Gateway Eastern Railway

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Gateway Eastern Railway
Reporting marks GERC
Locale Illinois
Dates of operation January 31, 1994–2002
Track gauge ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Willows, IL

The Gateway Eastern Railway (AAR reporting marks GERC) was a Class II railroad that operated as a subsidiary of its parent, the Gateway Western Railway, with 14.79 miles of track, all within the state of Illinois. The GERC employeed about eight employees and only had one locomotive painted for it, a Blue and white GP38-2 lettered for Gateway Eastern, and numbered 2000. It also only owned one hyrail vehicle. Interchange was with its parent Gateway Western Railway, Conrail, and the Southern Pacific Railroad subsidiary, SPCSL.