List of Tennessee railroads

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

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Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Tennessee train stations
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To Chicago
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 Riverfront (Nashville)
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 Donelson
DodgerBlue flag waving.svg Newbern
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 Hermitage
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 Mt. Juliet
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 Martha
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To New Orleans
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 Lebanon
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 WeGo Star
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 Amtrak City of New Orleans
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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad SOU 18681877 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company MP/ RI/ SSW 1912Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
Athens and Tellico Railway L&N 19101911 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway L&N 18961905 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad SOU 18521894N/ASold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
Beaver Dam Railroad 19001918N/A
Belt Railway of Chattanooga SOU 18951946 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Birmingham and Northwestern Railway GM&O 19101929 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Bon Air Railway L&N 18871887 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Brimstone Railroad SOU 19411965 Brimstone and New River Railway
Brimstone and New River Railway SOU 19651966 New River Railway
Bristol, Elizabethtown and North Carolina Railway SOU 18891895 Virginia and Southwestern Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19801981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Cambria Southern Railway L&N 19041904 Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway CC&O ACL/ L&N 19081990 CSX Transportation
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway SOU 18821895N/ASold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
Central of Georgia Railway CGCG19011971 Central of Georgia Railroad
Central Mississippi Railroad IC 18771878 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Central Southern Railroad L&N 18531866 Nashville and Decatur Railroad
Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company CTRN19922000 Nashville and Western Railroad
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad ACL/ L&N 18871893 Ohio River and Charleston Railway
Chattanooga Railway, Bridge and Terminal Company SOU 18901892 Chattanooga Terminal Railway
Chattanooga, Harrison and Cleveland Railroad SOU 18501852 Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Railroad
Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Railroad SOU 18521854 East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad CG 18871891 Savannah and Western Railroad
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad CG 18971901 Central of Georgia Railway
Chattanooga Southern Railroad SOU 18961911 Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad
Chattanooga Southern Railway SOU 18941895 Chattanooga Southern Railroad
Chattanooga Station Company CG/ SOU 1905
Chattanooga Terminal Railway SOU 18921993 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Chattanooga Union Railway SOU 18881895 Belt Railway of Chattanooga
Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway 18891928N/A
Chesapeake and Nashville Railway L&N 18841892 Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad IC 18811896 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad IC 19091963 Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCKRI19481980N/A
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RIRI1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad IC 18781951 Illinois Central Railroad
Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad SOU 18361837 Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroad SOU 18531871 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad L&N 18821884 Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
Cincinnati, Nashville, Southern Railway 19121934N/A
Cincinnati Southern Railway SOU 1870Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
Clinchfield Railroad CRR ACL/ L&N 19241983 Seaboard System Railroad
Coal Creek and New River Railroad SOU 18771889 Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
Corinth and Counce Railroad CCR19581991 TennRail Corporation
Crandull and Shady Valley Railway 19091918N/A
Cumberland Railway SOU 19021944 Southern Railway
Cumberland and Big Stone Gaps Railroad L&N 18891900 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cumberland Plateau Railroad TC 19011902 Tennessee Central Railroad
Decatur, Chesapeake and New Orleans Railway L&N 18871893 Middle Tennessee and Alabama Railway
Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad L&N 18721879 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Dyersburg Northern Railroad IC 19041909 Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad SOU 18481869 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad SOU 18481869 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad SOU 18691886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway SOU 18861894 Southern Railway
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ETWN18661983 East Tennessee Railway
Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad L&N 18521872 Nashville, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Emory River Railroad 19181958formerly the Emory River Lumber Company until 1943
Gallatin and Scottsville Railway L&N 19061907 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Greenback Railroad L&N 19051907 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Gulf and Chicago Railroad GM&O 18891903 Gulf and Chicago Railway
Gulf and Chicago Railway GM&O 19031909 New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Gulf and Mississippi Railroad GMSR19851988 SouthRail Corporation
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad GM&N GM&O 19151940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&OGM&O19401972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Harriman Railway and Construction Company SOU 18901891 Harriman Coal and Iron Railroad
Harriman Coal and Iron Railroad SOU 18911895 Harriman and Northeastern Railroad
Harriman, Knoxville and Eastern Railroad L&N 19101913 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Harriman and Northeastern Railroad SOU 18951970 Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
Henderson and Nashville Railroad L&N 18481867N/ASold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
