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

See Also:

Ohio Central Railroad System

Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad

Railroads A-Z