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Rail World, Inc. is a railway management, consulting and
investment corporation specializing in privatizations and
restructurings. Its purpose is to promote rail industry
privatization by bringing together government bodies wishing to sell
their stakes with investment capital and management skills. Rail World
was incorporated in July 1999 by Edward A. Burkhardt, who is the
President and Chief Executive Officer.
Rail World's latest ventures include a wholly owned
subsidiary, Rail Polska, founded for the purpose of
facilitating acquisitions in the Polish rail market,
as well as the successful 2003 startup of the former
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, now the Montreal, Maine
& Atlantic Railway.
Mr. Burkhardt also is President of The San Luis
Central Railroad Company, a short line railway
serving agricultural customers in the State of
Colorado. He also is a Director of
the
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Co., a regional railway serving freight
customers in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, and is Chairman of Baltic Rail
Services, an investment group which purchased 66% of
the outstanding shares of the Estonian State
Railways. |
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