Transtar, Inc.

Transtar, Inc. is a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. It was organized in 1988 to own U.S. Steel's railroad and other transportation subsidiaries.

Transtar owns or has owned the following companies:

Company Acquired from Date Notes
Birmingham Terminal Railway U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sent to Watco Companies in 2012, name changed from Birmingham Southern Railroad to Birmingham Terminal Railway.
Delray Connecting Railroad National Steel Corporation 2003[2] Owned directly by U.S. Steel until 2005[3]
Gary Railway U.S. Steel 2009 Created from unsold part of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Fairfield Southern Company U.S. Steel 1988[4] In-plant operation; subsidiary of Birmingham Southern Railroad
Lake Terminal Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1]
Lorain Northern Railroad Unknown N/A Operates in close relations with the Lake Terminal Railroad
McKeesport Connecting Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1] Ceased operations
Mobile River Terminal Company U.S. Steel 1988[5] Subsidiary of Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company
Texas and Northern Railway Lone Star Steel Company 2007[6][7]
Union Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1]
Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company U.S. Steel 1988[8]
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. U.S. Steel 1988[9] Sold 2001 to Great Lakes Transportation LLC
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway U.S. Steel 1988[1] Sold 2009 to Canadian National

References
  1. STB Finance Docket No. 33942, November 30, 2000
  2. STB Finance Docket No. 34311, February 19, 2003
  3. STB Finance Docket No. 34767, November 1, 2005
  4. Fairfield Southern Company, accessed December 2008
  5. Mobile River Terminal, accessed December 2008
  6. STB Finance Docket No. 35027, May 25, 2007
  7. STB Finance Docket No. 35070, August 8, 2007
  8. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., accessed December 2008
  9. Jonathan P. Hicks, New York Times, USX Agrees to Sell Transportation Unit, June 21, 1988
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