RailAmerica, Inc., a leading short line and regional freight railroad operator, owns 43 short line and regional railroads, operating approximately 8,800 route miles in the United States and Canada. In North America, the Company's railroads operate in 26 states and six Canadian provinces with 1900 employees. In 2004 the company handled over 1.2 MM carloads in conjunction with every Class I in North America.



   
Agracel, Inc. is an industrial development company specializing in the agurban market, creative and entrepreneurial in method and approach.  Agracel has developed more than 5 million SF of industrial and office space, owns more than 1,600 acres of prime development land and has facilitated over 5,000 jobs in the manufacturing and high-tech industries within small town America.  From site selection to property management and leaseback options, Agracel takes companies from start to finish in to a new facility.

 

Just an hour northeast of Mobile on I-65 sits Atmore, Alabama, a town of 7,497. Atmore is home to a 510-acre industrial park. The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway, a RailAmerica line, serves the Atmore Industrial Park. For more information contact Marshall Rogers of the Escambia County Industrial Development Authority.



Located between Chicago and Fort Wayne, Columbia City, Indiana, is a prime spot for industrial development. The Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad, a RailAmerica line, connects to the CSX and Canadian National class I railroads. The short line serves six industrial parks that total 735-acres. Columbia City is home to 7,077 residents and sits just south of I-30. Dorinda Heiden is President of the Whitley County Economic Development Council.


  Durant is a town of 14,780 located in south-central Oklahoma. The community is served by the Kiamichi Railroad, a RailAmerica line, with connections to the Burlington Northern, Kansas City Southern and the Union Pacific. Durant is equipped with three industrial parks totaling 410 acres all served by the Kiamichi Railroad. Durant’s Economic Development Director is Tommy Kramer.


Agracel’s hometown, Effingham, is strategically located in the heart of Illinois known as the Crossroads of Opportunity because of the intersecting interstates, I-57 and I-70, as well as the CSX and Canadian National railroads. Effingham is home to 12,406 residents.

Enterprise Rail Park, a 98-acre park located in the industrial region of the city, is home to Effingham Railroad that connects to the Canadian National and CSX. Todd Hull is Effingham’s Economic Development Director.


Grays Harbor County, located in western Washington, is the home of four large industrial sites. The Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad, owned by RailAmerica, and the Burlington Northern and Union Pacific Class I Railroads serve the county. A deep-water port also serves the county. Contact Michael Tracy, President of the Grays Harbor Economic Development Council, for more information.


  Located in southeastern Indiana, Greensburg, Indiana, population 10,161, is the midpoint between Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky. The 260-acre Greensburg Rail & Business Park is prime development land complete with infrastructure and short-line rail service by RailAmerica’s Central Railroad. The short-line connects to Canadian National, CSX and Norfolk Southern. The Economic Development Director for Greensburg/Decatur County is Michael Walker.

  Greenville is home to a 900-acre, dual rail-served business park just 45 minutes from St. Louis, Missouri. The park is served by Agracel owned, Illinois Western Railroad, which connects to CSX and Burlington Northern. The city, along I-70, is populated by 6,955 residents and is within 30 minutes of I-55 N/S and I-64 E/W. Greenville’s City Manager is Jim Stevens.


Monroeville, centrally located in southwest Alabama, is the county seat of Monroe County, with a county population of approximately 27,000 in a market area of some 57,000. Monroeville is only 80 miles north of the deepwater Port of Mobile, and 85 miles south of Alabama’s capital city, Montgomery, now an automotive manufacturing hub due to the recent opening of the nation’s first Hyundai Manufacturing Plant. The Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway, a RailAmerica line, which connects to the CSX, Canadian National and Norfolk Southern, serve the community. Monroeville is also a central point in Alabama along U. S. Highway 84, the El Camino East/West Corridor, a 1,729 mile east-west corridor which connects Brunswick, Georgia with El Paso, Texas, and continues southward into Mexico. For information on Monroeville/Monroe County, please contact Sandy Smith at the Monroeville Area Chamber of Commerce, or Wiley Blankenship at Coastal Gateway EDA, a tri-county partnership of Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe Counties.


  With a population of 26,212, located in the heart of the Red River Valley, Paris, Texas, is only 38 miles from I-30 and 105 miles northeast of Dallas. Paris’s abundance of eleven industrial sites totaling 954 acres and one available building all are served by RailAmerica’s Kiamichi Railroad connecting to Burlington Northern, Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific. Gary Vest is Economic Development Director for Paris.


Saginaw, just a few miles from Saginaw Bay, is home to a 598-acre industrial park which is located just two miles from GM Powertrain ¬– Saginaw Metal Casting Operations. The site has access to the Saginaw River shipping lane as well as the Huron and Eastern Railway owned by RailAmerica. The CSX and Canadian National Class I railroads connect to the short line railroad. Saginaw is the second largest city in the program with a population of 59,235. Tom Miller is Saginaw’s Economic Development Specialist.

  Springfield, Ohio is the largest city in the program with a population of 64,132 adjacent to I-70 and only 15 miles from I-71. RailAmerica’s Indiana & Ohio Railway services Springfield intersecting with Canadian National, CSX, and Norfolk Southern. J.C. Wallace is President of the Springfield-Clark County Chamber of Commerce and handles economic development for the area.

  Just a few miles north of I-64 lies Washington, Indiana, a town of 11,283. Two rail- served industrial sites totaling 113 acres along with two available industrial buildings make up Washington’s portfolio. The sites and buildings are served by Indiana Southern Railroad, another of RailAmerica’s short-lines, connecting to CSX, Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific. The economic development entity for Washington is the Davies County Growth Council headed up by Ron Arnold, Executive Director.