The main commodities the Class III railroad hauls include chemicals, flour, lumber, paper, plastics, and petroleum.

A few years later in 1998, Canadian National bought the Illinois Central Railroad and diverted more traffic over to the Yazoo District.

[4] GRYR claimed there was not enough traffic to justify keeping the line open, while the towns and counties bordering the tracks argued that abandoning the railroad would hurt them economically.

In August 2018 it was announced that International Rail Partners (IRP) had concluded a lease-purchase agreement with the NCMRRA, and would operate the line under the new name Grenada Railroad LLC.

In August of 2023, the parent company of Grenada announced the celebration of the complete restoration of its 235-mile line that runs between Canton, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn.[10]