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EX-10.14 - LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH OPPENHEIMER & CO, INC., DATED MAY 3, 2011 - LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.xtrn10k20110331ex10-14.htm
EX-10.13 - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, DATED JANUARY 13, 2011. - LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.xtrn10k20110331ex10-13.htm
EX-10.12 - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY PUBLIC PROJECT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, DATED DECEMBER 1, 2010. - LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.xtrn10k20110331ex10-12.htm
EX-10.11 - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH T-UPR (THE PLAZA HOTEL & CASINO), DATED OCTOBER 4, 2010. - LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.xtrn10k20110331ex10-11.htm
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EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 - LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.xtrn10k20110331ex32-1.htm


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(MARK ONE)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011

Commission file number
333-144973
LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware
56-2646797
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

6650 Via Austi Parkway, Suite 170
Las Vegas, NV  89119
(Address of principal executive offices)

702-583-6715
(Issuer’s telephone number)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

COMMON STOCK, $0.0001 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes [X]  No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

Yes [  ] No [X]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 
 

 

Large accelerated filer [  ]    Accelerated filer [  ]    Non-accelerated filer [  ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

Yes [  ] No [X]

Aggregate market value of Common Stock held by shareholders based on the closing price of the registrant's Common Stock on the OTCBB on March 31, 2011 was $8,624,329.

Number of outstanding shares of common stock as of March 31, 2011 was 39,201,498.

Documents Incorporated by Reference:  None.

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (Check one):

Yes [   ]   No [X]
 
 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
 
PAGE
Item 1.
Description of Business
4
Item 2
Description Of Property
9
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings
9
Item 4.
[Removed and Reserved]
9
PART II
 
9
Item 5.
Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Small Business Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
9
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data
10
Item 7.
Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
10
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
13
Item 8.
Financial Statements
16
Item 9.
Changes in Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
31
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures
31
Item 9B.
Other Information
33
PART III
 
33
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
33
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
36
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
38
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.
39
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
40
PART IV
 
40
Item 15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
40
SIGNATURES
42
 
 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.

PART I

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements about the Company's business, financial condition and prospects that reflect management's assumptions and beliefs based on information currently available. There can be no assurance that the expectations indicated by such forward-looking statements will be realized. If any of management's assumptions should prove incorrect, or if any of the risks and uncertainties underlying such expectations should materialize, Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc., actual results may differ materially from those indicated by the forward- looking statements.

The key factors that are not within the Company's control and that may have a direct bearing on operating results include, but are not limited to, acceptance of the Company's products and services, the Company's ability to expand its customer base, managements' ability to raise capital in the future, the retention of key employees and changes in the regulation of our industry.

There may be other risks and circumstances that management may be unable to predict. When used in this Report, words such as, "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "estimates" and similar expressions are intended to identify and qualify forward-looking statements, although there may be certain forward-looking statements not accompanied by such expressions. However, the forward-looking statements contained herein are not covered by the safe harbors created by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  The mortgage banking industry is continually vulnerable to current events that occur in the financial services industry. These events include the current subprime market changes in economic indicators, government regulation, interest rates, price competition, geographic shifts, disposable income, housing prices, market liquidity, market anticipation, and customer perception, as well as others. The factors that affect the industry change rapidly and can be unforeseeable.

Item 1.  Description of Business

Company Overview: Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc., formerly Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc, a publicly traded Delaware Corporation, is a business development company whose plan is to re-establish a conventional passenger train service between the Las Vegas and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. The development concept is to provide a Las Vegas style experience on the train, which would traverse the planned route in approximately 5:30 hours. The Company is in discussions with AMTRAK and the Class 1 railroads seeking to secure rail services agreements. The Company has hired Transportation Management Services, Inc. for the procurement of 20 bi-level railcars and locomotives. The planned service is targeting a start date for late 2012. On January 21, 2010, the Company completed a share exchange and asset purchase agreement with Las Vegas Railway Express, a Nevada Corporation, and subsequently changed its name from Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc. to Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc.

Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc., Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc.  (the “Company”) was formed in March 9, 2007 as Corporate Outfitters, a development stage company on November 3, 2008 with a share exchange, asset purchase agreement The Company acquired Liberty Capital Asset Management, a Nevada corporation, formed in July of 2008 as a holding company for all the assets of CD Banc LLC in contemplation of the company going public via a reverse merger into a publicly trading corporation.

CD Banc LLC was formed in 2003 as a Nevada limited liability corporation with the purpose of acquiring real estate assets and holding them for long-term appreciation.

Intellectual Property

None.

Employees

As of March 31, 2011, we had 6 full-time employees, of whom 2 were in administrative position and 4 were in management.
 
 
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Item 1A.  Risk Factors
 
Changes in government policy could negatively impact demand for the Company’s services, impair its ability to price its services or increase its costs or liability exposure.
 
Changes in United States and foreign government policies could change the economic environment and affect demand for the Company’s services.  Developments and changes in laws and regulations as well as increased economic regulation of the rail industry through legislative action and revised rules and standards applied by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board in various areas, including rates, services and access to facilities could adversely impact the Company’s ability to determine prices for rail services and significantly affect the revenues, costs and profitability of the Company’s business. Additionally, because of the significant costs to maintain its rail network, an increase in expenditures related to the maintenance of the rails owned by the Class I railroads could hinder the Company’s ability to maintain, improve or expand the rail network, facilities and equipment in order to accept or handle our Company’s increased demand. Federal or state spending on infrastructure improvements or incentives that favor other modes of transportation could also adversely affect the Company’s revenues.
 
The Company’s success depends on its ability to continue to comply with the significant federal, state and local governmental regulations to which it is subject.
 
The Company is subject to a significant amount of governmental laws and regulation with respect to its and practices, taxes, railroad operations and a variety of health, safety, labor, environmental and other matters. Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Governments may change the legislative and/or regulatory framework within which the Company operates without providing the Company with any recourse for any adverse effects that the change may have on its business. Federal legislation enacted in 2008 mandates the implementation of positive train control technology by December 31, 2015, on certain mainline track where intercity and commuter passenger railroads operate and where toxic-by-inhalation hazardous materials are transported. This type of technology is new and deploying it across our host railroad’s infrastructure may pose significant operating and implementation risks and could require significant capital expenditures.
 
As part of the Class I railroad operations, the Company will traverse rails that frequently transports chemicals and other hazardous materials, which could expose it to the risk of significant claims, losses and penalties.
 
The “host” or Class I railroads are required to transport these commodities to the extent of its common carrier obligation. An accidental release of these commodities could result in a significant loss of life and extensive property damage as well as environmental remediation obligations. The associated costs could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity. In addition, insurance premiums charged for some or all of the coverage currently maintained by the Company could increase dramatically or certain coverage may not be available to the Company in the future if there is a catastrophic event related to rail transportation of these commodities.
 
Downturns in the economy could adversely affect demand for the Company’s services.
 
Significant, extended negative changes in domestic and global economic conditions that impact the customers transported by the Company and may have an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity. Declines in , economic growth and  the United States travel industry all could result in reduced revenues in one or more business units.
 
Negative changes in general economic conditions could lead to disruptions in the credit markets, increase credit risks and could adversely affect the Company’s financial condition or liquidity.
 
Challenging economic conditions may not only affect revenues due to reduced demand for many goods and services, but could result in payment delays, increased credit risk and possible bankruptcies of customers. Railroads are capital-intensive and may need to finance a portion of the building and maintenance of infrastructure as well as locomotives and other rail equipment. Economic slowdowns and related credit market disruptions may adversely affect the Company’s cost structure, its timely access to capital to meet financing needs and costs of its financings. The Company could also face increased counterparty risk for its cash investments, its derivative arrangements and access to its credit facility. Adverse economic conditions could also affect the Company’s costs for insurance or its ability to acquire and maintain adequate insurance coverage for risks associated with the railroad business if insurance companies experience credit downgrades or bankruptcies. Declines in the securities and credit markets could also affect the Company’s pension fund and railroad retirement tax rates, which in turn could increase funding requirements.
 
 
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The Company is subject to stringent environmental laws and regulations, which may impose significant costs on its business operations.
 
The Company’s operations are subject to extensive federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations concerning, among other things, emissions to the air; discharges to waters; the generation, handling, storage, transportation and disposal of waste and hazardous materials; and the cleanup of hazardous material or petroleum releases. Changes to or limits on carbon dioxide emissions could result in significant capital expenditures to comply with these regulations with respect to the Company’s diesel locomotives, equipment, vehicles and machinery and its maintenance yards.  Emission regulations could also adversely affect fuel efficiency and increase operating costs. Further, local concerns on emissions and other forms of pollution could inhibit the Company’s ability to build facilities in strategic locations to facilitate growth and efficient operations. In addition, many land holdings are and have been used for industrial or transportation-related purposes or leased to commercial or industrial companies whose activities may have resulted in discharges onto the property. Environmental liability can extend to previously owned or operated properties, leased properties and properties owned by third parties, as well as to properties currently owned and used by the Company. Environmental liabilities have arisen and may continue to arise from claims asserted by adjacent landowners or other third parties in toxic tort litigation. The Company’s subsidiaries have been and may continue to be subject to allegations or findings to the effect that they have violated, or are strictly liable under, these laws or regulations. The Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity could be adversely affected as a result of any of the foregoing, and it may be required to incur significant expenses to investigate and remediate environmental contamination.
 
Fuel supply availability and fuel prices may adversely affect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.
 
Fuel supply availability could be impacted as a result of limitations in refining capacity, disruptions to the supply chain, rising global demand and international political and economic factors. A significant reduction in fuel availability could impact the Company’s ability to provide transportation services at current levels, increase fuel costs and impact the economy. Each of these factors could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity. If the price of fuel increases substantially, the Company expects to be able to offset a significant portion of these higher fuel costs through a fuel surcharge program or increase in ticket prices. However, to the extent that the Company is unable to maintain, expand and ultimately collect under its existing fuel surcharge program, increases in fuel prices could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity.
 
Severe weather and natural disasters could disrupt normal business operations, which would result in increased costs and liabilities and decreases in revenues.
 
The Company’s success is dependent on its ability to operate its railroad system efficiently. Severe weather and natural disasters, such as tornados, flooding and earthquakes, could cause significant business interruptions and result in increased costs and liabilities and decreased revenues. In addition, damages to or loss of use of significant aspects of the Company’s infrastructure due to natural or man-made disruptions could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity for an extended period of time until repairs or replacements could be made. Additionally, during natural disasters, the Company’s workforce may be unavailable, which could result in further delays. Extreme swings in weather could also negatively affect the performance of locomotives and rolling stock.
 
 
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The Company’s operational dependencies may adversely affect results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.
 
Due to the integrated nature of the United States’ freight transportation infrastructure, the Company’s operations may be negatively affected by service disruptions of other entities such as ports and other railroads which interchange with the Company and its Class I railroad partners. A significant prolonged service disruption of one or more of these entities could have an adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.
 
Acts of terrorism or war, as well as the threat of war, may cause significant disruptions in the Company’s business operations.
 
Terrorist attacks and any government response to those types of attacks and war or risk of war may adversely affect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity. The Company’s use of the Class I railroad rail lines and facilities could be direct targets or indirect casualties of an act or acts of terror, which could cause significant business interruption and result in increased costs and liabilities and decreased revenues, which could have an adverse effect on operating results and financial condition. Such effects could be magnified if releases of hazardous materials are involved. Any act of terror, retaliatory strike, sustained military campaign or war or risk of war may have an adverse impact on the Company’s operating results and financial condition by causing unpredictable operating or financial conditions, including disruptions of our host railroads or connecting rail lines, loss of critical customers or partners, volatility or sustained increase of fuel prices, fuel shortages, general economic decline and instability or weakness of financial markets. In addition, insurance premiums charged for some or all of the coverage currently maintained by the Company could increase dramatically, the coverage available may not adequately compensate it for certain types of incidents and certain coverage’s may not be available to the Company in the future.
 
