Rail World
| Private | |
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | Rosemont, Illinois |
| Founder | Edward Burkhardt |
| Headquarters | Rosemont, Illinois, United States |
Area served | United States, Poland, Ukraine |
Key people | Edward Burkhardt (President & CEO) |
| Subsidiaries |
San Luis Central Railroad Rail Polska Rail World Locomotive Leasing Rail World Ukraine Baltic Rail OU |
| Website |
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Rail World is a rail transport holding company. Its specialties include railway management, consulting, investment, privatizations, and restructurings. Its purpose is to promote rail industry privatization by bringing together government bodies wishing to sell their stakes with investment capital and management skills.
Overview
Rail World was incorporated in July 1999 by Edward Burkhardt, who is the President and Chief Executive Officer.[1]
Rail World's assets consist of a controlling interest in San Luis Central Railroad in Colorado and a 100% ownership of Rail Polska (Poland) and Baltic Rail OU (Estonia).
Subsidiaries
- Baltic Rail OU (container train operator)
- Rail Polska (freight railway operations)
- Rail World Locomotive Leasing, LLC (locomotive leasing)
- Rail World Ukraine, a freight forwarding service
- San Luis Central Railroad (railway freight operations)
Former subsidiaries
- Eesti Raudtee (25.5%) from August 2001 until January 2007[2][3]
References
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324507404578593860896712862. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Baltic Rail Services Completes the Purchase of a Controlling Interest in Eesti Raudtee, Estonian State Railways Railroad Development Corporation September 4, 2001
- ↑ EVR's private interlude is over Railway Gazette International February 2007
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