Transtar (US Company)

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Transtar, Inc. is a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. It was organized in 1988 to own U.S. Steel's railroad and other transportation subsidiaries.

Transtar owns or has owned the following companies:

Company Acquired from Date Notes
Birmingham Terminal Railway U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sent to Watco Companies in 2012, name changed from Birmingham Southern Railroad to Birmingham Terminal Railway.
Delray Connecting Railroad National Steel Corporation 2003[2] Owned directly by U.S. Steel until 2005[3]
Gary Railway U.S. Steel 2009 Created from unsold part of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Fairfield Southern Company U.S. Steel 1988[4] In-plant operation; subsidiary of Birmingham Southern Railroad
Lake Terminal Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1]
Lorain Northern Railroad Unknown N/A Operates in close relations with the Lake Terminal Railroad
McKeesport Connecting Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1] Ceased operations
Mobile River Terminal Company U.S. Steel 1988[5] Subsidiary of Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company
Texas and Northern Railway Lone Star Steel Company 2007[6][7]
Union Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1]
Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company U.S. Steel 1988[8]
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. U.S. Steel 1988[9] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2009 to Canadian National

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h STB Finance Docket No. 33942, November 30, 2000
  2. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 34311, February 19, 2003
  3. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 34767, November 1, 2005
  4. ^ Fairfield Southern Company, accessed December 2008
  5. ^ Mobile River Terminal, accessed December 2008
  6. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 35027, May 25, 2007
  7. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 35070, August 8, 2007
  8. ^ Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., accessed December 2008
  9. ^ Jonathan P. Hicks, New York Times, USX Agrees to Sell Transportation Unit, June 21, 1988

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