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Genesee  &  Wyoming  Railroad  [1899-2003]
Genesee  &  Wyoming,  Inc.  Holding  Company  [est. 1977]
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Spirit of America's Shortline Railroads Page shortline history links shortline railroads shortline operators shortlines by state books & other media

short history railroads - USA A thru F • G thru M • N thru S • T thru Z • Ohio Central railroads - Canada railroads - elsewhere switching services other subsidiaries company & executives links

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.

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. official website
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. entry at Wikipedia
G&W website {incomplete} list of railroads owned
Wikipedia's {incomplete} list of railroads owned by G&W

G&W  Railroads  in  U.S.A.   {cont'd}
G&W website {incomplete} list of railroads owned

A thru F {back on Page 1} • • G thru M {back on Page 1} • • N thru S {just below} • • T thru Z

                         
NCVA: North Carolina & Virginia Railroad [purch 12/2012] • 56 miles (North Carolina 53, Virginia 3)
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad sold off trackage in 1987; RailAmerica 2000, purchased 12/2012
also operates G&W's Virginia Southern Railroad [VSRR] and Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad [CA]
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/north_carolina__virginia_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_and_Virginia_Railroad

CA: Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad [purch 12/2012] is operated by G&W's North Carolina & Virginia Railroad
68-mile (109 km) shortline formed from Norfolk Southern trackage in 1990, RailAmerica 2000, purchased 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/chesapeake_albemarle_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Albemarle_Railroad

VSRR: Virginia Southern Railroad [] is operated by G&W's North Carolina & Virginia Railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Southern_Railroad

OHCR: Ohio Central Railroad [OCRS purch 2008]
part of the Ohio Central Railroad System [purch 8/2008]

OHPA: Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad [OCRS purch 2008]
defunct part of the Ohio Central Railroad System [purch 8/2008]

OSRR: Ohio Southern Railroad [est. 1986, OCRS purch 2008]
part of the Ohio Central Railroad System [purch 8/2008]

OYLO: Olympia & Belmore Railroad [BNSF lease 2016] • in Olympia, Washington State
headquartered in distant Centralia, Washington; took over BNSF lease from Tacoma Rail in 2016; trackage rights
over BNSF to East Olympia and interchange with Union Pacific
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/olympia-belmore-railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_and_Belmore_Railroad

OTVR: Otter Tail Valley Railroad [purch 1996] • 81 miles in Minnesota
formed in 1986 from former Burlington Northern, ex-Great Northern Railway trackage; purchased 1996
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/otter_tail_valley_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter_Tail_Valley_Railroad

POHC: Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad [est. 2000, OCRS purch 2008]
part of the Ohio Central Railroad System [purch 8/2008]

PCN: Point Comfort & Northern Railway [est. 1948, RailAmerica 2005, purch 12/2012] • 19 miles in Texas
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/point_comfort__northern_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Comfort_and_Northern_Railway

        
PNWR: Class II Portland & Western Railroad [est. 1995] • 516 miles in Oregon
operates Willamette & Pacific Railroad [WPRR]; WPRR formed by G&W from multiple SP branches in 1993, PNWR formed by G&W from
multiple SP branches 8/1995, BN lease/expansion 1996, 92-mile Astoria Line expansion 1997, moved HQ to Salem, big BN lease 2002
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/portland_western_railroad_inc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_and_Western_Railroad

PNW: Prescott & Northwestern Railroad [purch 2015] 9 miles in Arkansas
built 1890, trackage reduced after 1994, Pinsly 2010, purchase 12/2014; operated by G&W's Arkansas Midland Railroad
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/prescott--northwestern-railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_and_Northwestern_Railroad

                
PWRR: Class II Providence & Worcester Railroad [purch 11/2016] 566 miles (Connecticut 384, Massachusetts 120, Rhode Island 32, New York 30)
P&WR est. 1844; 99-year lease by New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad [NH] 7/1892; NH merged into Penn Central in 1969, P&W broke away 12/1972
and cancelled the NH lease; G&W purchased P&WR for $126 million in 11/2016. Multiple branches in MA, CT & RI connected by track rights, long
connection to NYC & Long Island is via 'overhead' track rights with Metro North, Amtrak, and CSX.
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/providence-and-worcester-railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_and_Worcester_Railroad

