Transtar (US Company)

Transtar, Inc. is a subsidiary of US Steel. It was organized in 1988 to own US Steel's railroad and other transportation subsidiaries. In the third quarter of 2021 it will be taken over by Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors.[https://www.railwayage.com/freight/short-lines-regionals/fortress-to-acquire-u-s-steels-short-line-subsidiary/ Fortress to Acquire US Steel’s Short Line Subsidiary] Railway Age June 9, 2021

Transtar owns or has owned the following companies:

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!Company

!Acquired from

!Date

!Notes

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|Birmingham Terminal Railway

|US Steel

|1988

|Sent to Watco in 2012, name changed from Birmingham Southern Railroad to Birmingham Terminal Railway.

Delray Connecting Railroad

|National Steel Corporation

|2003[http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/WEBUNID/FE8B79E12BA64F4485256CCB0058799B?OpenDocument STB Finance Docket No. 34311], February 19, 2003

|Owned directly by US Steel until 2005[http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/WEBUNID/16668D959F6208DD852570A6005B06EC?OpenDocument STB Finance Docket No. 34767], November 1, 2005

Gary Railway

|US Steel

|2009

|Created from unsold part of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Fairfield Southern Company

|US Steel

|1988[http://www.tstarinc.com/birmingham/fs-history.htm Fairfield Southern Company], accessed December 2008

|In-plant operation; subsidiary of Birmingham Southern Railroad

Lake Terminal Railroad

|US Steel

|1988

Lorain Northern Railroad

|Unknown

|N/A

|Operates in close relations with the Lake Terminal Railroad

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|McKeesport Connecting Railroad

|US Steel

|1988

|Ceased operations

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|Mobile River Terminal Company

|US Steel

|1988[http://www.tstarinc.com/mrt/history.html Mobile River Terminal], accessed December 2008

|Subsidiary of Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company

Texas and Northern Railway

|Lone Star Steel Company

|2007[http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/WEBUNID/CA192BCCE52BCE97852572E2004E3A46?OpenDocument STB Finance Docket No. 35027], May 25, 2007[http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/WEBUNID/BF2B62E5F252040D8525732B004B59C1?OpenDocument STB Finance Docket No. 35070], August 8, 2007

Union Railroad

|US Steel

|1988

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|Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company

|US Steel

|1988[http://www.tstarinc.com/wgn/history.html Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.], accessed December 2008

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|Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad

|US Steel

|1988[http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/WEBUNID/08CFC8DBD8A6964D8525699100583C6E?OpenDocument STB Finance Docket No. 33942], November 30, 2000

|Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation

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|Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway

|US Steel

|1988

|Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation

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|Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company

|US Steel

|1988

|Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation

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|USS Great Lakes Fleet

|US Steel

|1988Jonathan P. Hicks, New York Times, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3D61F3AF932A15755C0A96E948260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss USX Agrees to Sell Transportation Unit], June 21, 1988

|Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation

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|Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

|US Steel

|1988

|Sold 2009 to Canadian National

References

External links

{{official|https://transtarrail.com}}

Category:United States railroad holding companies

Category:U.S. Steel