Genesee & Wyoming Shortline Railroads Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. [est. 1899] based in Darien, Connecticut is the largest privately-owned shortline operator in the United States
since it was sold in 2019 for $8.4 billion; it operates 120+ shortline railroads on 15,400 track miles in the U.S. and Europe and Australia.

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Genesee & Wyoming operates 116 regional & short line railroads in 39 states and 4 Canadian provinces - plus Europe and Australia - for a total of over 15,000 miles of owned and leased track. Recent acquisitions include: the 14 properties of Rail Management Corp. (2005) for $244.7 million; the 47 U.S. & Canadian properties of RailAmerica, Inc. (2012) for $1.39 billion; 3 Arkansas properties from Pinsly (12/2014) for $40 million.

Important subsidiaries include: Atlas Railroad Construction [est. 1954]; Emons Railroad Group [est. 1987, purch 2002]; Genesee & Wyoming Australia [est. 2006]; Genesee & Wyoming Canada, Inc. [est. 1997]; CAGY Industries [purch 2008]; Ohio Central [est. 1988, purch 2008] which operates 10 shortlines; and Rail Link, Inc. which operates 26 switching railroads.

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

On July 23, 2012, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced that it intended to purchase RailAmerica in a deal valued at $1.39 billion.[4][5] Approval of the purchase was granted by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board on December 19, 2012.[6]

July 1 2019 U.S. freight railroads operator Genesee & Wyoming on Monday agreed to be acquired by Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC in a deal valued at about $8.4 billion, including debt. The announcement comes a day after Reuters reported news of the development, citing sources. The Transaction will result in G&W becoming a privately held company. Pursuant to the agreement, each issued and outstanding share of G&W will be converted into the right to receive $112 per share in cash. In July 2019, affiliates of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and GIC Private Limited announced they had agreed terms to purchase Genesee & Wyoming for $8.4 billion.[25][26] The deal was closed in December 2019.[27] Because Brookfield already has other rail assets in Australia that would likely lead to objections from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, G&W's 51% shareholding in Genesee & Wyoming Australia was sold separately and rebranded One Rail Australia.

'Genesee & Wyoming Today' free online report by Trains Magazine

"The Genesee & Wyoming Today" free online report [2019]
by Trains Magazine
featuring Kiamichi Railroad, Central Vermont Railway, Providence &
Worcester Railroad, Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad, and
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad
free download of 53-page .PDF file

AZER: Arizona Eastern Railway 'Spirit of The Southwest' [purch 8/2011] • 206 miles (Arizona 181, New Mexico 25)
Built 1885; leased by SP 1905; Kyle RR 1988, StatesRail 1995, RailAmerica 2001, Permian Basin Railways 12/2004, Iowa Pacific, purchased by G&W 8/2011
for $90.1 million; two segments connected by SP-UP trackage rights: the original 133-mile Miami-Globe to Safford to Bowie branch and the 70-mile
former UP Clifton Subdivision purchased in 2008.
official Arizona Eastern Railway homepage at G&W website
Arizona Eastern Railway entry at Wikipedia

BAYL: Bay Line Railroad [purch 2005] • 182 miles with CHATRR (Florida 138; Alabama 44)
built 1906 as Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railroad [ASAB]; International Paper Company 1930, passenger service ended 1956, Southwest Forest Industries 1979,
Stone Container Corp. 1987, R.M.C. 1/1994, purchased by G&W 6/2005. The Abbeville branch was built in 1887, ACL 1902, Seaboard Coast Line 1967; CSX sold it
to the Abbeville-Grimes Railway [AG] in 1989, R.M.C. 1/1994, merged into the Bay Line Railroad 6/1996.
official Bay Line Railroad homepage at G&W website
Bay Line Railroad entry at Wikipedia
Abbeville-Grimes Railway [1989-96] entry at Wikipedia

The Bay Line Railroad entered into an agreement in October 2016 to operate a Choice Terminal™ bulk transload facility at Panama City Port Authority’s
Intermodal Distribution Center (IDC), located approximately 15 miles from Port Panama City; the Bay Line Choice Terminal will feature a 20-car rail yard,
a five-acre staging area, and equipment necessary to support bulk transfers.

