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RailAmerica, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

, is a holding company
Holding company
A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...

 of a number of short-line railroads and regional railroads in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

In 2007, RailAmerica was acquired by Fortress Investment Group
Fortress Investment Group
Fortress Investment Group LLC is an investment management firm based in New York, New York. The company went public on February 9, 2007.-History:...

. Before that, it traded on the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...

 with the ticker symbol
Ticker symbol
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 RRA. It was relisted in October, 2009 with the ticker symbol RA.

On 30 June 2010, the company announced that it had acquired Atlas Railroad Construction, a construction and maintenance company operating in the Northeast and Midwest United States, for US$24 million.

In April 2011, RailAmerica made its first shortline purchase in over five years by initiating a deal with Gulf and Ohio Railways
Gulf and Ohio Railways
Gulf & Ohio Railways is a holding company for seven different short-line railroads in the Southern United States, as well as a tourist-oriented passenger train, and locomotive leasing and repair service through Knoxville Locomotive Works...

 to acquire three Alabama shortlines for $12.7 million.

Present and former subsidiaries

RailAmerica controls the following railroads. It has acquired some through purchase of other holding companies: RailLink Canada in July 1999, RailTex
RailTex
RailTex was a transportation holding company that specialized in owning and operating short line railroads across North America.Based in San Antonio, Texas, the public company was a leader in making unprofitable lines shed by Class I railroads into viable transportation routes.The company was sold...

 in February 2000, ParkSierra and StatesRail in January 2002, and the rail properties of Alcoa
Alcoa
Alcoa Inc. is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. From its operational headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alcoa conducts operations in 31 countries...

 in September 2005. RailAmerica's owner, Fortress Investment Group
Fortress Investment Group
Fortress Investment Group LLC is an investment management firm based in New York, New York. The company went public on February 9, 2007.-History:...

, purchased the Florida East Coast Railway
Florida East Coast Railway
The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad.Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a project of Standard Oil principal Henry Morrison...

 in September 2007 from Florida East Coast Industries.
Company Acquired from Date Notes
Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway is one of several Class III short-line railroad companies owned by RailAmerica, Inc. It operates of track from the Pensacola, Florida export terminals, west of downtown, north to Columbus, Mississippi, with trackage rights along BNSF Railway to Amory, Mississippi...

StatesRail
Arizona and California Railroad ParkSierra
Bauxite and Northern Railway
Bauxite and Northern Railway
The Bauxite and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Arkansas. BXN operates over of track in Bauxite, Arkansas. Traffic consists of largely of alumina, and the railroad hauls 4,059 carloads per year...

Alcoa
California Northern Railroad ParkSierra
Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway
Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway
The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway is a railway operating in Nova Scotia between Sydney and Truro with spurs at Sydney, Point Tupper, Trenton and Stellarton....

RailTex
Carolina Piedmont Railroad RailTex
Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
The Cascade and Columbia River Railroad is a short line railroad that interchanges with BNSF Railway in Wenatchee, Washington and runs north to Oroville...

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Central Michigan Railway direct Leased by Huron and Eastern Railway
Huron and Eastern Railway
Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is one of many shortlines owned by Rail America, and was the first railroad owned by the conglomerate....

Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad
The Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad is a Class II railroad operating between Northern California and Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was previously a mainline owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad between Eugene and Weed, California via Medford, Oregon...

RailTex
Central Railroad of Indiana
Central Railroad of Indiana
Central Railroad Company of Indiana is a Class III short-line railroad that operates of track in Southeastern Indiana and Southwestern Ohio....

RailTex
Central Railroad of Indianapolis
Central Railroad of Indianapolis
Central Railroad of Indianapolis is a Class III short-line railroad that operates approximately miles of rail line in north central Indiana....

RailTex Also operates Winamac Southern Railway
Winamac Southern Railway
The Winamac Southern Railway is a short-line railroad in northern Indiana, United States, operated under lease by the U S Rail Corporation. It owns two lines radiating from Logansport to Kokomo and Bringhurst, and formerly a third to Winamac, all former Pennsylvania Railroad lines acquired from...

 as agent
Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad
Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad
The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates of track from Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina.The railroad was originally part of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, which continued south, crossing the Albemarle Sound and on to Mackeys Ferry and Plymouth...