The Company depends on the stability and availability of its information technology systems.
 
The Company relies on information technology in all aspects of its business. A significant disruption or failure of its information technology systems could result in service interruptions, revenue collections, safety failures, security violations, regulatory compliance failures and the inability to protect corporate information assets against intruders or other operational difficulties. Although the Company has taken steps to mitigate these risks, a significant disruption could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity. Additionally, if the Company is unable to acquire or implement new technology, it may suffer a competitive disadvantage, which could also have an adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.
 
The Company is subject to various claims and lawsuits, and increases in the amount or severity of these claims and lawsuits could adversely affect the Company’s operating results, financial condition and liquidity.
 
As part of its railroad operations, the Company’s Class I railroad partners are exposed to various claims and litigation related to commercial disputes, personal injury, property damage, environmental liability and other matters. Personal injury claims by our employees and those of the host railroads are subject to the Federal Employees’ Liability Act (FELA), rather than state workers’ compensation laws. The Company believes that the FELA system, which includes unscheduled awards and a reliance on the jury system, can contribute to increased expenses. Other proceedings include claims by third parties for punitive as well as compensatory damages, and a few proceedings purport to be class actions. Developments in legislative and judicial standards, material changes to litigation trends, or a catastrophic rail accident or series of accidents involving any or all of property damage, personal injury, and environmental liability could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition and liquidity.
 
 
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Most of the Company’s host railroad employees are represented by unions, and failure to negotiate reasonable collective bargaining agreements may result in strikes, work stoppages or substantially higher ongoing labor costs.
 
A significant majority of the Class I railroads employees are union-represented. These union employees work under collective bargaining agreements with various labor organizations. Wages, health and welfare benefits, work rules and other issues have traditionally been addressed through industry-wide negotiations. These negotiations have generally taken place over an extended period of time and have previously not resulted in any extended work stoppages. The existing agreements have remained in effect and will continue to remain in effect until new agreements are reached or the Railway Labor Act’s procedures (which include mediation, cooling-off periods and the possibility of presidential intervention) are exhausted. While the negotiations have not yet resulted in any extended work stoppages, if the Company or our Class I railroad partners are unable to negotiate acceptable new agreements, it could result in strikes by the affected workers, loss of business and increased operating costs as a result of higher wages or benefits paid to union members, any of which could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity.
 
The unavailability of qualified personnel could adversely affect the Company’s operations.
 
Changes in demographics, training requirements and the unavailability of qualified personnel, particularly engineers and trainmen, could negatively impact the Company’s ability to meet demand for rail service. Recruiting and retaining qualified personnel, particularly those with expertise in the railroad industry, are vital to operations. Although the Company has adequate personnel for the current business environment, unpredictable increases in demand for rail services may exacerbate the risk of not having sufficient numbers of trained personnel, which could have a negative impact on operational efficiency and otherwise have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition or liquidity.

Continuation as a Going Concern

Our auditors' report on our audited March 31, 2011 financial statements, and Note 2 to such financial statements, reflect the fact that without raising additional financing through loans or stock sales, it would be unlikely for us to continue as a going concern.  The business plan requires extensive infrastructure and capital expenditures prior to commencement of revenue generating operations.  We are actively pursuing the additional financing as we seek to secure the rail services agreements necessary to commence such operations.  On May 3, 2011, the Company engaged Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. as exclusive agent in a proposed $30 million private placement offering, subject to satisfactory completion of a due diligence inquiry.  However, we can give no assurance that these plans and efforts will be successful.

Risk of Potential Competitors

Several competitors to the Company’s planned rail passenger service have created business plans which are competitive to ours. A Las Vegas-Los Angeles rail connection has been long-studied by a number of groups. Among these studies, two other rail projects have been proposed to serve the Las Vegas to Los Angeles travel market.

These projects are the:

California-Nevada Super-Speed Train.  For over twenty years, this project has proposed using Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) technology to carry passengers between Southern California and Las Vegas, traveling at speeds of up to 300 mph. The 269-mile alignment would largely follow the I-15 Freeway. Station stops tentatively include Anaheim, Ontario, Victorville, Barstow, Primm, and Las Vegas (2). Travel time between Anaheim and Las Vegas via this service is estimated to be less than 90 minutes. Work on this project has been suspended at this time, though scoping for a program-level EIR/EIS and project-specific EIS for the segment between Las Vegas and Primm is new completion. There is continuing Nevada interest in providing an initial segment between Las Vegas and Primm.

The DesertXPress:  A steel-wheel on steel rail high-speed rail service that would operate between Victorville, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Project proponents suggest that the service could either run within the median of Interstate I-15, or adjacent to it. This project is in preliminary discussions and an initial environmental review process is beginning shortly.
 
 
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Item 2.  Description of Property.

As of March 31, 2011, we lease approximately 2,600 square feet of general office space in premises located at 6650 Via Austi Parkway, Suite 170, Las Vegas, Nevada. Our lease for this space expires in February 2013 and provides for monthly payments of $5,700.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.
 
In the ordinary course of business, the Company may be or has been involved in legal proceedings from time to time. As of the date of this annual report on Form 10-K, there have been no material changes to any legal proceedings relating to the Company which previously were not reported.
 
The Company has filed a civil lawsuit in District Court Clark County, Nevada on April 23, 2010, whereby Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. is the Plaintiff and Romm Doulton, Elaine Doulton, J Bruce Richardson, D2 Holdings, LLC. and D2 Entertainment, LLC. are the Defendants. This group represent the “Z” Train project.  The court granted on June 2, 2010 an injunction against the Defendants. The case was filed because defamatory and false remarks were made by the Defendants about the Plaintiff and certain executives employed by the plaintiff. At this time a trial date has not been set by the court.

 Item 4.  [REMOVED AND RESERVED]

PART II

Item 5.  Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Small Business Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Our common stock was approved for quotation on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) on August 18, 2008. The Company’s ticker symbol is XTRN.OTCBB.  The following table sets forth, for the calendar periods indicated, the high and low bid information for our common stock. The quotations are interdealer prices without adjustment for retail markups, markdowns or commissions and do not necessarily represent actual transactions.

The quotations listed below reflect interim dealer prices without retail mark-up mark-down or commission and may not represent actual transactions. Trading of our stock has been minimal with limited or sporadic quotations and therefore we believe there is no established public market for the common stock.

The following table sets forth the high and low bid quotations per share of the Company’s registered securities for each quarter since approved for quotation, as reported by the OTCBB.

   
Common Shares
 
Year Ended March 31, 2011:
 
High
   
Low
 
Quarter Ended June 30, 2010
  $ 0.25     $ 0.13  
Quarter Ended September 30, 2010
  $ 0.35     $ 0.18  
Quarter Ended December 31, 2010
  $ 0.33     $ 0.08  
Quarter Ended March 31, 2011
  $ 0.29     $ 0.11  
                 
Year Ended March 31, 2010:
 
High
   
Low
 
Quarter Ended June 30, 2009
  $ 0.57     $ 0.06  
Quarter Ended September 30, 2009
  $ 0.18     $ 0.02  
Quarter Ended December 31, 2009
  $ 0.23     $ 0.02  
Quarter Ended March 31, 2010
  $ 0.23     $ 0.07  

As of March 31, 2011, there were 289 stockholders of record of our common stock.  The transfer agent for our Common Stock is Empire Stock Transfer.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends to stockholders in the foreseeable future. In addition, any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, and such other factors as the Board of Directors deem relevant.
 
 
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Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. under regulation S-K qualifies as a small reporting company and is not required to provide information required by this item.

Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operations

On May 16, 2011 the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at its corporate office, 6650 Via Austi Parkway Suite 170 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119.  The Company had previously appointed Empire Stock Transfer Services to act as Inspector of Elections.  The Board of Directors had established April 1, 2011 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting.  As of the record date there were 39,201,498 shares outstanding.

The Inspector of Election reported that 20,502,165 votes were cast in the election of the directors, with each of the nominees receiving 20,502,165 votes.  Thus, the Inspector announced that, having received a plurality of the votes cast, nominees Michael Barron, Joseph Cosio-Barron and Justin Yorke had been duly elected to the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors have been elected and have qualified.  Mr. Barron noted that the report of the Inspector of Elections would be filed in the Company’s minute book by the Secretary of the meeting.

The following was reported by the Inspector of Elections that a total of 20,502,165 votes were cast, of which 20,502,165 votes were cast in favor of:

·  
Re-elect Board Directors, Michael A. Barron and Joseph Cosio-Barron until the next annual meeting

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To elect a new Board Member, Justin W. Yorke to serve as a Director until the next annual meeting

·  
Elect Board Committee for Audit and Compensation

·  
To re-affirm and approve the adoption of the amended by laws of the corporation

·  
To ratify the appointment of Hamilton, P.C. as independent auditors

·  
To ratify the appointment of The Law Office of Timothy S. Orr, PLLC as outside SEC Counsel

All of the above 6 items were ratified by the majority of the vote.

This section should be read in conjunction with Item 8. Financial Statements.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this Form 10-K that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  In addition, words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements or events, or timing of events, to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements or events, or timing of events, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  We cannot assure that we will be able to anticipate or respond timely to the changes that could adversely affect our operating results in one or more fiscal quarters.  Results of operations in any past period should not be considered indicative of results to be expected in future periods.  Fluctuations in operating results may result in fluctuations in the price of our securities.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported within those financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, workers' compensation costs, collectibles of accounts receivable, and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, contingencies, litigation and income taxes. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experiences and on various other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results under circumstances and conditions different than those assumed could result in differences from the estimated amounts in the financial statements. There have been no material changes to these policies during the fiscal year.

 
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Intangible and Long-Lived Assets

We follow Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 360, “Property Plant and Equipment”, which establishes a “primary asset” approach to determine the cash flow estimation period for a group of assets and liabilities that represents the unit of accounting for a long lived asset to be held and used.  Long-lived assets to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  The carrying amount of a long-lived asset is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset.  Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.

Goodwill is accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other”. We assess the impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill and intangibles on an annual basis or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the fair value is less than its carrying value. Factors that we consider important which could trigger an impairment review include poor economic performance relative to historical or projected future operating results, significant negative industry, economic or company specific trends, changes in the manner of our use of the assets or the plans for our business, market price of our common stock, and loss of key personnel. We have determined that there was no impairment of goodwill during 2011 or 2010.

Stock-Based Compensation

As required by the Stock-based Compensation Topic of FASB ASC, transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services is accounted for using authoritative guidance for stock based compensation. This guidance also addresses transactions in which the Company incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the Company’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments.

If the Company issues stock for services which are performed over a period of time, the Company capitalizes the value paid in the equity section of the Company’s financial statements as it’s a non-cash equity transaction. The Company accretes the expense to stock based compensation expense on a monthly basis for services rendered within the period.

We use the fair value method for equity instruments granted to non-employees and will use the Black-Scholes model for measuring the fair value of options, if issued. The stock based fair value compensation is determined as of the date of the grant or the date at which the performance of the services is completed (measurement date) and is recognized over the vesting periods.

Results of Operations

Railway Passenger Train Service

Through March 31, 2011, the railcar operations have not generated any revenues.  For the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 salary, wages and payroll taxes were $780,849 and $329,291 (137.1% increase), respectively, selling, general and administrative expenses were $320,334 and 65,961 (385.6% increase), respectively, professional fees were $752,052 and $432,934 (73.7% increase), respectively, and depreciation expense was $0 and $728, respectively for a net operating loss of $1,853,235 versus $828,914 (123.6% increase), respectively.  The new business plan had been in effect less than 3 months in the year ended March 31, 2010 versus a full year of operations through March 31, 2011.  The full year of operations is the primary reason for the increase in expenses.

