• Winona, Minn (CP/Soo Line; ex-MILW)(Wall St)Photos from June 1980 (by K. Klitzke): [1] - [2]
  
• York, PA (Maryland & Pennsylvania)(Pershing St)
  
• Yuba City, CA (former Sacremento Northern)