UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 4, 2006

RailAmerica, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-32579	65-0328006
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5300 Broken Sound Boulevard, N.W., Boca Raton, Florida 33487

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(561) 994-6015
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ex-99.1: Presentation to be given by the Company on May 4, 2006

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

     On May 4, 2006, RailAmerica, Inc. (the “Company”) will be hosting an Analyst/Investor Workshop in Napa, California. At this workshop the Company will be giving a presentation which includes information regarding the Company’s strategic and marketing initiatives as well as an operational overview. The purpose of this Form 8-K is to furnish such presentation. Attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is the text of the presentation. This exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.

     The attached presentation contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the performance of the Company that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and actions to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Process Improvement Project, fuel costs, foreign currency risks, weather, casualties, Class I congestion, failure to complete proposed acquisitions, failure to successfully integrate recent acquisitions, failure to service debt, failure to complete asset sales, economic conditions, customer demand, increased competition in the relevant market, tax benefits/credits and others. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information. If the Company does update any forward-looking statement, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to that statement or any other forward-looking statements. We refer you to the documents that the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as the Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, which contain additional important factors that could cause its actual results to differ from its current expectations and from the forward-looking statements contained in the attached presentation.

     The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall be deemed “furnished” and not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any Company filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

     (d) The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Presentation to be given by the Company on May 4, 2006, at the Analyst/Investor Workshop in Napa, California.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	RAILAMERICA, INC.
Date: May 4, 2006	By:	/s/	Michael J. Howe
		Name:	Michael J. Howe
		Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)