Pinsly Railroad Company

Pinsly Railroad Company, based in Westfield, Massachusetts, is a holding company of several short line railroads. It is one of the oldest such companies in the United States, having been founded in 1938 and owned railroads ever since. As of 2020 Pinsly owns only one railroad: Pioneer Valley Railroad.[1]

Pinsly Railroad Company
IndustryRail transport
Founded1938 (1938)
FounderSamuel M. Pinsly
Headquarters
Westfield, Massachusetts
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.pinsly.com

History

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1899, Samuel M. Pinsly received degrees in engineering and law from Northwestern University before briefly serving in the U.S. Army during World War I. Pinsly founded his shortline operating company in 1938 with the purchase of the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad from his father-in-law, fellow shortline operator H.E. Salzberg. While the line was rebuilt and turned a profit, extensive line relocations due to a new dam forced the railroad to be abandoned in 1971.[2] Pinsly went on to acquire a number of lines throughout New England and the Southeast until his death in 1977.

Pinsly sold their 3 Florida shortlines (Florida Central Railroad, Florida Midland Railroad and Florida Northern Railroad) to 3i RR Holdings GP, LLC and subsidiaries (d.b.a. "Regional Rail, LLC") in November 2019.[3]

Historic List of Pinsly Railroads

These are the railroads that were once under the common ownership of Pinsly, listed in order of acquisition.

Current List of Pinsly Railroads

Notes
  1. Hartley 2017, p. 43
  2. Hartley 2017, p. 44
  3. "STB Notice of Exemption 47348 (Docket FD-36365)" (PDF). Surface Transportation Board. November 22, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  4. "Genesee & Wyoming Completes Acquisition of Pinsly Arkansas Railroads". Genesee & Wyoming Inc. January 5, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2017. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) (NYSE:GWR) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Pinsly Railroad Company’s Arkansas Division (“Pinsly Arkansas”) for approximately $40 million in cash, subject to adjustment for final working capital.
  5. "STB Notice of Exemption 47348 (Docket FD-36365)" (PDF). Surface Transportation Board. November 22, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  6. "STB Notice of Exemption 47348 (Docket FD-36365)" (PDF). Surface Transportation Board. November 22, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  7. "STB Notice of Exemption 47348 (Docket FD-36365)" (PDF). Surface Transportation Board. November 22, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

References
  • Hartley, Scott A. (June 2017). "Pinsly". Trains. 77 (6): 42–49. ISSN 0041-0934.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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