Hickman and Obion Railroad L&N 18531855 Nashville and Northwestern Railroad sold to Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad in 1872
Hiwassee Railroad SOU 18361848 East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
Holston River Railway SOU 19051908 Virginia and Southwestern Railway
Holston Valley Railway 18921915 Bristol Traction Company
Illinois Central Railroad ICIC18831972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG19721988 Illinois Central Railroad
Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad L&N 18851887 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Iron Mountain Railroad of Memphis MP 18861966 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jackson and Southeastern Railroad IC 19051913 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Jamestown Railroad 19121913 Oneida and Western Railroad
Johnson City, Bakersville and Southern Railway 19051909 Unicoi Railway
Johnson City and Carolina Railway SOU 18871891 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad SLSF 1901 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company SLSF 18871928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad SLSF 18861928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kingsport Southern Railway ACL/ L&N 19061906 South and Western Railroad
Knoxville and Augusta Railroad SOU 18781890 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Knoxville Belt Railroad SOU 18871898 Southern Railway
Knoxville and Bristol Railway SOU 18981903 Southern Railway
Knoxville and Carolina Railroad 19211926 Smoky Mountain Railroad
Knoxville and Charleston Railroad SOU 18521873 Knoxville and Augusta Railroad
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad SOU 18881895 Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway SOU 18951898 Southern Railway
Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad SOU 18531871 Coal Creek and New River Railroad
Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad L&N 19021904 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad SOU 18711903 Southern Railway
Knoxville, Sevierville and Eastern Railway 19071921 Knoxville and Carolina Railroad
Knoxville Southern Railroad L&N 18871890 Marietta and North Georgia Railway
La Grange and Memphis Railroad SOU 18351852 Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Laurel Railway 19051926N/A
Laurel Fork Railway 19101925N/A
Lewisburg and Northern Railroad L&N 19101915 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Lexington and Knoxville Railroad SOU 18521853 Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad
Little River Railroad LR19011940N/A
Livingston Terminal Company 19101911 Overton County Railroad
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad SOU 18371843N/ASold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N, LNL&N18511983 Seaboard System Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Terminal Company L&N 18931962 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway IC 18841892 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Marietta and North Georgia Railway L&N 18901895 Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
McCormick, Ashland City and Nashville Railroad MACO19881992 Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company
McMinnville and Manchester Railroad L&N 18501875 Memphis and Charleston Railroad sold to Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway in 1877
Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad SLSF 18851887 Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
Memphis and Charleston Railroad SOU 18461898 Southern Railway
Memphis–Chattanooga Railway SOU 18991941 Southern Railway
Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad L&N 18521871 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Memphis, Holly Springs and Mobile Railroad SLSF 18601869 Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad
Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad SLSF 18691870 Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma Railroad SLSF 18811881 Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Railroad
Memphis and Ohio Railroad L&N 18531872 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad IC 18781881 Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Railroad SLSF 18811885 Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Memphis and Southeastern Railroad SLSF 18861886 Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
Memphis and State Line Railroad IC 19031908 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Memphis Union Station Company MUSC L&N/ MP/ SOU/ SSW 19091976N/A
Mentor Southern Railway L&N 19041904 Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Middle and East Tennessee Central Railway L&N 18831897 Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
Middle Tennessee Railroad 19071920N/A
Middle Tennessee and Alabama Railway L&N 18931897 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Middlesborough Railroad L&N 18951896 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Middlesborough Belt Railroad L&N 18901895 Middlesborough Railroad
Mississippi Central Railroad IC 18591874 New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
Mississippi Central and Tennessee Railroad IC 18531859 Mississippi Central Railroad
Mississippi River Railway IC 18581872 Paducah and Memphis Railroad
Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet MT19982003Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
Mississippi Tennessee RailroadMTNR20032004N/A
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad IC 18531889 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad MPMP19171997 Union Pacific Railroad
Mobile, Clarksville and Evansville Railroad L&N 18811885 Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad GM&O 19031909 New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O 18481940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Morgan and Fentress Railway 19141934N/A
Morristown and Carolina Railroad SOU 18811882 Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
Morristown and Cumberland Railroad SOU 18901898 Knoxville and Bristol Railway
Morristown, Cumberland Gap and Ohio Railroad SOU 18801882 Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
Nashville and Ashland City Railroad NACR19811988 McCormick, Ashland City and Nashville Railroad
Nashville and Atlantic Railroad 19211939N/A
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad L&N 18451873 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway changed name
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway N&C, NC L&N 18731957 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad L&N 18721872 St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
Nashville and Clarksville Railroad TC 19011902 Tennessee Central Railroad
Nashville and Decatur Railroad L&N 18661990 CSX Transportation