RailTex
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad
Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad
The Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad is a short line railroad offering service from Tolleston, Indiana to Crestline, Ohio, United States over the former Fort Wayne Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It began operations in 2004 as a division of the Central Railroad of Indianapolis , under...

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Connecticut Southern Railroad
Connecticut Southern Railroad
The Connecticut Southern Railroad operates about of track in Connecticut and Massachusetts. It is a subsidiary of RailAmerica. The line is headquartered in East Hartford, CT and interchanges with CSX at West Springfield, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut.The railroad began operations in...

RailTex
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad
Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad
The Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad is a railroad headquartered in Richardson, Texas.DGNO operates over rail lines totaling approximately , including industrial leads. The line extends from Trenton, Texas to Garland, Texas, then from Garland to Dallas via trackage rights over Kansas City...

RailTex
Eastern Alabama Railway
Eastern Alabama Railway
The Eastern Alabama Railway is one of many short line railroad companies owned by RailAmerica. On November 26, 1990, the line was sold by CSX to the Eastern Alabama Railway, a subsidiary of Kyle Railways...

StatesRail
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida East Coast Railway
The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad.Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a project of Standard Oil principal Henry Morrison...

Florida East Coast Industries under common control with RailAmerica
Goderich-Exeter Railway
Goderich-Exeter Railway
The Goderich–Exeter Railway is a short line freight railway that operates around of track in Southern Ontario. Created in 1992, it was the first short line railway in Canada to be purchased from a class I railway, in this case Canadian National Railway . It took over operation of further CN...

RailTex
Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
The Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad is a railroad in western Michigan that runs east-west through Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Its of trackage ends at the Saint Mary's Siding, where it meets the Coopersville and Marne Railway. It interchanges with CSX Transportation at Grand Rapids and...

RailTex
Huron and Eastern Railway
Huron and Eastern Railway
Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is one of many shortlines owned by Rail America, and was the first railroad owned by the conglomerate....

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Indiana and Ohio Railway
Indiana and Ohio Railway
The Indiana and Ohio Railway is an American railroad that operates of track in Ohio and parts of southeastern Indiana. It is owned and operated by RailAmerica, having been acquired in 2000. The Indiana and Ohio Railroad was formed in 1978 to operate a branch between Valley Junction, Ohio and...

RailTex
Indiana Southern Railroad
Indiana Southern Railroad
The Indiana Southern Railroad is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992, and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000....

RailTex
Kiamichi Railroad
Kiamichi Railroad
The Kiamichi Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma.KRR operates two lines totaling which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional of track....

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Kyle Railroad
Kyle Railroad
The Kyle Railroad is a regional railroad line that runs from North Central Kansas into Eastern Colorado. It is based in Phillipsburg, Kansas and runs on track, mostly the former Rock Island Railroad Chicago to Denver main line. The Kyle has been owned by Rail America since 2002.-History:The...

StatesRail
Lahaina, Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad StatesRail
Massena Terminal Railroad Alcoa
Michigan Shore Railroad
Michigan Shore Railroad
The Michigan Shore Railroad is a short line railroad owned by RailAmerica that operates of track, connecting Fremont to CSX Transportation at West Olive, Michigan, United States....

RailTex
Mid-Michigan Railroad
Mid-Michigan Railroad
The Mid-Michigan Railroad is a railroad owned by RailAmerica, having been acquired in 2000. It operates of track in Michigan.-History:The company incorporated in 1987, for the purpose of acquiring railway lines from the CSX Corporation. The company was owned at inception by RailTex, a Texas-based...

RailTex
Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad
Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad
The Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Carthage, Missouri.MNA operates approximately of line in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. Its main line extends 384.1 miles from Kansas City, Missouri to Newport, Arkansas...

RailTex
New England Central Railroad
New England Central Railroad
The New England Central Railroad is a subsidiary of RailAmerica that began operations in 1995. It runs from New London, Connecticut, to Alburgh, Vermont, a distance of .-History:...

RailTex
North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
The North Carolina and Virginia Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates of track.The NCVA began operations in 1987 on a former Seaboard Coast Line Railroad from Boykins, Virginia, to Tunis in Cofield, North Carolina. The headquarters are in Ahoskie, North Carolina...

RailTex
Ottawa Valley Railway
Ottawa Valley Railway
Ottawa Valley Railway is a Canadian railroad that operates of track in the province of Ontario and Quebec, and is owned by RailAmerica.The railroad began operations on 30 October 1996 under the auspices of RaiLink Canada, and fell under the control of RailAmerica after that company bought RaiLink...

