List of Louisiana railroads

The following railroad companies operate in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Common freight carriers

 * Acadiana Railway (AKDN)
 * Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM)
 * Baton Rouge Southern Railroad (BRS)
 * Bogalusa Bayou Railroad (BBAY)
 * BNSF Railway (BNSF)
 * Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
 * CG Railway (CGR)
 * CSX Transportation (CSXT)
 * Delta Southern Railroad (DSRR)
 * Geaux Geaux Railroad (GOGR)
 * Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
 * Louisiana and Delta Railroad (LDRR)
 * Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)
 * Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS)
 * New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway (NOGC)
 * New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB)
 * North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
 * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) through subsidiary Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS)
 * Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)
 * Port Rail (Lake Charles) (PRLC)
 * Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR)
 * Operates the Southern Gulf Railway
 * Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
 * Zee Railroad (ZEE)

Private freight carriers
Laurel Valley & Rousseau Station Railroad (n.g. plantation railroad connecting Barker & Lepine properties along Bayou LaForche to one another[mainly cane fields to sugar mill] and to S.P. trunk line).
 * East Camden and Highland Railroad

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

Defunct railroads
Special notes:
 * Mileage not noted separately is retrieved from the Railroad Commission of Louisiana; Louisiana Railroad Mileage, 1920
 * Other railroads and companies.
 * New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad

General references

 * Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Louisiana (PDF). Retrieved May 9, 2005.
 * I.C.C. Tap Line Case Logging Railroad Summaries. Texas Transportation Archive. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
 * I.C.C. Tap Line Case Logging Railroad Summaries. Texas Transportation Archive. Retrieved May 20, 2007.