Railway companies of North Carolina

List of railway companies in the American state of North Carolina.

Class I railways

 * Amtrak (AMTK), passenger on freight lines
 * Chesapeake Southern Railway (CHS), freight
 * New York Western Railroad (NYW), freight
 * Pennsylvania Seaboard Railroad (PS), freight
 * Piedmont & Northern Railway (PN), freight and passenger

Regional railways

 * North Carolina Railroad (NCRR), freight and passenger

Shortline and terminal railways

 * Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway (ACWR), freight
 * Alexander Railroad (ARC), freight
 * Atlantic & Western Railway (ATW), freight
 * Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (BLU), freight
 * Caldwell County Railroad (CWCY), freight
 * Camp Lejeune Railroad (CPLJ), freight
 * Cape Fear Railways (CFR), freight
 * Carolina Coastal Railway (CLNA), freight
 * Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad (CA), freight
 * Clinton Terminal Railroad (CTR), freight
 * Dismal Swamp Railway (DSP), freight and passenger - 42" gauge
 * Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR), freight and passenger
 * Kinston & Snow Hill Railroad (KSH), freight
 * Laurinburg & Southern Railroad (LRS), freight
 * Nash County Railroad (NCYR), freight
 * North Carolina & Virginia Railroad (NCVA), freight
 * Red Springs & Northern Railroad (RCN), freight
 * State University Railroad (SUR), freight and passenger
 * Thermal Belt Railway (TBRY), freight
 * Virginia Southern Railroad (VSRR), freight
 * Wilmington Terminal Railroad (WTRY), freight
 * Yadkin Valley Railroad (YVRR), freight

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