
- Freight Railroad Employees: 2,506
- Freight Railroads: 21
- Freight Rail Mileage: 3,023
- Trucks off the Road: It would have taken 7.7 million trucks to handle the freight that moved by rail in Louisiana in 2022.
Freight Rail Traffic
Tons in millions.
Originated
- Chemicals: 26.8 tons, 284,700 cars
- Refined petrol. prod.: 4.7 tons, 57,300 cars
- Pulp & paper: 3.6 tons, 47,100 cars
- Food products: 2.5 tons, 25,400 cars
- Lumber & wood prod.: 2.4 tons, 26,300 cars
- Other: 3.6 tons, 61,000 cars
- TOTAL: 43.5M tons, 501,900 cars
Terminated
- Coal: 7.8 tons, 66,100 cars
- Chemicals: 7.1 tons, 75,900 cars
- Grain: 5.1 tons, 49,300 cars
- Food products: 3.2 tons, 33,200 cars
- Petr. & coal products: 3.0 tons, 34,700 cars
- Other: 13.6 tons, 175,600 cars
- TOTAL: 39.9M tons, 434,800 cars
Freight Rail Miles
Class I Railroads
- BNSF: 346
- Canadian National: 227
- CPKC: 750
- CSX: 43
- Norfolk Southern: 76
- Union Pacific: 1,140
- TOTAL: 2,582
Short Line Railroads
- Acadiana Railway: 83
- Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad: 55
- Baton Rouge Southern Railroad: 26
- Bogalusa & Northern Railway: 1
- Delta Southern Railroad: 37
- Dutchtown Southern Railroad: 2
- Geaux Geaux Railroad: 26
- Louisiana & Delta Railroad: 298
- Louisiana & North West Railroad: 44
- Louisiana Southern Railroad: 195
- New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway: 32
- New Orleans Public Belt Railroad: 26
- North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad: 16
- Port Rail: 11
- Timber Rock Railroad: 25
- TOTAL: 877
State Reps
- BNSF: Michael Garriga, Executive Director, Public Affairs, Michael.Garriga@bnsf.com
- Canadian National: Antoine Hawkins, State & Local Affairs Manager, Antoine.Hawkins@cn.ca
- CPKC: Larry Lloyd, AVP, U.S. Government Affairs, Larry.Lloyd@cpkcr.com
- CSX: Craig Camuso, Regional VP, State Government Relations, Craig_Camuso@CSX.com
- Norfolk Southern: Elizabeth Kennedy Lawlor, Resident VP, Government Relations, Eilzabeth.Lawlor@nscorp.com
- Union Pacific: Drew Tessier, Sr. Director, Public Affairs, drewtessier@up.com
- G&W: Joe Arbona, AVP, Government Affairs, joe.arbona@gwrr.com
- Watco: Ailsa von Dobeneck, AVP, Government Relations, ailsa@watco.com
Note: Data are for 2023 except for rail employment and truck equivalents, which are 2022. Total miles shown for the state exclude trackage rights, but miles shown for individual railroads include trackage rights. Some mileage and employment figures are estimates. Rail traffic figures are based on AAR analysis of industry data.