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.[1]

Transtar owns or has owned the following companies:

Company Acquired from Date Notes
Birmingham Terminal Railway US Steel 1988[2] Sent to Watco in 2012, name changed from Birmingham Southern Railroad to Birmingham Terminal Railway.
Delray Connecting Railroad National Steel Corporation 2003[3] Owned directly by US Steel until 2005[4]
Gary Railway US Steel 2009 Created from unsold part of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Fairfield Southern Company US Steel 1988[5] In-plant operation; subsidiary of Birmingham Southern Railroad
Lake Terminal Railroad US Steel 1988[2]
Lorain Northern Railroad Unknown N/A Operates in close relations with the Lake Terminal Railroad
McKeesport Connecting Railroad US Steel 1988[2] Ceased operations
Mobile River Terminal Company US Steel 1988[6] Subsidiary of Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company
Texas and Northern Railway Lone Star Steel Company 2007[7][8]
Union Railroad US Steel 1988[2]
Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company US Steel 1988[9]
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad US Steel 1988[2] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway US Steel 1988[2] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation
Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company US Steel 1988[2] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation
USS Great Lakes Fleet US Steel 1988[10] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway US Steel 1988[2] Sold 2009 to Canadian National

References

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  1. ^ Fortress to Acquire US Steel’s Short Line Subsidiary Railway Age June 9, 2021
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h STB Finance Docket No. 33942, November 30, 2000
  3. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 34311, February 19, 2003
  4. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 34767, November 1, 2005
  5. ^ Fairfield Southern Company, accessed December 2008
  6. ^ Mobile River Terminal, accessed December 2008
  7. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 35027, May 25, 2007
  8. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 35070, August 8, 2007
  9. ^ Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., accessed December 2008
  10. ^ Jonathan P. Hicks, New York Times, USX Agrees to Sell Transportation Unit, June 21, 1988
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