FREIGHT RAIL TRANSPORT FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE – TENNESSEE SOUTHERN RAILROAD (TSRR)
Photo by Louisiana Rail Productions

The Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR) operates a total of 149 miles (including 118 main line miles) of rail line running from Columbia, Tennessee (46 miles south of Nashville, Tennessee), to Pulaski, Tennessee, and from Columbia, Tennessee, to Florence, Alabama. Of the 118 main line miles, approximately 109 miles of the TSRR are located in Lawrence, Giles and Maury Counties in middle Tennessee, while the remaining 9 miles are located in Lauderdale County in northwest Alabama. The TSRR interchanges with Class I carrier CSX Transportation at Natco, Tennessee.
TSRR also provides intermodal services between the railroad, river barges and trucks at its port facilities located in Florence, Alabama, at the Port of Florence. The Port of Florence is strategically located on the Tennessee River. TSRR also has the ability to transload products between rail cars and trucks at its cross-dock facility located in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
In 2022, TSRR added a new transload facility in Pulaski, Tennessee.
Location
Middle Tennessee and Northwest Alabama
Tennessee Southern Railroad Map
CONNECTING RAILROADS:
CSX Transportation at Natco, TN
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Primary Commodities Handled:
Aluminum, building materials, coil steel, crossties, fertilizer, LP gas, plastics, potash, rolled paper, slag, and soapstone
Industrial Development Sites:
Giles County Meadows Site
Maury County Columbia TN Rail Site Overview
Maury County Columbia TN Rail Site
Maury County Mt Pleasant Graftech Building #40 site Columbia
Maury County Mt Pleasant Tillman Knox site Mt Pleasant
Maury County Mt Pleasant Jackson site Mt Pleasant
Maury County Mt Pleasant Co-op site Mt Pleasant
Maury County Duck River Super site Columbia
Maury County Cherry Glen Columbia
Lawrence County TN Enterprise Center and TVA Spec Sheet
Lawrence County TVA -Welch Building Loretto
Lawrence County TVA Gobble #4
Lawrence County TVA and Team Lawrence Commerce Park
Lawrence County TVA – Loretto Industrial Park site Loretto
Lawrence County TVA – Augustin 1 Building Loretto
Lauderdale County TVA-Florence Lauderdale Industrial Park Florence
Lauderdale County TVA – Walcar-Jacksonburg site Florence
Lauderdale County TVA – Shotcrete Building Florence
Lauderdale County TVA – Nelson Building Florence
Contact
Headquarters:
Tennessee Southern Railroad
100 Railroad Street
Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474
Phone: (931) 379-5824
FAX: (931) 379-5826
Customer Service Contact:
Phone: (855) 955-RAIL (7245)
Fax: (904) 423-5388
Email: tsrr-cs@patriotrail.com
Business Development Contact:
Alan Woodyard
AVP Sales – East Region
Cell: (931) 215-8810
Email: alan.woodyard@patriotrail.com