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Smallest operating railroads in 1973
![Centercab diesel locomotive in front of engine shed](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CTR-WRWK-104.jpg)
These 5 small railroads each operated just 2 mile of main line or less – and made a business of it!
New York Central’s famed Mohawks
![Steam locomotive with freight train.](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/CTR_New_York_Central_RR_History2_0121_03.jpg)
What’s not to love about a locomotive that refused to abdicate?
Fairbanks-Morse H20-44: A Diesel That Didn’t
![Pittsburgh & Western Virginia Fairbanks-Morse H20-44s in West Virginia](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201106.jpg)
It was a different design with too much horsepower for its time
NJ Transit GE U34CH diesel locomotives
![Black locomotive with gray stripe](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/TRN_EL_3372_Klapper.jpg)
General Electric U34CH diesel locomotives helped modernize commuter rail operations in northern New Jersey