For the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, interest income was $3,000 and $0, respectively.  This is due to interest on an advance to a consultant that was repaid during the year.  Interest expense was $198,813 and $9,167 (2068.8% increase), respectively, as the Company incurred significant debt in the implementation of the business plan.  The year ended March 31, 2011 also included gain on extinguishment of debt of $238,374 and loss on disposition of an asset of $2,965.  Net loss for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $1,813,640 and $838,081 (116.4% increase), respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate funds to support asset growth, satisfy disbursement needs, maintain reserve requirements and otherwise operate on an ongoing basis. The Company acquired Las Vegas Railway Express in January 2010 and began its operations as the primary business of the Company. The Company subsequently changed its name from Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc. to Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. and is traded under the symbol OTC:BB:XTRN.  The Company has no operating revenues and is currently dependent on financing and sale of stock to fund operations.

 
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For the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company has incurred losses of $1,813,640 and $838,081 from the railway operations and will need to incur debt or sell stock to continue implementation of the business plan of the Company.
 
The Company has been pursuing contracts with AMTRAK, Class 1 railroads and potential site locations for station development.  The Company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with AMTRAK for its train operations on January 13, 2011. This AMTRAK Agreement outlines the terms of the operations tasks which are the responsibilities of each party.  The Company has negotiated the procurement of bi-level railcars needed for its train consists. The planned service is targeting a start date for late 2012.  The Company has also entered into a feasibility and capacity planning agreement with Union Pacific Railroad. Burlington Northern Santa Fe has completed its feasibility and capacity planning study on behalf of the company. The Company has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Plaza Hotel for use of a segment of their property as a passenger railway station in Las Vegas.

The Company Filed with the SEC Rule 506 of Regulation D for a private offering to raise capital.  Under this registration statement, the Company raised $1,269,000 during the year ended March 31, 2011.  The Company also received an additional $175,000 from the issuance of debt and warrants.  In November 2010, the Company defaulted on $400,000, surrendering a portion of the loan portfolio from the discontinued operations, incurring a gain on the extinguishment of the debt of $238,374.

On May 3, 2011, the Company engaged Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. as exclusive agent in a proposed $30 million private placement offering, subject to satisfactory completion of a due diligence inquiry.  However, we can give no assurance that these plans and efforts will be successful.

Cash Flows

Net cash used in operating activities for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was $1,407,834 and $255,158, respectively.  The primary sources of cash used in operating activities for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were from net losses of $1,813,640 and 838,081, respectively, from the railway operations.  The increase is primarily due to the operations for a full year.  The Company also paid $329,438 toward the liabilities from discontinued operations.  The non-cash components of operating expenses during the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were primarily stock issuances for $625,993 and $180,555 in expense, respectively.

Net cash used for investing activities during the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $0 and $60,000, respectively for the purchase of two railcars.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $1,418,276 and $300,725, respectively.  In 2011, the Company sold stock for $1,269,001 and issued debt of $175,000.  In 2010, $324,850 in cash was provided by issuance of debt and proceeds for a related party.  During the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, $20,725 and $24,125 was paid on related party payables.

Discontinued Operations – Loan Portfolio

Results of Operations

Prior to January 21, 2010, the Company had been actively engaged in acquiring underperforming mortgage loan portfolios and generating revenues from re-performing, sale of loans and fee revenue.  As of January 21, 2010, the Company changed its primary business and abandoned its prior business. Accordingly, the assets liabilities and results of operation related to this business have been classified as discontinued operations in the financial statements for all periods presented. As a result, the prior period comparative financial statements have been restated. Prior to this decision, the loan business represented substantially all of the Company’s operating revenue.

 
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The loan portfolio was accounted for using the cost recovery method proscribed by ASC 310-30 “Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality.”. Under the cost-recovery method, no income is recognized until the Company has fully collected the cost of the loan, or until such time as the Company considers the timing and amount of collections to be reasonably estimable.  Based on the recovery method, the Company had not collected revenues in excess of the initial acquisition costs of the loan portfolios; therefore, no revenues were reported for loan sales or collections.  As the Company no longer pursued the collection of the loan portfolio, it wrote off the entire portfolio as of the discontinuation of active collections on the loans effective January 21, 2010.
 
Revenues from loan payments after the write-off of the loan portfolio, for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, were $52,506 and $46,943, respectively, an increase of $5,563 (11.9%).  This was due to collections during 12 months versus only 3 months in the prior year.

Expenses for discontinued operations were $36,349 and $2,909,292, for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, a decrease of $2,872,943 or 99%. This was due to the change in business plan

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
During 2010, the Company’s assessment that the combination of economic uncertainty, bankruptcies of major financial institutions, massive government bailouts and restructuring of others such as AIG, together with harsh government regulations for mortgage holders, led to the operating environment where the original business model for Liberty was unsustainable and discontinued.

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
 
The Company operated in a volatile and fragmented marketplace which recently has been subject to new financial regulation by the Federal Government. As such, the Company discontinued operations in the financial sector.

The Company’s business plan and time frames for its transportation business will be contingent on several infrastructure considerations and the ability to obtain agreements and contracts with rail service operators and providers.  Rail service is a highly regulated industry and compliance with these regulations will have significant impact on the Company’s operations.

The Company has Changed its Primary Business and has No Operating History with its new Business Model and Consequently Face Significant Risks and Uncertainties.

The Company has no operating history in the transportation services industry.  As a result of no operating history in the current business environment, we will need to expand operational, financial and administrative systems and control procedures to enable us to further train and manage our employees and coordinate the efforts of our accounting, finance, marketing and operations departments.

We Have a Limited Operating History and Consequently Face Significant Risks and Uncertainties.

As a result of our limited operating history and our reporting responsibilities as a public company, we may need to expand operational, financial and administrative systems and control procedures to enable us to further train and manage our employees and coordinate the efforts of our accounting, finance, marketing and operations departments.

If We Fail To Comply With The Numerous Laws And Regulations That Govern Our Industry, Our Business Could Be Adversely Affected.

Our business must comply with extensive and complex rules and regulations of various federal, state and local government authorities.  We may not always have been and may not always be in compliance with these requirements.  Failure to comply with these requirements may result in, among other things, revocation of our ability to operate a conventional rail system, class action lawsuits, administrative enforcement actions and civil and criminal liability.

Our Business Will Be Adversely Affected If We Are Unable To Protect Our Intellectual Property Rights From Third Party Challenges Or If We Are Involved In Litigation.

Trademarks and other proprietary rights, if any, are important to our success and our competitive position.  Although we seek to protect our trademarks and other proprietary rights through a variety of means, we cannot assure you that the actions we have taken are adequate to protect these rights.  We may also license content from third parties in the future and it is possible that we could face infringement actions based upon the content licensed from these third parties.

 
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A large percentage of our stock is owned by relatively few people, including officers and directors.

As of March 31, 2011, our officers and directors beneficially owned or controlled a total of 6,606,018 shares, or approximately 16.85% of our outstanding common stock.  If an investor acquires shares, they may be subject to certain risks due to the concentrated ownership of our common stock.  For example, these stockholders could, if they were to act together, affect the outcome of stockholder votes, which could, among other things, affect elections of directors, delay or prevent a change in control or other transaction that might be beneficial to you as a stockholder.

Risk of Low Priced Securities.

We do not currently satisfy the criteria for quotation of our common stock on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market.  As a result, investors could find it more difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations as to the price of, our common stock.

Our common stock is subject to Rule 15g-9 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers which sell such securities to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors” (generally, individuals with net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual incomes exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 together with their spouses).  For transactions covered by this rule, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale.  Consequently, the rule may adversely affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell the Company’s securities and may adversely affect the ability of purchasers to sell any of the securities acquired hereby in the secondary market.

Commission regulations define a “penny stock” to be any non-NASDAQ equity security that has a market price (as therein defined) of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions.  For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require delivery, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the Commission relating to the penny stock market.  Disclosure is required to be made about commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities.  Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.  The foregoing penny stock restrictions apply to the Company’s common stock as of the date of this prospectus.  These restrictions could limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and thus the ability of purchasers of our securities to resell them in the secondary market.

The Company is Reliant on Securing Certain Agreements from Amtrak and Railroad Companies
 
The company is in the process of securing agreements from AMTRAK  and the Class 1 railroad companies. Failure to secure these agreements or on terms which would be unacceptable to the company, would result in the project objectives being severely curtailed. There is no assurance that the agreements will be forthcoming even though the company is in discussions with all relevant groups at this time.

The Loss Of Any Of Our Executive Officers Or Key Personnel Would Likely Have An Adverse Effect On Our Business.
 
Our future success depends to a significant extent on the continued services of our senior management and other key personnel, particularly Michael A. Barron.  The loss of the services of Mr. Barron or other key employees would also likely have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We do not anticipate paying dividends.
 
We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception, and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future.  Any dividends, which we may pay in the future, will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our future earnings, any applicable regulatory considerations, our financial requirements and other similarly unpredictable factors.  For the foreseeable future, we anticipate that earnings, if any, will be retained for the operation and expansion of our business.

Possible conflicts of interest exist in related party transactions.
 
Our Board of Directors consists of Michael A. Barron and Joseph A. Cosio-Barron, both of whom are executive officers and principal shareholders of the Company.  Thus, there has in the past existed the potential for conflicts of interest in transactions between the Company and such individuals or entities in which such individuals have an interest.  We have attempted to ensure that any such transactions were entered into on terms that were no less favorable than could have been obtained in transactions with unrelated third parties.
 
 
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Forward looking Statements:
 
Some of the statements contained in this Annual Report that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” which can be identified by the use of terminology such as “estimates”, “projects,” “plans,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” or the negative or other variations, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties. We urge you to be cautious of the forward-looking statements that such statements, which are contained in this Annual Report, reflect our current beliefs with respect to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors affecting our operations, market growth, services, and products. No assurances can be given regarding the achievement of future results, as actual results may differ materially as a result of the risks we face, and actual events may differ from the assumptions underlying the statements that have been made regarding anticipated events. Factors that may cause actual results, our performance of achievements, or industry results, to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include without limitation:

 
·
General conditions in the economy and capital markets; and
 
·
Our results of operations, financial condition and business
 
 
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Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM











Board of Directors
Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc.
Las Vegas, Nevada

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc., as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related  statements of operations and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc.  as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, and the result of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. suffered recurring losses from operations which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans regarding those matters also are described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.


