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)
 * Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
 * Caney Fork and Western Railroad (CFWR)
 * Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway (CCKY)
 * CSX Transportation (CSXT)
 * East Chattanooga Belt Railway (ECTB)
 * EACH Railroad (EACH)
 * East Tennessee Railway (ETRY)
 * Heritage Railroad Corporation (HR)
 * Knoxville and Holston River Railroad (KXHR)
 * KWT Railway (KWT)
 * Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI)
 * Mississippi Tennessee Railroad (MTNR)
 * Nashville and Eastern Railroad (NERR)
 * Nashville and Western Railroad (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)
 * R.J. Corman Railroad/Tennessee Terminal (RJCK)
 * Sequatchie Valley Railroad (SQVR)
 * South Central Tennessee Railroad (SCTR)
 * Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR)
 * Tennken Railroad (TKEN)
 * Tyner Terminal Railroad (TYNT)
 * Union City Terminal Railroad (UCTY)
 * Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
 * Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad (WHOE)
 * West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)

Private freight carriers

 * Franklin Industries
 * Lhoist North America
 * Southern Freight Logistics
 * Tennessee Valley Authority

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association
 * WeGo Star
 * Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

Defunct railroads

 * Private carriers
 * Babcock Lumber Company
 * Dayton Iron and Coal Company


 * Electric
 * Bristol Traction Company
 * Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway
 * Fountain Head Railroad
 * Memphis Street Railway
 * Nashville–Franklin Railway


 * Not completed
 * Brownsville and Ohio Railroad
 * Holly Springs, Brownsville and Ohio Railroad
 * Memphis and Knoxville Railroad
 * Memphis and Raleigh Railroad