Class 1 rr's and etc.

what makes a railroad a class 1 and what are the other categories? csx is a class 1, right? why becuase they are a major company?

Class 1 RRs (my best guess) make more than $250 million annual revenue.
Class 2 RRs make between $20 and $250 million annually.
Class 3s and beyond ... well ... I won't BS you. I don't know.

Read about it here:

http://www.aar.org/PubCommon/Documents/ ... erview.pdf

thanks

Did you know WC and MRL almost became Class ones.

AmtrakFan wrote:Did you know WC and MRL almost became Class ones.

Yeah, they didn't want to be a class 1 and had to fight for some sort of exemption.