|Railroad||Miles operated in West Virginia1|
|Class I railroads||2,391|
|Norfolk Southern Corp.||842|
|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Co.||10|
|Beech Mountain Railroad Co.||8|
|Elk River Railroad, Inc.||62|
|South Branch Valley Railroad||52|
|West Virginia Central Railroad||131|
|Winchester and Western Railroad||24|
|Switching and terminal railroads||3|
|Little Kanawha River Rail||3|
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.