Hamilton, PC

/s/ Hamilton, PC

Denver, Colorado
June 23, 2011

 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
March 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
ASSETS:
       
(restated)
 
Current assets:
           
Cash
 
$
16,313
   
$
5,871
 
Other current assets
   
-
     
50,000
 
Assets to be disposed of, current
   
-
     
-
 
Total current assets
   
16,313
     
55,871
 
                 
Property and equipment, net
   
-
     
59,272
 
                 
Other assets:
               
Goodwill
   
843,697
     
843,697
 
Total other assets
   
843,697
     
843,697
 
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
 
$
860,010
   
$
958,840
 
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
               
                 
LIABILITIES:
               
Current liabilities:
               
Current maturities notes payable
 
$
-
   
$
131,250
 
     Less current unamortized discount
   
-
     
-
 
          Current maturities of long-term debt less unamortized discount
   
-
     
131,250
 
Short term note payable
   
-
     
55,000
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
149,955
     
21,633
 
Stock subscription payable
   
640,000
     
800,000
 
Notes payable related party
   
-
     
20,725
 
Liabilities to be disposed of , current
   
1,019,122
     
1,381,402
 
Total current liabilities
   
1,809,077
     
2,503,760
 
                 
Long-term debt:
               
Principle amount of notes payable
   
-
     
93,750
 
    Less unamortized discount
   
-
     
-
 
Long-term debt less unamortized discount
   
-
     
93,750
 
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
   
1,809,077
     
2,503,760
 
                 
Stockholders' deficit:
               
 Common stock subscribed
   
210,000 
     
 
 Common stock , $0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized and 39,201,498 and 22,889,686 shares issued and outstanding March 31, 2011and 2010, respectively
   
3,920
     
2,289
 
Additional paid in capital
   
8,640,512
     
6,464,307
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(9,803,499
)
   
(8,011,516
)
Total stockholders' deficit
   
(954,567
)
   
(1,544,920
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
               
      STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
 
$
860,010
   
$
958,840
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010
 
   
March 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
         
(restated)
 
             
Revenues:
           
Revenue
 
$
-
   
$
-
 
                 
Cost of Sales
   
-
     
-
 
                 
Gross Profit
   
-
     
-
 
                 
Expenses:
               
Salary & wages & payroll taxes
   
780,849
     
329,291
 
Selling, general and administrative
   
314,834
     
65,961
 
Professional fees
   
752,052
     
432,934
 
Depreciation expense
   
-
     
728
 
  Total expenses
   
1,847,735
     
828,914
 
                 
Income (loss) from operations
   
(1,847,735
)
   
(828,914
)
                 
Other (expense) income
               
Interest income
   
3,000
     
-
 
Interest expense
   
(198,813
)
   
(9,167
)
Loss on disposition of assets
   
(2,965
)
   
-
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
238,374
     
-
 
  Total other (expense) income
   
39,596
     
(9,167
)
                 
Net (loss) income from continuing operations
   
(1,808,140
)
   
(838,081
)
                 
Discontinued operations:
               
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
   
16,157
     
(2,862,349
Total discontinued operations
   
16,157
     
(2,862,349
                 
Net loss
 
$
(1,791,983
)
 
$
(3,700,430
)
                 
Earnings loss per share, from continuing operations
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
(0.06
)
Earnings loss per share, from discontinuing operations
 
$
0.00
   
$
(0.21
Earnings loss per share
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
(0.27
)
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
   
36,253,005
     
13,484,333
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
 
 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010
 
   
March 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
         
(restated)
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
    Net loss
 
$
(1,791,983
)
 
$
(3,700,430
)
                 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss from operations to net cash used in operations:
               
    Depreciation and amortization
   
-
     
728
 
    Amortization of debt discount
   
166,930
     
-
 
    Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
(238,374
)
   
-
 
    Loss on disposition of assets
   
2,965
         
    Warrant issued for debt
   
-
     
160,000
 
    Stock issued and subscribed for services
   
477,894
     
331,400
 
    Stock issued for compensation
   
67,577
     
274,890
 
    Stock based compensation non cash
   
80,522
     
80,522
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
    Decrease in assets of discontinued operations
   
-
     
2,087,467
 
    (Increase) in goodwill associated with asset purchase
   
-
     
(843,697
    (Increase) decrease in other current assets
   
50,000
     
(50,000
)
    Increase  (decrease) in liabilities of discontinued operations, net
   
(329,438)
     
602,634
 
    Increase (decrease) in stock subscription payable
   
-
     
800,000
 
    Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
106,073
     
1,329
 
         Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
   
(1,407,834
)
   
(255,158
)
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
    Purchase of fixed assets
   
-
     
(60,000
)
         Net cash used in investing activities
   
-
     
(60,000
)
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
    Proceeds of notes payable
   
175,000
     
280,000
 
    Payments on notes payable
   
(5,000
   
-
 
    Proceeds for related notes payable
   
-
     
44,850
 
    Payments for related notes payable
   
(20,725
)
   
(24,125
)
    Reverse merger deficit in excess of capital
   
-
     
-
 
    Stock issued for cash
   
1,269,001
     
-
 
        Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
1,418,276
     
300,725
 
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
10,442
     
(14,433
)
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
 
$
5,871
   
$
20,304
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
16,313
   
$
5,871
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
     Interest paid
 
$
28,850
   
$
2,500
 
Supplemental Schedule of Non-cash Financing Activities:
               
     Warrant issued for debt
 
$
160,000
   
$
160,000
 
     Stock issued for reduction of debt
 
$
154,433
   
$
247,667
 
     Debt for stock rescission
 
$
121,593
   
$
-
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

                                     
Additional
                 
     
Common Stock
                     
Paid in
     
Accumulated
         
     
Shares
     
Amount
     
Subscriptions
     
Warrants
     
Capital
     
Deficit
     
Total
 
Balance March 31,
2009 –restated
    8,577,779     $ 858     $ -       2,853,171     $ 5,371,259     $ (4,311,086 )     1,061,031  
  Stock issued for services
    2,710,000       271       -       -       331,129       -       331,400  
  Stock issued for compensation
    2,963,000       296       -       -       274,594       -       274,890 )
  Stock issued for debt
    7,838,907       784       -       -       246,883       -       247,667  
  Warrant issued for debt
    800,000       80       -       -       159,920       -       160,000  
  Cancellation of warrants
    -       -       -       (2,853,171 )     -       -       -  
  Stock based compensation cost options
    -       -       -       -       80,522       -       80,522  
  Net Loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (3,700,430 )     (3,700,430 )
                                                         
Balance March 31, 2010 (restated)
    22,889,686     $ 2,289     $ -       -     $ 6,464,307     $ (8,011,516 )     (1,544,920
                                                         
  Stock issued for cash
    8,049,411       805       -       -       1,268,196       -       1,269,001  
  Stock issued from subscriptions payable
    4,000,000       400       -       -       159,600       -       160,000  
  Stock issued for services
    2,388,416       239       210,000       -       267,655       -       477,894  
  Stock issued for compensation
    454,615       45       -       -       67,531       -       67,577  
  Stock issued for debt
    1,451,174       145       -       -       154,287       -       154,433  
  Stock issued for Warrant and debt discount
    2,400,000       240       -       -       299,760       -       300,000  
  Rescission of stock issued for debt
    (2,431,804     (243     -       -       (121,347     -       (121,590
  Stock based compensation cost options
    -       -       -       -       80,522       -       80,522  
  Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (1,791,983 )     (1,791,983 )
                                                         
Balance March 31, 2011
    39,201,498     $ 3,920     $ 210,000       -     $ 8,640,512     $ (9,803,499 )     (949,067 )

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 and 2010

(1)     Description of Business:

Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc., formerly Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed March 9, 2007 as Corporate Outfitters, a development stage company. On November 3, 2008 with a share exchange, asset purchase agreement the Company acquired Liberty Capital Asset Management, a Nevada corporation, formed in July of 2008 as a holding company for all the assets of CD Banc LLC in contemplation of the company going public via a reverse merger into a publicly trading corporation.

CD Banc LLC was formed in 2003 as a Nevada limited liability corporation with the purpose of acquiring real estate assets and holding them for long-term appreciation.

The Company business plan is to re-establish a conventional passenger train service between the Las Vegas and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. On January 21, 2010, the Company completed a share exchange and asset purchase agreement with Las Vegas Railway Express, a Nevada Corporation, and subsequently changed its name from Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc. to Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc.

(2)     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
 
Restated Financial Data
 
Subsequent to issuance of the Company’s March 31, 2010 financial statements the Company’s management identified an error related to valuation of warrants.  As a result, the Company has restated certain amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements to correct errors in previously reported amounts related to stock compensation costs. This restatement affected the additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.

Basis of Presentation:

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the parent and all subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation.  

Going Concern:

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As shown in the accompanying financial statements, the Company has net losses of $1,791,983 and $3,700,430 for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Although a substantial portion of the Company’s cumulative net loss is attributable to discontinued operations, management believes that it will need additional equity or debt financing to be able to implement the business plan.  These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Management is attempting to raise additional equity and debt financing to sustain operations until it can market its services and achieves profitability. On May 3, 2011, the Company engaged Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. as exclusive agent in a proposed $30 million private placement offering, subject to satisfactory completion of a due diligence inquiry.  The successful outcome of future activities cannot be determined at this time and there are no assurances that, if achieved, the Company will have sufficient funds to execute its intended business plan or generate positive operating results.

The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Risks and Uncertainties:

The Company operates in a highly regulated industry that is subject to intense competition and potential government regulations.  Significant changes in regulations and the ability of the Company to establish contracts with rail services providers could have a materially adverse impact on the Company’s operations.

 
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LAS VEGAS RAILWAY EXPRESS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010
 
Use of Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid holdings with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Property and Equipment:

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation.  Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three to thirty years. Total depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $0 and $728 for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations when incurred.  Major betterments and renewals are capitalized.  Gains or losses are recognized upon sale or disposition of assets.

Intangible Assets:

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over tangible and other intangible assets acquired less liabilities assumed arising from business acquisitions.  Goodwill is not amortized, but is reviewed for potential impairment on an annual basis at the reporting unit level.  On March 31, 2011, as required by the Intangible topic of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Council (“FASB ASC”), the Company conducted an analysis of the goodwill determined on January 21, 2010 with the acquisition of LVRE, Nevada. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, our valuation assessment for impairment found that due to the continued progress toward the measurement goals of the business plan that there is no impairment of Goodwill in the Company’s financials.  As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had recorded Goodwill of $843,697 and $843,697, respectively.

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share:

In accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share,” the basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders after reducing net income by preferred stock dividend, by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted earnings per share reflect per share amounts that would have resulted if diluted potential common stock had been converted to common stock.  Common stock equivalents have not been included in the earnings per share computation for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 as the amounts are anti-dilutive.

Income Taxes:

The Company accounts for income taxes under FASB ASC 740 "Income Taxes."  Under the asset and liability method of FASB ASC 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under FASB ASC 740, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period the enactment occurs. A valuation allowance is provided for certain deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize tax assets through future operations.

 
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Stock Issued for Services:

FASB ASC 718 "Compensation - Stock Compensation" prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all stock-based payments award to employees, including employee stock options, restricted stock, employee stock purchase plans and stock appreciation rights, may be classified as either equity or liabilities. The Company should determine if a present obligation to settle the share-based payment transaction in cash or other assets exists. A present obligation to settle in cash or other assets exists if:

(a) the option to settle by issuing equity instruments lacks commercial substance or (b) the present obligation is implied because of an entity's past practices or stated policies. If a present obligation exists, the transaction should be recognized as a liability; otherwise, the transaction should be recognized as equity.

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation issued to non-employees and consultants in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC 505-50 "Equity - Based Payments to Non-Employees." Measurement of share-based payment transactions with non-employees shall be based on the fair value of whichever is more reliably measurable: (a) the goods or services received; or (b) the equity instruments issued. The fair value of the share-based payment transaction should be determined at the earlier of performance commitment date or performance completion date.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

The Company's financial instruments as defined by FASB ASC 825-10-50 include cash, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses.  All instruments are accounted for on a historical cost basis, which, due to the short maturity of these financial instruments, approximates fair value at March 31, 2011.  The amounts shown for notes payable approximate fair value because current interest rates and terms offered to the Company for similar debt are substantially the same.

FASB ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. FASB ASC 820 establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;

Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which requires the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

 The mortgage loan portfolio we report at fair value in our consolidated financial statements fall within the Level 2 category and are valued primarily utilizing inputs and assumptions that are observable in the marketplace or that can be derived from observable market data compared with instruments with similar characteristics.