PSAP: Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad [purch 12/2012] 158 miles in Washington State
BNSF sold off 8/1997, RailAmerica 1/2002, purchased 12/2012
three lines radiating from Elma: northeast to Bremerton/Bangor, west to Hoquiam, southeast to Centralia/Chehalis
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/puget_sound__pacific_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound_and_Pacific_Railroad heraldPugetSoundPacificRR.jpg

RCPE: Class II Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad [purch 5/2014] 742 miles (South Dakota 678, Minnesota 43, Nebraska 13, Wyoming 7)
Canadian Pacific Railway [CPR] sold off the western end of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad [DM&E] rail line in 5/2014 for $210 million
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/rapid-city-pierre--eastern-railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_City,_Pierre_and_Eastern_Railroad

RSOR: Riceboro Southern Railway [CSX lease 2004] in Georgia, USA
lease of former Seaboard/ACL/CSX trackage north of Riceboro, with trackage rights over CSX to Savannah; operates using Georgia Central RR locomotives
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/riceboro_southern_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riceboro_Southern_Railway

                
RSR: Rochester & Southern Railroad [founded 1986] 110 miles in New York State
built 1878, B&O 1932 then Chessie System and CSX; formed in 1986
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/rochester_southern_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_and_Southern_Railroad
http://scotlawrence.github.io/GW/RSpage.html
http://www.rochester-railfan.net/ Greater Rochester Railfan Page {last update 2005}

original Genesee & Wyoming Railroad [1899-2003]
absorbed by the Rochester & Southern Railroad in 2003
there is no longer a Genesee & Wyoming Railroad homepage at the G&W Inc. website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_and_Wyoming_Railroad
http://scotlawrence.github.io/GW/GWpage.html

DMM: Dansville & Mount Morris Railroad [est. 1868, purch 7/1985] is operated by RSR
there is no longer a Dansville & Mount Morris Railroad homepage at the G&W Inc. website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansville_and_Mount_Morris_Railroad
http://scotlawrence.github.io/GW/DMMpage.html

RSS: Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad [1923-2019] 5 miles in Texas
est. 1923, RailAmerica 2005, purchased 12/2012, abandoned 2019
there is no longer a Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad homepage at the G&W Inc. website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockdale,_Sandow_and_Southern_Railroad

SLQ: St-Laurent et Atlantique Railroad [purch 2002] 95 mi (153 km)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad_quebec

SLR: St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad [purch 2002] 162 miles (Maine 70, New Hampshire 58, Vermont 34)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad

Contruction as wide-guage rail line was completed in 1853; Canadian line built from Montrιal, Quιbec to Island Pond, Vermont, USA (95 miles); USA portion built from Portland, Maine to Island Pond (150 miles); entire line leased by Grand Trunk Railway in 1853; Victoria Bridge built in 1860; converted to standard guage 9/1874; daily train service ended in 1960; SLR formed in 1989 to take over operation of USA portion; deregulation in 1998 resulted in formation of SLQ from the Canadian portion; both shortlines purchased by G&W in 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad

                
SDIY: San Diego & Imperial Valley Railroad [purch 12/2012] III Acquired - 2012a 1 mi (1.6 km)
Founded by RailTex 3/1984, RailAmerica 2000, purchase 12/2012; the 15½-mile San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway route from Downtown San Diego (BNSF) to San Ysidro on the Mexican border uses exclusive trackage rights shared with San Diego Trolley commuter rail; SDIY also operates a 16-mile route to El Cajon, similarly shared with San Diego Trolley.
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/san_diego__imperial_valley_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_and_Imperial_Valley_Railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Trolley

SJVR: San Joaquin Valley Railroad [purch 12/2012] 297 mi (478 km)
Formed in 1992 by Kyle Railways from SP trackage, States Rail 1997, RailAmerica 2002, purchase 12/2012; three segments with trackage rights
over Union Pacific between Bakersfield & Fresno in California's Central Valley
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/san_joaquin_valley_railroad

PRI: Port Railroads, Inc. [1994-1996] 105.7-miles (170.1 km)
formed by Kyle Railways 3/1994 to take over two Southern Pacific branches built 1891 & 1910; SJVR provided the motive power
for PRI; Kyle merged PRI into the SJVR 4/1996.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Railroads,_Inc.

