Transtar, Inc. is a subsidiary of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors. It was organized in 1988 to own US Steel's railroad and other transportation subsidiaries. During the third quarter of 2021, it was acquired by Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors.Fortress to Acquire US Steel’s Short Line Subsidiary Railway Age June 9, 2021 In 2025, Fortress Transportation acquired the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad and merged it and Transtar under one collective brand known as "The Wheeling".
Transtar owns or has owned the following companies: CompanyAcquired fromDateNotesBessemer & Lake Erie RailroadUS Steel1988STB Finance Docket No. 33942, November 30, 2000Sold 2001 to Great Lakes TransportationBirmingham Terminal RailwayUS Steel1988Sent to Watco in 2012, name changed from Birmingham Southern Railroad to Birmingham Terminal Railway.Delray Connecting RailroadNational Steel Corporation2003, February 19, 2003Owned directly by US Steel until 2005STB Finance Docket No. 34767, November 1, 2005Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range RailwayUS Steel1988Sold 2001 to Great Lakes TransportationEast Ohio Valley RailroadIndependent2023Expanded significantly in 2024Elgin, Joliet & Eastern RailwayUS Steel1988Sold 2009 to Canadian NationalFairfield Southern CompanyUS Steel1988Fairfield Southern Company, accessed December 2008In-plant operation; subsidiary of Birmingham Southern RailroadGary RailwayUS Steel2009Created from unsold part of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern RailwayLake Terminal RailroadUS Steel1988Merged with the Lorain Terminal RailroadMcKeesport Connecting RailroadUS Steel1988Ceased operationsMobile River Terminal CompanyUS Steel1988Mobile River Terminal, accessed December 2008Subsidiary of Warrior and Gulf Navigation CompanyPittsburgh and Conneaut Dock CompanyUS Steel1988Sold 2001 to Great Lakes TransportationTexas and Northern RailwayLone Star Steel Company2007, May 25, 2007, August 8, 2007 USS Great Lakes FleetUS Steel1988Jonathan P. Hicks, New York Times, USX Agrees to Sell Transportation Unit, June 21, 1988Sold 2001 to Great Lakes TransportationUnion RailroadUS Steel1988Warrior and Gulf Navigation CompanyUS Steel1988Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., accessed December 2008
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