| Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
| Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1868
|
1877
|
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
|
| Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company
|
|
MP/ RI/ SSW
|
1912
|
|
|
Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Athens and Tellico Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1910
|
1911
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1896
|
1905
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1852
|
1894
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
|
| Beaver Dam Railroad
|
|
|
1900
|
1918
|
N/A
|
| Belt Railway of Chattanooga
|
|
SOU
|
1895
|
1946
|
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
|
| Birmingham and Northwestern Railway
|
|
GM&O
|
1910
|
1929
|
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
|
| Bon Air Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1887
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Brimstone Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1941
|
1965
|
Brimstone and New River Railway
|
| Brimstone and New River Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1965
|
1966
|
New River Railway
|
| Bristol, Elizabethtown and North Carolina Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1889
|
1895
|
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
|
| Burlington Northern Inc.
|
BN
|
|
1980
|
1981
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
| Burlington Northern Railroad
|
BN
|
|
1981
|
1996
|
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|
| Cambria Southern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1904
|
1904
|
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
|
| Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|
CC&O
|
ACL/ L&N
|
1908
|
1990
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1882
|
1895
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
|
| Central of Georgia Railway
|
CG
|
CG
|
1901
|
1971
|
Central of Georgia Railroad
|
| Central Mississippi Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1877
|
1878
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
| Central Southern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1853
|
1866
|
Nashville and Decatur Railroad
|
| Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company
|
CTRN
|
|
1992
|
2000
|
Nashville and Western Railroad
|
| Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|
|
ACL/ L&N
|
1887
|
1893
|
Ohio River and Charleston Railway
|
| Chattanooga Railway, Bridge and Terminal Company
|
|
SOU
|
1890
|
1892
|
Chattanooga Terminal Railway
|
| Chattanooga, Harrison and Cleveland Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1850
|
1852
|
Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Railroad
|
| Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1852
|
1854
|
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
|
| Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad
|
|
CG
|
1887
|
1891
|
Savannah and Western Railroad
|
| Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad
|
|
CG
|
1897
|
1901
|
Central of Georgia Railway
|
| Chattanooga Southern Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1896
|
1911
|
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad
|
| Chattanooga Southern Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1894
|
1895
|
Chattanooga Southern Railroad
|
| Chattanooga Station Company
|
|
CG/ SOU
|
1905
|
|
|
| Chattanooga Terminal Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1892
|
1993
|
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
|
| Chattanooga Union Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1888
|
1895
|
Belt Railway of Chattanooga
|
| Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway
|
|
|
1889
|
1928
|
N/A
|
| Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1884
|
1892
|
Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
|
| Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1881
|
1896
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
| Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1909
|
1963
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
RI, ROCK
|
RI
|
1948
|
1980
|
N/A
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|
RI
|
RI
|
|
1948
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
| Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1878
|
1951
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1836
|
1837
|
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
|
| Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1853
|
1871
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
|
| Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1882
|
1884
|
Chesapeake and Nashville Railway
|
| Cincinnati, Nashville, Southern Railway
|
|
|
1912
|
1934
|
N/A
|
| Cincinnati Southern Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1870
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of Norfolk Southern Railway operating subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
|
| Clinchfield Railroad
|
CRR
|
ACL/ L&N
|
1924
|
1983
|
Seaboard System Railroad
|
| Coal Creek and New River Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1877
|
1889
|
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
|
| Corinth and Counce Railroad
|
CCR
|
|
1958
|
1991
|
TennRail Corporation
|
| Crandull and Shady Valley Railway
|
|
|
1909
|
1918
|
N/A
|
| Cumberland Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1902
|
1944
|
Southern Railway
|
| Cumberland and Big Stone Gaps Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1889
|
1900
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Cumberland Plateau Railroad
|
|
TC
|
1901
|
1902
|
Tennessee Central Railroad
|
| Decatur, Chesapeake and New Orleans Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1893
|
Middle Tennessee and Alabama Railway
|
| Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1879
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Dyersburg Northern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1904
|
1909
|
Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad
|
| East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1848
|
1869
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
|
| East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1848
|
1869
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
|
| East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1869
|
1886
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
| East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1886
|
1894
|
Southern Railway
|
| East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad
|
ETWN
|
|
1866
|
1983
|
East Tennessee Railway
|
| Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1852
|
1872
|
Nashville, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Emory River Railroad
|
|
|
1918
|
1958
|
|
