List of North Carolina railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

Common freight carriers

 * Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR)
 * Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AR)
 * Alexander Railroad (ARC)
 * Atlantic and Western Railway (ATW)
 * Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (BLU)
 * Caldwell County Railroad (CWCY)
 * Cape Fear Railways (CF)
 * Carolina Coastal Railway (CLNA)
 * (Operates the Nash County Railroad)
 * Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (CA)
 * Clinton Terminal Railroad (CTR)
 * CSX Transportation (CSXT)
 * Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSM)
 * High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad (HPTD)
 * Kinston and Snow Hill Railroad (KSH)
 * Laurinburg and Southern Railroad (LRS)
 * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiaries Camp Lejeune Railroad (CPLJ) and State University Railroad (SUR)
 * (Operates the North Carolina Railroad) (NCRR)
 * North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (NCVA)
 * R.J. Corman Carolina Lines (RJCS)
 * Thermal Belt Railway (TBRY)
 * Virginia Southern Railroad (VSRR)
 * Wilmington Terminal Railroad (WTRY)
 * Winston-Salem Southbound Railway (WSS)
 * Yadkin Valley Railroad (YVRR)

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Charlotte Trolley
 * Craggy Mountain Line
 * Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
 * Handy Dandy Railroad
 * New Hope Valley Railway
 * North Carolina Transportation Museum
 * Lynx Blue Line
 * Red Springs & Northern Railroad
 * Tweetsie Railroad

Defunct railroads

 * Electric railways
 * Asheville and East Tennessee Railroad
 * Asheville Electric Company
 * Asheville Loop Line Railway
 * Asheville Street Railway
 * Carolina Power and Light Company
 * Charlotte Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
 * Cumberland Railway and Power Company
 * Durham Traction Company
 * Fayetteville Street Railway
 * Fries Manufacturing and Power Company
 * North Carolina Public Service Company
 * Piedmont and Northern Railway (P&N)
 * Piedmont Traction Company
 * Salisbury and Spencer Railway
 * Tidewater Power Company
 * Wilmington Sea Coast Railroad


 * Private carriers
 * Blackwood Lumber Company
 * Butters Lumber Company
 * Experimental Railroad
 * Whiteville Lumber Company


 * Not completed
 * Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
 * Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad