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Short Line Railroad Preservation Grants
State grants to railroad authorities for short line track, tie and bridge preservation, funded by a one-off appropriation and trust fund money
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- Buyer
- Tennessee Department of Transportation — Passenger Transportation, Rail, and Freight Division
- Where
- Tennessee · Nashville
- Segments
- Track, Civil works
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
- Status
- In execution — Railroad authorities apply for grants on TDOT's FY26 programme form.
- Value band
- $25–100m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Appropriation available July 2021 · Needs assessment 2020 · Benefit cost analysis 2024 · Fy26 application 2026
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4 sources · all primary
- ● TDOT — Railroad Grant Programs (Short Line Railroad Preservation Grants) · TDOT page: the $85 million FY2022 appropriation for the Short Line Railroad Preservation Grant programme, Transportation Equity Trust Fund grants to authorities, the FY26 application and the 2020 short line needs assessment (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● TDOT — Freight Advisory Committee presentation, April 2025 · TDOT slides: the Passenger Transportation, Rail, and Freight Division, freight planning activities (state rail plan, rail preservation grants, State Safety Oversight), rail in Tennessee (six Class I, 19 Class III railroads, 763 miles, Amtrak and WeGo Star) (published 2025-04 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● TDOT — FY2026 House budget hearing presentation · TDOT slides: 21 short lines, 16 railroad authorities, 817.6 mainline track miles and 518 bridges assessed, passenger rail options and the Corridor ID study award (published 2025 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● TDOT — Tennessee Statewide Rail Plan (PDF, file name 'updated 2019', cover dated 2026) · State rail plan document hosted by TDOT: Class I and short line route miles, Amtrak City of New Orleans, the Music City Star (now WeGo Star) and the Memphis trolley; the text carries 2018-era data and ends at section 11, so only structural facts are used (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
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