ALY: Allegheny & Eastern Railroad [1985-2004] is operated by G&W's Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad
Formed 9/1985 as Allegheny Railroad from five segments by Hammermill Paper; purchased by G&W in 1992 and renamed; absorbed by BR&P 1/2004.
there is no official Allegheny & Eastern Railroad homepage at G&W's website (6/2020)
Allegheny Railroad [1985-92] entry at Wikipedia
Allegheny & Eastern Railroad [1992-2004] entry at Wikipedia

BR: Bradford Industrial Railroad is operated by G&W's Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad
no other information found except the reference on G&W's B&PR homepage. (6/2020)

BR&P: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway [1885-1932]
Bankrupt Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad [1/1881-10/1885] was taken over by new Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway;
purchased by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 3/1929; absorbed into the B&O 1/1932.
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway entry at Wikipedia

C&WC: Charleston and Western Carolina Railway [1896-1959]
The South Carolina Legislature forced the Central of Georgia Railroad in 1896 to give up subsidiary lines Port Royal & Augusta Railway and Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway. The Charleston and Western Carolina Railway (C&WC) was formed to operate the PR&A and the PR&WC. Atlantic Coast Line [ACL] took over the C&WC in 1897 but operated it as a subsidiary until 1959 when ACL fully absorbed it; much of the original system is still in use by ACL successor C.S.X.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_and_Western_Carolina_Railway

Greenville & Laurens Railroad [1878-1886] + South Carolina Central Railroad [est. 1987]
Built 1878-1882; merged with three others 10/1886 to form Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway; merged in 1896 with the Port Royal & Augusta Railway to create the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway; Atlantic Coast Line 1897; formally merged into A.C.L. 1959; Seaboard Coast Line 1967, Seaboard System 1983, CSX 1986; sold to Carolina Piedmont Railroad 11/1990 and operated as a division of South Carolina Central Railroad (RailTex 1987); RailAmerica 2000; purchased by G&W 12/2012.
Greenville & Laurens Railroad entry at Wikipedia

CORP: Class II Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad [purch 12/2012] • 362 miles (Oregon 297, California 65)
built by Southern Pacific, RailAmerica 1995, purchased 12/2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Oregon_and_Pacific_Railroad

CIND: Central Railroad of Indiana [purch 12/2012] • 82 miles (132 km) west of Cincinnati, Ohio
built by New York Central RR, RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/central_railroad_of_indiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_Indiana

CERA: Central Railroad of Indianapolis [purch 12/2012] • 62 miles (100 km) in Indiana
3 lines radiating from Marion, Indiana; NS lease to RailTex 1989, RailAmerica 2000, purchased 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/central_railroad_of_indianapolis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_Indianapolis

CGR: CG Railway [est. 2000, joint venture 2017]
terminal railroad and rail ferry from Mobile, Alabama to Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/cg-railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CG_Railway

CHAT: Chattahoochee Bay Railroad [built 1900, purch 2006] • 28 miles
Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad [CHAT] was leased by Central of Georgia, Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern 1982, purchased in 2006
by G&W and combined with the adjacent H & S Railroad to form the Chattahoochee Bay Railroad
there is no homepage for Chattahoochee Bay Railroad on the G&W website - operation seems to be part of the Bay Line Railroad {above} (6/2020)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_and_Gulf_Railroad

HS: Hartford & Slocomb Railroad [est. 1954, purch 2006]
Central of Georgia Railroad sold off a 22-mile branchline between Hartford and Dothan, Alabama in 1954 that formed the Hartford & Slocomb Railroad; in 1992 the line
was abandoned from Taylor to Hartford, and the remaining trackage was purchased by Gulf & Ohio Railway and renamed the H&S Railroad Company; purchased in 2006
by G&W, who merged the operation with the Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_and_S_Railroad

CIRR: Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad [est. 2003] • 27 miles
long owned by Georgia Pacific, purchased by G&W in 2003
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/chattahoochee_industrial_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_Industrial_Railroad

CCKY: Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway [CAGY Industries lease 2008] • 54 miles mostly in Georgia
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/chattooga__chickamauga_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattooga_and_Chickamauga_Railway

CFE: Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad [CFX lease 2004, purch 2012] • 322 mi (452 km)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/chicago_ft_wayne_eastern_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Fort_Wayne_and_Eastern_Railroad

CCH: Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad [purch 2012] • 32 miles in Alabama
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/columbus__chattahoochee_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_and_Chattahoochee_Railroad

CAGY: Columbus & Greenville Railway [est. 1974 by CAGY Industries, purch 2008] • 151 mi (243 km)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/columbus__greenville_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway

COEH: Conecuh Valley Railroad [est. 2001, purch 2012] • 13 mi (21 km) in Alabama
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/conecuh_valley_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conecuh_Valley_Railroad

