RailAmerica Reports July Carloads.BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. -- RailAmerica RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE: RRA), based in Boca Raton, Florida, is a holding company of several short-line railroads in the United States and Canada, as well as overseas. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RRA RRA Registered Record Administrator. ) today reported its freight carloads for the month and seven months ended July July: see month. 31, 2005. Total carloads for July 2005 were 102,158, a decrease of 2.4% from 104,662 in July 2004. The acquisitions of the Midland Subdivision and the Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, city (1990 pop. 173,072), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, & Eastern Railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. , net of the impact of the sale of the Arizona Eastern Railway The Arizona Eastern Railway (AAR reporting marks AZER) was a Class III railroad in the United States state of Arizona. Originally chartered as the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway on January 5 1895, the Arizona Eastern Railroad name took over during construction. in 2004, accounted for 4,846 of the carloads. On a "same railroad" basis, July 2005 carloads decreased 7.1% to 96,667, from 104,016 in 2004. The 7,349 carload carload In commodities trading, a railroad car or truckload of grain that ranges from 1,400 to 2,500 bushels. decrease in 2005 was driven by a decrease in eleven out of fourteen commodity groups. Lower coal shipments from the Powder River Basin The Powder River Basin is a region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming about 120 miles east to west and 200 miles north to south known for its coal deposits. It is both a topographic drainage and geologic structural basin. and the recently enacted routing protocol A formula used by routers to determine the appropriate path onto which data should be forwarded. The routing protocol also specifies how routers report changes and share information with the other routers in the network that they can reach. between CN and NS contributed to the decline in July. For the seven months ended July 31, 2005, total carloads increased 7% to 759,107 from 709,190 in 2004. On a "same railroad" basis for the same period, carloads were 720,494, up 2.3% from 704,458 in 2004. "Same railroad" totals exclude carloads associated with railroads rail·road n. 1. A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles. 2. , or portions of railroads, sold or acquired by the Company after January 1, 2004. Historically, the Company has found that carload information may be indicative of freight revenue on its railroads, but may not be indicative of total revenue, operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. , operating income Operating Income The profit realized from a business' own operations. Notes: This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. or net income. Attached is a comparison of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. carloads by commodity group for the periods ended July 31, 2005 and 2004. RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE:RRA) is a leading short line and regional rail service provider with 43 railroads operating approximately 8,800 track miles in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. The Company is a member of the Russell 2000(R) Index. Its website may be found at http://www.railamerica.com.
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Carload Comparisons by Commodity Group
Month/Year-to-Date Ended July 31, 2005 and 2004
Consolidated North American Carloads
July YEAR-TO-DATE
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Commodity Group 2005 2004 % Chg 2005 2004 % Chg
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Bridge Traffic 15,129 16,820 -10.1% 120,934 111,661 8.3%
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Coal 12,307 13,133 -6.3% 86,754 86,447 0.4%
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Lumber & Forest
Products 11,480 11,543 -0.5% 80,950 76,058 6.4%
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Chemicals 9,502 8,831 7.6% 68,766 60,301 14.0%
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Agricultural & Farm
Products 9,037 7,658 18.0% 68,064 59,335 14.7%
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Paper Products 8,722 9,170 -4.9% 62,309 60,355 3.2%
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Metals 7,104 7,490 -5.2% 56,495 54,467 3.7%
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Food Products 6,406 6,172 3.8% 50,689 42,093 20.4%
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Metallic/Non-metallic
Ores 5,699 6,350 -10.3% 38,963 40,007 -2.6%
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Minerals 4,957 4,925 0.6% 33,943 30,414 11.6%
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Petroleum Products 4,361 4,623 -5.7% 33,916 30,281 12.0%
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Intermodal 2,698 3,605 -25.2% 20,334 20,368 -0.2%
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Autos 1,298 1,261 2.9% 13,988 17,099 -18.2%
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Other 3,458 3,081 12.2% 23,002 20,304 13.3%
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TOTAL 102,158 104,662 -2.4% 759,107 709,190 7.0%
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"Same Railroad" Carloads"
July YEAR-TO-DATE
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Commodity Group 2005 2004 % Chg 2005 2004 % Chg
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Bridge Traffic 15,110 16,820 -10.2% 120,739 111,636 8.2%
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Coal 12,307 13,133 -6.3% 86,754 86,328 0.5%
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Lumber & Forest
Products 11,200 11,543 -3.0% 78,997 76,044 3.9%
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Chemicals 8,604 8,822 -2.5% 61,787 59,995 3.0%
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Paper Products 8,296 9,170 -9.5% 59,542 60,330 -1.3%
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Agricultural & Farm
Products 7,569 7,658 -1.2% 56,146 59,307 -5.3%
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Metals 6,406 7,275 -11.9% 51,946 53,121 -2.2%
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Food Products 5,607 6,172 -9.2% 44,792 42,092 6.4%
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Minerals 4,931 4,925 0.1% 33,669 30,369 10.9%
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Metallic/Non-metallic
Ores 4,830 5,939 -18.7% 35,784 37,375 -4.3%
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Petroleum Products 4,355 4,612 -5.6% 33,644 30,135 11.6%
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Intermodal 2,698 3,605 -25.2% 20,256 20,368 -0.5%
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Autos 1,298 1,261 2.9% 13,791 17,087 -19.3%
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Other 3,456 3,081 12.2% 22,647 20,271 11.7%
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TOTAL 96,667 104,016 -7.1% 720,494 704,458 2.3%
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