Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business segments

	Three Months ended					Nine Months ended
	June 30,					June 30,
		2013		2012			2013		2012
Revenues:
Transportation	$	28,794		26,907		$	82,609		77,197
Mining royalty land		1,299		1,101			3,874		3,103
Developed property rentals		5,615		5,022			16,150		14,415
	$	35,708		33,030		$	102,633		94,715
Operating profit:
Transportation	$	3,513		2,682		$	8,109		6,706
Mining royalty land		1,156		958			3,457		2,671
Developed property rentals		2,451		2,150			6,960		5,531
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to transportation		(406	)	(396	)		(1,284	)	(1,187	)
Allocated to mining land		(176	)	(164	)		(528	)	(491	)
Allocated to developed property		(264	)	(245	)		(792	)	(736	)
Unallocated		(204	)	(94	)		(1,136	)	(945	)
		(1,050	)	(899	)		(3,740	)	(3,359	)
	$	6,070		4,891		$	14,786		11,549
Interest expense:
Mining royalty land	$	15		10		$	38		29
Developed property rentals		1,122		527			2,107		2,106
	$	1,137		537		$	2,145		2,135
Capital expenditures:
Transportation	$	3,311		1,202		$	10,672		6,605
Mining royalty land		—		11,039			—		11,039
Developed property rentals:
Capitalized interest		367		533			1,375		1,111
Internal labor		106		173			324		431
Real estate taxes (a)		254		243			761		(1,454	)
Other costs		9,978		2,916			13,816		5,573
	$	14,016		16,106		$	26,948		23,305

(a)Includes $2,250 receivable on previously capitalized real estate taxes on the Anacostia property for the nine months ended June 30, 2012.

Depreciation, depletion and
amortization:
Transportation	$	1,865	1,690	$	5,445	5,018
Mining royalty land		27	27		75	86
Developed property rentals		1,629	1,382		4,532	4,096
Other		103	97		310	302
	$	3,624	3,196	$	10,362	9,502

		June 30,	September 30,
Identifiable net assets		2013		2012
Transportation	$	46,690		42,642
Mining royalty land		39,492		39,695
Developed property rentals		194,744		184,358
Cash items		742		6,713
Unallocated corporate assets		1,849		2,297
	$	283,517		275,705