TVRR: Tulare Valley Railroad [1992-1998] 158 miles (254 km)
formed by Kyle Railways 10/1992 to take over several Union Pacific branches; Kyle merged PRI into the SJVR 5/1998.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Valley_Railroad

        
SAPT: Savannah Port Terminal Railroad [est. 1998] 18 miles (29 km)
formed 6/1998 to take over the Savannah State Docks Railroad from the Georgia Ports Authority [est. 1945]
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/savannah_port_terminal_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Port_Terminal_Railroad

SB/SBRR: South Buffalo Railway [est. 1899, purch 2001] • 54 miles (87 km) in New York State
Served Bethlehem Steel plant (now Mittal Steel) and others; sold by owner family in 2001 for $36.4 million to the G&W;
the main office was in Rochester, New York; most likely, absorbed by RSR as part of the GWRR in 2003.
there is no longer a South Buffalo Railway homepage at G&W website
South Buffalo Railway entry at Wikipedia

SCRF: South Carolina Central Railroad [purch 12/2012] 51 miles
formed by RailTex in 1987 from former CSX trackage, RailAmerica 2000, purchased 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/south_carolina_central
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Central_Railroad

TNHR: Three Notch Railroad [built 1901, purch 12/2012] 36 miles in Alabama
Built in 1901 as the Alabama & Florida Railroad from Georgiana, Alabama to Graceville, Florida; Louisville & Nashville 1901, Seaboard System 1983, Gulf & Ohio Railways
1986 and renamed to A&FR; Pioneer Railcorp 11/1992; 36 miles (58 km) of trackage from Georgiana to Andalusia, Alabama was sold back to Gulf & Ohio and named
Three Notch Railroad 6/2001; remaining A&FR trackage abandoned in 2011; RailAmerica 4/2011; purchased 12/2012.
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/three_notch_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Notch_Railroad

                        
TPW: Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway [built 1860s, purch 12/2012] • 273 miles (Illinois 144, Indiana 129)
Built in the 1860s; renamed 1880, leased by Wabash 1880-84; TP&W merged with Logansport, Peoria & Burlington Railroad in 1887; TP&W 'affiliated' with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1918; AT&SF and PRR gained joint control of TP&W in January 1960; AT&SF acquired the Conrail (the former PRR) interest in TP&W in 1979; TP&W was merged into AT&SF 12/1983. AT&SF sold the line to new investors 2/1989; after the AT&SF and Burlington Northern merger in 1995, TP&W gained operating rights over BN's line between Peoria and Galesburg; also in 1995, the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad acquired a 40% interest in the TP&W, with full control going to Delaware Otsego Corporation [est. 1966] in 1996; during this time, TP&W was dispatched from the DO System offices in Cooperstown, New York; TP&W was acquired by RailAmerica in 1999; G&W purchased RailAmerica 12/2012.
official Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway homepage at G&W website
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway entry at Wikipedia

Delaware Otsego Corporation [est. 1966] based in Cooperstown, New York
Delaware Otsego arranged to fold itself into a new company 8/1997, 10% owned by CSX, 10% owned by Norfolk Southern, and 80% owned by itself, all three partners
paying $22/share for a total of $55 million; the new DOCP Acquisition, LLC is essentially a paper railroad, the recent websites are gone or refer to the NYSW website.
Delaware Otsego Corporation entry at Wikipedia