Nashville and Florence Railroad L&N 18791887 Nashville, Florence and Sheffield Railway
Nashville, Florence and Sheffield Railway L&N 18871900 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville and Knoxville Railroad TC 18841902 Tennessee Central Railroad
Nashville and Memphis Railroad L&N 18521853 Memphis and Ohio Railroad
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad L&N 18501872 Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
Nashville and Tellico Railroad L&N 18871893 Nashville, Tellico and Charleston Railway
Nashville, Tellico and Charleston Railway L&N 18921899 Tellico Railway
Nashville Terminal Company TC 18941937 Tennessee Central Railway
Nashville and Tuscaloosa Railroad L&N 18771884 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Natchez Trace Railroad NTR19821993 Mississippi Central Railroad
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad IC 18521874 New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad L&N 18671871 New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad GM&O 19091915 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad L&N 18711880N/ASold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
New Orleans and Ohio Railroad IC 18661871 Paducah and Memphis Railroad
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad IC 18741877 Central Mississippi Railroad
New River Railway SOU 19661970 Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
Oakdale and Cumberland Mountain Railroad SOU 18791882 Walden's Ridge Railroad
Ohio River and Charleston Railway ACL/ L&N 18941902 South and Western Railway
Oneida and Western Railroad OD&W19131954N/A
Ooltewah and Red Clay Railroad SOU 18811882 Tennessee State Line Railroad
Overton County Railroad 19041912 Cincinnati, Nashville, Southern Railway
Paducah and Memphis Railroad IC 18721877 Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
Paducah and Tennessee Railroad L&N 18541889 Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
Paducah and Tennessee Railway L&N 18881889 Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad L&N 18901895 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Powells Valley Railroad SOU 18871888 Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad
Powells Valley Railway SOU 18861887 Powells Valley Railroad
Ripley Railroad GM&O 18711872 Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Railroad
Rock Island Memphis Terminal Railway RI 19131948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Rockwood and Tennessee River Railway 18671911N/A
Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad SOU 18521873 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 19011916 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSFSLSF19161980 Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and South Eastern Railway L&N 18721879 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway SSWSSW19121997 Union Pacific Railroad
Savannah and Western Railroad CG 18911894 Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad SBD19831986 CSX Transportation
Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad SLSF 18701881 Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma Railroad
Sequatchie Valley Railroad L&N 18681877 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Railroad GM&O 18721889 Gulf and Chicago Railroad
Smoky Mountain Railroad 19261961N/A
South and Western Railroad ACL/ L&N 19061908 Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
South and Western Railway ACL/ L&N 19011906 Kingsport Southern Railway, South and Western Railroad
Southern Railway SOUSOU18941990 Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Freight Railroad SFR19972003 Heritage Railroad
SouthRail Corporation SR19881993 Kansas City Southern Railway
Southwestern Railroad L&N 18521877 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Swan Creek Railway L&N 19061921 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Tellico Railroad L&N 18871887 Nashville and Tellico Railroad
Tellico Railway L&N 18981910 Athens and Tellico Railway
Tennessee Railroad TENN SOU 19181973 Tennessee Railway
Tennessee Railway SOU 19041918 Tennessee Railroad
Tennessee and Alabama Railroad L&N 18521866 Nashville and Decatur Railroad
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad SOU 19111922 Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway
Tennessee and Carolina Southern Railway SOU 19021935N/A
Tennessee Central Railroad TCTC19021922 Tennessee Central Railway
Tennessee Central Railroad TC 18931897 Tennessee Central Railway
Tennessee Central Railroad 18831891N/A
Tennessee Central Railway TCTC19221968 Harriman and Northeastern Railroad, Illinois Central Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Tennessee Central Railway TC 18971902 Tennessee Central Railroad
Tennessee and Cumberland River Railroad 18971915N/A
Tennessee, Kentucky and Northern Railroad 19121934N/A
Tennessee Midland Railway L&N 18861895 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad 19001920 Tennessee and North Carolina Railway
Tennessee and North Carolina Railway 19201951N/A
Tennessee Northern Railway SOU 18961903 Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
Tennessee and Ohio Railroad SOU 18841889 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad L&N 18661877 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Tennessee and Sequatchie Valley Railroad 18801883 Tennessee Central Railroad
Tennessee Southern Railroad IC 18811884 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
Tennessee State Line Railroad SOU 18821886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Tennessee Valley Railroad SOU 18871888 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Tennessee Western Railroad L&N 19121939N/A
TennRail Corporation 19911993 Kansas City Southern Railway
Troy and Tiptonville Railroad IC 18871903 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Unicoi Railway 19091918N/A
Union Railway URY MP 18861966 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Union Railway SOU 18831888 Chattanooga Union Railway
Virginia and Southwestern Railway SOU 1899Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway
Walden's Ridge Railroad SOU 18771888 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Wauhatchie Extension Railway SOU 19141917 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
West Nashville Railway L&N 18871887 Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Western and Atlantic Railroad L&N 1848Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
Wills Valley Railroad SOU 18541868 Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad IC 18921946 Illinois Central Railroad
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Notes

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

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References

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