The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Washington. Common freight carriers Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL) BNSF Railway (BNSF) Cascade & Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) (GWRR) Central Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW) Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW) Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC) (PATR) Columbia Walla Walla Railroad (CWW) (FTRX) Eastside Freight Railroad (EFRX) (BDTL) Frontier Rail (FTRX) Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) (WATX) Kennewick Terminal Railroad (KET) (FTRX) Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR) Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN) (BDTL) Montana Rail Link (MRL) Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT) Olympia and Belmore Railroad (OYLO) (GWRR) Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC) (WATX) Patriot Woods Railroad (PAWR) (PATR) Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) operates Lewis and Clark Railway (LINC) Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) (GWRR) Rainier Rail (RANR) (FTRX) St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad (STPP)) Tri-City Railroad (TCRY) Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Washington Eastern Railroad (WER) Washington and Idaho Railway (WIR) (MWPX) Washington Royal Line (WRL) (FTRX) Private freight carriers Greenbrier Rail Services Longview Switching United States Army (USAX) Passenger carriers Amtrak (AMTK) Battle Ground, Yacolt and Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association Chehalis–Centralia Railroad Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Lake Whatcom Railway Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum Northwest Railway Museum Sound Transit (Sounder, Tacoma Link, and Central Link) Yakima Electric Railway Museum Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum Association Yakima Valley Transportation (YVT) Seattle Streetcar Defunct railroads Electric Aberdeen Electric Company Arlington Heights Motor Railway City Park Railway Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Railway Everett Railway and Electric Company Everett Railway, Light and Water Company Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company Grays Harbor Electric Company Inland Empire Railroad Loyal Railway North Shore Electric Company Olympia Light and Power Company Pacific Northwest Traction Company Pacific Traction Company Puget Sound Electric Railway Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company Ross Park Street Railway Seattle Electric Company Seattle Municipal Railway Seattle and Rainier Beach Railway Seattle and Renton Railway Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway South Bend Electric Company Spokane Cable Railway Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company Spokane Electric Railway Spokane and Inland Railway Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Spokane Street Railway Spokane Traction Company Tacoma Railway and Motor Company Tacoma Railway and Power Company Tacoma Railways Tacoma Traction Company Twin City Electric Company Twin City Light and Traction Company Vancouver Traction Company Walla Walla