Genesee & Wyoming
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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.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Short line and regional railroad freight |
Founded | 1977; 47 years ago (1977) in Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Founder | Edward Laton Fuller |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | United States, Canada, Bolivia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Australia (former) |
Key people | Michael O Miller, CEO |
Services | Transportation, Logistics |
Revenue | US$2.719 billion (2019)[1] |
US$261.0 million[1] | |
Number of employees | 7,300 |
Parent | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners GIC Private Limited |
Website | www |
The company grew from the Class III Genesee and Wyoming Railroad, founded in 1899.[2] As of 2011, it operates more than 13,000 miles (21,000 km) of owned and leased track.[3] 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.[4]
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.[4]