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

• East Camden and Highland Railroad

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).

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

References

Notes

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.