Maryland Code, Public Safety § 3-401

(b)(1) “Railroad company” means a railway company or corporation, together with its subsidiaries, corporate affiliates, and parent companies, that is engaged as a common carrier in the furnishing or sale of transportation subject to Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the United States Code.  1

(2) “Railroad company” includes a corporation the title of which contains a combination of words similar to “railway company”.