In the absence of such information or if we are not able to corroborate these prices by other available relevant market information, we estimate their fair values by using internal calculations or discounted cash flow techniques that incorporate prepayment rates, discount rates and delinquency and default and cumulative loss expectations, that are implied by market prices for similar securities and collateral structure types. Because this valuation technique relies on significant unobservable inputs, the fair value estimation is classified as Level 3. The process for determining fair value using unobservable inputs is generally more subjective and involves a high degree of management judgment and assumptions. These assumptions may have a significant effect on our estimates of fair value, and the use of different assumptions as well as changes in market conditions could have a material effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
 
New Accounting Pronouncements:
 
Issued

In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance to amend the disclosure requirements related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance requires a roll forward of activities on purchases, sales, issuance, and settlements of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements). The guidance will become effective for the Company with the reporting period beginning July 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance will not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 
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Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the AICPA, and the SEC did not, or are not believed by management to, have a material impact on the Company's present or future consolidated financial statements

(4)     Property and Equipment:

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation.  Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three to thirty years. Total depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $0 and $728 for the year ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.  For the year ended March 31, 2010, the Company designated assets totaling $191,839 as assets to be disposed of and impaired the value to $0.
 
A summary is as follows: 
 
   
March 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Furniture and fixtures
 
$
112,413
   
$
112,413
 
Equipment
   
173,823
     
172,823
 
Leasehold improvements, net
   
63,250
     
63,250
 
Software
   
30,722
     
30,722
 
Transportation
   
-
     
60,000
 
     
380,,208
     
440,208
 
                 
Less accumulated depreciation
   
(188,369
)
   
(189,096
)
Less assets to be disposed of
   
(191,839
   
(191,839
                 
Property and equipment, net
 
$
-
   
$
59,272
 
 
(5)     Notes payable:

A summary of notes payable is as follows:
 
   
March 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Notes Payable – discontinued operations
           
             
Secured promissory notes,  dated June 25, 2008, to two investors, bearing interest at 10% per annum, payable September 1, 2010.
 
126,005 
   
194,060 
 
                 
Unsecured promissory notes payable dated October 1, 2009 bearing interest at 10% per annum, payable September 1, 2010
   
24,055
     
76,305
 
                 
Total notes payable
 
$
150,060
   
270,365
 
                 
Notes Payable – current operations
               
                 
Secured promissory notes,  dated  February 28, 2010 bearing interest at 12% per annum, payable in 180 days secured by transportation equipment
 
$
-
   
$
55,000
 
                 
Long Term Debt
               
                 
Secured promissory notes,  dated  January 25, 2010, to an investor bearing interest at 10% per annum, payable September 1, 2010, if unpaid, in 12 monthly payments through September 1, 2011.
   
     
225,000 
 
Less current maturities
   
-
     
(131,250)
 
                 
   
$
-
   
$
93,750
 
 
 
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The following table summarizes the aggregate maturities of notes payable:
 
Years ending
     
2011
 
$
150,060
 
         
Thereafter
   
--
 
   
$
150,060
 

The Company is in default on notes payable made to investors that are included in liabilities to be disposed of.  As of March 31, 2011, there has been no demand made for repayment of the notes or accrued interest.

Short term financing included warrants to acquire stock at prices below the market value of the shares at time of vesting.  The Company accounts for debt with detachable warrants in accordance with ASC 470: Debt and determined the fair value to be ascribed to the detachable warrants issued with the notes payable utilizing the Black-Scholes method.  The warrants were vested in accordance with the note terms and recorded against the debt as a debt discount.  The discount is amortized over the longest potential life of the notes.  The unamortized discount, if any, upon repayment of the notes, will be expensed to financing costs.

The Company received notice of default on the secured promissory notes for the $400,000 included in long term debt.  On November 23, 2010, the lenders foreclosed on the notes and received collateral in exchange for release from the promissory notes and accrued interest.  The Company surrendered the active mortgage notes that remained from the discontinued operations in satisfaction of the loans.  Under ASC470-40 “Debt, Modifications and Extinguishments,” the difference between the reacquisition of the notes and the net carrying amount of the extinguished debt is recognized currently as a gain identified in a separate item in the Statement of Operations.  The Company recognized a $238,374 gain on the extinguishment of the debt, debt discount, and associated accrued interest.

On March 2, 2011, the Company and Transportation Management Services, Inc. mutually cancelled the Promissory note for the acquisition of two railroad cars.  The Company returned title to the railroad cars and no return of payments were received in lieu of interest on the note.  The Company recognized a loss of $2,965 on the cancellation of the debt and return of the railroad cars.

Interest expense incurred under debt obligations amounted to $230,633 and $9,167 for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, including $166,930 and $0 in amortized debt discount for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Interest expense incurred under debt obligations amounted to $230,633 and $9,167 for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

(6)     Commitments and Contingencies:

Operating Leases

The Company leases its facilities under a rental agreement that expires in January 31, 2013.  The rental agreement includes common area maintenance, property taxes and insurance.  It also provided eight months abatement of the base rent.

Future annual minimum payments under operating leases are as follows:
 
Years ending March 31,
 
     
2012
 
$
68,800
 
2013
   
58,400
 
         
Thereafter
   
--
 
     
127,200
 

Rental expense under operating leases for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was $59,234 and $82,843, respectively.

 
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Litigation

In the normal course of business, the Company is involved in various legal actions.  It is the opinion of management that none of these legal actions will have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

The Company has filed a civil lawsuit in District Court Clark County, Nevada on April 23, 2010, whereby Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc. is the Plaintiff and Romm Doulton, Elaine Doulton, J Bruce Richardson, D2 Holdings, LLC and D2 Entertainment, LLC are the Defendants.  The Defendants are representatives of the “Z” train.  The court granted on June 2, 2010 an injunction against the Defendants. The case was filed because defamatory and false remarks were made by the Defendants about the Plaintiff and certain executives employed by the plaintiff. At this time a trial date has not been set by the court.

(7)     Derivative Instruments:

The Company accounts for debt with embedded conversion features and warrant issues in accordance with ASC 470: Debt.   Conversion features determined to be beneficial to the holder are valued at fair value and recorded to additional paid in capital.  The Company determines the fair value to be ascribed to the detachable warrants issued with the convertible debentures utilizing the Black-Scholes method.  Any discount derived from determining the fair value to the debenture conversion features and warrants is amortized to financing cost over the life of the debenture.  The unamortized discount, if any, upon the conversion of the debentures, is expensed to financing cost on a pro rata basis.

Debt issued with the variable conversion features are considered to be embedded derivatives and are accountable in accordance with FASB 133;   Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.  The fair value of the embedded derivative is recorded to derivative liability.  This liability is required to be marked each reporting period.  The resulting discount on the debt is amortized to interest expense over the life of the related debt.  For the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had $80,522 and $80,522, respectively, associated with options and has recorded such expense on the Company’s statement of operations in Selling, General and Administrative. The options were vested in calculating stock based compensation, 60% and 40% for the periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

On March 31, 2011, the Company had approximately $181,177 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3 years.  No options were exercised during the periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

At March 31, 2011, the Company had approximately $161,046 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2 years.  No options were exercised during the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.  (See footnote 9)

(8)     Equity:

Common Stock. The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of common stock.   There were 39,201,498 and 22,889,686 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and are not entitled to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.  The holders of common stock are entitled to any dividends that may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore subject to the prior rights of holders of any outstanding shares of preferred stock and any contractual restrictions we have against the payment of dividends on common stock. In the event of our liquidation or dissolution, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and the liquidation preferences of any outstanding shares of preferred stock.  Holders of common stock have no preemptive or other subscription rights and no right to convert their common stock into any other securities.

 
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On October 1, 2010, the Company retired $123,183 of the Pool Loan Portfolio from discontinued operations in exchange for 826,174 of the Company’s common stock.  The price of the stock from the current Private Placement Memorandum was used to determine the conversion ratio.

During the year ended March 31, 2011, the Company issued 2,400,000 shares of its common stock for warrants issued with long term debt.

During the year ended March 31, 2011, the Company issued, in a private placement, 8,049,411 shares of its common stock, for a total of $1,269,001.

During the year ended March 31, 2011, the Company issued 2,388,416 shares of its common stock for consulting services totaling $267,894 and subscribed 600,000 shares of common stock for services totaling $210,000.  The fair value of the consulting services was determined by the closing price of the stock on date of issuance.

During the year ended March 31, 2011, the Company issued 454,615 shares of its common stock as compensation of employees of $67,577.  The fair value of the employee services was determined by the closing price of the stock on date of issuance or the employment agreement in force at the date of issuance.

During the year ended March 31, 2011, the Company issued 625,000 shares of its common stock in lieu of debt of $31,250.

The Company issued 4,000,000 shares of its common stock as part of its Asset Purchase Agreement in the acquisition of railway assets.  Stock is issued upon the completion of certain agreements by and between the Company.  Specific contracts had been agreed upon to allow issuance of the 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s stock on April 23, 2010.  The remaining shares, 16,000,000 are to be issued upon the completion of certain agreements, by and between the Company.  These agreements are deemed necessary for the continued operation of the Company’s proposed railway service.

In January 2011, officers of the Company returned shares to the Company that had previously been issued in lieu of debt.  The officers returned 2,431,804 shares initially issued October 22, 2009 in return of the $121,590 debt initially relieved.  No gain or loss was recorded between the related parties.
 
(9)     Stock Option Plan:

FASB ASC 718 "Compensation - Stock Compensation" prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all stock-based payments award to employees, including employee stock options, restricted stock, employee stock purchase plans and stock appreciation rights, may be classified as either equity or liabilities.   ASC 718 requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative. As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company has 20,000,000 and 0 outstanding employee stock options, respectively.  In December 2009, the options were cancelled with the discontinuance of the mortgage loan pool operations.  Effective January 1, 2010, the options were re-affirmed with the same rights and terms as originally issued.  The re-affirmation was treated as a modification of the original options.  As the terms and conditions remained the same, the recognition of expense was recorded in accordance with the original terms of the options.

We generally recognize compensation expense for grants of restricted stock units using the value of a share of our stock on the date of grant. We estimate the value of stock option grants using the Black-Scholes valuation model. Stock compensation is recognized straight line over the vesting period.

2011 Stock Option Plan provides for the grant of 20,000,000 incentive or non-statutory stock options to purchase common stock. Employees, who share the responsibility for the management growth or protection of the business of the Company and certain Non-Employee (“Selected Persons”), are eligible to receive options which are approved by a committee of the Board of Directors.  These options vest over five years and are exercisable for a ten-year period from the date of the grant.

The fair value for these options was estimated at the date of grant, November 1, 2008 using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for an estimated 2.5 year term; risk free rate of 3.5%; no dividend yield; volatility factors of the expected market price of the Company's common stock of (51%), the market value of the Company’s stock on grant date was $0.45.

 
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For the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had $80,522 and $80,522, respectively, associated with the options and has recorded such expense on the Company’s statement of operations in Selling, general and administrative. The options were vested 60% and 40% for the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2010.At March 31, 2011, the Company had approximately $161,046 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2 years.  No options were exercised during the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.  

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity follows:
 
   
March 31, 2011
   
March 31, 2010
 
         
Weighted
         
Weighted
 
         
Average
         
Average
 
         
Exercise
         
Exercise
 
   
Options
   
Price
   
Options
   
Price
 
Outstanding -
                       
  beginning of year
   
2,000,000
   
$
0.50
     
2,000,000
   
$
0.50
 
                                 
Granted
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Exercised
   
-
     
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Cancelled
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Outstanding -
                               
  end of year
   
2,000,000
   
$
0.50
     
2,000,000
   
$
0.50
 
                                 
Exercisable - end of year
   
600,000
   
$
0.50
     
400,000
   
$
0.50
 

(10)   Income Taxes:

We did not provide any current or deferred U.S. federal income tax provision or benefit for any of the periods presented because we have experienced operating losses since inception.  When it is more likely than not that a tax asset cannot be realized through future income the Company must allow for this future tax benefit.  We provided a full valuation allowance on the net deferred tax asset, consisting of net operating loss carryforwards, because management has determined that it is more likely than not that we will not earn income sufficient to realize the deferred tax assets during the carry forward period.