RaiLink
Otter Tail Valley Railroad
Otter Tail Valley Railroad
The Otter Tail Valley Railroad is a Class III railroad operating of track between Moorhead, Minnesota and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and short branch lines from Fergus Falls to French and from Fergus Falls to Hoot Lake....

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Point Comfort and Northern Railway
Point Comfort and Northern Railway
The Point Comfort and Northern Railway is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. The railroad operates over of track between Point Comfort, Texas and Lolita, Texas, where the railroad transfers cars with the Union Pacific Railroad.PCN was purchased by the holding...

Alcoa
Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad
Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad
The Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad is headquartered in Elma, Washington. The company began operations on August 30, 1997, when the line was purchased from the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway by the ParkSierra Railgroup...

ParkSierra
Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
The Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. It consists of of track between Rockdale and Marjorie, Texas.In 2005, the holding company RailAmerica purchased the railroad....

Alcoa
San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad is a freight operator on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway from San Diego, California to San Ysidro, California . The SD&IV has been owned and operated by RailAmerica since 2000; it had been previously owned by RailTex and operated with the...

RailTex
San Joaquin Valley Railroad
San Joaquin Valley Railroad
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad is one of several short line railroad companies and is part of the Sunset Division of RailAmerica. It operates about of track primarily on several lines in California's Central Valley/San Joaquin Valley outside of Fresno, California and Bakersfield, California...

StatesRail
South Carolina Central Railroad
South Carolina Central Railroad
The South Carolina Central Railroad is a class III railroad that operates over on two separate track segments in South Carolina. Originally a RailTex subsidiary upon its start in 1987, the railroad passed to RailAmerica following their acquisition of RailTex in 2000.Primary commodities include...

RailTex
Southern Ontario Railway
Southern Ontario Railway
The Southern Ontario Railway is a shortline railroad in the province of Ontario. It operates of track from Brantford to Nanticoke, Ontario. The railroad began operations in 1998, and was acquired by RailAmerica two years later...

RaiLink
Texas Northeastern Railroad
Texas Northeastern Railroad
The Texas Northeastern Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas that began operations in 1990. It consists of of track on two lines....

RailTex
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
The Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway is a short-line railroad that operates of track from Mapleton, Illinois, through Peoria across Illinois to Logansport, Indiana, and includes a branch line between Logansport to Winamac, Indiana...

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Ventura County Railroad
Ventura County Railroad
The Ventura County Railroad is a shortline railroad subsidiary of RailAmerica, connecting the Union Pacific Railroad in Oxnard to South Oxnard and Port Hueneme. It began operations in 1998, leasing its lines from the Ventura County Railway , owner of lines first opened in about 1905 that have...

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Virginia Southern Railroad
Virginia Southern Railroad
The Virginia Southern Railroad is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad, a RailAmerica subsidiary, operating of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North Carolina and Burkeville, Virginia...

RailTex
A&R Line, Inc. TP&W
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
The Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway is a short-line railroad that operates of track from Mapleton, Illinois, through Peoria across Illinois to Logansport, Indiana, and includes a branch line between Logansport to Winamac, Indiana...

Leased by TP&W since 1997; owned by Cargill
Cargill
Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held, multinational corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Founded in 1865, it is now the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue. If it were a public company, it would rank, as of 2011, number 13 on the Fortune 500,...

; service ended in September 2002
Arizona Eastern Railway StatesRail Sold December 2004 to Permian Basin Railways
Central Western Railway RaiLink Sold January 2006
Dakota Rail, Inc. direct Sold December 2001 to Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority
Delaware Valley Railway direct Lease transferred March 1999 to Brandywine Valley Railroad
Brandywine Valley Railroad
The Brandywine Valley Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Pennsylvania.It was established in 1981 by the Lukens Steel Company to operate trackage at Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the neighboring town of Modena...

E&N Railway direct Sold June 2006 to Southern Railway of British Columbia
Southern Railway of British Columbia
The Southern Railway of British Columbia, branded as SRY Rail Link is a Canadian short line railway operating in the southwestern mainland of British Columbia. The main facility is the port at Annacis Island with major import of cars, export of forestry products, and other shipments...

