List of Tennessee railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Common freight carriers[]

BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
Caney Fork and Western Railroad (CFWR)
Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway (CCKY)
CSX Transportation (CSXT)
(ECTB)
(EACH)
East Tennessee Railway (ETRY)
Heritage Railroad (HR)
Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Knoxville and Holston River Railroad (KXHR)
(KWT)
Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI)
(MTNR)^[1]
Nashville and Eastern Railroad (NERR)
(NWR)
Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiaries Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNTP), Tennessee Railway (TENN), and Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (TAG)
R.J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line (RJCM)
(RJCK)
Sequatchie Valley Railroad (SQVR)
(SCTR)
Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR)
(TKEN)
(TYNT)
(UCTY)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad (WHOE)
West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)

Private freight carriers[]

Tennessee Valley Authority

Passenger carriers[]

Tennessee train stations

Legend

City of New Orleans					Music City Star
To Chicago					Lebanon
					Hamilton Springs
					Martha
					Mt. Juliet
					Hermitage
					Donelson
Newbern					Nashville Riverfront
Memphis
To New Orleans

Amtrak (AMTK)
Music City Star

Defunct railroads[]

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad		SOU	1868	1877	Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company		MP/ RI/ SSW	1912			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
		L&N	1910	1911	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway		L&N	1896	1905	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad		SOU	1852	1894	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
Beaver Dam Railroad			1900	1918	N/A
Belt Railway of Chattanooga		SOU	1895	1946	Alabama Great Southern Railroad
		GM&O	1910	1929	Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
		L&N	1887	1887	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
		SOU	1941	1965
		SOU	1965	1966
		SOU	1889	1895
Burlington Northern Inc.	BN		1980	1981	Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad	BN		1981	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
		L&N	1904	1904	Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway	CC&O	ACL/ L&N	1908	1990	CSX Transportation
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway		SOU	1882	1895	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
Central of Georgia Railway	CG	CG	1901	1971	Central of Georgia Railroad
		IC	1877	1878	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
		L&N	1853	1866
Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company	CTRN		1992	2000
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad		ACL/ L&N	1887	1893	Ohio River and Charleston Railway
		SOU	1890	1892
		SOU	1850	1852
		SOU	1852	1854	East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad		CG	1887	1891	Savannah and Western Railroad
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad		CG	1897	1901	Central of Georgia Railway
Chattanooga Southern Railroad		SOU	1896	1911	Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad
Chattanooga Southern Railway		SOU	1894	1895	Chattanooga Southern Railroad
		CG/ SOU	1905
		SOU	1892	1993	Alabama Great Southern Railroad
		SOU	1888	1895	Belt Railway of Chattanooga
Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway			1889	1928	N/A
		L&N	1884	1892
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad		IC	1881	1896	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad		IC	1909	1963	Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	RI, ROCK	RI	1948	1980	N/A
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway	RI	RI		1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad		IC	1878	1951	Illinois Central Railroad
Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad		SOU	1836	1837	Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
		SOU	1853	1871	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
		L&N	1882	1884
			1912	1934	N/A
Cincinnati Southern Railway		SOU	1870			Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
Clinchfield Railroad	CRR	ACL/ L&N	1924	1983	Seaboard System Railroad
		SOU	1877	1889
Corinth and Counce Railroad	CCR		1958	1991
			1909	1918	N/A
		SOU	1902	1944	Southern Railway
		L&N	1889	1900	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		TC	1901	1902	Tennessee Central Railroad
		L&N	1887	1893
Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad		L&N	1872	1879	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Dyersburg Northern Railroad		IC	1904	1909	Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad		SOU	1848	1869	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad		SOU	1848	1869	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad		SOU	1869	1886	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway		SOU	1886	1894	Southern Railway
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad	ETWN		1866	1983	East Tennessee Railway
		L&N	1852	1872
			1918	1958		formerly the Emory River Lumber Company until 1943
