RailAmerica, Inc. reported its freight carloads for the month and eleven months ended November 30, 2005.

Total carloads for November 2005 were 109,304, up 2.1% from 107,097 in November 2004. The acquisitions of the Fremont line in Michigan and the Alcoa roads net of the impact of the sale of the Arizona Eastern Railway in 2004, accounted for 2,317 of the carload increase. On a "same railroad" basis, November 2005 carloads decreased 0.1% to 106,193, from 106,303 in 2004.

For the eleven months ended November 30, 2005, total carloads increased 5.3% to 1,197,402 from 1,137,163 in 2004. On a "same railroad" basis for the same period, carloads were 1,150,358 up 1.8% from 1,129,537 in 2004. "Same railroad" totals exclude carloads associated with railroads, or portions of railroads, sold or acquired by the Company after January 1, 2004.