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Table 1-12: Freight Railroads Operating in Tennessee by Class: 2000
Excel | CSV
Class
I railroads |
2,331 |
Burlington
Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company |
17 |
CSX
Transportation |
1,067 |
Illinois
Central Railroad Company |
151 |
Kansas
City Southern Railway Company |
21 |
Norfolk
Southern Corporation |
1,043 |
Union
Pacific Railroad Company |
32 |
Regional
railroads |
0 |
Local
railroads |
493 |
Chattanooga
and Chickamauga Railway Company |
2 |
East
Tennessee Railway Corporation |
11 |
KWT
Railroad, Inc. |
44 |
Mississippi
and Tennessee Railnet, Inc. |
3 |
Nashville
and Eastern Railroad Corporation |
130 |
R.
J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line |
36 |
Sequatchie
Valley Railroad |
8 |
South
Central Tennessee Railroad Corporation |
50 |
Southern
Freight Railroad |
16 |
Tennessee
Southern Railroad Company, Inc. |
101 |
Tennken
Railroad |
41 |
Walking
Horse and Eastern Railroad |
8 |
West
Tennessee Railroad |
43 |
Switching
and terminal railroads |
105 |
Caney
Fork and Western Railroad |
75 |
Knoxville
and Holston River Railroad Company |
18 |
Mississippi
Central Railroad Company |
6 |
Nashville
and Western Railroad Corporation |
6 |
1 Miles operated is in terms of railroad so that a mile of single track is counted the same as a mile of double track. Sidings, turnouts, yard switching mileage, and mileage not operated are excluded. Miles operated under trackage rights provided by another (owning) railroad are included.
NOTE: For definition of railroad types see previous table.
SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States - 2000, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/StateInformation.asp as of Mar. 19, 2002.
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