The Company has not taken a tax position that, if challenged, would have a material effect on the financial statements for the twelve-months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, or during the prior three years applicable under FASB ASC 740.  We did not recognize any adjustment to the liability for uncertain tax position and therefore did not record any adjustment to the beginning balance of accumulated deficit on the consolidated balance sheet.  The tax returns for the Company are currently delinquent and plan to be filed within the next three months.

Income tax provision at the federal statutory rate
   
35
%
Effect on operating losses
   
(35
%)
     
-
 

Net deferred tax assets consist of the following:

   
2011
   
2010
 
Net operating loss carry forward tax asset
 
$
3,309,000
   
$
2,804,000
 
Valuation allowance
   
(3,309,000
)
   
(2,804,000
Net deferred tax asset
 
$
-
   
$
-
 

A reconciliation of income taxes computed at the statutory rate is as follows:

   
2011
   
2010
   
Since Inception
 
Tax at statutory rate (35%)
 
$
505,000
   
$
1,295,000
   
$
3,235,000
 
Increase in valuation allowance
   
(505,000
)
   
(1,295,000
)
   
(3,235,000
)
Net deferred tax asset
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
 
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The Company did not pay any income taxes during the years ended March 31, 2011 or 2010.

The net federal operating loss carry forward will expire from 2027 through 2031.  This carry forward may be limited upon the consummation of a business combination under IRC Section 381.

(11)   Related-Party Transactions:
 
Michael A. Barron, our CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, is a 100% owner and President of Allegheny Nevada Holdings Corporation, “Allegheny”.  The Company is indebted to Allegheny by a certain promissory note, dated January 6, 2009, of which Allegheny loaned the Company funds for working capital needs.  Said Agreement was amended on October 1, 2009 and a portion was converted to 1,564,719 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.05 per share.  As of January 15, 2011, the amendment was rescinded, returning the shares to the Company and restoring the note balance.  No gain or loss was recognized in the amendment or rescission.  As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the balance of the note was $107,563 and $78,236, respectively.
 
On November 23, 2009, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Las Vegas Railway Express, a Nevada Corporation, of which Allegheny is owner of 28.6% and Mr. Barron is a 28.6% owner, independent of Allegheny.  On January 21, 2010, by shareholder approval the Company acquired Las Vegas Railway Express for 20,000,000 shares of the Company’s stock, of which 4,000,000 has been issued on April 23, 2010.  The remaining shares, 16,000,000 are to be issued upon the completion of certain agreements, by and between the Company.  These agreements are deemed necessary for the continued operation of the Company’s proposed railway service.

As of March 31, 2011, Allegheny Nevada Holdings has a 5.05% beneficial ownership in the Company.

Mr. Barron advanced the Company $29,868, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.   The Company repaid the advances resulting in $0 balance at March 31, 2011.  As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, Mr. Barron had accrued wages of $65,734 and $118.500, respectively.

As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, Mr. Barron had accrued wages of $65,734.05 and 118,500, respectively.

Joseph Cosio-Barron, Director and Officer of the Company is a 100% owner of CBS Consultants “CBS”, a Nevada Corporation.  CBS has 22.9% ownership of Las Vegas Railway Express at the time of acquisition.
On October 1, 2009, the Company entered into a promissory note with Mr. Cosio-Barron for $86,709.  The Company cancelled 867,085 shares of the Company’s stock at $0.05 per share.  As of January 15, 2011, the amendment was rescinded, returning the shares to the Company and restoring the note balance.  No gain or loss was recognized in the amendment or rescission.  As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the balance of the note was $57,198 and $43,354, respectively.

As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, Mr. Cosio-Barron had accrued wages of $51,971 and $88,774, respectively.

Dianne David Barron, our Company’s Manager of Station Development is the spouse of our Chief Executive Officer, Michael A. Barron.

(12)  
 Discontinued Operations:

As discussed in Note 1, prior to January 21, 2010, the Company had been actively engaged in acquiring underperforming mortgage loan portfolios and generating revenues from re-performing, sale of loans and fee revenue.  As of January 21, 2010, the Company changed its primary business and abandoned the prior business. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities and results of operation related to this business have been classified as discontinued operations in the financial statements for all periods presented. As a result, the prior period comparative financial statements have been restated. Prior to this decision, the loan business represented substantially all of the Company’s operating revenue.
 
 
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The following table summarizes results from discontinued operations for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:
 
   
March 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
Revenue
   
52,506
     
46,943
 
Cost of Sales
   
-
     
-
 
Gross Profit
   
52,506
     
46,943
 
Expenses:
               
Salary & wages & payroll taxes
   
-
     
485,071
 
Selling, general and administrative
   
4,528
     
729,299
 
Professional fees
   
-
     
319,616
 
Depreciation expense
           
55,673
 
Total expenses
   
4,528
     
1,589,659
 
Income (loss) from operations
   
47,978
     
(1,542,716
)
Other (expense) income
               
Interest expense
   
(31,821
)
   
(32,143
)
Loss on asset disposal
   
-
     
(210,231
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
-
     
142,693
 
Loan receivable loss
   
-
     
(653,897
Write down of investment
   
-
     
(566,326
Total other (expense) income
   
(31,821
)
   
(1,319,633
)
Netincome ( loss)
   
16,157
     
(2,8624349
)
 
The following table summarizes assets and liabilities classified as discontinued operations

 
    March 31,      
March 31,
 
    2011      
2010
 
               
Cash
          -  
Other current assets
          -  
Loans
          -  
Property and equipment, net
          -  
Assets to be disposed of, current
          -  
               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    704,301       956,954  
Notes payable
    150,060       270,365  
Notes payable related party
    164,760       154,084  
Liabilities to be disposed of , current
    1,019,122       1,381,402  


(13)
 Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements:

The Company concluded on January 20, 2011, to restate the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2010 and for the year then ended (the “Restatement”) to correct an error in previously reported amounts. The Restatement reflects an adjustment to the valuation of stock options issued to officers of the Company.  The stock based compensation attributed to the stock options was adjusted for a correct application of the Black-Scholes valuation model using a 2.5 year option life instead of one year.  Annual expense was adjusted from $63,551 to $80,522.
 
(14)
 Subsequent Event

On May 18, 2011 the Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Greg P. West as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer.

On May 19, 2011 Wanda Witoslawski was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 
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On April 4, 2011 the Company issued 600,000 shares of Common Stock for services.

On April 12, 2011 the Company issued 670,691 shares of Common Stock for $100,000 under the Private Placement Memorandum.

On April 12, 2011 the Company issued 37,500 shares of Common Stock for services.

On April 18, 2011 the Company issued 670,691 shares of Common Stock for $100,000 under the Private Placement Memorandum.

On May 15, 2011 the Company issued 1,111,111 shares of Common Stock for $100,000. 

On June 6, 2011 the Company issued 100,000 shares of Common Stock for services

On June 6, 2011, the Company issued 55,556 shares of Common Stock for services.

On May 3, 2011, the Company engaged Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. as exclusive agent in a proposed $30 million private placement offering, subject to satisfactory completion of a due diligence inquiry.

Item 9.  Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to be effective in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

In designing and evaluating disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance of achieving the desired objectives. Also, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. The design of any system of controls is based, in part, upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our chief executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of March 31, 2011 to cause the information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods prescribed by SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 
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Evaluation of and Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a- 15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is intended to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

· pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions of our financial statements;

· provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with applicable GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the Board of Directors; and

· provide reasonable assurance that transactions pertaining to stock issuances are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with applicable GAAP, and that the stock issuances are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the Board of Directors.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, our Chief Executive Officer, and Principal Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and as of the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, the Company feels that it is working towards clear disclosures and implementing proper internal controls over financial reporting. Our controls have since been updated in order to prevent the issues surrounding our material weakness and management feels that, moving forward, our controls over financial reporting will reduce the potential impact of material misstatements.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.

Change in internal control over financial reporting

Based on our evaluation of internal controls in the prior year, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of March 31, 2010, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level due to the material weakness described below.
 
Unremediated Material Weakness

A material weakness is a control deficiency (within the meaning of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Auditing Standard No. 2) or combination of control deficiencies, which result in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.

Subsequent to issuance of the Company’s March 31, 2009 financial statements the Company’s management identified an error related to 1) its recognition of revenue and impairment related to its acquired mortgage loan portfolio and 2) its accounting for compensation relating to the issuance of warrants. As a result, the Company has restated certain amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements to correct errors in previously reported amounts related to net finance receivables. This restatement affected the carrying value of the mortgage loan portfolio and accumulated deficit. See Note (3) – Mortgage Loan portfolio and Note (13) – Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements.

The Company concluded on May 14, 2010, to restate the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2009 and for the year then ended (the “Restatement”) to correct errors in previously reported amounts. The Restatement reflects the following adjustments related to the mortgage loan portfolio accumulated deficit and its compensation for the issuance of warrants.

To initially address this material weakness, management performed additional analyses and other procedures to ensure that the financial statements included herein fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

The Company concluded on January 20, 2011, in conjunction with communications with regulators to restate the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2009 and 2010 and for the years then ended (the “Restatement”) to correct errors in previously reported amounts. The Restatement reflects the adjustments for correct application of the Black-Scholes valuation model in determining value of options issued to officers of the Company.

Remediation of Material Weakness

To remediate the material weakness in our disclosure controls and procedures identified above, we have done or intend to do the following subsequent to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. On December 1, 2009, we appointed a CFO who has expertise in public company financial reporting compliance, to replace the position left vacant by the resignation of the former CFO.  The CFO left the Company in July 2010 after the completion of the March 31, 2010 financial statements and the restatement of the 2008 and 2009 statements.

 
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In August 2010, we entered into an agreement with a certified public accountant with the requisite background and experience to assist us in identifying and evaluating complex accounting and reporting matters.  The Consultant has resolved several issues with the SEC and is strengthening the internal processes for identifying and disclosing both routine and non-routine transactions and researching and determining proper accounting treatment for those transactions.  The updated internal processes will be integrated into the internal controls over the transaction and financial reporting processes. We also intend to seek additional assistance from independent legal professionals who have expertise in public company reporting compliance who will work with our Chief Financial Officer and our current legal counsel, in the capacity of General Counsel, to help ensure that our disclosures are timely and appropriate.

We believe that with the assistance of our newly appointed CFO, and our continued engagement of financial consultants who are certified public accountants with the requisite background and experience to assist us in identifying and evaluating complex accounting and reporting matters we will ensure that our reporting obligations are satisfied. Management believes that the remediation described above has remediated the material weakness also described above.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The changes in our controls over the selection of appropriate assumptions and factors affecting our accounting methodology for the acquisition of the loan pool and compensation expense as it relates to employee stock options and our commitment to use more care in the selection of appropriate assumptions and factors affecting our accounting methodology, are the only changes during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act.

Item 9B.  Other Information

None.

PART III

Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

Directors and Executive Officers

The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers and directors:

Name
Age
Office
 
Michael A. Barron
 
60
 
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director
Joseph Cosio-Barron
62
President and Director
Wanda Witoslawski
46
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
John M. Zilliken
47
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
John H. Marino
73
Vice President Rail Operations

Directors hold office for a period of one year from their election at the annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors is duly elected and qualified. Officers are elected by, and serve at the discretion of, the Board of Directors. None of the above individuals has any family relationship with any other.

