Pinsly Railroad Company (2024)

Pinsly Railroad Company, formerly known as Gulf & Atlantic Railways, is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns and operates 6 railroads in the United States. Pinsly has a rail network of a 762-miles.

History
Pinsly was founded as RailUSA in October 2018 by private equity firm Equity Group Investments. It first purchased the Grenada Railroad from Iowa Pacific with plans to restore and re-open the 87-mile southern portion of the line that had been closed since 2011. Another investment later followed in 2019 with the purchase of Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad from CSX. In April 2022, RailUSA was purchased by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners.

On March 1, 2023, RailUSA announced the company would relocate to Jacksonville, Florida, and change its name to Gulf & Atlantic Railways to show its focus on new growth.

In May 2023, G&AR acquired 3 small railroads from Midwestern & Bluegrass Rail, the Camp Chase Railroad, Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad and Vermilion Valley Railroad, and increased its portfolio from two to five short lines.

In August 2023, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners reached an agreement with the Pinsly Railroad Company to acquire a 6th short-line, Pioneer Valley Railroad, through its subsidiary Gulf & Atlantic Railways. This acquisition also included a warehousing company, Railroad Distribution Services.

Towards the end of 2023, G&AR announced they would acquire the Northern Indiana Railroad Company (NIRC), which maintained the land assets of Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad (CKIN). In February 2024, G&AR announced they would seek to merge NIRC into the CKIN.

On May 1, 2024, the company rebranded to Pinsly Railroad Company after the Pioneer Valley Railroad acquision. The original Pinsly Railroad Company dated back to 1938 and is one of the oldest short-line holding companies in U.S. history.