Business Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business segments

	Three Months ended					Six Months ended
	March 31,					March 31,
		2013		2012			2013		2012
Revenues:
Transportation	$	27,176		25,449		$	53,815		50,290
Mining royalty land		1,244		1,025			2,575		2,002
Developed property rentals		5,448		4,852			10,535		9,393
	$	33,868		31,326		$	66,925		61,685
Operating profit:
Transportation	$	2,328		2,186		$	4,596		4,024
Mining royalty land		1,102		865			2,301		1,713
Developed property rentals		2,394		1,757			4,509		3,381
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to transportation		(407	)	(396	)		(878	)	(791	)
Allocated to mining land		(176	)	(163	)		(352	)	(327	)
Allocated to developed property		(264	)	(246	)		(528	)	(491	)
Unallocated		(669	)	(559	)		(932	)	(851	)
		(1,516	)	(1,364	)		(2,690	)	(2,460	)
	$	4,308		3,444		$	8,716		6,658
Interest expense:
Mining royalty land	$	12		9		$	23		19
Developed property rentals		568		785			985		1,579
	$	580		794		$	1,008		1,598
Capital expenditures:
Transportation	$	574		614		$	7,361		5,403
Mining royalty land		—		—			—		—
Developed property rentals:
Capitalized interest		417		284			1,008		578
Internal labor		108		117			218		258
Real estate taxes (a)		256		(90	)		507		(1,697	)
Other costs		626		939			3,838		2,657
	$	1,981		1,864		$	12,932		7,199

(a)Includes $2,250 receivable on previously capitalized real estate taxes on the Anacostia property for the six months ended March 31, 2012.

Depreciation, depletion and
amortization:
Transportation	$	1,827	1,720	$	3,580	3,328
Mining royalty land		23	27		48	59
Developed property rentals		1,515	1,373		2,903	2,714
Other		102	103		207	205
	$	3,467	3,223	$	6,738	6,306

		March 31,	September 30,
Identifiable net assets		2013		2012
Transportation	$	45,432		42,642
Mining royalty land		39,476		39,695
Developed property rentals		186,495		184,358
Cash items		4,527		6,713
Unallocated corporate assets		2,374		2,297
	$	278,304		275,705