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
NameMarkSystemThis is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.MilesFromToSuccessorNotesAlexandria and Western RailwayA&W18.5019091925Alexandria, Junction City and Shreveport RailroadAJC&SRIJune 29, 18971899Arkansas Southern RailroadAlexandria and St. Louis RailwayMP18921893Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern RailwayAlexandria, Woodworth and Beaumont RailwayAnacoco Valley RailwayAngola Transfer CompanyKCS19061929Louisiana Railway and Navigation CompanyArkansas and Gulf RailroadArkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad19141915N/ALeased the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf RailwayArkansas, Louisiana and Gulf RailwayAL&G19061915Arkansas and Louisiana Midland RailwayArkansas and Louisiana Midland RailwayA&LM19151920Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri RailwayArkansas and Louisiana Missouri RailwayA&LM, ALM19201991Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi RailroadArkansas, Louisiana and Southern RailwayKCS18971900Louisiana and Arkansas RailroadArkansas Southeastern RailwayArkansas Southern RailroadASRRRI18921905Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana RailroadThe Arkansas Southern Railroad (formed August 29, 1892) consolidated with the Alexandria, Junction City & Shreveport Railway Company in March 1899, continuing as the Arkansas Southern Railroad Company. Consolidated with the Arkansas Southern Extension Railway, and the Little Rock Southern Railway Company into the Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad on October 31, 1905. Arkansas and Southern RailwaySSW18871887St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas RailwayArkansas Southern Extension RailwayRI19031905Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana RailroadFormed November 28, 1903Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayATSF19651996Burlington Northern and Santa Fe RailwayAvoyelles RailroadMP18981900Texas and Pacific RailwayBastrop and Lake Providence Railway4.00Baton Rouge Grosse Tete and Opelousas Railroad18531883 Baton Rouge Grosse Tete and Opelousas Railroad (pp. 88) Baton Rouge, Hammond and Eastern RailroadIC19001946Illinois Central RailroadBernice and Northwestern Railway1908N/ABlack Bayou Railroad1904N/ABodcaw Valley Railway24.001904N/ABoston and Little River RailwayBrimstone Railroad and Canal Company7.7219051931N/ACalcasieu, Vernon and Shreveport RailroadKCS16.50 miles18801897Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf RailwayReference note:Calcasieu, Vernon and Shreveport Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13Central Louisiana and Gulf RailroadCLGR19811987MidLouisiana Rail CorporationChicago, Rock Island and Pacific RailroadRI, ROCKRI183.4319471980Central Louisiana and Gulf Railway, South Central Arkansas RailwayLiquidated in January 1980, parts taken over by the Union Pacific railroad between Brinkley and West Memphis and also by the Little Rock and Western railroad between Little Rock and Danville.Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RailwayRIRI19061948Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans RailroadIC18781951Illinois Central RailroadChristie and Eastern Railway10.5019171934N/AFrom the ghost town of Sandel on the Kansas City Southern Railroad line approximately twelve miles to the mill site at Peason. A line was extended east to connect with the Red River and Gulf Railroad at Kurthwood, with connections to Lecompte.US War Archives: PeasonCinclare Central Factory RailroadClinton and Port Hudson RailroadIC18331889Louisville, New Orleans and Texas RailwayColfax and Northern Railway19011903Louisiana Railway and Navigation CompanyChartered on July 10, 1901 from Aloha to Winnfield. Abandoned prior to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway merger.Colorado Southern, New Orleans and Pacific RailroadMP19051910New Orleans, Texas and Mexico RailroadCommercial Transit CompanyIC18771878New Orleans Belt RailroadDelhi, Baskin and Southwestern RailwayDonaldsonville and Napoleonville RailwayMP19021903Texas and Pacific RailwayDorcheat Valley Railroad1906N/AEast Camden and Highland RailroadEACH19831990Ouachita RailroadEast Louisiana RailroadGM&O18871905New Orleans Great Northern RailroadEnglewood, Alexandria and Southwestern RailroadEnterprise Railway19031914N/AFarmerville and Southern RailroadMP19031909St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern RailwayFernwood & Gulf Railroad44March 31, 19061972Illinois Central GulfFernwood & Gulf Railroad became Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf Railroad April 17, 1920, with of track. See: Fernwood Lumber CompanyFernwood & Gulf Railroad- Retrieved 2010-04-05 The FC&G purchased the unique Brill Model 30 rail bus