Patriot Rail Company

{{more citations needed|date=October 2021}} '''Patriot Rail Company''' LLC (Patriot Rail) is a [[holding company]] for a number of [[short-line railroad|shortline]] railroads across the United States.

In June 2012, Patriot Rail was acquired by [[SteelRiver]] Infrastructure Partners (SteelRiver).

On August 8, 2022 Patriot Rail announced that it was to acquire [[Pioneer Lines]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Patriot Rail to Acquire Pioneer Lines|first=Carolina|last=Worrell|url=https://www.railwayage.com/freight/short-lines-regionals/patriot-rail-to-acquire-pioneer-lines/ |publisher=[[Railway Age]] |date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

==Holdings== Active railroad operations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://patriotrail.com/services/patriot-rail-services/patriot-railroads/ | title=Patriot Home }}</ref> *[[Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway]] *[[Columbia and Cowlitz Railway]] *[[Decatur Junction Railway]] *[[Delta Southern Railroad]] *[[DeQueen and Eastern Railroad]] *[[Elkhart & Western Railroad]] *[[Fort Smith Railroad]] *[[Garden City Western Railway]] *[[Georgia Northeastern Railroad]] *[[Georgia Southern Railway]] *[[Gettysburg & Northern Railroad]] *[[Golden Triangle Railroad]] *[[Indiana Southwestern Railway]] *[[Kendallville Terminal Railway]] *[[Keokuk Junction Railway]] *[[Kingman Terminal Railroad]] *[[Louisiana and North West Railroad]] *[[Merced County Central Valley Railroad]] *[[Michigan Southern Railroad (1989)|Michigan Southern Railroad]] *[[Mississippi Central Railroad]] *[[Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad]] *[[Pioneer Industrial Railway]] *[[Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad]] *[[Ripley & New Albany Railroad]] *Sacramento Valley Railroad *[[Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway]] *[[Temple and Central Texas Railway]] *[[Tennessee Southern Railroad]] *[[Utah Central Railway (1992)|Utah Central Railway]] *[[Vandalia Railroad (1983)|Vandalia Railroad]] *[[West Belt Railway]]

==Former holdings== * [[Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad]]. This line was acquired from Weyerhaeuser in 2010, but due to issues about a damaged bridge on a connecting railroad, Patriot filed for abandonment in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/11/07/2011-28757/mississippi-and-skuna-valley-railroad-llc-abandonment-exemption-in-yalobusha-and-calhoun-counties-ms |title= Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Yalobusha and Calhoun Counties, MS |publisher=Transportation Department and Surface Transportation Board, Federal Register, November 7, 2011|accessdate=August 27, 2011}}</ref> and the line has since become a [[Rail to trail|rail-to-trail]] conversion.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.abandonedrails.com/mississippi-and-skuna-valley-railroad |title=The Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad|publisher=AbandonedRails.com|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}</ref>

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==External links== *http://www.patriotrail.com/

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