The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Common freight carriers Airlake Terminal Railway (ALT) BNSF Railway (BNSF) Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Cedar River Railroad (CEDR), Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR), Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (DWP), Illinois Central Railroad and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC) Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO) Cloquet Terminal Railroad (CTRR) Minnesota Commercial Railway (MNNR) Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW) Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN) Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (MPLI) Northern Lines Railway (NLR) Northern Plains Railroad (NPR) Otter Tail Valley Railroad (OTVR) Progressive Rail, Inc. (PGR) Red River Valley and Western Railroad (RRVW) St. Croix Valley Railroad (SCXY) Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TCWR) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Private freight carriers Cliffs Erie Railroad Northshore Mining US Steel Passenger carriers Amtrak (AMTK) Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad METRO Light Rail North Shore Scenic Railroad (NSSR) Northstar Line (MNRX) Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway Defunct railroads Electric Duluth Street Railway Duluth–Superior Traction Company Fargo and Moorhead Street Railway Granite City Railway Interstate Traction Company Lakeside Railway Lyndale Railway Mankato Electric Traction Company Mesaba Railway Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railroad Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railway Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad (MA&C, MACR) Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railway (MA&C) Minneapolis, Lyndale and Lake Calhoun Railway Minneapolis, Lyndale and Minnetonka Railway Minneapolis Street Railway Park Point Traction Company St. Paul City Railway St. Paul Southern Electric Railway Superior Rapid Transit Railway Twin City Rapid Transit Company Wahpeton–Breckenridge Street Railway Winnoa Railway and Light Company Woodland Railway Private Itasca Lumber Company Notes References Minnesota Railroads