Private company

Railroad Development Corporation

Logo: Railroad Development Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

American railroad holding company

The Railroad Development Corporation is an American railroad holding company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It operates several short line railroads outside the United States and acts as an investor, with management and institutional investors as partners. It was founded in 1987 by former Conrail employee Henry Posner III.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1987Founded1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersPittsburgh1
  • Websiterrdc.com
  • Legal formBusiness Corporation3
  • LEI254900Y6BSQLKNH9OX093
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address500 Greentree Commons, 15220 Pittsburgh, United States3
  • Registered withPennsylvania Department of State, 9650953

The Railroad Development Corporation is an American railroad holding company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It operates several short line railroads outside the United States and acts as an investor, with management and institutional investors as partners. It was founded in 1987 by former Conrail employee Henry Posner III.2

Corporate structure

Railroad Development Corporation sits at the top of its group. 5 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Railroad Development Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jan 1, 2022Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebüll became a subsidiary1

Timeline

  1. 1987Founded Founded1