The Belvedere and Delaware River Railroad began operation in 1996, after purchasing the right of way from Conrail.  The railroad operates as a freight common carrier.  The railroad runs between Frenchtown and Phillipsburg, NJ.

The Black River and Western Railroad began operation in 1970 over a portion of Penn Central's former Flemington Branch in Hunterdon County, NJ.  The railroad operates as both a freight common carrier and passenger tourist line.  It derives approximately 80 percent of it's income from freight operations running 17.3 miles between Lambertville and Three Bridges, where it interchanges with Conrail.  BR&W is owned by private entrepeneurs and specializes in transloading services.  The Black River and Western Railroad received funds for rehabilitation of some portions of trackage trhough the State Funded Program, as part of the 1985 State Rail Plan.  They have also made application to the program for the construction of a transload facility in Lambertville.  The railroad transports approximately 800 carloads per year, primarily plastic pellets, lumber, soda ash, and other bulk commodities

Durham Transport Inc. provides switching and terminal railroad service at Raritan Station, serving Federal Business Centers located in the township of Edison, in Middlesex County.  The railroad operation started August 1, 1994 and services 9 customers over 15 miles of track.  The annual traffic is estimated at 1700 carloads.  The commodites handled include (in order of importance): food, plastic, ink bases, beverages, and manufactured products.

The East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company operates a 2.4 mile line segement in Bayonne, New Jersey.  The EJRR, established in 1901, operates switching trackage within the International Maytex Tank Terminal complex (formerly Tidewater Oil) in Bayonne.

The Morristown and Erie Railway was established in 1903, as the result of a merger between two other smaller railroads.  The railroad operated for years over it's mainline, a 10.5 mile railroad between Morristown and Roseland, NJ.  Services were extended to the Chester Branch, a 4 mile line segment between Lake Junction and Succasunna in Morris County in 1983, when two shippers purchased the line from Conrail and enterd into an operating agreement with the M&E.  In 1986, services were extended to the High Bridge Branch North, between Wharton and Rockaway in Morris County.  This line, now known as the Rockaway Branch, was purchased by Morris County from Conrail.  During that year a new connection was made between the Chester and High Bridge South Branches.  During 1987, the first two miles of the High Bridge branch was reopened for traffic.  The railroad is able to connect the operations of these three non contiguous branches through trackage agreements with NJ Transit and Conrail.  This line is owned by the County of Morris.  The M&E transports approximately 1500 carloads per year on it's system with traffic increasing slightly on the Rockaway Branch.  The establishment of a major manufacturing facility adjacent to the High Bridge Branch has prompted the County of Morris to make application for a new project to rehabilitate the existing track and to construct additional trackage to facilitate that facility.  The M&E's most aggressive expansion occurred in 1995 when it became the contract switcher at the Bayway refinery in Linden. Bayway is the largest privately owned refinery in the country and M&E's full-time crew switches 8,000 cars annually based on the critical requirements of this major petroleum products producer.

The New York Cross Harbor Railroad is a strategically located shortline railroad , and holds the exclusive franchise to float rail freight cars across the Upper New York Bay.  The New York Cross Harbor Railroad is based at Bush Terminal in Brooklyn, NY and interchanges with Conrail at Greenville Yard in Jersey City, NJ.

The New York & Greenwood Lake Railway operates on a 1.8 mile spur through the cities of Garfield in Bergen County and Passaic in Passaic County.  It services a company named Atlantic Coast Fibers.  Conrail originally owned the spur and filed for abandonment, Atlantic Coast Fibers objected to the abandonment for service to their facility would be cut off.  On August 8, 1996 Conrail confirmed that an agreement ahd been reached for the sale of the line for continued rail service.

The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway is a subsidiary of the Delaware Ostego Corporation, a regional railroad company based in Cooperstown, NY.  The parent company has acquired 580 miles of track and trackage rights in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.  The NYS&W subsidiary was acquired in 1980 and has become a key link in a transcontinental route handling double stack container traines.  Prior to 1980, NYS&W operated as an independent entity in New Jersey with origins dating back to 1881.  The orginal company filed for reorganization in 1976 under Section 77 of the Federal Bankruptcy Act.  NYS&W currently operates 73.9 miles of track in New Jersey, a considerable increase over the 40.8 active miles operated on it's mainline (Little Ferry- Butler), and the Passaic and Lodi Branches just prior to acquisition by the Delaware and Ostego Corporation.  The additional trackage was acquired in the following manner:
    The northern portion of the Hudson Branch, the former Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad from Franklin to the State Line was purchased from Conrail in 1982.
    The southern portion of the Hudson Branch, from Franklin to Sparta Junction was acquired by the County of Sussex and leasd to NYS&W.
    The remaining segment of the NYS&W mainline, a portion which had been out of service since 1968, from Butler to Sparta Junction was put back in service following emergency repairs in 1986.  Restoration of service over this line segment and the Hudson Branch allowed the NYS&W to operate from Little Ferry, NJ to Binghamton, NY totally under it's own control.

The Port Jersey Railroad Company (PJRR) established in 1970, is a 2.4 mile terminal railroad within the Port Jersey distribution center complex in Jersey City.  The railroad, whose staff consists of two employees, exists solely to serve itself and it's customers within the complex.  PJRR connects with Conrail at Greenville Yard in Jersey City.  The railroad is rehabilitating a portion of it's trackage and is constructing a team track under an ongoing agreement.

Shortline Marketing Services leased the 4.5 mile railroad from Pureland Association, owners of one of the largest industrial parks in the country.  SMS started operations on June 1, 1994, and services 8 of the 73 buildings that were formerly served by Conrail.

Southern Railroad of New Jersey purchased operating rights of the NJ Department of Transportation's Winslow Junction to Vineland ROW from the Shore Fast Line in December of 1991.  The line services customers in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, and Gloucester Counties.  SRNJ also maintains the freight operating rights on the NJ Transit owned Cape May Branch.  The potential establishment of of Cape May County Municipal Authority, adjacent to the Cape May Branch, motivated the agreement for rehabilitation of the line.

The West Jersey Railroad began operations in September 1988 on the Salem Branch between Swedesboro in Gloucester County to the City of Salem.  The right of way is owned by the County of Salem and the operator of the line is the Southern Railroad of New Jersey.  The WJRR interchanges with Conrail at Swedesboro.

The Winchester and Western Railroad began operations in 1916 in the Winchester, Virginia region.  Until 1986, it operated 18 miles of trackage rights between Winchester and Gore, Virginia, but now W&W is heavily involved in the operations in Southern New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.  The company is owned by Unimin Corporation, which operates major sand facilities on the Virginia and New Jersey trackage.  In 1986, the W&W purchased the Winslow Industrial Track from Norma to Bridgeton, the Mauricetown Branch from Bridgeton to Mauricetown, the Bridgeton Secondary Track at Bridgeton, and the the Millville Secondary Track from Millville to the end of the line at Leesburg.  The first three segments of trackage are now known as the Cumberland and Maurice River Branch.  The Millville Secondary Track is known as the Leesburg Branch.  Service has been scaled back from Leesburg to Dorchester.  These rail lines were in danger of abandonment by Conrail and the NJDOT had been prepared to purchase the lines as the buyer of last resort, in order to preserve commerce to shippers in Cumberland County dependent upon rail services.  In January 1987, the W&W took over operation on the Deerfield Branch from the Jersey Southern Railroad (now defunct).  Since W&W's South Jersey holdings are separated by a Conrail owned segment of the Winslow Industrial Track and the Millville Secondary Track, the two major lines are connected to one another through a trackage rights agreement.  Interchanges are made with Conrail trains at South Millville Yard.