Patriot Rail Corporation
 Patriot Rail Corporation is a holding company for a number of shortline railroads across the United States including one contract operation in North Carolina. The company was started in 2006 by RailAmerica co-founders Gary Marino and John Marino and is headquartered at Boca Raton Florida. In January 2011 Patriot Rail purchased the railroads of the Weyerhaeuser Company which effectively doubled the number of Patriot Rail holdings.