Gulf & Atlantic Railways, LLC (G&AR) announced May 1 that it is rebranding as Pinsly Railroad Company following the October 2023 acquisition of Pioneer Valley Railroad, Pinsly\u2019s last short line railroad company.<\/p>\n
Pinsly Railroad Company<\/a>\u00a0is the second oldest short line railway holding company in North America, and, according to CEO, Ryan Ratledge, \u201cit is under this iconic name that we are excited to run and grow our portfolio of railroad, warehousing, transloading, and trucking businesses.\u00a0 Our team is committed to continuing the admirable Pinsly track record for safety and service.\u201d<\/p>\n Ratledge further commented that the renaming of the company \u201cwill not change operations at any of the railroads.\u201d The company, he says, \u201cremains committed to expanding its reach, investing in both its workforce and infrastructure to generate economic value and employment opportunities within the communities it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n The renamed Pinsly Railroad Company, which will continue to be headquartered on the St. Johns River near downtown Jacksonville at 245 Riverside Ave., Suite 250, operates six short line regional railroads:\u00a0Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR)<\/a>\u00a0in Massachusetts,\u00a0Grenada Railroad (GRYR)<\/a>\u00a0in Central Mississippi,\u00a0Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad (FGA)<\/a>\u00a0in the panhandle of Florida, and in the Midwest, the\u00a0Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (CKIN)<\/a>,\u00a0Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR)<\/a>, and\u00a0Camp Chase Railway (CAMY)<\/a>. The company also operates Railroad Distribution Services (RDS), which provides warehousing, storage, and trucking for non-rail served accounts via transload.<\/p>\n \u201cPinsly Railroad Company is one of the oldest and most admired names in the short line industry,\u201d the company said. Its origins trace back to 1938, when Samuel M. Pinsly undertook the task of purchasing and rehabilitating the hurricane damaged Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad in Massachusetts and Vermont. Over the subsequent decades, Pinsly \u201cblazed a trail in the industry during an era of heavy government regulation, by acquiring abandoned rail lines from struggling Class I railroads,\u201d the company added.<\/p>\n With the deregulation of the rail industry ushered in by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, the Class I railroads\u2019 shedding of route miles began to create opportunities for short lines. The company seized upon this new landscape, notably acquiring the Pioneer Valley Railroad Company in 1982, a railroad that continues to operate under the Pinsly brand.<\/p>\n Under the leadership of Marjorie \u201cMaggie\u201d Pinsly Silver and John P. Levine, the company embarked on a six-decade journey of strategic acquisitions and divestitures, \u201csolidifying its position as a respected entity within the short line industry.\u201d Today, Pinsly Railroad Company says it \u201cproudly carries forward the legacy of its entrepreneurial founders, dedicated to serving communities\u2019 transportation needs with a focus on safety, service, and community engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n -via Press Release<\/em><\/p>\n The post G&AR Rebrands as Pinsly Railroad Company<\/a> appeared first on Railpace Newsmagazine<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gulf & Atlantic Railways, LLC (G&AR) announced May 1 that it is rebranding as Pinsly Railroad Company following the October 2023 acquisition of Pioneer Valley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":38212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[713,47],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-38211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-rail-news","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}