Tennessee Southern

Company History: The TSRR was established in 1989 by the Shortlines, Inc group to takeover a pair of former L&N lines from CSX. The line forms an inverted “J” starting in Florence, Alabama (a port city on the Tennessee River) and running northeast into Tennessee to Iron City, Mt. Pleasant, Siglo and Columbia. It then turns south to Pulaski. Including four short branches, total length is 149 miles. In the early years, TSRR ran with two GP7’s, four GP9’s, two SD18’s and a GP18.

In 2006, TSRR was sold and became the first railroad in the new Patriot Rail shortline group. Patriot has since upgraded the locomotive fleet which as of 2011 included eight GP9’s, a GP30, and six B23-7’s. Traffic includes aluminum, building materials, steel, ties, fertilizer, LPG, plastics, potash, paper, slag and soapstone.

Successor/Parent History: Patriot Rail operates 12 regional and freight short line railroads, a scenic rail excursion train, and five rail-related services companies with over 600 total rail miles across the United States.

Service capabilities include railcar storage, railcar repair and maintenance, railway clean-up and transfer, tank car cleaning and environmental services, contract switching, transloading, engineering services, excursion railroads, real estate, and track access.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.