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

Notes

References

• Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in North Carolina (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.