Regional Rail, LLC is a company operating

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s in

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, and

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. 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 Read ...

, 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 a ...

, and

Tyburn Railroad The Tyburn Railroad is a short-line railroad in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania owned by Regional Rail, LLC. The railroad operates of track, serving a rail to truck transload facility. It interchanges with CSX Transportation and Norfolk S ...

, as well as the Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer. It is based in

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Operations

Regional Rail, LLC owns three railroads in the Mid-Atlantic states of the

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operates on of trackage in

and eastern

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operates of railroad lines near Middletown in

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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 of ...

. Regional Rail, LLC also owns the Conshohocken Recycling & Rail Transfer in

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Conshohocken ( ; Lenape: ''Kanshihàkink'') 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 i ...

, a waste transfer station that ships waste to landfills by rail. The company additionally owns three railroads in

. The Florida Central Railroad operates northwest of

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. 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 Level crossing signals are the electronic warning devices for road vehicles at railroad level crossings. The basic signal consists of flashing red lights, a crossbuck and a bell (either a real bell or a speaker that mimics a bell sound), attach ...

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

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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 rail ...

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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