Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

Genesee & Wyoming Announces Financial Leadership Appointments

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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced the appointments of Thomas D. Savage as Chief Financial Officer and Sarah A. Greene as Senior Vice President and Controller.

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  • Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced the appointments of Thomas D. Savage as Chief Financial Officer and Sarah A. Greene as Senior Vice President and Controller.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200514005637/en/
    Mr. Savage was previously Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer.
  • He has worked in finance and mergers & acquisitions since joining G&W in 2005 and has been responsible for G&Ws treasury functions since 2012.
  • G&W owns or leases 116 freight railroads organized in locally managed operating regions with 7,300 employees serving 3,000 customers.

Genesee & Wyoming Announces 2019 Industrial Development Results

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced 2019 industrial development results, with customers investing $1.1 billion in new projects expected to generate more than 1,250 new jobs in communities served by its U.S. freight railroads.

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  • Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced 2019 industrial development results, with customers investing $1.1 billion in new projects expected to generate more than 1,250 new jobs in communities served by its U.S. freight railroads.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200311005499/en/
    This 1.1 million-sq-ft plastics distribution center with 250 railcar spots on the Georgia Central Railway is among $1.1 billion in 2019 industrial development projects on Genesee & Wyoming freight railroads.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Access to national and international markets is still the key to attracting new rail-served industrial development projects, said Mike Peters, G&W chief commercial officer.
  • The 2019 industrial development wins support commodities including grain, plastic pellets, lumber, paper, rock, and wind turbine components.

PS Technology Announces Genesee & Wyoming’s Adoption of CrewPro Short Line and QualPro

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Monday, March 9, 2020
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PS Technology (PST) is pleased to announce that Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) will implement CrewPro Short Line, a cloud-hosted, subscription-based railroad crew management and Hours-of-Service (HOS) system, and QualPro, a qualification and training management solution, across its U.S. freight railroads.

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  • PS Technology (PST) is pleased to announce that Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) will implement CrewPro Short Line, a cloud-hosted, subscription-based railroad crew management and Hours-of-Service (HOS) system, and QualPro, a qualification and training management solution, across its U.S. freight railroads.
  • Most important to us is that these are real-time tools that can help streamline and improve the operation of our short line railroads.
  • CrewPro Short Line automates much of the crew calling process while simultaneously tracking HOS and preventing inadvertent violations of FRA regulations.
  • We are extremely pleased to be working with such a well-respected leader in the short line arena, says Seenu Chundru, PST president.

PS Technology Announces Genesee & Wyoming's Adoption of CrewPro Short Line and QualPro

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Monday, March 9, 2020
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LOUISVILLE, Colo., March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PS Technology (PST) is pleased to announce that Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) will implement CrewPro Short Line, a cloud-hosted, subscription-based railroad crew management and Hours-of-Service (HOS) system, and QualPro, a qualification, and training management solution, across its U.S. freight railroads.

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  • LOUISVILLE, Colo., March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PS Technology (PST) is pleased to announce that Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) will implement CrewPro Short Line, a cloud-hosted, subscription-based railroad crew management and Hours-of-Service (HOS) system, and QualPro, a qualification, and training management solution, across its U.S. freight railroads.
  • "Most important to us is that these are real-time tools that can help streamline and improve the operation of our short line railroads."
  • CrewPro Short Line automates much of the crew calling process while simultaneously tracking HOS and preventing inadvertent violations of FRA regulations.
  • "We are extremely pleased to be working with such a well-respected leader in the short line arena," says PST President Seenu Chundru, PST president.

Genesee & Wyoming Selects Tideworks’ Next Generation Intermodal Solutions for its UK Rail and Container Terminal Network

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Tideworks Technology Inc. (Tideworks), a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal operating system (TOS) solutions, today announced that Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) and the UKs largest intermodal rail freight provider and leading container logistics supplier, have selected Tideworks as its intermodal solutions provider for their UK rail and container terminal network.

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  • Tideworks Technology Inc. (Tideworks), a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal operating system (TOS) solutions, today announced that Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) and the UKs largest intermodal rail freight provider and leading container logistics supplier, have selected Tideworks as its intermodal solutions provider for their UK rail and container terminal network.
  • As a result, G&W will deploy Tideworks Intermodal Pro TOS and Traffic Control equipment dispatch system across its UK-wide network of rail and container terminals.
  • We value the flexibility of Tideworks solutions to meet our needs as our network of facilities and TOS requirements have evolved.
  • Tideworks has helped us advance our operations, and were excited to further modernize our terminals with Tideworks intermodal solutions.

