Regional Rail, LLC is a company operating
short-line railroads in
Delaware
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,
Florida
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,
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
, and
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. It operates 6 railroads:
East Penn Railroad
East Penn Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Re ...
,
Florida Central Railroad,
Florida Midland Railroad,
Florida Northern Railroad,
Middletown and New Jersey Railroad
The Middletown and New Jersey Railroad is one of two railroads in the city of Middletown, New York; the other being its interchange partner, Norfolk Southern Railway. The MNJ consists of of track in southeastern New York serving Orange County ...
, and
Tyburn Railroad, as well as the Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer. It is based in
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World because mushroom farming in the region produces over 500 million pounds of mushrooms a year, totaling half of the United ...
.
Operations
Regional Rail, LLC owns three railroads in the
Mid-Atlantic states of the
United States
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. The
East Penn Railroad
East Penn Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates a number of mostly-unconnected lines in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Except for two industrial park switching operations, all are former Pennsylvania Railroad or Re ...
operates on of trackage in
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
and eastern
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. The
Middletown and New Jersey Railroad
The Middletown and New Jersey Railroad is one of two railroads in the city of Middletown, New York; the other being its interchange partner, Norfolk Southern Railway. The MNJ consists of of track in southeastern New York serving Orange County ...
operates of railroad lines near
Middletown in
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
. The
Tyburn Railroad serves a transload facility in
Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Morrisville (, ) is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just below the falls of the Delaware River opposite Trenton, New Jersey. The population was 8,728 at the 2010 census.
Morrisville is located southeast o ...
. Regional Rail, LLC also owns the Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer in
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Conshohocken ( ; Lenape: ''KanshihĂ kink'') is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry ...
, a waste transfer station that ships waste to landfills by rail.
The company additionally owns three railroads in
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
. The
Florida Central Railroad operates northwest of
Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
. The
Florida Midland Railroad operates 2 lines totaling in central Florida near Winter Haven and South Lake Wales. The
Florida Northern Railroad operates 2 lines totaling in northern Florida.
The company also owns Diamondback Signal, which installs and maintains
grade crossing signals for short line and regional railroads.
History
Regional Rail, LLC was formed in April 2007. Four months later, it took over the East Penn Railroad. In April 2009, the company acquired the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad. In September 2011, Regional Rail, LLC took over the Tyburn Railroad. In June 2012, Regional Rail, LLC took over the Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer.
Two months later, the company gained majority ownership of Diamondback Signal, LLC. In August 2015, private equity group Levine Leichtman Capital Partners purchased Regional Rail, with the intention to continue its operations. In 2019, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners sold Regional Rail to
3i RR Holdings GP, LLC, the US rail subsidiary of the private equity firm based in the
United Kingdom
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.
In November 2019, Regional Rail purchased the
Florida Central Railroad,
Florida Midland Railroad and
Florida Northern Railroad from
Pinsly Railroad Company
Pinsly Railroad Company, based in Westfield, Massachusetts, is a short line railroad holding company. It is one of the oldest such companies in the United States, and has owned railroads continuously since its founding in 1938. Pinsly's sole ra ...
.
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Regional Rail, LLC
United States railroad holding companies
Companies based in Chester County, Pennsylvania
American companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in Pennsylvania