NYSW: Class II New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad [est. 1881] in New Jersey, New York & Pennsylvania
Formed by merger in 1881; J.P. Morgan & his Erie Railroad took control 7/1898; filed bankruptcy 6/1937 & split from Erie RR; passenger service ended in 1966; purchased
by Delaware Otsego in 1980; acquired a 40% interest in TP&W in 1995, with full control going to parent Delaware Otsego Corporation in 1996; Delaware Otsego arranged to
fold itself into a new company 8/1997, 10% owned by CSX, 10% owned by Norfolk Southern, and 80% owned by itself, all three partners paying $22/share for a total
of $55 million; DO sold TP&W to RailAmerica in 1999.
official New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad website
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad entry at Wikipedia
NYSW fanpage (with photos) at American Rails

TR: Tomahawk Railway [built 1891, purch 2005] • 6 mi (9.7 km) in Wisconsin
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/tomahawk_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_Railway

                 
UTAH: Utah Railway [purch 2002] in Colorado and Utah
Founded 1/1912, equipment used 'Utah Coal Route' heralds; sold by Mueller Industries to G&W in 2005; owned trackage is 45 miles, total of 423 miles
includes Salt Lake City Southern Railroad [SL] trackage rights over UP/BNSF between Grand Junction, Colorado and Provo, Utah.
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/utah_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Railway

SL: Salt Lake City Southern Railroad [purch 2005]
Built 1871-72 as Utah Southern Railroad; taken over by Union Pacific Railroad 6/1875; Utah Central Railway 7/1881; Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway 8/1889, which was renamed Oregon Short Line Railroad [OSL] 3/1897; leased to the Union Pacific 1/1936; RailTex 1993; Utah Transit Authority bought the UP line between Salt Lake City and Mount, continuing trackage rights of SL; SL became a subsidiary of the Utah Railway 9/1999, which was sold to G&W in 2005. HERALD: The SLCSR diesel locomotives were painted red below and gray above; two versions show the name spelled out, one has a mountain range silhouette above; useful graphic not found (6/2020).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Southern_Railroad

        
VR: Valdosta Railway [RMC 1992, purch 2005] • 14 miles in Georgia
Built as the Florida Midland & Georgia Railroad in the 1880s; became Valdosta Southern Railway in 1894; sold to Georgia & Florida Railroad 1907; Valdosta Southern
Railroad [VSO] was formed 8/1951 from the G&F/VSR branch from Valdosta south to Madison, Florida; line was cut back to Clyattville, Georgia 3/1972; R.M.C. formed
the Valdosta Railway to take over VSO in 1992; acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in 2005.
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/valdosta_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdosta_Railway

VCRR: Ventura County Railroad [purch 2012] in Southern California
Built as Ventura County Railway in 1905; RailAmerica 1998, name changed; purchased by G&W 12/2012; connects with Union Pacific at Oxnard, California;
13-miles of track forms into two branches: one goes to the north entrance of the U.S. Navy Base Ventura County [est. 1941] at Port Hueneme, the other goes further
south to the civilian Port of Hueneme [est. 1940]; motorcar passenger service ended in 1927.
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/ventura_county_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County_Railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Base_Ventura_County
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Hueneme

WTRM: Warren & Trumbull Railroad [100]
part of the Ohio Central Railroad System [purch 8/2008]

WCOR: Wellsboro & Corning Railroad [101] Acquired - 2012a • 42 miles (Pennsylvania 29, New York 13)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/wellsboro__corning_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellsboro_and_Corning_Railroad

WKRL: Western Kentucky Railway [1995-2010]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Kentucky_Railway

WTRY: Wilmington Terminal Railroad [102] III Acquired - 2005 • 17 mi (27 km) in North Carolina
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/wilmington_terminal_railroad

WGCR: Wiregrass Central Railroad [103] III Acquired - 2012a • 20 mi (32 km)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/wiregrass_central_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiregrass_Central_Railroad

YRC: York Railway [104] Acquired - 2002 • 42 mi (68 km) in Pennsylvania
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/york_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Railway

YARR: Youngstown & Austintown Railroad [105]
part of the Ohio Central Railroad System [purch 8/2008]

YB: Youngstown Belt Railroad [106]
part of the Ohio Central Railroad System [purch 8/2008]

"South Buffalo Railway" [2004] by Stephan M. Koenig Full history of the South Buffalo Railway [1899-2003] using text and 150+ historic photos; includes details of Bethlehem Steel's own internal narrow gauge line, plus a complete South Buffalo steam & diesel motive power roster. South Platte Press 8½x10¼ pb [2004] for $30.55

