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Grenada Branch Line, the Water Valley Branch Line, and the Natchez Branch Line were sold to Grenada Railway, LLC, and Natchez Railway, LLC, both non-carrier affiliates of V&S Railway and A&K Railroad Materials." The 81-mile section running south from Grenada to Canton was taken
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Pacific then leased the line from the Authority, the lease payments being applied to pay back the state bond. It was reported that Iowa Pacific would continue to operate the Grenada Railway, as well as work to rebuild the trackage between Grenada and Canton.
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Pacific sent their passenger train (decorated in the colors of the Illinois Central) to Batesville, MS to run a polar express train. The train was such a success that Iowa Pacific bought a warehouse and planned to run regular dinner trains.
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Central Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority purchased the entire rail line for $ 43 million from previous owner A&K Railroad Materials. The state of Mississippi contributed a $ 30 million bond, while
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operated over the
Grenada District for the last time. A few years later in 1998, Canadian National bought the Illinois Central Railroad and diverted more traffic over to the Yazoo District.
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Grenada announced the celebration of the complete restoration of its 235-mile line that runs between Canton, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn.
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In August 2018 it was announced that
International Rail Partners (IRP) had concluded a lease-purchase agreement with the NCMRRA, and would operate the line under the new name
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Canadian National spun off the 175-mile branch line from the Tennessee border south through Grenada to Canton due to low traffic. On May 14, 2009, the
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1011:"Legislators work to stop abandonment of Grenada Railway"
1076:"International Rail Partners Acquires Grenada Railroad"
758:(reporting mark GRYR) is a 228-mile long (290 km)
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1028:. Trains Magazine. 10 November 2011
1418:Rail infrastructure in Mississippi
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1332:Ripley & New Albany Railroad
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1292:Mississippi Central Railroad
947:Gulf & Atlantic Railways
875:Surface Transportation Board
807:Canadian Pacific Kansas City
1352:Vicksburg Southern Railroad
1297:Mississippi Export Railroad
898:Grenada Railroad, 2018-2023
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1262:Illinois Central Railroad
1242:Gloster Southern Railroad
1222:Canadian National Railway
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997:Retrieved 25 October 2019
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1181:Railroads of Mississippi
1357:West Tennessee Railroad
1327:Port Bienville Railroad
993:"CN sells Grenada line"
844:On September 10, 1995
764:Southaven, Mississippi
77:Southern United States
1413:Mississippi railroads
1307:Mississippian Railway
1015:Retrieved 7 July 2013
883:Iowa Pacific Holdings
774:trackage operated by
42:Grenada Railroad Logo
1322:Old Augusta Railroad
1247:Great River Railroad
308:4298 US-51 Horn Lake
116:Grenada Railroad LLC
57:Grenada, Mississippi
31:Grenada Railroad LLC
1347:Tishomingo Railroad
888:Winona, Mississippi
850:City of New Orleans
828:City of New Orleans
787:Canton, Mississippi
770:, along the former
768:Canton, Mississippi
708:Note: Not to scale
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1366:Passenger carriers
1112:on 19 October 2019
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943:"Grenada Railroad"
795:Memphis, Tennessee
783:Class III railroad
760:shortline railroad
83:Dates of operation
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1060:4 September
1032:4 September
914:RailUSA LLC
839:Casey Jones
789:, with the
127:Track gauge
91:Predecessor
86:2009–
1407:Categories
1385:See also:
1116:25 October
1086:25 October
978:2016-07-13
952:25 October
929:References
418:Batesville
374:Fannie May
184:/railroads
180:garailways
797:with CN,
793:, and at
506:Duck Hill
462:W.V. Jct.
396:Senatobia
352:Coldwater
286:Southaven
200:Route map
121:Technical
113:Successor
906:Railroad
904:Grenada
863:Grenada
846:Amtrak's
831:and the
330:Hernando
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48:Overview
1106:RailUSA
1080:RailUSA
865:Railway
821:History
638:Vaughan
616:Pickens
594:Goodman
484:Grenada
440:Oakland
264:Memphis
175:Website
141:⁄
1373:Amtrak
660:Canton
572:Durant
550:Vaiden
528:Winona
215:Legend
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162:Length
73:Locale
909:LLC.
682:CN/IC
242:CN/IC
170:Other
1232:CPKC
1212:BNSF
1118:2019
1088:2019
1062:2015
1034:2015
954:2019
861:The
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