Michael A. Barron - Chief Executive Officer, 60

Mr. Barron has been a developer of new business enterprises for nearly 30 years. Mr. Barron began his career in 1971 where he was the Senior Planner for the City of Monterey and was the HUD liaison for the City’s downtown redevelopment project. He master planned the city’s redevelopment of famous Cannery Row, Fisherman’s Wharf, and was Secretary of the Architectural Review Committee. Mr. Barron was the founder of Citidata, the first electronic provider of computerized real estate multiple listing service (MLS) information in the nation from 1975 to 1979. Citidata became the nation’s largest provider of electronic real estate information and was sold to Moore Industries in 1979. In June 1979, TRW hired Mr. Barron to develop its real estate information services division (TRW/REIS) that acquired 11 companies in the field and eventually became the world’s largest repository of real estate property information - Experian. In November 1988, he founded and served as President, until 1992, of Finet Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:FNCM), a publicly traded mortgage broker and banking business specializing in e-mortgage financing on site in real estate offices and remote loan origination via the Internet (www.finet.com). The company was publicly traded and maintained a market capitalization of $500 million. From March 1995-1998, Mr. Barron pioneered the first nationwide commercially deployed video conference mortgage financing platform for Intel Corporation which as a licensed mortgage banker and broker in 20 states funded over $1 billion in closed loans. He later went on to serve as CEO for Shearson Home Loans and founded Liberty Capital, a $100 million asset management company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Barron holds a B.S. degree from California Polytechnic University and has completed courses in the MBA program at UCLA. He is an avid railroad enthusiast.

 
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Joseph A. Cosio-Barron - President, 62

Prior to joining the Company Mr. Cosio-Barron was President of Shearson Home Loans and co-founded Liberty Capital, a $100 million asset management company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.  From 1996-2002 he served as the Managing Partner and President of CBS Consultants, Inc. a financial firm offering highly specialized services in Securities compliance, development and lending for hotels, resorts, and casinos.  From 1991-1996 he served as the Executive Vice President of Finet Holdings Corporation, a Delaware Corporation.  As Executive Vice President, he was entirely responsible for all securities compliance and legal affairs.  From 1980-1990 he served as President of Terra West Construction, a company, which he founded which in addition to building single-family subdivisions, strip, centers, duplex and four-plex units also developed syndications and formed limited partnership for large-scale developments throughout California.  From 1973-1980, he served as Senior Vice-President of Multi-Financial Corporation, a real estate investment firm that both owns and manages commercial, retail, and residential income properties in Northern California.  Mr. Cosio-Barron holds a BS in Business Management, San Francisco State College, and a Law Degree from Golden Gate University.

Wanda Witoslawski - Chief Financial Officer, 46

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Witoslawski was Controller for Ocean West Enterprises 1999-2005 and managed the mortgage banking function of a California mortgage bank.  Her duties included accounting responsibility for over 200 branch offices, management of a $100 million mortgage bank warehouse line, payroll, general ledger and corporate accounting for SEC filings of publicly traded company.  Upon acquisition of Ocean West by Shearson Home Loans in 2005, she became Controller of publicly traded Shearson conducting the accounting operation for a staff of 1,350 employees including payroll, branch accounting and credit line management for over $200 million in warehouse banking credit.  She assisted the CEO and President in the acquisition of five mortgage companies and development of a 250 office branch system with funding in excess of $1 billion per year, controlled the expense accounting & managed Shearson’s eighteen consecutive quarters of profitability.  Upon Shearson’s exit from mortgage banking in 2007, she joined the principals Mr. Barron and Mr. Cosio-Barron as Controller at Liberty Capital Asset Management, an investor in acquiring defaulted mortgage pools, managing public accounting documents for SEC filings and the financial supervision over the liquidation of over 4,000 mortgage loans the company had acquired.  She has a Masters Degree in Economics (Accounting) Gdansk, Poland and a BA in Marketing from Kensington College of Business, London, England and is fluent in five languages.

John M. Zilliken - Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, 47

Mr. Zilliken started his career with a 13 year span in the store division of The Neiman Marcus Group as a Supervisor of Flat Processing at the National Distribution Center culminating with his appointment as Assistant Operations Manager of the chain’s largest store, North Park, managing all sales support efforts for the $150,000,000 store. He was promoted to Operations Manager for the chain’s Fort Worth, Texas location where he was instrumental in developing the Company’s Operations Executive training and recruitment program. He later moved on to become the Operations Manager for the Las Vegas store where he spearheaded the store’s $55,000,000 remodel. Mr. Zilliken then moved on to become Vice President and General Manager for Mandalay Resort Group’s new shopping development, Mandalay Place. In this role, he was instrumental in the continuation and completion of Mandalay Place, set up company-owned store operations, mall operation infrastructure, manage star chef owned food and beverage outlets, Burger Bar (Hubert Keller), RM Seafood (Rick Moonen), Chocolate Swan (Mary Basta), Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce. He was responsible for bringing  first store locations to either Las Vegas, Nevada, or the United States for following operations; Nike Golf, Urban Outfitters, The Reading Room, Five Little Monkeys, The Art of Shaving, Minus 5 Experience,  Lush Cosmetics, MAX & Company, Starlight Tattoo, Just Cavalli, Peter Lik Gallery and AA Concepts family of stores. When MGM MIRAGE bought out Mandalay Resort Group, Mr. Zilliken was appointed by the President of Retail to begin a new organization within the Retail Division responsible for all leasing and administration for all outside retail, new food and beverage, and other non-owned attraction operations within all MGM MIRAGE as the Vice President of Leasing. He participated in the early planning stages for Project CityCenter’s Crystals retail development and leasing. Mr. Zilliken received a BA in Political Science from Texas A&M University.

 
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John H. Marino - Vice President Rail Operations, 73

Mr. Marino has recently joined the company as Vice President – Rail Operations where he supervises the Company’s activities with the Class 1 railroads, Amtrak, railcar procurement, and railset maintenance. Mr. Marino also serves as President of Transportation Management Services, Inc., a position he has held since 1983. From April 1992 until July 1996, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Rail America NYSE:RA, a publicly traded company and the largest short line railroad company in America. Mr. Marino co-founded Huron & Eastern Railway Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Rail America, and from 1986 until April 1996, served as its President and one of its directors. Mr. Marino also served as the President of Huron Transportation Group from its formation in January 1987 until its merger with RailAmerica Services Corporation in December 1993. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of several short line railroads, as an officer of the Reading Railroad and with the United States Railway Association, Washington, D.C. Mr. Marino received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from Princeton University in 1961 and his M.S. degree in transportation engineering from Purdue University in 1963. From 1963 to 1968, he served as an officer with the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Section 16(A) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our common stock, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"). These officers, directors and stockholders are required by the Commission regulations to furnish us with copies of all reports that they file.

Based solely upon a review of copies of the reports furnished to us during the year ended March 31, 2011 and thereafter, or any written representations received by us from directors, officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of our common stock ("reporting persons") that no other reports were required, we believe that, during 2011, except as set forth below, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our reporting persons were met.

The following individuals did not file the following numbers of Forms 4 to report the following numbers of transactions: Michael Barron –  2 reports, 2 transactions; Joseph Cosio-Barron -- 2 reports, 2 transactions.

The following individual did not timely file Forms 3 upon becoming directors or executive officers of Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc.: Michael Barron.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a pending or completed action, suit or proceeding if the officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner the officer or director reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that, except in certain specified instances, our directors shall not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty as directors, except for the following:

 
any breach of their duty of loyalty to our company or our stockholders;
 
 
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
 
 
unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and
 
 
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
 
 
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In addition, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws obligate us to indemnify our directors and officers against expenses and other amounts reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising from the fact that such person is or was an agent of ours. Our bylaws also authorize us to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any of our directors or officers against any liability asserted against that person in that capacity, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify that person under the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. We expect to continue to enter into agreements to indemnify our directors and officers as determined by our Board of Directors. These agreements provide for indemnification of related expenses including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, and settlement amounts incurred by any of these individuals in any action or proceeding. We believe that these bylaw provisions and indemnification agreements are necessary to attract any retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might benefit us and other stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder's investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees regarding which indemnification is sought, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.

Insofar as the provisions of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws provide for indemnification of directors or officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

Annual Compensation
  
             
Name and Principal
Position
Year
 
Salary
   
Bonus
 
Other
Long-term Compensation Shares
Granted
All Other
Compensation
Total
                       
Michael A. Barron,
2010
 
$
180,000
   
$
-
 
$
-
-
$
12,000
$
192,000
CEO, Chairman
2009
 
$
120,000
     
-
   
-
1,000,000
 
-
$
120,000
and Director
2008
 
$
90,000
     
-
   
-
-
 
-
$
90,000
                                 
Joseph Cosio-Barron,
2010
 
$
180,000
     
-
   
-
-
$
12,000
$
192,000
President, Secretary
2009
 
$
120,000
     
-
   
-
1,000,000
 
-
$
120,000
and Director
2008
 
$
90,000
     
-
   
-
-
 
-
$
90,000
                                 
John M. Zilliken
2010
 
$
120,000
     
-
   
-
1,000,000
$
9,000
$
134,000
(appointed CFO on August 1, 2010)
2009
   
-
     
-
   
-
-
 
-
 
-
(resigned CFO on
February 28, 2010)
2008
   
-
     
-
   
-
-
 
-
 
-
                                 
Theresa Carlise
2010
 
$
30,000
     
-
   
-
-
$
50,000
$
80,000
(appointed CFO on December 1, 2009)
2009
 
$
0
     
-
   
-
-
 
-
$
0
(resigned CFO on July 18, 2010)
2008
 
$
0
     
-
   
-
-
 
-
$
0
 
 
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Employment Agreements

Our employment agreement with Michael Barron requires him to perform the duties of Chief Executive Officer at an annual salary of $180,000.00.  Base salary will be increased to $300,000.00 based upon receipt of funding.  In addition, Mr. Barron is entitled to receive a incentive or performance bonus as follows:  1) Upon the company ‘s execution of a definitive agreement with AMTRAK, Executive shall be granted 1,000,000 shares, 2) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with BNSF, Executive shall be granted 500,000 shares, 3) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with Union Pacific, Executive shall be granted 500,000 shares, 4) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with a rail car provider, Executive shall be granted 500,000 shares, 5) Upon the company’s completion of its operation of its first train between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Executive shall be granted 1,500,000 shares.  He is also entitled to a car allowance of $1,000 per month.  His employment agreement provides that if we terminate him without cause, he is entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to twice his annual salary plus the present value of a performance bonus computed on the basis that we achieve all of our performance targets.  Mr. Barron’s employment agreement commenced as of February 1, 2010.

Our employment agreement with Joseph Cosio-Barron requires him to perform the duties of President at an annual salary of $180,000.00.  Base salary will be increased to $300,000.00 based only upon receipt of funding.  In addition, Mr. Barron is entitled to receive a incentive or performance bonus as follows:  1) Upon the company ‘s execution of a definitive agreement with AMTRAK, Executive shall be granted 1,000,000 shares, 2) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with BNSF, Executive shall be granted 500,000 shares, 3) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with Union Pacific, Executive shall be granted 500,000 shares, 4) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with a rail car provider, Executive shall be granted 500,000 shares, 5) Upon the company’s completion of its operation of its first train between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Executive shall be granted 1,500,000 shares.  He is also entitled to a car allowance of $1,000 per month.  His employment agreement provides that if we terminate him without cause, he is entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to twice his annual salary plus the present value of a performance bonus computed on the basis that we achieve all of our performance targets.  Mr. Cosio-Barron’s employment agreement commenced as of February 1, 2010.

