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A narrow-gauge railway running through the center of Burke, Idaho.

This is a list of railway towns in the United States listed by state. The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. Historians credit the railroad system for the country's vast development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as having helped facilitate a "unified" nation.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Georgia

Idaho

Pcatello, Idaho

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maryland

Missouri

Montana

Louisiana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Texas

Wills Point

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

  • Clifton Forge, home to Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) shops.
  • Roanoke, home to shops and locomotive works of the Norfolk & Western (N&W).
  • Victoria, home to the Virginian Railway (VGN) shops.

Washington (state)

West Virginia

Wyoming

References

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