Patriot Rail Company
Patriot Rail Company LLC (Patriot Rail) is a holding company for a number of shortline railroads across the United States.
In June 2012, Patriot Rail was acquired by SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners (SteelRiver).
On August 8, 2022 Patriot Rail announced its intention to acquire Pioneer Lines.[1]
Holdings
Active railroad operations.
- Kingman Terminal Railroad
- Tennessee Southern Railroad
- Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
- Utah Central Railway
- Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway
- Sacramento Valley Railroad
- Louisiana and North West Railroad
- Temple and Central Texas Railway
- DeQueen and Eastern Railroad/Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad[2]
- Golden Triangle Railroad[2]
- Columbia and Cowlitz Railway/Patriot Woods Railroad[2][3]
- West Belt Railway
- Georgia Northeastern Railroad
Former holdings
- Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad. This line was acquired from Weyerhaeuser in 2010, but due to issues about a damaged bridge on a connecting railroad, Patriot filed for abandonment in 2011,[4] and the line has since become a rail-to-trail conversion.[5]
References
- "Patriot Rail to Acquire Pioneer Lines". Railway Age. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- Acquired from Weyerhaeuser in 2010. "De Queen & Eastern Railroad". American-Rails.com. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- Patriot Woods Railroad is the former Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad. In 2011, the National Mediation Board determined the Columbia and Cowlitz Railway and the Patriot Woods Railroad are a single transportation system. "In the Matter of the Application of the United Transportation Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers" (PDF). National Mediation Board, July 22, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- "Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Yalobusha and Calhoun Counties, MS". Transportation Department and Surface Transportation Board, Federal Register, November 7, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- "The Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad". AbandonedRails.com. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
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