formerly the Emory River Lumber Company until 1943
|
| Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1906
|
1907
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Greenback Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1905
|
1907
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Gulf and Chicago Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1889
|
1903
|
Gulf and Chicago Railway
|
| Gulf and Chicago Railway
|
|
GM&O
|
1903
|
1909
|
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
|
| Gulf and Mississippi Railroad
|
GMSR
|
|
1985
|
1988
|
SouthRail Corporation
|
| Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
|
GM&N
|
GM&O
|
1915
|
1940
|
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
| Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
GM&O
|
GM&O
|
1940
|
1972
|
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
| Harriman Railway and Construction Company
|
|
SOU
|
1890
|
1891
|
Harriman Coal and Iron Railroad
|
| Harriman Coal and Iron Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1891
|
1895
|
Harriman and Northeastern Railroad
|
| Harriman, Knoxville and Eastern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1910
|
1913
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Harriman and Northeastern Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1895
|
1970
|
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
|
| Henderson and Nashville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1848
|
1867
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
|
| Hickman and Obion Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1853
|
1855
|
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad
|
sold to Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad in 1872
|
| Hiwassee Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1836
|
1848
|
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
|
| Holston River Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1905
|
1908
|
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
|
| Holston Valley Railway
|
|
|
1892
|
1915
|
Bristol Traction Company
|
| Illinois Central Railroad
|
IC
|
IC
|
1883
|
1972
|
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
| Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|
ICG
|
|
1972
|
1988
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1885
|
1887
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Iron Mountain Railroad of Memphis
|
|
MP
|
1886
|
1966
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Jackson and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1905
|
1913
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
| Jamestown Railroad
|
|
|
1912
|
1913
|
Oneida and Western Railroad
|
| Johnson City, Bakersville and Southern Railway
|
|
|
1905
|
1909
|
Unicoi Railway
|
| Johnson City and Carolina Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1887
|
1891
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
|
1901
|
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|
| Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company
|
|
SLSF
|
1887
|
1928
|
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|
| Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1886
|
1928
|
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|
| Kingsport Southern Railway
|
|
ACL/ L&N
|
1906
|
1906
|
South and Western Railroad
|
| Knoxville and Augusta Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1878
|
1890
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
| Knoxville Belt Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1887
|
1898
|
Southern Railway
|
| Knoxville and Bristol Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1898
|
1903
|
Southern Railway
|
| Knoxville and Carolina Railroad
|
|
|
1921
|
1926
|
Smoky Mountain Railroad
|
| Knoxville and Charleston Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1852
|
1873
|
Knoxville and Augusta Railroad
|
| Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1888
|
1895
|
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
|
| Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1895
|
1898
|
Southern Railway
|
| Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1853
|
1871
|
Coal Creek and New River Railroad
|
| Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1902
|
1904
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1871
|
1903
|
Southern Railway
|
| Knoxville, Sevierville and Eastern Railway
|
|
|
1907
|
1921
|
Knoxville and Carolina Railroad
|
| Knoxville Southern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1890
|
Marietta and North Georgia Railway
|
| La Grange and Memphis Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1835
|
1852
|
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
|
| Laurel Railway
|
|
|
1905
|
1926
|
N/A
|
| Laurel Fork Railway
|
|
|
1910
|
1925
|
N/A
|
| Lewisburg and Northern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1910
|
1915
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Lexington and Knoxville Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1852
|
1853
|
Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad
|
| Little River Railroad
|
LR
|
|
1901
|
1940
|
N/A
|
| Livingston Terminal Company
|
|
|
1910
|
1911
|
Overton County Railroad
|
| Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1837
|
1843
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
|
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
L&N, LN
|
L&N
|
1851
|
1983
|
Seaboard System Railroad
|
| Louisville and Nashville Terminal Company
|
|
L&N
|
1893
|
1962
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
|
|
IC
|
1884
|
1892
|
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
|
| Marietta and North Georgia Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1890
|
1895
|
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
|
| McCormick, Ashland City and Nashville Railroad
|
MACO
|
|
1988
|
1992
|
Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Company
|
| McMinnville and Manchester Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1850
|
1875
|
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
|
sold to Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway in 1877
|
| Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1885
|
1887
|
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
|
| Memphis and Charleston Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1846
|
1898
|
Southern Railway
|
| Memphis–Chattanooga Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1899
|
1941
|
Southern Railway
|
| Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1852
|
1871
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Memphis, Holly Springs and Mobile Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1860
|
1869
|
Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad
|
| Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1869