Evansville Terminal Company direct Sold September 1997 to John H. Marino
Ferronor direct Leased Potrerillos Railway in January 2002; sold February 2004
Freight Australia
Freight Australia
Freight Australia was a railway company in Australia. Initially known as Freight Victoria, it operated rail freight services and controlled non-urban rail track in the state of Victoria, later expanding into freight haulage in other states. Freight Australia was taken over by Pacific National in...

direct Sold August 2004 to Pacific National
Pacific National
Pacific National is one of Australia's largest private rail freight businesses. Originally a joint venture between Patrick Corporation and Toll Holdings; it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Asciano Limited following the restructure of Toll Holdings....

Georgia Southwestern Railroad
Georgia Southwestern Railroad
The Georgia Southwestern Railroad is a Class III short line railroad company that operates over of track in southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama...

RailTex Sold March 2002 to local interests
Gettysburg Railway
Gettysburg Railway
The Gettysburg Railway was a Pennsylvania short-line railroad that operated from 1996 to 2001. The 23.4 mi line ran from Gettysburg to Mount Holly Springs. It was a subsidiary of RailAmerica....

direct Sold October 1997 to John H. Marino; included Gettysburg Scenic Rail Tours
Indiana and Ohio Central Railroad RailTex Merged May 2005 into Indiana and Ohio Railway
Indiana and Ohio Railway
The Indiana and Ohio Railway is an American railroad that operates of track in Ohio and parts of southeastern Indiana. It is owned and operated by RailAmerica, having been acquired in 2000. The Indiana and Ohio Railroad was formed in 1978 to operate a branch between Valley Junction, Ohio and...

J.K. Line, Inc. TP&W
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
The Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway is a short-line railroad that operates of track from Mapleton, Illinois, through Peoria across Illinois to Logansport, Indiana, and includes a branch line between Logansport to Winamac, Indiana...

Leased by TP&W since 1998; owned by Cargill
Cargill
Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held, multinational corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Founded in 1865, it is now the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue. If it were a public company, it would rank, as of 2011, number 13 on the Fortune 500,...

; service ended in April 2002
Lakeland and Waterways Railway RaiLink Sold January 2006
Mackenzie Northern Railway
Mackenzie Northern Railway
The Mackenzie Northern Railway was a Canadian railway operating in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. It is the northernmost trackage of the contiguous North American railway network.-History:...

RaiLink Sold January 2006
Minnesota Northern Railroad
Minnesota Northern Railroad
The Minnesota Northern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates over of track in northwestern Minnesota. The railroad is co-owned by KBN Incorporated and Independent Locomotive Service and is headquartered in Crookston, Minnesota....

direct Sold August 2000 to KBN, Inc.
Ontario L'Orignal Railway RailTex Sold December 2000
Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
The Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad was a Class III short-line railroad operating about 42 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. It was owned by RailTex, which bought the line from Conrail in 1996...

RailTex Sold December 2000 to Summit View, Inc.
Plainview Terminal Company direct
St. Croix Valley Railroad
St. Croix Valley Railroad
The St. Croix Valley Railroad is a Class III short line railroad that operates over 36 miles of track in eastern Minnesota. The railroad is co-owned by KBN Incorporated and Independent Locomotive Service and is headquartered in Rush City, Minnesota.As of 2008, the St. Croix Valley Railroad...

direct Sold August 2000 to KBN, Inc.
Saginaw Valley Railway direct Merged September 2004 into Huron and Eastern Railway
Huron and Eastern Railway
Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating of track in The Thumb of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is one of many shortlines owned by Rail America, and was the first railroad owned by the conglomerate....

San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
The San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Colorado.The SLRG began operations in 2003 using 154 miles of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiating from Alamosa, Colorado. The SLRG operates an eclectic variety of equipment from the...

direct Sold December 2005 to Permian Basin Railways
San Pedro and Southwestern Railway StatesRail Sold October 2003 to Arizona Railroad Group
South Central Tennessee Railroad direct Sold December 2000 to Henry G. Hohorst et al.
Texas-New Mexico Railroad RailTex Sold May 2002 to Permian Basin Railways
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad direct Leased May 2002 to Permian Basin Railways subsidiary West Texas and Lubbock Railway
West Texas and Lubbock Railway
The West Texas and Lubbock Railway is a shortline railroad in Texas, owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings through its Permian Basin Railways subsidiary. It connects the BNSF Railway in Lubbock with agricultural and oil-producing areas to the west and southwest...

; sold December 2004 to Permian Basin Railways

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