Ohio  Central  Railroad  System  [est. 1988, purch 8/2008]

OHCR: Ohio Central Railroad System III Acquired - 2008 70 mi (110 km)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Central_Railroad_System

AOR: Aliquippa & Ohio River Railroad [built 1906, Ohio Central 2002, purch 2008] • 6 mi (9.7 km) part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliquippa_and_Ohio_River_Railroad

CUOH: Columbus & Ohio River Railroad [ConRail sold 1992, purch 2008] • 277 mi (398 km)
the former Pennsylvania Railroad Panhandle Route; part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/columbus__ohio_river_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_and_Ohio_River_Railroad

MVRY: Mahoning Valley Railway [purch 2008] 53 miles - part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/mahoning_valley_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_Valley_Railway OHCR: Ohio Central Railroad [OCRS purch 2008] - part of the Ohio Central Railroad System took over the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway line between Warwick and Zanesville, Ohio in 1988; OCRS, purch 2008 http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/ohio_central_railroad_ {sic} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Central_Railroad_(1988) OHPA: Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad [OCRS purch 2008] - defunct part of the Ohio Central Railroad System

OSRR: Ohio Southern Railroad [est. 1986, OCRS purch 2008] 20 miles - part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/ohio_southern_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Southern_Railroad_(1986)

POHC: Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad [est. 2000, OCRS purch 2008] 35 mi (56 km) - part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
formed from PRR/Conrail trackage as Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad by RailAmerica in 2000; purchased & renamed 2008
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/pittsburgh__ohio_central_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_Ohio_Central_Railroad

WTRM: Warren & Trumbull Railroad [100] III Acquired - 2008 • 4 mi (6.4 km) part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/warren__trumbull_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_and_Trumbull_Railroad

YARR: Youngstown & Austintown Railroad [105] Acquired - 2008 • 5 mi (8.0 km) - part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/youngstown__austintown_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown_and_Austintown_Railroad

YB: Youngstown Belt Railroad [106] III Acquired - 2008 • 14 mi (23 km) - part of the Ohio Central Railroad System
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/youngstown_belt_railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown_Belt_Railroad

G&W  Railroads  in  Canada

CBNS: Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway [RailTex 1993, RailAmerica 2000, purch 2012] 242 mi (389 km) in Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Breton_and_Central_Nova_Scotia_Railway

GEXR: Goderich-Exeter Railway [purch 2012] 184 mi (296 km) in Southern Ontario, Canada
CN sold to RailTex 1992, RailAmerica in 2000, purch 2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/goderichexeter_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goderich%E2%80%93Exeter_Railway

HCRY: Huron Central Railway [CP lease 1997] 173 mi (278 km) in mid-southern Ontario, Canada
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/huron_central_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_Central_Railway

KLT: Knob Lake & Timmins Railway [est. Spring 2015] 13 mi (21 km) in Quιbec & Labrador provinces in Canada
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/knob-lake-and-timmins-railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob_Lake_and_Timmins_Railway

OVR: Ottawa Valley Railway [purch 2012] 157 miles (253 km) in mid-southern Ontario & Quιbec provinces, Canada
formed 11/1996 by RailLink Canada, RailAmerica 7/1999, purchased 12/2012
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/ottawa_valley_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Valley_Railway

Quιbec Gatineau Railway[79] QGRY III Founded - 1997 301 mi (484 km)
Lessee of Mirabel Railway

Southern Ontario Railway[90] SOR III Acquired - 2012a 46 mi (74 km)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/southern_ontario_railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ontario_Railway

SLQ: St-Laurent et Atlantique Railroad [purch 2002] 95 mi (153 km)
http://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad_quebec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad

WLRS: Western Labrador Rail Services [merger 2010, G&W takeover 2011]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Labrador_Rail_Services
Tshiuetin Rail Transportation in Schefferville, which is operated by another Genesee & Wyoming railroad, Western Labrador Rail Services.

