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Bay Line Railroad (AL and FL) BAYL Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CA and OR) CORP Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad: CFE Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (IL and IN) CSS Cimarron Valley Railroad (CO, KS, and OK) CVR Deseret Power Railroad (CO and UT) DPRW Rail Link (operates 26 short line railroads) RLIX
The line connected with the Southern Railway at Knoxville. [2] In July 1921, the bank foreclosed on the railroad and later sold it for $50,000 to L.C. Gunter on November 1, 1921. The line was then re-organized as the Knoxville & Carolina Railroad Company. The railroad was sold again at auction for $50,000 on May 1, 1926, but since the new owner ...
Tennessee State Line Railroad: SOU: 1882 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: Tennessee Valley Railroad: SOU: 1887 1888 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway: Tennessee Western Railroad: L&N: 1912 1939 N/A TennRail Corporation: 1991 1993 Kansas City Southern Railway: Troy and Tiptonville Railroad: IC: 1887 1903
For loads not originating on their lines, ISS shortlines still collect a portion of the freight rate. It was reported in 2009 that shortline railroads employ 20,000 people in the U.S., and own 30 percent of the nation's railroad tracks. About a quarter of all U.S. rail freight travels at least a small part of its journey over a short-line railroad.
The East Tennessee Railway, L.P. (reporting mark ETRY) is a short line railroad connecting CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway in Johnson City, Tennessee.Since 2005, the railroad has been owned by Genesee and Wyoming, an international operator of short line railroads, as part of its Rail Link group.
The Tennessee Railroad (reporting mark TENN) was a short line standard gauge (4 ft 8 1 ⁄ 2 in) common carrier railroad running from Oneida, Tennessee to Fork Mountain, Tennessee. Reorganized in 1973 by the Southern Railway as the Tennessee Railway , it remains a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern .
The Nashville and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark NERR) is a shortline railroad which administers 137 miles (220 km) of track between Nashville and Monterey, Tennessee, of which 130 miles (210 km) are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee.
The Knoxville and Holston River Railroad (reporting mark KXHR) operates over 18.98 miles (30.55 km) within Knoxville and Marbledale, Tennessee. This short line railroad was created in 1998 and is currently owned by Gulf and Ohio Railways. [1] The railroad also hosts a tourist train run by Gulf & Ohio Railways, the Three Rivers Rambler. [2]