RailAmerica Inc. will acquire Atlas Railroad Construction Co., a Pennsylvania-based railroad engineering, construction, maintenance and repair company that operates mainly in the Midwest and ...

At RailAmerica, safety isn't just good for business - it's a matter of life and death. In addition to escalating fuel prices, costly derailments on some of the company's rail lines have hurt ...

Cargo freight train carrier RailAmerica is steaming ahead in its plan to pay down some of its half-billion-dollar debt. In the process, it's becoming a leaner but larger short-rail giant.

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After its initial public offering was priced lower than it had hoped, RailAmerica Inc.'s stock fell even more today when trading began on the New York Stock Exchange. RailAmerica Inc.'s offering ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE: RA) (the "Company") announced today that it has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase up to $444,000,000 in aggregate ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- RailAmerica Inc. rra on Monday said total freight carloads for May fell 5.6% to 103,464, from 109,648 during the same period in the prior year. On a "same railroad ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Shares of RailAmerica rra, a short line railroad, fell $1.16, or 9.23 percent, to $11.41 in morning trading Thursday after reporting a steep loss for the third quarter.

RailAmerica Inc.'s third-quarter profit rose 14% as the railroad company reported operating revenue growth, though carloads declined. The U.S. transportation sector is expected to report a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in RailAmerica Inc , which owns and operates freight railroads in North America, tumbled 8.3 percent in their debut on Tuesday, in a sign that the appetite for private ...

RailAmerica Inc. said its total freight carloads rose 9.1% in May from a year earlier as it saw increased shipments in two-thirds of its commodity groups. RailAmerica said much of the increase ...