Freight Short Lines & Regionals Infrastructure fund to acquire Ohio-based regional Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway

Infrastructure fund to acquire Ohio-based regional Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway

By | August 6, 2025

FTAI Infrastructure also owns Transtar, the operator of former U.S. Steel railroads

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