South Central Tennessee

Company History: SCTR was launched in 1978 by the Kyle Railways shortline group to take over operation of the 51 mile former Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis line between Colesburg and Hohenwald, Tennessee from Louisville & Nashville. In the early years, the line was run with a pair of GP7’s. Traffic during this period was dominated by wood chips with carbon black, paper, plastics and railroad ties also contributing to the bottom line. SCTR and the rest of the Kyle Railways group was sold to RailAmerica but RA immediately sold the line to an investor group headed by Henry Hohorst at the end of 2000. It is now part of the West Tennessee Rail Group.

Successor/Parent History: This line began as a 1984 spinoff of Illinois Central Gulf then expanded greatly in 2001. Today, the WTNN runs from Corinth, Mississippi north completely through the western end of Tennessee to Fulton, Kentucky, plus a long branchline. The mainline and branch are both former Gulf Mobile & Ohio routes. Neighbors Canadian National and Norfolk Southern have been funding improvements to the WTNN mainline for use in their joint "Mid-America Corridor" linking northern Illinois and the southern states with a high capacity service lane. WTNN is related to South Central Tennessee Railroad and Tennken Railroad.

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