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The complete roster for the GLOR family of railroads is as follows. GLOR- Active Roster - #1 SW1200 #2 SW1200 #3 SW1200 #4 SW1500 #5 MP15AC #6 MP15AC #8 MP15AC #11 MP15AC #13 MP15T #16 MP15T #17 MP15T #18 MP15T #19 SW14 #20 RL-1000 #22 SW1500 #23 SW1500 #27 SW1200 #28 MP15AC #29 SW1500 #30 SW1500 #3...

The GLOR family of Railroads has released a new locomotive roster effective today, 3-19-2025. There are a few additions and transfers from one roster to another. The most notable change was the the GLOR has completed the mating of the former CSX Road SLUG units. They made somei interesting selection...

There is a little bit of additional news on the TCSR customer base. As had previously been mentioned, the GLOR / TCSR management had been working to get a new customer to use rail service on the west side of TC. This customer was going to get intermodal containers for development into offices and si...

Sturgis Metal has recently announced they have secured a contract to scrap an additional 550 cars that previously were used to haul coal for now shuttered coal plants. They cars include 110 cars that previously provided service to Consumers Energy power plants in Michigan.

The final part of this entire deal was just approved. The Woodville Terminal Company was approved to handle switching operations for the Martin Marietta Lime and Stone Complex in Woodville, OH. This company will be a wholy owned subsidiary of the GLOR and will be shipped a locomotive from the GLOR r...

There is another potential reason why the Shelbyville to Greensburg reactivation could become important for the CSIR. There have been reports (unconfirmed by Honda), that they could be expanding the Greensburg plant to produce the next generation Civic Hybrid. If this is in fact the case, the CSIR r...

In most cases, anything built prior to 1950 does not require ditch or auxiliary warning lights. Ditch lights (or an aux light like a MARS or Gyra light) are required for anything newer than that IF, and only if, the locomotive is going to be traveling at speeds of 20 mph or more over public at-grad...

A quick note about the GLOR / NS interchange in Delta. All of this interchange is conducted on the north side yard for the steel complex. Even though the GLOR yard on the south side was rebuilt and the GLOR does run adjacent to the NS mainline under the GLOR mainline to access the car shops property...

The units will be shipped to the Owosso shops for repair and possible rebuilding. If the PONW doesn't want them, we have other units on the roster that they might be interested in, plus we also have the ILSX lease roster (GLOR owns 50%) that they might be able to get something from.

I'm not familiar with the exact light situation on 1977, but it appears from reading the FRA rule regarding the lighting that it is not as simple as requiring ditch lights. In fact several different types of lights are allowable under FRA rules in addition to ditch lights. The FRA allows ditch light...

We will purchase them.

What are the conditions of the two GP9's. One of the two GLOR owned leasing companies may be interested in acquiring additional GP9 locomotives for their lease fleet, but only if the price is right and the condition of the units meets the standards without significant overhaul.

The GLOR / DTRC has purchased a property outside Delta for an unknown reason. This property is located to the west of the existing GLOR / DTRC yard south of the NS mainline. This property houses the former connecting track ROW between the DT&I and the Wabash line which has long since been removed. T...

The TCSR had a very productive winter season. The two propane terminals on the line both had productive seasons, getting multiple carload of inbound propane for storage and sale. The team track is now averaging 2-3 cars per week for various customers. GLOR / TCSR are in talks for additional property...

Google maps does not appear to show either the boxcars or the section house, so my guess is they are both long gone.

Substantial work is being done on the railroad, and this appears to include replacement of the existing rail. There has been delivery of rail along the line, which will be used to replace the existing rail. The removed stick rail is expected to be used to replace the removed tracks in the Orion Yard...

The EBTR / NBTR project has not gotten any tractions since permits were pulled to reactive the line. One of the potential customers unexpectedly closed and is in the process of selling the property. They heavily advertised the availability of rail when selling the property. The second potential cust...

The WCHT is remaining steady. They have picked up contractual committments from both Purina Animal Nutrition and Plastilene to begin getting rail service after 4-1-2025. The WCHT has not yet dedicated power, as it has been getting power from the GLOR roster for use on the FIT. It is expected that wi...

Blue Rock LLC is beginning the work to reactive the quarry. They have contracted with a company to begin clearing the ROW from the connection to the GRMR of brush and debris. The GLOR / GRMR is not contributing any financial assistance to this operation, as many within the management are thinking th...

There is another possible change for the ELSR and this one would be rather big. Given the current political climate, the possibility of reopening the White Pine Cooper smelting plant is again being pursued. There is a push from at least one company to reopen rail access to the plant along the existi...