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Table 2.4 Freight railroads in the Gulf Coast study area.

(Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2004)

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Railroad Class Service Area Primary Commodities
Acadiana Railway III Crowley, LA, through Eunice and Opelousas, to Bunkie, LA. Agricultural products, edible oils, and general freight.
Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway III Pensacola, FL, to Columbus, AL. Extensions to Mobile, AL, via Norfolk Southern trackage. Paper industry: logs, woodchips, chlorine, sodium chlorate, hydrogen peroxide, rolled and boxed paper, and kaolin clay.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway I Over 32,000 route miles in western U.S. Operate between Houston and New Orleans. Coal, grains, intermodal, lumber, and chemicals.
Canadian National Railway (formerly Illinois Central Gulf) I Over 19,000 route miles in U.S. and Canada. Serves Mobile and New Orleans via north-south route. Petroleum, chemicals, grain, fertilizers, coal, metals, minerals, forest products, intermodal, and automotive.
CSX Transportation I Over 22,000 route miles in eastern U.S. Operate between Florida and New Orleans along I‑10 corridor. Coal, chemicals, autos, minerals, agricultural products, food, consumer goods, metals, forest and paper products, and phosphates and fertilizer.
Kansas City Southern I Operates approximately 3,100 route miles in central and southeastern U.S. Serves New Orleans and Lake Charles, LA, Port Arthur and Galveston, TX, and Mexico. Agriculture, minerals, general merchandise, intermodal, autos, and coal.
Lake Charles Port and Harbor District Switching Owned by the Port. Switches traffic for Union Pacific. Port traffic.
Louisiana and Delta Railroad III Multiple branches connected by trackage rights on Union Pacific between Lake Charles and Raceland, LA. Carbon black, sugar, molasses, pipe, rice, and paper products.
Mississippi Export Railroad   Escatawpa River at Evanston, MS, to port at Pascagoula, MS. Transloading services for intercoastal and river barges or vessels.
New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway III Westwego, LA, to Myrtle Grove, LA. Food products, oils, grains, petroleum products, chemicals, and steel products.
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Switching Serves Port of New Orleans along the Mississippi River and Industrial Canal. Exports: lumber, wood products, and paper. Imports: metal products, rubber, plastics, and copper. Domestic: clay, cement, and steel plate.
Norfolk Southern Corporation I Over 21,000 route miles in eastern U.S. Operate from Birmingham to Mobile, AL, and New Orleans, LA. Agriculture, autos, chemicals, coal, machinery, intermodal, metals, construc­tion material, paper, clay, forest products.
Pearl River Valley Railroad III Goodyear, MS, to Nicholson, MS. Lumber and forest products.
Port Bienville Railroad Switching Port Bienville Industrial Park, Hancock County, MS. Plastic resins and other goods for industrial park tenets.
Sabine River and Northern Railroad III Between Buna and Orange, TX. Wood chips, chemicals, and other raw materials for the paper industry. Finished paper and lumber products.
Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks Switching Operates over 75 miles in the Mobile, AL, area, serving the port and local industries. Port cargo.
Timber Rock Railroad Company III De Ridder, LA, west through Merryville to Kirbyville, TX. Forest products and rock.
Union Pacific Railroad I Over 32,000 route miles in western U.S. Operate between Houston and New Orleans. Chemicals, coal, food, forest products, grains, intermodal, metals, minerals, and autos.