Genesee & Wyoming Australia GM class in April 2008.

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GENESEE AND WYOMING

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom; and formerly in Australia.

The company grew from the Class III Genesee and Wyoming Railroad, founded in 1899. As of 2011, it operates more than 13,000 miles (21,000 km) of owned and leased track. As of 2021, G&W owns or leases 116 freight railroads organized in locally managed operating regions with 7,300 employees serving 3,000 customers.

G&W's four North American regions serve 42 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces and include 113 short line and regional freight railroads with more than 13,000 track-miles.

Its UK/Europe Region includes the U.K.’s largest rail maritime intermodal operator and second-largest freight rail provider, as well as regional rail services in continental Europe.

G&W subsidiaries and joint ventures also provide rail service at more than 30 major ports, rail-ferry service between the U.S. Southeast and Mexico, transload services, and industrial railcar switching and repair.

Huron Central Railway EMD GP40-2 in September 2009.

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History

Early years

The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad was the flagship predecessor to the G&W; Edward L. Fuller purchased it out of a bankruptcy in 1899. At that time, the railroad was operating as a 14.5-mile long (23.3 km) single-track line serving a single customer, a salt mine owned by Fuller in Retsof, New York. It was still operating the same line for the salt mine when Mortimer B. Fuller III, great-grandson of Edward L. Fuller, purchased the railroad in 1977. The holding company, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Inc., was organized during the same year, and the railroad became its subsidiary.

With deregulation of the rail industry by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, railroads began disposing of unprofitable routes. Genesee & Wyoming acquired several of these short line railroads, scattered across the United States, from 1985 to 1996. Its acquisitions began including railroads in other countries in 1997.

Portland & Western Railroad EMD SD9 in October 2009.

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Subsidiaries and holdings

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns controlling interests in 122 freight railroads, either directly or through subsidiaries, which are organized into local operating regions. These subsidiaries include Rail Link, Inc. (1996), Genesee & Wyoming Canada, Inc. (1997), Emons Railroad Group (2002), CAGY Industries (2008), and Summit View, Inc. (2008). In 2005, G&W acquired the properties formerly owned by the Rail Management Corporation.

Rail Link, Inc. (reporting mark RLIX), provides industrial switching and related customer logistics services. Rail Link, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, serves industrial customers in 13 states and serves more than 30 U.S. ports.

List of railroads owned by Genesee & Wyoming

The following is a list of railroads owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Genesee & Wyoming owns or leases 122 railroads across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe.

a = Part of RailAmerica purchase.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Overview

Company type: Private
Industry: Short line and regional railroad freight
Founded: 1977; Rochester, New York, U.S.
Founder: Edward Laton Fuller
Headquarters: Darien, Connecticut, U.S.
Area served: United States, Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Australia (former)
Key people: Michael O Miller, CEO
Services Transportation, Logistics
Revenue: Increase US$2.719 billion (2019)
Net income: Decrease US$261.0 million
Number of employees: 7,300
Parent: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and GIC Private Limited
Website: www.gwrr.com

Links to Indiviual Lines

• Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway AGR
• Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad AOR
• Allegheny and Eastern Railroad
• AN Railway AN
• Arizona and California Railroad ARZC
• Arizona Eastern Railway AZER
• Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad ALM
• Arkansas Midland Railroad AKMD
• Atlantic and Western Railway ATW
• Bauxite and Northern Railway BXN
• Bay Line Railroad BAYL
• Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad BPRR
• California Northern Railroad CFNR
• Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway CBNS
• Carolina Piedmont Railroad CPDR
• Cascade and Columbia River Railroad CSCD
• Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad CORP
• Central Railroad of Indiana CIND
• Central Railroad of Indianapolis CERA
• CG Railway CGR
• Chattahoochee Bay Railroad CHAT
• Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad CIRR
• Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway CCKY
• Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad CA
• Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad CFE
• Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad CCH
• Columbus and Greenville Railway CAGY
• Columbus and Ohio River Railroad CUOH
• Commonwealth Railway CWRY
• Conecuh Valley Railroad COEH
• Connecticut Southern Railroad CSO
• Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad CCPN
• Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad DGNO
• Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad
• East Tennessee Railway ETRY
• Eastern Alabama Railway EARY
• First Coast Railroad FCRD
• Fordyce and Princeton Railroad FP
• Galveston Railroad GVSR
• Genesee and Wyoming Railroad
• Georgia Central Railway GC
• Georgia Southwestern Railroad GSWR
• Goderich–Exeter Railway GEXR
• Golden Isles Terminal Railroad GITM
• Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad GR
• Heart of Georgia Railroad HOG
• Hilton and Albany Railroad HAL
• Huron and Eastern Railway HESR
• Huron Central Railway HCRY
• Illinois and Midland Railroad IMRR
• Indiana and Ohio Railway IORY
• Indiana Southern Railroad ISRR
• Kentucky West Tennessee Railway KWT
• Kiamichi Railroad KRR
• Knob Lake and Timmins Railway KLT
• Kyle Railroad KYLE
• Little Rock and Western Railway LRWN
• Louisiana and Delta Railroad LDRR
• Luxapalila Valley Railroad LXVR
• Mahoning Valley Railway MVRY
• Marquette Rail MQT
• Maryland Midland Railway MMID
• Massena Terminal Railroad MSTR
• Meridian and Bigbee Railroad MNBR
• Michigan Shore Railroad MS
• Mid-Michigan Railroad MMRR
• Mirabel Railway
• Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad MNA
• New England Central Railroad NECR
• North Carolina and Virginia Railroad NCVA
• Ohio Central Railroad System OHCR
• Ohio Southern Railroad OSRR
• Olympia and Belmore Railroad OYLO
• Ottawa Valley Railway OVR
• Otter Tail Valley Railroad OTVR
• Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
• Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad POHC
• Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad
• Point Comfort and Northern Railway PCN
• Portland and Western Railroad PNWR
• Prescott and Northwestern Railroad PNW
• Providence and Worcester Railroad PWRR
• Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad PSAP
• Quebec Gatineau Railway QGRY
• Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad RCPE
• Riceboro Southern Railway RSOR
• Rochester and Southern Railroad RSR
• Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad RSS
• St-Laurent et Atlantique Railroad SLQ
• St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad SLR
• Salt Lake City Southern Railroad
• San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad SDIY
• San Joaquin Valley Railroad SJVR
• Savannah Port Terminal Railroad SAPT
• South Buffalo Railway SB
• South Carolina Central Railroad SCRF
• Southern Ontario Railway SOR
• Tazewell and Peoria Railroad TZPR
• Texas Northeastern Railroad TNER
• Three Notch Railroad TNHR
• Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway TPW
• Tomahawk Railway TR
• Utah Railway UTAH
• Valdosta Railway VR
• Ventura County Railroad VCRR
• Warren and Saline River Railroad WSR
• Warren and Trumbull Railroad WTRM
• Wellsboro and Corning Railroad WCOR
• Western Labrador Rail Services WLRS
• Willamette and Pacific Railroad
• Wilmington Terminal Railroad WTRY
• Wiregrass Central Railroad WGCR
• York Railway YRC
• Youngstown and Austintown Railroad YARR
• Youngstown Belt Railroad

See Also:

Ohio Central Railroad System

Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad

Railroads A-Z