The project will reestablish rail service on the gloster southern railroad in order to serve existing and businesses in the area and better serve a historically disadvantaged community

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded the Town of Gloster $65 million on October 1, 2025, for reestablishment of rail service on the Gloster Southern Railroad as a Project Grant under the Rail Infrastructure Financing program.

The project will restore commercial rail service to the area following the line's discontinuance and track removal in 2009. Work includes final design, right-of-way acquisition, construction, and project management. Deliverables comprise a comprehensive project management plan, final design documentation, subsurface work, main line track and tie installation, bridge rehabilitation assessments, and construction of sidings and auxiliary tracks to support industry activities. The project is expected to facilitate commercial growth, improve safety, reduce wear on local and parish roadways through diversion of truck traffic, and serve existing and new businesses in this historically disadvantaged community within one of the few remaining counties without a four-lane highway.

The Town of Gloster, a Mississippi municipality, is the recipient. Performance occurs in Mississippi with an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2028. The entire obligated amount is $65 million.

This rail line was discontinued with removed track after the owner operator sought a discontinuance in 2009. The project scope includes the rebuild of the line to include: subsurface work, laying main line track and ties, bridge rehabilitation (no bridge on the line requires rebuilding), as well as sidings and auxiliary tracks to industryactivities to be performed include final design, right of way acquisition, construction, and project management, aimed at facilitating effective collaboration among the FRA. Deliverables will include a comprehensive project management plan that outlines implementation strategies and the final design packagethe project will improve and enhance commercial growth in the region and will have significant positive impacts on safety and economic development opportunities, as well as alleviate wear and tear caused by additional truck traffic on local, parish, and state roadsespecially as the rail runs through one of the few remaining counties without a four-lane highway.