Rail Freight Carriers in

Tennessee

Knoxville & Holston River Railroad freight train at Tyson Park in Knoxville.
Locomotive 2002 is an EMD MP15AC 1500hp Bo-Bo diesel electric.
1269 is an EMD SW1 600hp Bo-Bo diesel electric converted to operate as a road slug.

Long Haul Railways

BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific

Regional & Local Railways

• Caney Fork & Western Railroad Tullahoma (interchange with CSX) to Sparta, about 61 miles (98 km)
• Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway Chattanooga (interchange with Norfolk Southern) to Berryton GA, about 54 miles (87 km)
• East Tennessee Railway switching railway in Johnson City, interchanging with CSX and Norfolk Southern. Total length of line about 7 miles (11 km)
• Heritage Railroad Blair (interchange with Norfolk Southern) to Heritage Center, Oak Ridge. About 7 miles (11 km) plus about 3 miles (5 km) of spurs and sidings.
• Hoffman Transportation switching railway at its transload facility in Old Hickory, interchanging with Nashville & Eastern
• JBC Rail Services switching services and railcar storage at Mount Pleasant, interchanging with CSX
• KWT Railway two lines:
  • Bruceton (interchange with CSX) via Paris (branch to Henry) and Hazel to Murray KY (interchange with Hardin Southern)
  • McKenzie (interchange with CSX) to Dresden
  Total length of line about 72 miles (116 km)
• Knoxville & Cumberland Gap Railroad Clairfield (branch to Rock Creek) to Hyde (interchange with CSX); trackage rights over CSX to Lot KY (interchange with CSX); Lot KY via Jellico and Rocky Top (interchange with CSX) to Clinton (local branches and interchange with Norfolk Southern; trackage rights over Norfolk Southern via Coster to Beverley (interchange with Norfolk Southern); Beverley to Cumberland Gap and tunnel via VA to destinations in KY. Total length of line about 154 miles (248 km), including about 29 miles (47 km) of trackage rights
• Knoxville & Holston River Railroad switching railway in the Knoxville area, interchanging with CSX and Norfolk Southern. Total length of line about 20 miles (32 km)
• Lhoist North America has a private railway from its Crab Orchard Quarry to Rockwood (interchange with Norfolk Southern), about 16 miles (25 km) (Website contains no information relating to railway)
• Mississippi Central Railroad Grand Junction (interchange with Norfolk Southern) via Michigan City MS to Oxford MS, about 51 miles (82 km)
• Nokian Tyres has a 1.6 mile (2.6 km) private railway serving its factory in Dayton, interchanging with Norfolk Southern (Website contains no details relating to railway)
• Port of Cates Landing proposed railway from Tiptonville (interchange with TennKen) to Cates Landing, about 5 miles (9 km) (Website contains few details relating to railway)
• R J Corman several groups of lines:
  • Memphis Line Cumberland City via Ucar to destinations in KY. Total length of line over 100 miles (161 km), of which about 35 miles (56 km) lies in TN
  • Nashville & Eastern Railroad Nashville (interchange with CSX) via Stone River (branch to Hickory River) and Carthage Junction near Gordonsville (branch to South Carthage) to Allgood, about 110 miles (177 km)
  • Nashville & Western Railroad Nashville (interchange with CSX) to Ashland City, about 18 miles (29 km)
  • Tennessee Terminal switching railway serving the Memphis Airport Industrial Park and businesses in the Olive Branch MS area, interchanging with BNSF at Tennessee Yard. Total length of line about 47 miles (75 km)
• R J Corman Switching switching services at Tate & Lyle, Loudun, interchanging with CSX and Norfolk Southern
• Sequatchie Valley Switching Company Bridgeport AL (interchange with CSX and Norfolk Southern) to a point just south of Jasper, about 11 miles (18 km). There is a separate switching operation in AL
• South Central Tennessee Railroad Colesburg (interchange with CSX) to Hohenwald, about 50 miles (80 km)
• Tennessee Southern Railroad Pulaski via Columbia (branch to Godwin where there is interchange with CSX), Siglo (branch to Monsanto) and Iron City to Florence AL. Total length of line about 149 miles (240 km), of which 118 miles (190 km) is main line
• Tennessee Valley Authority has a private railway serving its Gallatin Fossil Fuel Plant, interchanging with CSX. Currently out of service following closure of the plant, but may be reactivated for the removal of waste coal ash (Website contains no information relating to railway)
• TennKen Railroad Dyersburg (interchange with CN) via Tiptonville and Philippy to Hickman, KY, about 51 miles (82 km); proposed extension from Hickman via Jordan KY to Union City TN, where ther would be interchange with Union City Terminal; length of extension about 12 miles (20 km)
• Tyner Terminal Railroad switching railway in the Tyner Industrial Complex of Chatanooga, interchanging primarily with Norfolk Southern and potentially with other railways in the area. Total length of line about 22 miles (35 km) (No website located for freight services, but see tourist services website)
• Union City Terminal Railroad Rives (interchange with CN) to Union City, about 8 miles (13 km)
• Walking Horse Railroad Wartrace (interchange with CSX) to Shelbyville, about 8 miles (13 km)
• West Tennessee Railroad Corinth MS (interchange with CPKC, Norfolk Southern and Redmont) via Jackson (various local branches and branch via Humboldt - where there is interchange with CSX - to Kenton), Sitka and Milan (interchange with CSX) to Fulton KY (interchange with CN)

Military Railways

Websites do not in general contain details of railway facilities

• US Army
  • serving Fort Campbell (on border of KY and TN) from Hopkinsville KY (junction with CSX)
  • serving Holston Army Ammunition Plant from Mount Carmel (junction with Norfolk Southern) and Kingsport (junction with CSX)