Located in the southeastern United States, Gulf & Ohio's four short line railroads offer convenient, cost effective, and customer focused rail solutions. Our lines are conveniently located near major interstates, highways, and ports. And, are in close proximity to each other to help increase your productivity while keeping rates low.
Honored with Jake Awards in 2022 and 2023 by the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, our core mission is to provide safe and cost-effective rail solutions to our customers each day.
Gulf & Ohio's four short line railroads provide reliable rail service to the entire North American freight rail network via interchanges with Class I railroads Norfolk Southern and CSX.
And, we offer extensive services for rail served industrial sites and transload facilities. See our Services section for more details. Or, click Contact Us to connect with our sales and marketing team.
Gulf & Ohio's four short line railroads offer various transloading solutions to help shippers and receivers benefit from rail service even if their facility does not have direct rail access.
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Transload solutions for a wide range of commodities including:
Gulf & Ohio's four short line railroads offer numerous industrial development sites that are available for current and future development. We are pleased to offer safe and consistent rail service at many of these sites and stand ready to assist with alternative shipment solutions should those sites not currently connect to our short lines.
Interested in available sites? Click the railroad icons below to see a full listing of our transload and industrial sites.
Gulf & Ohio's four short line railroads offer railcar storage capabilities. Both short-term and long-term storage needs can be accommodated. Our railroads offer convenient interchange options with Norfolk Southern and CSX providing a wide range of options for railcar storage needs. Do you have excess empty railcars in your fleet and need a home for them until they are needed again? Do you have loaded railcars that need a mobile warehousing on the KXHR, L&C, LRS or YVRR? We can help. Please contact our Chief Marketing Officer, Ronnie McKenzie.
Gulf & Ohio's four short line railroads offer railcar repair services. Through a partnership with our Running Repair Agent (RRA), SA Rail, both light and heavy railcar repairs can be accommodated.
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If you are interested in sending railcars to the KXHR, LCR, LRS or YVRR for railcar repairs, please contact our Director of Business Development, Scott Cox or click the link below to contact SA Rail directly.
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The KXHR line runs through the heart of Knoxville, TN with Norfolk Southern and CSX connections.
The L&C runs East-West from Chester, SC through Lancaster to Kershaw, SC with Norfolk Southern and CSX connections.
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The LRS line operates in south-central NC from Johns through Laurinburg to Raeford with connections to CSX and Aberdeen & Rockfish.
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The YVRR operates from Mount Airy, NC to Winston Salem, NC to North Wilkesboro, NC with a connection to Norfolk Sourthern.
