R.J. Corman Railroad

R. J. Corman Railroad Group

Type	Private
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	1973
Founder	Richard J. Corman
Headquarters	Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States
Area served	United States
Key people	Ed Quinn (President)
Services	Track Construction/Maintenance Signaling Emergency Services Dinner Train Distribution Services Equipment Rental Material Sales Locomotive Short Line Railroad Operations Storm Team Switching
Revenue	US$ 300 million (FY 2011)
Number of employees	Approx. 1600
Website	www.rjcorman.com

R.J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC is a privately owned railroad services and short line operating company headquartered in Nicholasville, KY, with field locations in 23 states. It was owned by Richard J. Corman, who established the company in 1973, and ran it until his death on August 23, 2013. The company owns eleven short-line railroads spanning Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. The company serves all seven Class I railroads, many regional and short line railroads as well as various rail-served industries. These operations encompass an array of services, including: railroad construction, short line railroad operations, dispatch, industrial switching services, emergency response, track material logistics, distribution centers, signal design and construction, building eco-friendly locomotives, railroad worker training and an excursion dinner train.

R.J. Corman Railroad Construction was founded in 1973 by Richard J. Corman.

In 1983, R. J. Corman Derailment Services was founded and opened its first division in Columbus, Ohio. From 1997 to 2000, eight more Derailment Services divisions were opened across the north and middle East.

The company's original headquarters, Jay Station, was completed and opened in Nicholasville, Kentucky. The property was dedicated to Rick's father, Jay Corman.

R.J. Corman began operating short line railroads in 1987 with the purchase of the Bardstown Line and the Memphis Line. The company continued to acquire and rehabilitate many lines throughout the 1990s. They've reopened many Railbanked lines, and in Pennsylvania, in 2008 they began work to reopen a fully abandoned non-railbanked corridor, to serve a new industrial park, landfill, and quarry.