RailAmerica carloads up 3.8% in June
RailAmerica Inc., a holding company for 43 short-line railroads in the United States and Canada, said total freight carloads for June were 105,429, up 3.8 percent compared to 101,545 in the same month last year.
The acquisitions of the Midland Subdivision and the Chicago Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad, net of the impact of the sale of the Arizona Eastern Railway in 2004, accounted for 4,626 of the June carload increase, RailAmerica said.
For the six months ended June 30, RailAmerica’s total carloads increased 8.7 percent to 656,949 from 604,528 in the comparable period in 2004.
RailAmerica carloads up 3.8% in June
