Short Lines

Rail Cents has been instrumental in:

• reactivating short lines, such as assisting the East Penn Railway in the reactivation of 4 miles of Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation track in Philadelphia, 27 miles of Octoraro Railway track in Chester County PA, and 28 miles of Wilmington & Northern Railroad track in DE and PA; 
• privatizing foreign lines, such as participating in the privatization of 631 kilometers of Estonian railways; and
• creating new short lines, such as the two below.   

Big Spring Rail System, Inc.

BSR was founded in 2011 and put into operation in 2012 by Tom and three partners.  It has grown from 2.1 miles of main track, 0.3 miles of sidetracks, and 233 carloads of traffic in its first full year of operation to 3.3 miles of main track, 3.3 miles of sidetracks, and 2,573 carloads in 2018.  BSR is in the heart of west Texas' Permian Basin, where 2/5ths of US oil & gas production originates.  ​

Cargo Rail of Manhattan LLC

CRoM was founded in 2017 by Tom and is expected to start operations in 2022, hauling municipal solid waste (MSW) out of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City using a novel technology that greatly reduces the property required to load railcars with MSW. ​