Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business segments

Business Segments	Three Months ended
(in thousands)	December 31,
	2012			2011
Revenues:
Transportation	$	26,639			24,841
Mining royalty land		1,331			977
Developed property rentals		5,087			4,541
	$	33,057			30,359
Operating profit:
Transportation	$	2,268			1,838
Mining royalty land		1,199			848
Developed property rentals		2,115			1,624
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to transportation		(471	)		(395	)
Allocated to mining land		(176	)		(164	)
Allocated to developed property		(264	)		(245	)
Unallocated		(263	)		(292	)
		(1,174	)		(1,096	)
	$	4,408			3,214
Interest expense:
Mining royalty land	$	11			10
Developed property rentals		417			794
	$	428			804
Capital expenditures:
Transportation	$	6,787			4,789
Mining royalty land		-			-
Developed property rentals:
Capitalized interest		591			294
Internal labor		110			141
Real estate taxes (a)		251			(1,607	)
Other costs		3,212			1,718
	$	10,951			5,335
(a) Includes $ 31 and $2,043 receivable on previously capitalized real
estate taxes on the Anacostia property for the three months December
31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization:
Transportation	$	1,753			1,608
Mining royalty land		25			32
Developed property rentals		1,388			1,341
Other		105			102
	$	3,271			3,083

		December 31,	September 30,
		2012	2012
Identifiable net assets
Transportation	$	47,293	42,642
Mining royalty land		39,436	39,695
Developed property rentals		186,692	184,358
Cash items		1,440	6,713
Unallocated corporate assets		1,833	2,297
	$	276,694	275,705