Our employment agreement with Wanda Witoslawski requires her to perform the duties of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company for the duration of the employment agreement.  During the term of this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay Executive a base salary at the rate of $80,000.00 per year.  Base salary will be increased after a 90 day period to $120,000.00 per year based only upon receipt of funding, payable in accordance with the Company practices in effect from time to time.  Additionally, a total of 1 million shares per year will be vested quarterly, in arrears, for a total period of 3 years for a total of 3 million shares.  Executive shall also be eligible for stock option grants under the Company’s stock option plan as administered by the Board of the Compensation Committee of the Board if made available in the future.  Mrs. Witoslawski employment agreement commenced as of May 19, 2011.

Our employment agreement with John Zilliken requires him to perform the duties of Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company for the duration of the employment agreement.  During the term of this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay Executive a base salary at the rate of $125,000.00 per year.  Base salary will be increased to $225,000.00 per year based only upon receipt of funding.  1) Upon the company ‘s execution of a definitive agreement with AMTRAK, Executive shall be granted 500,000 shares, 2) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with BNSF, Executive shall be granted 250,000 shares, 3) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with Union Pacific, Executive shall be granted 250,000 shares, 4) Upon the company’s execution of a definitive agreement with a rail car provider, Executive shall be granted 250,000 shares, 5) Upon the company’s completion of its operation of its first train between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Executive shall be granted 750,000 shares.  He is also entitled to a car allowance of $750 per month.  His employment agreement provides that if we terminate him without cause, he is entitled to receive a lump sum equal to base salary plus the present value of a performance bonus computed on the basis that we achieve all of our performance targets.  Mr. Zilliken’s employment agreement commenced as of August 1, 2010.

Our employment agreement with John Marino requires him to perform the duties of Vice President Rail Operations of the company for the duration of the employment agreement.  During the term of this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay Executive a base salary at the rate of $30,000 per year.  Additionally, Executive shall be entitled to 500,000 restricted shares of the Company common stock.  Executive shall be reimbursed by the Company for reasonable and necessary expenses associated with the duties defined herein.  Mr. Marino’s employment agreement commenced as of March 1, 2010.

 
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Code of Ethics

The Company has not yet adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, but expects to in the near future.

Director Compensation

We currently compensate our directors for being a Board member the equivalent of 100,000 shares of common stock plus $12,000 annual fee for each member.

 Director Independence

None of our directors are independent directors, using the NASDAQ definition of independence.

Nominating Committee

We do not have a separately designated nominating committee because the board makes all decisions regarding director nominations.

Stock Option Plan

Our Board of Directors has adopted a stock option plan and reserved an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of common stock for grants of restricted stock and stock options under the plan.  The purpose of the plan is to enhance the long-term stockholder value of the Company by offering opportunities to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company to participate in our growth and success, and to encourage them to remain in the service of the Company and acquire and maintain stock ownership in the Company.

As of March 31, 2011, there were cancelled 2,000,000 outstanding options to purchase shares of common stock held by Michael Barron and Joseph Cosio-Barron, described below.

The plan is currently administered by our Board of Directors, which has the authority to select individuals who are to receive grants under the plan and to specify the terms and conditions of each restricted stock grant and each option to be granted, the vesting provisions, the option term and the exercise price.  Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, an option granted under the plan expires 10 years from the date of grant (5 years in the case of an incentive option granted to a holder of 10% or more of the shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock) or, if earlier, three months after the optionee’s termination of employment or service.  Options granted under the plan are not generally transferable by the optionee except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and generally are exercisable during the lifetime of the optionee only by such optionee.  The plan is subject to the approval of the stockholders within 12 months after the date of its adoption.

The plan will remain in effect for 10 years after the date of its adoption by our Board of Directors.  The plan may be amended by the Board of Directors without the consent of the “Company’s stockholders, except that any amendment, although effective when made, will be subject to stockholder approval if required by any Federal or state law or regulation or by the rules of any stock exchange or any automated quotation system on which the Company’s common stock may then be listed or quoted.  The number of shares received under the plan and the number of shares subject to outstanding options are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends and other extraordinary corporate events.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock as of March 31, 2011 by (a) each of the Company's directors and executive officers, (b) all of the Company's directors and executive officers as a group and (c) each person known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of its outstanding common stock.
 
 
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 Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
 
Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned (2)
 
% of Common
Stock Beneficially
Owned (3)
 
Allegheny Nevada Holdings Corporation (6)
1,980,866
5.05%
Joseph Cosio-Barron, President, Secretary and Director (1)
1,000,000
2.55%
Michael A. Barron, CEO and Chairman (1)
2,142,857
5.47%
CBS Consultants, Inc. (6)
1,482,295
3.78%
JMW Fund LLC (4)
2,803,559
7.15%
San Gabriel Fund LLC (4)
1,626,601
4.15%
Jameson Capital (5)
1,975,000
5.04%
Officers and Directors as a group (2 persons)
6,606,018
16.85%
 
 
(1)
The address of each of the beneficial owners is 6650 Via Austi Parkway, Suite 170, Las Vegas Nevada 89119, except as indicated.
     
 
(2)
In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares of common stock subject to options held by that person that are currently exercisable, or become exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding. However, such shares are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
     
 
(3)
Based on 39,201,498 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2011.
     
 
(4)
The address is 4 Richland Place, Pasadena, CA  91103
     
 
(5)
The address is 4328 w. Hiawatha Drive, Spokane, WA 99208.
     
 
(6)
The address is 6650 Via Austi Parkway Suite 170 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

None of our directors are independent directors, using the NASDAQ definition of independence.
 
Certain officers and directors have a beneficial ownership and are officers and directors companies which are or have been parties to financial transactions. We may be subject to various conflicts of interest in our relationship with Mr. Barron and Mr. Cosio-Barron and there other business enterprises. The following is a description of transactions and relationships between us, our executive officers and our directors and each of their affiliates.
 
Michael A. Barron, our CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, is a 100% owner and President of Allegheny Nevada Holdings Corporation, “Allegheny”.  The Company is indebted to Allegheny by a certain promissory note, dated January 6, 2009, of which Allegheny loaned the Company funds for working capital needs.  Said Agreement was amended on October 1, 2009 and a portion was converted to 1,564,719 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.05 per share.  As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the balance of the note was $107,562.62 and $78,236, respectively.
 
On November 23, 2009, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Las Vegas Railway Express, a Nevada Corporation, of which Allegheny is owner of 28.6% and Mr. Barron is a 28.6% owner, independent of Allegheny.  On January 21, 2010, by shareholder approval the Company acquired Las Vegas Railway Express for 20,000,000 shares of the Company’s stock, of which 4,000,000 has been issued on April 23, 2010.  The remaining shares, 16,000,000 are to be issued upon the completion of certain agreements, by and between the Company.  These agreements are deemed necessary for the continued operation of the Company’s proposed railway service.  As of March 31, 2011, Allegheny Nevada Holdings has a 5.05% beneficial ownership in the Company.
 
Mr. Barron had advances to the Company of $8,493 as of March 31, 2010.  The Company repaid the advances resulting in $0 balance at March 31, 2011.  As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, Mr. Barron had accrued wages of $65,734 and $118.500, respectively.

 
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Joseph Cosio-Barron, Director and Officer of the Company is a 100% owner of CBS Consultants “CBS”, a Nevada Corporation.  CBS had a 22.9% ownership of Las Vegas Railway Express at the time of acquisition on October 1, 2009, the Company entered into a promissory note with Mr. Cosio-Barron for $86,709.  The Company converted 867,085 shares of the Company’s stock at $0.05 per share, resulting in a balance at March 31, 2011 and 2010 of $57,198 and $43,354, respectively.   As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, Mr. Cosio-Barron had accrued wages of $51,971 and $88,774, respectively.
 
Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
Audit Fees
 The aggregate fees billed by the Company's auditors for the professional services rendered in connection with the audit of the Company's annual financial statements, and reviews of the financial statements included in the Company's Forms 10-Qs for fiscal 2011 and 2010 were approximately $81,000 and $33,519, respectively.

Audit Related Fees
 
The aggregate fees billed by consultants for professional services in connection with the audit of the Company's annual financial statements, review of revenue recognition policies, and reviews of the financial statements included in the Company's Forms 10-Qs for fiscal 2011 and 2010 were $22,790 and $0, respectively.
 
Tax Fees
 
There were no fees for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

All Other Fees

None

Audit Committee

The Company does not have an audit committee.

PART IV

Item 15.
 
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
 
     
 
(1)
Financial Statements: The following financial statements are included in Item 8 of this report:
 
   
●  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2011 and 2010.
     
   
●  Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.
     
   
●  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.
     
   
●  Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.
     
   
●  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
     
   
●  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.


 
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    (3)           Exhibits:

Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
3.2
 
Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Form SB-2, filed on July 31, 2007.)
3.3
 
By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Form SB-2, filed on July 31, 2007.)
3.4A
 
Amended By-Laws of the Registrant dated November 3, 2008 (incorporated herein as referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010.)
3.4B
 
Amended Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein as referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010.)
3.5
 
Amended Articles of Incorporation as dated March 19, 2010 (incorporated herein as referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010.)
3.6
 
Certificate of Merger, as dated March 19, 2010, by and between Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc. and Las Vegas Railway Express (incorporated herein as referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010.)
3.7
 
Amended Articles of Incorporation as dated April 19, 2010 (incorporated herein as referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010.)
3.8
 
Amended By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated herein as referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010.)
10.1
 
Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated November 3, 2008, between Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc. and Corporate Outfitters Inc.(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, as filed on November 25, 2008)
10.2
 
2008 Stock Option Plan dated November 1, 2008, (incorporated herein as referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on July 15, 2009).
10.3
 
Promissory Note dated February 28, 2010 by and between Liberty Capital Asset Management Inc. and Transportation Management Services Inc. (incorporated herein as referenced to Exhibit 11.2 on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010.)
10.3
 
Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 23, 2009, between Liberty Capital Asset Management, Inc. and Las Vegas Railway Express (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, as filed January 28, 2010).
10.4
 
Railcar Purchase Agreement dated February 8, 2010 by and between Liberty Capital Asset Management Inc. and Transportation Management Services Inc. (incorporated herein as referenced to Exhibit 11.3 on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010)
10.5
 
Bridge Loan and Security Agreement, South Lake Capital, dated January 25, 2010 (incorporated herein as to Exhibit 11.4 referenced on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010)
10.6
 
South Lake Capital LLC Promissory Note dated January 15, 2010 (incorporated herein as referenced to Exhibit 11.5 on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010)
10.7
 
South Lake Capital LLC Warrant Issuance and Release, dated May 29, 2010 (incorporated herein as referenced to Exhibit 11.6 on Form 10-K, as filed on June 30, 2010)
10.8
 
Advisory Agreement, by and between E/W Capital and Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc., dated July 1, 2010 (incorporated herein as referenced to Exhibit 12 on Form 8-K, as filed July 8, 2010)
10.9
 
Employment Agreement with John M. Zilliken (incorporated herein as referenced to Exhibit 10.7 on Form 8-K, as filed August 6, 2010)
10.10
 
Employment Agreement with Wanda Witoslawski (incorporated herein as referenced to Exhibit 10.7 on Form 8-K, as filed May 23, 2011)
10.11
 
Memorandum of Understanding with T-UPR (The Plaza Hotel & Casino), dated October 4, 2010.
10.12
 
Union Pacific Railroad Company Public Project Reimbursement Agreement, dated December 1, 2010.
10.13
 
Memorandum of Understanding with National Railroad Passenger Corporation, dated January 13, 2011.
23.1
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32. 1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
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SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 

By :/s/ Michael A. Barron
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
(Principal Executive)
 
   
   
By: /s/Wanda Witoslawski
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
June 24, 2011

 
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