CSO: Connecticut Southern Railroad [est. 1996, RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012]
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/connecticut_southern_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Southern_Railroad

CCPN: Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad [built 1924, RailLink/G&W lease 1997] • 42 miles (68 km) in Texas
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/corpus_christi_terminal_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Terminal_Railroad

DGNO: Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad [est. 1992, RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012] • 187 miles in Texas
multiple segments: DGNO McKinney to Sherman (UP rights to Dennison), TNER to Trenton, DGNO Trenton to Garland (KCS rights to Dallas),
DGNO to Lake Dallas; also distant TNER segment west from Texarkana
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/dallas_garland_northeastern_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas,_Garland_and_Northeastern_Railroad

TNER: Texas Northeastern Railroad [est. 1990, purch 2/2012] • 101 miles in Texas
split off from Missouri Pacific in 1990, currently paper-only shortline operated by DG&NR
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/texas_northeastern_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Northeastern_Railroad

ETRY: East Tennessee Railway [est. 1983, RailLink/G&W purch 2005] • 7 miles
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/east_tennessee_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_Railway

EARY: Eastern Alabama Railway [built 1883, purch 12/2012] • 26 mi (42 km)
L&NRR 1889, Seaboard 1982, CSX 1986, Kyle Railways 11/1990, RailAmerica 2002, purch 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/eastern_alabama_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Alabama_Railway

FCRD: First Coast Railroad [built 1894, CSX lease 2005] • 32 mi (51 km) in Georgia & Florida
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/first_coast_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Coast_Railroad

FP: Fordyce & Princeton Railroad [est. 1890, Georgia Pacific 1963, purch 3/2004] • 57 mi (92 km) in Arkansas
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/fordyce_princeton_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordyce_and_Princeton_Railroad

GC: Georgia Central Railway [purch 2005] • 171 mi (275 km)
est. 1884, Seaboard 1912, absorbed 1954, Rail Link 1990, purch 2005; operates Riceboro Southern Railway [RSOR] south of Savannah
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/georgia_central_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Central_Railway

GSWR: Georgia Southwestern Railroad [purch 2008] • 231 mi (372 km)
RailTex est. 1989, RailAmerica, independent, purch 2008
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/georgia_southwestern
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Southwestern_Railroad

GITM: Golden Isles Terminal Railroad [purch 1998] • 13 mi (21 km) in Brunswick, Georgia
built by Georgia Port Authority as Colonel's Island Railroad in 1960s; purchased & renamed 1998
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/golden_isles_terminal_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Isles_Terminal_Railroad

GR: Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad [est. 1993, RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012] • 27 miles in Michigan
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/grand_rapids_eastern_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Eastern_Railroad

HOG: Heart of Georgia Railroad [built 1884-87, purch 2017] • 219 mi (352 km)
built 1884-87 as Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railway [SAM], Georgia & Alabama 1895, Seaboard 1900, CSX,
Georgia Southwestern 1989, state of Georgia/HOG 1999, purch 2017
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/heart-of-georgia-railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Georgia_Railroad

HAL: Hilton & Albany Railroad [est. 2011] • 56 mi (90 km) in Georgia
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/hilton__albany_railroad
there is no Hilton & Albany Railroad entry at Wikipedia

HESR: Huron & Eastern Railway [est. 1986, purch 12/2012] • 394 miles (634 km) around Saginaw, Michigan
est. 1986 with C&O track, bought CSX track 1988, bought Penn Central track 1991; bought Central Michigan Railroad 1/2004;
merged with Saginaw Valley Railway/RailAmerica 5/2004, purch 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/huron_eastern_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_and_Eastern_Railway

IMRR: Illinois & Midland Railroad [built 1888, purch 1996] • 97 mi (156 km)
built 1888 as Pawnee Railroad; purch/renamed Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway [CIM] in 1905; sold 12/1987; purch 1996 & name changed
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/illinois_midland_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_and_Midland_Railroad

IORY: Indiana & Ohio Railway [est. 1978, RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012] • 543 miles (512 in Ohio, 21 in Michigan, 10 in Indiana)
Indiana & Ohio Railroad [INOH] was formed in 1978; Indiana & Ohio Railway [IORY] was formed in 1985; expanded in 1986, 1991 & 1997;
RailTex 1996, lines merged in 1997; RailAmerica 2000; IORY absorbed the Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad in 2004; purch 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/indiana__ohio_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_and_Ohio_Railway

ISRR: Indiana Southern Railroad [est. by RailTex 1978, RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012] • 166 mi (267 km)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/indiana-southern-railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Southern_Railroad

