Gloster Southern Railroad

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Gloster Southern Railroad
Reporting marks	GLSR
Locale	Gloster, MS to Slaughter, LA
Dates of operation	1987–2002
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Gloster, MS

The Gloster Southern Railroad (AAR reporting marks GLSR) is a former United States class III railroad that operated in Mississippi and Louisiana.

The GLSR began operation in 1986 and provides freight service from Gloster, Mississippi, to the Illinois Central Railroad (now Canadian National Railway - CN) interchange at Slaughter, Louisiana.

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 plywood mill in Gloster. The GLSR operated two or three freight trains per week until the plant closed in December 2002. One year later, Genesee and Wyoming Inc acquired three short-line railroads from GP, however this sale did not include the GLSR.

In September 2005, GP announced that they would re-open the Gloster plywood mill however it was not known if they would continue to operate the GLSR.

On January 6, 2007 a local railfan observed a Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) train heading north through Lobdell, Louisiana. Behind the three KCS locomotives was a former GLSR CF7 locomotive which had its number boards covered with grey duct tape.

[edit] Equipment

No.	Builder	Build Date	Model	Pruchase Date	Photo
1501	AT&SF #17954	May 1953	CF7	04/86
1502	AT&SF		CF7		Photo
903	AT&SF		SW900

[edit] References

• CN Short Line Partners. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
• GP To Suspend Production. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
• GP Sell Short-line railroads. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
• GP To restart two plants. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.

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