|
1870
|
Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
|
| Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1881
|
1881
|
Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Railroad
|
| Memphis and Ohio Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1853
|
1872
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1878
|
1881
|
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad
|
| Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1881
|
1885
|
Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
|
| Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1886
|
1886
|
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
|
| Memphis and State Line Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1903
|
1908
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
| Memphis Union Station Company
|
MUSC
|
L&N/ MP/ SOU/ SSW
|
1909
|
1976
|
N/A
|
| Mentor Southern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1904
|
1904
|
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
|
| Middle and East Tennessee Central Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1883
|
1897
|
Gallatin and Scottsville Railway
|
| Middle Tennessee Railroad
|
|
|
1907
|
1920
|
N/A
|
| Middle Tennessee and Alabama Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1893
|
1897
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Middlesborough Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1895
|
1896
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Middlesborough Belt Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1890
|
1895
|
Middlesborough Railroad
|
| Mississippi Central Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1859
|
1874
|
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
| Mississippi Central and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1853
|
1859
|
Mississippi Central Railroad
|
| Mississippi River Railway
|
|
IC
|
1858
|
1872
|
Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
| Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet
|
MT
|
|
1998
|
2003
|
Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
|
| Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
|
MTNR
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
N/A
|
| Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1853
|
1889
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
| Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
MP
|
MP
|
1917
|
1997
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Mobile, Clarksville and Evansville Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1881
|
1885
|
Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad
|
| Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1903
|
1909
|
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
|
| Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1848
|
1940
|
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
| Morgan and Fentress Railway
|
|
|
1914
|
1934
|
N/A
|
| Morristown and Carolina Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1881
|
1882
|
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
|
| Morristown and Cumberland Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1890
|
1898
|
Knoxville and Bristol Railway
|
| Morristown, Cumberland Gap and Ohio Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1880
|
1882
|
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
|
| Nashville and Ashland City Railroad
|
NACR
|
|
1981
|
1988
|
McCormick, Ashland City and Nashville Railroad
|
| Nashville and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
|
1921
|
1939
|
N/A
|
| Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1845
|
1873
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
changed name
|
| Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
N&C, NC
|
L&N
|
1873
|
1957
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Nashville, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1872
|
St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
| Nashville and Clarksville Railroad
|
|
TC
|
1901
|
1902
|
Tennessee Central Railroad
|
| Nashville and Decatur Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1866
|
1990
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Nashville and Florence Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1879
|
1887
|
Nashville, Florence and Sheffield Railway
|
| Nashville, Florence and Sheffield Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1900
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Nashville and Knoxville Railroad
|
|
TC
|
1884
|
1902
|
Tennessee Central Railroad
|
| Nashville and Memphis Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1852
|
1853
|
Memphis and Ohio Railroad
|
| Nashville and Northwestern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1850
|
1872
|
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
|
| Nashville and Tellico Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1893
|
Nashville, Tellico and Charleston Railway
|
| Nashville, Tellico and Charleston Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1892
|
1899
|
Tellico Railway
|
| Nashville Terminal Company
|
|
TC
|
1894
|
1937
|
Tennessee Central Railway
|
| Nashville and Tuscaloosa Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1877
|
1884
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Natchez Trace Railroad
|
NTR
|
|
1982
|
1993
|
Mississippi Central Railroad
|
| New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1852
|
1874
|
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
| New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1867
|
1871
|
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
|
| New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1909
|
1915
|
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
|
| New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1871
|
1880
|
N/A
|
Sold at foreclosure; no property in Tennessee
|
| New Orleans and Ohio Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1866
|
1871
|
Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
| New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1874
|
1877
|
Central Mississippi Railroad
|
| New River Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1966
|
1970
|
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
|
| Oakdale and Cumberland Mountain Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1879
|
1882
|
Walden's Ridge Railroad
|
| Ohio River and Charleston Railway
|
|
ACL/ L&N
|
1894
|
1902
|
South and Western Railway
|
| Oneida and Western Railroad
|
OD&W
|
|
1913
|
1954
|
N/A
|
| Ooltewah and Red Clay Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1881
|
1882
|
Tennessee State Line Railroad
|
| Overton County Railroad
|
|
|
1904
|
1912
|
Cincinnati, Nashville, Southern Railway
|
| Paducah and Memphis Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1872
|
1877
|
Memphis, Paducah and Northern Railroad