KWT: Kentucky West Tennessee Railway [purch 2005] • 72 miles (Tennessee 60, Kentucky 12)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/kentucky_west_tennessee_railway
there is no Kentucky West Tennessee Railway entry at Wikipedia

KRR: Kiamichi Railroad [purch 12/2012] • 264 (Oklahoma 199, Arkansas 36, Texas 30)
Frisco Lines sold trackage in 1987, RailAmerica 2002, purch 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/kiamichi_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiamichi_Railroad

KYLE: Kyle Railroad [est. 1982, RailAmerica 2002, purch 12/2012] • 556 miles (Kansas 471, Colorado 84)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/kyle_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Railroad

LRWN: Little Rock & Western Railway [purch 6/2005] • 79 mi (127 km) in Arkansas
built 1900, Rock Island 1904, RMC 1980, purch 6/2005
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/little_rock_western_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_and_Western_Railway
http://www.up.com/customers/shortline/profiles_l-p/lrw/index.htm

LDRR: Louisiana & Delta Railroad [purch 1987] • 101 miles
built 1880-1890, Southern Pacific, purch 1987; five segments with connecting trackage rights over UP & BNSF
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/louisiana_delta_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_and_Delta_Railroad
http://www.uprr.com/customers/shortline/lines/ldrr.shtml

LXVR: Luxapalila Valley Railroad [est. 1996, purch 2008] • 29 miles (Alabama 23, Mississippi 6)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/luxapalila_valley_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxapalila_Valley_Railroad

MQT: Marquette Rail [est. 11/2005, RailAmerica 2/2012, purch 12/2012] • 126 mi (203 km) in Michigan
popular for railcar storage due to its location north of Grand Rapids, Michigan
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/marquette_rail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Rail

MMID: Maryland Midland Railway [purch 2007] • 63 miles in use (of 81 total)
PRR sold 1980, CSX sold 1983, purch 2007
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/maryland_midland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Midland_Railway

The EnterTRAINment Line passenger excursion service operated on the Maryland Midland Railway
from 1989 to 5/1995 using leased equipment; it was shut down for refusal to pay state taxes: they considered themselves
to be a railroad, state said that they were a restaurant.

MSTR: Massena Terminal Railroad [est. 1900, RailAmerica 2005, purch 12/2012] • 3-4 miles in Upstate New York
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/massena_terminal_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massena_Terminal_Railroad

MNBR: Meridian & Bigbee Railroad [built 1926, purch 2005] • 168 miles (Alabama 145, Mississippi 23)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/meridian_bigbee_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_and_Bigbee_Railroad

MS: Michigan Shore Railroad [est. 1990, RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012] • 58 miles
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/michigan_shore_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Shore_Railroad

MMRR: Mid-Michigan Railroad [purch 2012]
CSX sold trackage to RailTex in 1987; purch 2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/midmichigan_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Michigan_Railroad

MNA: Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad [purch 12/2012] • 490 miles (Missouri 364, Arkansas 126)
built by Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1883; est. 1992 from trackage purchased & leased from UP & BNSF; RailAmerica 2000, purch 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/missouri__northern_arkansas_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_and_Northern_Arkansas_Railroad

Branson Scenic Railway [est. 1993]
The railroad was originally built as the White River Railway between 1902 and 1905, then became part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and in 1992 was sold to Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad; the Branson excursion trains run 80-mile round trips on a lease arrangement with M.N.A. from March thru December.
official Branson Scenic Railway website • Branson Scenic Railway entry at Wikipedia

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	"Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern" [1969] by Paul Pietrak self-publd 8½x5¾ pb [1969] out of print/used self-publd 11x8½ pb [1969] out of print/used self-publd hardcover [1969] out of print/used
	"Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway" [1979] by Paul Pietrak S.R. Ames Enterprises 12x9½ pb [6/92] out of print/used self-publd hardcover [1979] out of print/used
	"Pittsburg & Shawmut In Color" [2014] by Kurt Reisweber & Brad Esposito Morning Sun Books, PA 11¼x9 hardcover [2014] for $59.95
	"Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad (Images of Rail)" [2016] by Ken Clark Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [8/2016] for $12.99 Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [8/2016] for $21.99 Arcadia Publng 9½x6¾ hardcover [8/2016] for $28.99
	"Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad" color video [2017] July 1998 footage, mostly between Salamanca and Punxsutawney; also footage of a 3-unit freight on the Allegheny RR between Warren and Erie; total length 75 minutes Highball Prodns color DVD [2017] for $25.86

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