		L&N	1906	1907	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1905	1907	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		GM&O	1889	1903
		GM&O	1903	1909
Gulf and Mississippi Railroad	GMSR		1985	1988
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad	GM&N	GM&O	1915	1940	Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad	GM&O	GM&O	1940	1972	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
		SOU	1890	1891
		SOU	1891	1895
		L&N	1910	1913	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		SOU	1895	1970	Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
		L&N	1848	1867	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
		L&N	1853	1855		sold to Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad in 1872
		SOU	1836	1848	East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
		SOU	1905	1908
			1892	1915
Illinois Central Railroad	IC	IC	1883	1972	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad	ICG		1972	1988	Illinois Central Railroad
		L&N	1885	1887	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		MP	1886	1966	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		IC	1905	1913	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
			1912	1913	Oneida and Western Railroad
			1905	1909
		SOU	1887	1891	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
		SLSF		1901	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company		SLSF	1887	1928	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad		SLSF	1886	1928	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kingsport Southern Railway		ACL/ L&N	1906	1906	South and Western Railroad
		SOU	1878	1890	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
		SOU	1887	1898	Southern Railway
		SOU	1898	1903	Southern Railway
			1921	1926	Smoky Mountain Railroad
		SOU	1852	1873
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad		SOU	1888	1895
		SOU	1895	1898	Southern Railway
Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad		SOU	1853	1871
		L&N	1902	1904	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		SOU	1871	1903	Southern Railway
			1907	1921
		L&N	1887	1890
		SOU	1835	1852	Memphis and Charleston Railroad
			1905	1926	N/A
Laurel Fork Railway			1910	1925	N/A
		L&N	1910	1915	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		SOU	1852	1853	Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad
Little River Railroad	LR		1901	1940	N/A
			1910	1911
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad		SOU	1837	1843	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	L&N, LN	L&N	1851	1983	Seaboard System Railroad
		L&N	1893	1962	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway		IC	1884	1892	Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
		L&N	1890	1895	Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
	MACO		1988	1992	Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company
McMinnville and Manchester Railroad		L&N	1850	1875	Memphis and Charleston Railroad	sold to Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway in 1877
		SLSF	1885	1887	Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
Memphis and Charleston Railroad		SOU	1846	1898	Southern Railway
		SOU	1899	1941	Southern Railway
Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad		L&N	1852	1871	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		SLSF	1860	1869
		SLSF	1869	1870
		SLSF	1881	1881
Memphis and Ohio Railroad		L&N	1853	1872	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		IC	1878	1881	Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
		SLSF	1881	1885
		SLSF	1886	1886	Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
		IC	1903	1908	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
	MUSC	L&N/ MP/ SOU/ SSW	1909	1976	N/A
		L&N	1904	1904	Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
		L&N	1883	1897
			1907	1920	N/A
		L&N	1893	1897	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
		L&N	1895	1896	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1890	1895
Mississippi Central Railroad		IC	1859	1874
		IC	1853	1859	Mississippi Central Railroad
		IC	1858	1872
Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet	MT		1998	2003	Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
Mississippi Tennessee Railroad	MTNR		2003	2004	N/A
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad		IC	1853	1889	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad	MP	MP	1917	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
		L&N	1881	1885
		GM&O	1903	1909
Mobile and Ohio Railroad		GM&O	1848	1940	Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
			1914	1934	N/A
Morristown and Carolina Railroad		SOU	1881	1882	Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
		SOU	1890	1898
Morristown, Cumberland Gap and Ohio Railroad		SOU	1880	1882	Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
	NACR		1981	1988
			1921	1939	N/A
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad		L&N	1845	1873	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway	changed name
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway	N&C, NC	L&N	1873	1957	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1872	1872
Nashville and Clarksville Railroad		TC	1901	1902	Tennessee Central Railroad
