Thirty years ago, Richard J. Corman purchased his first short line railroad in Bardstown, Kentucky; this acquisition marked the start of what is known today as R. J. Corman Railroad Company. Since that time, we have expanded to eleven short lines, totaling over 900 miles of track in nine states. Rick’s tenacious spirit and drive to succeed have and continue to inspire us to posture ourselves as a leader in the short line railroad industry.

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R. J. Corman Railroad Group would like to thank everyone who came out to the first fall company picnic! We had wonderful weather, and a great turnout to celebrate another year of accomplishments within our company.

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Yesterday, Representative Sal Santoro visited R. J. Corman headquarters in Nicholasville, Kentucky to join us for Operation Lifesaver’s first annual Railroad Safety week. Representative Santoro is the Co-Chairman of the Budget Review Sub Committee on Transportation. He also has a young grandson who loves trains, so he understands the importance of educating the public, especially children, on how to be safe around railroad tracks and trains. 

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R. J. Corman Railroad Services is a full-service railroad construction, maintenance-of-way and emergency response company with 17 divisions strategically located across the nation. Our highly-trained employees and specialized equipment can handle any job – big or small. We also work seamlessly with R. J. Corman Signaling to tackle all your railroad construction and signaling needs.

In September of 2016, Constellium-UACJ opened in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Constellium is an aluminum production facility that provides parts for the automotive industry. The R. J. Corman Distribution Center in South Union, KY stores and ships the aluminum coils, which weigh up to 45,000 pounds, into the Kentucky Transpark for the plant.  The coils are then used to produce finished aluminum body sheets which will be used at major automotive manufacturers.

Hankook Tire built their first manufacturing facility in the United States in Clarksville, Tennessee. The company has 8 locations worldwide, but decided when they built the Tennessee facility to start receiving their material by rail for the first time. R. J. Corman Railroad Company began construction on a rail spur in March of 2015, building track on the inside of the facility and out to their Memphis Line. 

For nine years, R. J. Corman Railroad Company served the J.M. Smucker jelly plant on their Tennessee Terminal, but the plant slowly began to decrease the production of its fruit spreads. Smucker’s announced in 2010 the plan to close the jelly plant in Memphis, Tennessee by the summer of 2013, and instead, was going to invest more into the facility in Orrville, Ohio, where the company is based. However, in early 2013, Smucker’s representatives from Ohio contacted R. J. Corman to gain insight on a potential peanut butter plant site.