Jacksonville, Florida-based RailAmerica, Inc. announced Wednesday that its total freight carloads for December 2010 were up 4 percent to 71,209 over 68,445 carloads in December 2009, due to higher shipments of coal and metallic ores and metals.
RailAmerica, Inc. owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in North America, operating a total of 40 individual railroads in both the US and Canada.