		L&N	1866	1990	CSX Transportation
		L&N	1879	1887
		L&N	1887	1900	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville and Knoxville Railroad		TC	1884	1902	Tennessee Central Railroad
		L&N	1852	1853	Memphis and Ohio Railroad
		L&N	1850	1872	Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
		L&N	1887	1893
		L&N	1892	1899
		TC	1894	1937	Tennessee Central Railway
		L&N	1877	1884	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
	NTR		1982	1993	Mississippi Central Railroad
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad		IC	1852	1874
		L&N	1867	1871
		GM&O	1909	1915	Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
		L&N	1871	1880	N/A	Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
New Orleans and Ohio Railroad		IC	1866	1871
		IC	1874	1877
		SOU	1966	1970	Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
		SOU	1879	1882
Ohio River and Charleston Railway		ACL/ L&N	1894	1902	South and Western Railway
Oneida and Western Railroad	OD&W		1913	1954	N/A
		SOU	1881	1882
			1904	1912
		IC	1872	1877
		L&N	1854	1889	Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
Paducah and Tennessee Railway		L&N	1888	1889	Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad		L&N	1890	1895	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		SOU	1887	1888	Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad
		SOU	1886	1887
		GM&O	1871	1872
		RI	1913	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
			1867	1911	N/A
Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad		SOU	1852	1873	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway		MP		1917	Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad		SLSF	1901	1916	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway	SLSF	SLSF	1916	1980	Burlington Northern Inc.
		L&N	1872	1879	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway	SSW	SSW	1912	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
Savannah and Western Railroad		CG	1891	1894	Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad	SBD		1983	1986	CSX Transportation
		SLSF	1870	1881
Sequatchie Valley Railroad		L&N	1868	1877	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
		GM&O	1872	1889
Smoky Mountain Railroad			1926	1961	N/A
South and Western Railroad		ACL/ L&N	1906	1908	Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
South and Western Railway		ACL/ L&N	1901	1906	Kingsport Southern Railway, South and Western Railroad
Southern Railway	SOU	SOU	1894	1990	Norfolk Southern Railway
	SFR		1997	2003	Heritage Railroad
	SR		1988	1993	Kansas City Southern Railway
Southwestern Railroad		L&N	1852	1877	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
		L&N	1906	1921	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
		L&N	1887	1887
		L&N	1898	1910
Tennessee Railroad	TENN	SOU	1918	1973	Tennessee Railway
Tennessee Railway		SOU	1904	1918	Tennessee Railroad
		L&N	1852	1866
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad		SOU	1911	1922	Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway
Tennessee and Carolina Southern Railway		SOU	1902	1935	N/A
Tennessee Central Railroad	TC	TC	1902	1922	Tennessee Central Railway
Tennessee Central Railroad		TC	1893	1897	Tennessee Central Railway
Tennessee Central Railroad			1883	1891	N/A
Tennessee Central Railway	TC	TC	1922	1968	, Illinois Central Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Tennessee Central Railway		TC	1897	1902	Tennessee Central Railroad
			1897	1915	N/A
			1912	1934	N/A
		L&N	1886	1895	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
			1900	1920
			1920	1951	N/A
		SOU	1896	1903
		SOU	1884	1889	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad		L&N	1866	1877	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
			1880	1883	Tennessee Central Railroad
Tennessee Southern Railroad		IC	1881	1884	Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
		SOU	1882	1886	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Tennessee Valley Railroad		SOU	1887	1888	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
		L&N	1912	1939	N/A
			1991	1993	Kansas City Southern Railway
		IC	1887	1903	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
			1909	1918	N/A
	URY	MP	1886	1966	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		SOU	1883	1888
		SOU	1899			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway
		SOU	1877	1888	East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Wauhatchie Extension Railway		SOU	1914	1917	Alabama Great Southern Railroad
		L&N	1887	1887	Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Western and Atlantic Railroad		L&N	1848			Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
Wills Valley Railroad		SOU	1854	1868	Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad		IC	1892	1946	Illinois Central Railroad

Private carriers

Babcock Lumber Company

Electric

Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway

Not completed

Notes[]

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Tennessee (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.

^ http://www.misstennrr.com/

[2] This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

[1] ttp://www.misstennrr.com/

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