Golden Triangle Railroad
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The Golden Triangle Railroad (reporting mark GTRA) is a railway in central Mississippi, totalling 10 miles (16 km) length. It is owned by the Patriot Rail Corporation. The GTRA interchanges with the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) at Columbus, Mississippi, and with Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Columbus & Greenville, Luxapalila Valley and Norfolk Southern via trackage rights over the KCS.
GTRA train with the company's two EMD GP38-2 locomotives south of Columbus; 2016 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Columbus, Mississippi |
| Reporting mark | GTRA |
| Dates of operation | 1981–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 10 miles (16 km) |
The GTRA serves an International Paper fiber mill in Trinity. It primarily hauls woodpulp, corn starch and chemicals, and utilises three locomotives. As of 2011[update], the GTRA employs nine workers.
References
- GTRA on PatriotRail.com. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
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