G&W  Railroads  in  Other  Places

https://www.gwrr.co.uk/about/locations/

G&W's  Rail Link  Switching  Services

Rail Link, Inc. [est. 1987], 13901 Sutton Park Drive South in Jacksonville, Florida
G&W website says 'operates 26 switching railroads'; the division seems to operate several shortline railroads with their other switching operations using locomotives painted for Rail Link.
http://www.gwrr.com/customers/industrial_switching

Carolina Coastal Railway

Carolina & Northwestern Railroad

CWRY: Commonwealth Railway [29] Acquired - 1996

ETRY: East Tennessee Railway [est. 1983, RailLink/G&W purch 2005]

GC: Georgia Central Railway [purch 2005]

RSOR: Riceboro Southern Railway []

Other  G&W  Services

Atlas Railroad Construction, LLC [est. 1954]
13901 Sutton Park Drive South in Jacksonville, Florida
official website redirects to G&W website which is no longer there (6/2020)
Founded in 1954, sold to RailAmerica 2010, purchased by Genesee & Wyoming 7/2012; reorganized and moved from longtime location
in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania to Jacksonville, Florida in 2014; shut down? or absorbed? (6/2020)

G&W Port Operations Division
Locations served in USA include: Alabama, California (2), Connecticut (2), Florida (3), Georgia (3), Illinois (3), Louisiana (2), Michigan (3), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island (2), Texas (3), Virginia, and Washington State (3); locations served in Canada include: Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quιbec; foreign locations served include: Germany (5), Amsterdam & Rotterdam in Netherlands, and Felixstowe, London Gateway, Southampton & Tilbury in United Kingdom

https://www.pentalver.com/

https://www.freightliner.co.uk/

Company  and  Executives
The Genesee & Wyoming Railroad was built in 1899, named for two counties in New York State; founded by Edward Layton Fuller; great grandson Mortimer B. Fuller III purchased the railroad in 1977 and founded the holding company; the railroad became a subsidiary and rail operations were absorbed into the Rochester & Southern Railroad system in 2003.
Corporate Headquarters is in Darien, CT (moved 5/2013); Administrative Headquarters is in Rochester, NY; and Operations Headquarters is in Jacksonville, Florida
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. official website
G&W Inc. entry at Wikipedia • G&W Railroad [1899-2003] entry at Wikipedia

Edward Layton Fuller [1851-1909], founded Genesee & Wyoming Railroad in 1899   
son Mortimer Bartine Fuller, Sr. [1877-1931] was GWRR president from 1909
grandson Mortimer B. Fuller, Jr. [1907-1989] board member at GWRR
great grandson Mortimer B. Fuller III [b. ??] - founded the Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. holding company in 1977   
GWRR board member 1973, president 1976-97, CEO 1976-2007, chairman (2013?, ret'd 5/2017)
http://www.fullersoverlook.org/

Richard H. Allert, board (2013)
Richard H. Bott, board (2013) - former Vice Chairman, Institutional Securities Group, Morgan Stanley
David A. Brown, Chief Operating Officer (2013)
Arnoud de Rade, Managing Director Europe Region (2013)
Timothy J. Gallagher, Chief Financial Officer (2013)
John C. 'Jack' Hellmann - pres/CEO (2013), apptd chairman 5/2017, still CEO (7/2019)   
Gregory S. Ledford, board (2013) - Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Scott Linn, Senior VP Engineering (2013)
Robert M. Melzer, board (2013)
Michael Norkus, board (2013) - Founder and President, Alliance Consulting Group
Greg Pauline, Managing Director Australia Region (2013)
Ann N. Reese, board (2013) - formerly Chief Financial Officer of ITT Corporation
Philip J. Ringo, board (2013) - also chairman, Australia Committee
Mark A. Scudder, board (2013) - CEO, Scudder Law Firm

James W. Benz, former Rail Link president (1990)
Andrew Chunko, Rail Link president (3/2019)
William A. Jasper, G&W Senior VP Rail Link Region (2013)
Steven Yoder, Rail Link VP of Industrial Switching (6/2020)

here on the Genesee & Wyoming Shortline Railroads Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore

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