Delta Southern Railroad Company is a
Class III short-line railroad
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headquartered in
Tallulah, Louisiana
Tallulah is a city in and the parish seat of Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The 2010 population was 7,335, a decrease of 1,854, or 20.2 percent, from the 9,189 recorded at the 2000 census.
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DSRR operates two disconnected lines, both of which interchange with
Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...
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*A 14-mile line from
Monroe, Louisiana, to
Sterlington, Louisiana
*A 37-mile line from
Tallulah, Louisiana
Tallulah is a city in and the parish seat of Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The 2010 population was 7,335, a decrease of 1,854, or 20.2 percent, from the 9,189 recorded at the 2000 census.
As this was historically a ...
to
Talla Bena, Louisiana. The line north of this is currently the subject of litigation between DSR and several entities in Louisiana and Arkansas regarding what they consider to be DSR's refusal to rehabilitate the line to make service operational to
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Lake Providence is a town in, and the parish seat
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and the Port of Lake Providence, and ultimately to McGehee, Arkansas via adjoining track; the Port has filed a feeder line application with the
Surface Transportation Board to acquire the line in controversy.
STB record search (select Filings and FD36447 for information)
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References
External links
Railroad website
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Arkansas railroads
Louisiana railroads
Companies based in Louisiana
Madison Parish, Louisiana
Spin-offs of the Union Pacific Railroad