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Welcome to American Rails Wiki! The mission of American Rails Wiki is to create a user-friendly website documenting all of the major passenger railroad systems in the United States. Although the United States currently has only one national rail carrier (Amtrak), there are dozens, if not hundreds, of additional regional rail and commuter rail systems that each have their own interesting history and can be explored in great depth. This website will explore all of these operations, as well as all of Amtrak's passenger routes, and a few urban mass transit systems as well. The initial focus of this website will be on the three major commuter rail systems in the New York City Metropolitan Area (New Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad, and Metro-North Railroad) but will continue expanding as time goes on. Please note that the New York City Subway System will be specifically excluded from this website's coverage, as the system is so extensive and has so much history that an entire website can be dedicated just to that system.

Below is an index of all content currently on this website, categorized by transit operator and by geographic region. Click one of the links below to get started. If a link appears red and leads to a nonexistent page, this means that page is still under construction or development and will be published soon. If you see a particular transit system listed below but without a link at all, this means that the content will likely be added soon but construction on the relevant pages hasn't been started yet, so please check back again soon!

Greater New York

 * New Jersey Transit
 * Long Island Railroad
 * Metro-North Railroad