Gloster Southern Railroad
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The Gloster Southern Railroad (
The line was owned by Georgia-Pacific (GP) which had purchased and refurbished 35 miles (56 km) of an abandoned branch line to provide service to a GP oakwood mill in Gloster. The GLSR operated four or five freight trains per week until the plant closed in December 2002. One year later, Genesee & Wyoming acquired three short-line railroads from GP. However, this sale did not include the GLSR.
In September 2004, GP announced that they would re-open the Gloster oakwood mill. However, they did not continue to operate the GLSR. The McComb Enterprise Journal reported on April 2, 2008, that the Georgia-Pacific Corporation is closing its railroad and that the town of Gloster was interested in the rail bed.[1]
The Gloster Southern Railroad applied to discontinue service on its entire line in December 2009,[2] and crews began removing the railway and roadbed. By June 2013, it was reported that all of the track had been moved and sold for recycling.
Equipment
| No. | Builder | Build Date | Model | Purchase Date | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | AT&SF #17954
|
May 1953 | CF7
|
04/86 | |
| 1502 | AT&SF | CF7 | Photo Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| 903 | AT&SF | SW900 |
References
- ^ McComb Enterprise Journal. April 2, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Gloster Southern Railroad Company LLC--Discontinuance of Service Exemption--in Amite and Wilkinson Counties, MS and East Feliciana Parish, LA". Surface Transportation Board. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
Railways portal
- American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, p135
- "CN Short Line Partners". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- "GP To Suspend Production". Archived from the original on 2007-04-20. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- "GP Sell Short-line railroads". Archived from the original on 2007-04-18. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- "GP To restart two plants". Archived from the original on 2007-04-16. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- "Surface Transportation Board - Gloster Southern". Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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