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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 10/1/12 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 1 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 887637 |
| Issuer Name: RAILAMERICA INC /DE |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: RA |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1209718 |
| | Owner Name: WILLIAMS SCOTT G |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: C/O RAILAMERICA, INC. |
| | Owner Street 2: 7411 FULLERTON STREET, SUITE 300 |
| | Owner City: JACKSONVILLE |
| | Owner State: FL |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 32256 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? No |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: SVP and General Counsel |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 10/1/12 |
| | Deemed Execution Date: |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: S |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 3,510 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 27.50 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: I |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: By children |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 10/1/12 |
| | Deemed Execution Date: |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: S |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 116,351 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 27.50 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Restricted Share Units |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 10/1/12 |
| | Deemed Execution Date: |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: S |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 31,333 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 27.50 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: The holdings are owned by reporting person's two children who share his household. |
| Remarks: |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/ David Novak, Attorney-in-Fact for Scott G. Williams |
| Signature Date: 10/1/12 |
