Railroad Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers, trade style name changes and line haul sales are significant events that require changes within the rail industry's communication infrastructure. Many of these changes occur in the industry reference files used by all railroads to communicate about the movement of rail cars—from who owns them to which stations a rail carrier will serve.
Railinc maintains these industry reference files (IRFs) for the rail industry. Our mergers and acquisitions consulting team works with railroads to make sure that all systems are updated, messages are properly routed and changes are processed for critical industry IT systems like the Umler® system and the Interline Settlement System®.
As these events occur, adoption notices are posted by the owner of a rail mark to communicate when changes are to go into effect. Railinc posts these adoption notices on its website as a service to the rail industry.
Adoption Notices by Issue Date and Railroad
2018
May 24 - Chicago Junction Railway Co. LLC - CJR 9000
2017
Sept. 26 - Central Maine & Quebec Railway - CMQ 9002
Sept. 26 - Itawamba Mississippian Railroad LLC - IMR 9000
June 30 - Piedmont and Northern Railroad LLC - PNRW 9100
May 23 - Union City Terminal Railroad - UTC 9000
Feb. 10 - Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad LLC - JXPT 9000
2016
Dec. 7 - Delmarva Central Railroad Company - DCR 9001
Aug. 18 - Iowa Southern Railway Company - ISRY 9000
July 20 - Kanawha River Railroad LLC - KNWA 9000
2015
Dec. 15 - Central Maine & Quebec Railway - CMQ 9001
Dec. 14 - Hainesport Secondary LLC - HSR 9000
Dec. 10 - Bay Line Railroad - BAYL 9100
Sept. 18 - Norfolk Southern Completes Delaware and Hudson Acquisition (news release, station list)
June 1 - Texas New Mexico Railway LLC - TXN 9000
May 11 - Geaux Geaux Railroad LLC - GOGR 9000
Mar. 6 - Peru Industrial Railroad LLC - PIR 9000
2014
Oct. 8 - Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway - BRG 9001
Sept. 15 - Eastside Community Rail LLC - ECYR 9000
July 23 - Blue Ridge Southern Railroad LLC - BLU 9000
May 22 - Central Main & Quebec Railway - CMQ 9000-B
Mar. 20 - Big Four Terminal Railroad LLC - BFT 9000
Jan. 9 - Ohio South Central Railroad - OSCR 9000
2013
Oct. 31 - Allentown and Auburn Railroad - ALLN 9000
June 12 - Maine Northern Railway Company - MNR 9001
Mar. 29 - Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation - RVT 9000
2012
Dec. 20 - The Everett Railroad Company - EV 9001
Oct. 26 - Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railway - COER 9100
Oct. 9 - Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railway Company - SC 9000
Oct. 4 - Iowa Traction Railway Company - IATR 9001
June 29 - Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad Inc. - CCH 9000
May 24 - Eastern Marine Railway Company - EMRY 9000
May 24 - New Brunswick Southern Railway Company Limited - NBSR 9100
Feb. 21 - Iowa Interstate Railroad LTD - IAIS 9004
Feb. 13 - Lake State Railway Company - LSRC 9100
Jan. 19 - Birmingham Terminal Railway LLC - BHRR 9000
Jan. 19 - Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad LLC - PVJR 9000
2011
Dec. 23 - Hilton & Albany Railroad Inc. - HAL 9000
July 25 - ST Rail System - ST 9100
July 20 - East Penn Railroad LLC - ESPN 9002
June 29 - Oregon Eastern Railroad - OERR 9001
June 27 - Saratoga & Northcreek Railway - SNC 9000
June 13 - Maine Northern Railway Company - MNR 9000
May 18 - Conecuh Valley Railway LLC - COEH 9001
May 18 - Three Notch Railway LLC - TNHR 9001
May 18 - Wiregrass Central Railway LLC - WGCR 9001
May 5 - Carolina Coastal Railway Inc. - CLNA 9004
Mar. 29 - Autauga Northern Railroad LLC - AUT 9000
2010
Sept. 21 - Middletown and New Jersey Railroad LLC - MNJ 9001
Aug. 27 - Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad Co. - EBG 9000
May 25 - Vermont Railway Inc - VTR 9102
May 24 - Massachusetts Coastal Railroad LLC - MC 9001B
May 18 - Henderson Overton Branch - HOB 9000
Mar. 18 - Nebraska Northwestern Railroad Inc. - NNW 9000
Mar. 6 - Elkhart & Western Railroad Co. - EWR 9100
Jan. 18 - Carolina Coastal Railway Inc. - CLNA 9002
2009
Dec. 30 - LRY LLC. - LRY 9000
Dec. 21 - YCR Corp. - YCR 9000
Dec. 1 - GNP RLY Inc. - GNPR 9000
Dec. 1 - S&S Shortline Railroad - SSR 9000
Nov. 22 - Boise Valley Railroad Inc. - BVRR 9000
Oct. 15 - Vermont Railway Inc. - VTR 9101 - Exhibit 1
Aug. 3 - Alabama Warrior Railway - ABWR 9000
Aug. 1 - Last Mountain Railway - LMR 9000
July 29 - Mississippi Central Railroad Company - MSCI 9100 - Exhibit 1
July 24 - Temple & Central Texas Railway - TC 9000
July 13 - Canadian Pac. Railway - DME and ICE - Exhibit 1 - Exhibit 2 - rev. 8/27
June 25 - Grenada Railway - GRYR 9000
June 25 - Natchez Railway - NTZR 9000
All notices will remain posted for a minimum of 120 days.
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