Railway companies of Tennessee

List of railway companies in the American state of Tennessee.

Class I railways

 * Amtrak (AMTK), passenger on freight lines
 * Burlington Northern & Gulf Railroad (BNG), freight
 * Chesapeake Southern Railway (CHS), freight
 * Kansas City-Santa Fe Railroad (KCSF), freight
 * New York Western Railroad (NYW), freight
 * North Western Pacific Railroad (NWP), freight and passenger
 * Pennsylvania Seaboard Railroad (PS), freight
 * Piedmont & Northern Railway (PN), freight and passenger
 * Union Pacific Railroad (UP), freight

Shortline and terminal railways

 * Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI), freight
 * Sequatchie Valley Railroad (SQVR), freight
 * Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR), freight

Defunct railways
Years shown here refer to the period in which a given company operated in Tennessee; they may have existed elsewhere before or after these years.