|
| Paducah and Tennessee Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1854
|
1889
|
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
|
| Paducah and Tennessee Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1888
|
1889
|
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
|
| Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1890
|
1895
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Powells Valley Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1887
|
1888
|
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad
|
| Powells Valley Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1886
|
1887
|
Powells Valley Railroad
|
| Ripley Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1871
|
1872
|
Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Railroad
|
| Rock Island Memphis Terminal Railway
|
|
RI
|
1913
|
1948
|
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
| Rockwood and Tennessee River Railway
|
|
|
1867
|
1911
|
N/A
|
| Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1852
|
1873
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
|
MP
|
|
1917
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1901
|
1916
|
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|
| St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|
SLSF
|
SLSF
|
1916
|
1980
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
| St. Louis and South Eastern Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1872
|
1879
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
SSW
|
SSW
|
1912
|
1997
|
Union Pacific Railroad
|
| Savannah and Western Railroad
|
|
CG
|
1891
|
1894
|
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad
|
| Seaboard System Railroad
|
SBD
|
|
1983
|
1986
|
CSX Transportation
|
| Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
|
|
SLSF
|
1870
|
1881
|
Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma Railroad
|
| Sequatchie Valley Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1868
|
1877
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Railroad
|
|
GM&O
|
1872
|
1889
|
Gulf and Chicago Railroad
|
| Smoky Mountain Railroad
|
|
|
1926
|
1961
|
N/A
|
| South and Western Railroad
|
|
ACL/ L&N
|
1906
|
1908
|
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|
| South and Western Railway
|
|
ACL/ L&N
|
1901
|
1906
|
Kingsport Southern Railway, South and Western Railroad
|
| Southern Railway
|
SOU
|
SOU
|
1894
|
1990
|
Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| Southern Freight Railroad
|
SFR
|
|
1997
|
2003
|
Heritage Railroad
|
| SouthRail Corporation
|
SR
|
|
1988
|
1993
|
Kansas City Southern Railway
|
| Southwestern Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1852
|
1877
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Swan Creek Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1906
|
1921
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Tellico Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1887
|
Nashville and Tellico Railroad
|
| Tellico Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1898
|
1910
|
Athens and Tellico Railway
|
| Tennessee Railroad
|
TENN
|
SOU
|
1918
|
1973
|
Tennessee Railway
|
| Tennessee Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1904
|
1918
|
Tennessee Railroad
|
| Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1852
|
1866
|
Nashville and Decatur Railroad
|
| Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1911
|
1922
|
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway
|
| Tennessee and Carolina Southern Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1902
|
1935
|
N/A
|
| Tennessee Central Railroad
|
TC
|
TC
|
1902
|
1922
|
Tennessee Central Railway
|
| Tennessee Central Railroad
|
|
TC
|
1893
|
1897
|
Tennessee Central Railway
|
| Tennessee Central Railroad
|
|
|
1883
|
1891
|
N/A
|
| Tennessee Central Railway
|
TC
|
TC
|
1922
|
1968
|
Harriman and Northeastern Railroad, Illinois Central Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Tennessee Central Railway
|
|
TC
|
1897
|
1902
|
Tennessee Central Railroad
|
| Tennessee and Cumberland River Railroad
|
|
|
1897
|
1915
|
N/A
|
| Tennessee, Kentucky and Northern Railroad
|
|
|
1912
|
1934
|
N/A
|
| Tennessee Midland Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1886
|
1895
|
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|
| Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad
|
|
|
1900
|
1920
|
Tennessee and North Carolina Railway
|
| Tennessee and North Carolina Railway
|
|
|
1920
|
1951
|
N/A
|
| Tennessee Northern Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1896
|
1903
|
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
|
| Tennessee and Ohio Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1884
|
1889
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
| Tennessee and Pacific Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1866
|
1877
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Tennessee and Sequatchie Valley Railroad
|
|
|
1880
|
1883
|
Tennessee Central Railroad
|
| Tennessee Southern Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1881
|
1884
|
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
|
| Tennessee State Line Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1882
|
1886
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
|
| Tennessee Valley Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1887
|
1888
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
| Tennessee Western Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1912
|
1939
|
N/A
|
| TennRail Corporation
|
|
|
1991
|
1993
|
Kansas City Southern Railway
|
| Troy and Tiptonville Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1887
|
1903
|
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
|
| Unicoi Railway
|
|
|
1909
|
1918
|
N/A
|
| Union Railway
|
URY
|
MP
|
1886
|
1966
|
Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
| Union Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1883
|
1888
|
Chattanooga Union Railway
|
| Virginia and Southwestern Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1899
|
|
|
Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway
|
| Walden's Ridge Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1877
|
1888
|
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
|
| Wauhatchie Extension Railway
|
|
SOU
|
1914
|
1917
|
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
|
| West Nashville Railway
|
|
L&N
|
1887
|
1887
|
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
|
| Western and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
L&N
|
1848
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation
|
| Wills Valley Railroad
|
|
SOU
|
1854
|
1868
|
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
|
| Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
|
|
IC
|
1892
|
1946
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