Freightliner Wins Rail Freight Operator of the Year at UK Global Freight Awards 2019

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) (NYSE:GWR), was named Rail Freight Operator of the Year at the 2019 Global Freight Awards, the UKs flagship awards programme that recognises and rewards excellence across all freight sectors.

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  • Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) (NYSE:GWR), was named Rail Freight Operator of the Year at the 2019 Global Freight Awards, the UKs flagship awards programme that recognises and rewards excellence across all freight sectors.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191119005707/en/
    Genesee & Wyoming UK/Europe Region Intermodal Commercial Director Clive Slayford (center) accepts Freightliner's award for Rail Freight Operator of the Year at the 2019 Global Freight Awards, flanked by Peter Livey (left), MD of category sponsors HMM, and comedian Tom Allen, host (right).
  • We are thrilled to win Rail Freight Operator of the Year, said Gary Long, CEO for G&Ws UK/Europe Region.
  • G&Ws 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.

North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Achieves Capacity for 286,000-lb. Freight Cars

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Friday, November 1, 2019
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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) announced at a ribbon-cutting today that its subsidiary North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company, LLC (NCVA), a 56-mile short line freight railroad operating between Boykins, Va., and Tunis, N.C., has upgraded its entire line to handle 286,000-lb.

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  • Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) announced at a ribbon-cutting today that its subsidiary North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company, LLC (NCVA), a 56-mile short line freight railroad operating between Boykins, Va., and Tunis, N.C., has upgraded its entire line to handle 286,000-lb.
  • This was a great team effort that will provide long-term support for economic and job growth in Northeastern North Carolina.
  • This investment in the Northeastern North Carolina Rail Improvement Project will provide a much-needed economic boost and help to improve the quality of life for the residents of this Eastern North Carolina region.
  • North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., transports freight including steel, soybeans, chemicals and fertilizer, interchanging with CSX at Boykins, Va.

The SEFA Group Receives State Clean Diesel Grant

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Thursday, October 10, 2019
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LEXINGTON, S.C., Oct. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The SEFA Group was recently awarded a State Clean Diesel Grant through the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) program.

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  • LEXINGTON, S.C., Oct. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The SEFA Group was recently awarded a State Clean Diesel Grant through the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) program.
  • The State Clean Diesel Grant helped replace eight 2006 or older model tractors in SEFA Transportation 's fleet with new 2020 Freightliner tractors which are EPA compliant and Greenhouse Gas Emission certified.
  • This project was partially funded by the US EPA under a State Clean Diesel Grant through the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC).
  • SEFA Transportation is a wholly-owned company of The SEFA Group and provides regional truckload transportation of bulk aggregates.

Georgia Central Railway Achieves Capacity for 286,000-lb. Freight Cars

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) today announced that its subsidiary Georgia Central Railway, L.P., a 211-mile short line freight railroad operating between Macon and Savannah, has upgraded its entire line to handle 286,000-lb.

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  • Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) today announced that its subsidiary Georgia Central Railway, L.P., a 211-mile short line freight railroad operating between Macon and Savannah, has upgraded its entire line to handle 286,000-lb.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191001005153/en/
    Georgia Central Railway, a 211-mile short line freight railroad operating between Macon and Savannah, has upgraded its entire line to handle 286,000-lb.
  • Georgia Central Railway, L.P., a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., transports freight including chemicals, farm and food products, fertilizers, forest products, metals, minerals and stone, plastics, and pulp and paper.
  • It interchanges with CSX at Savannah; with G&Ws Heart of Georgia Railroad at Vidalia, Ga.; and with Norfolk Southern Railway at Macon, Ga.

Choice Terminal™ Bulk Transfer Facility Opens on G&W’s Georgia Southwestern Railroad

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) today announced the opening of a Choice Terminal bulk transfer facility on its Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc. (GSWR) subsidiary in Bainbridge.

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  • Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)(NYSE:GWR) today announced the opening of a Choice Terminal bulk transfer facility on its Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc. (GSWR) subsidiary in Bainbridge.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190813005604/en/
    Genesee & Wyoming Inc. today announced the opening of a Choice Terminal bulk transfer facility on its Georgia Southwestern Railroad subsidiary in Bainbridge, Ga. (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Operated by G&W railroads, Choice Terminals transfer bulk materials including agricultural products, aggregates, chemicals and lumber between railcars and trucks, providing customers who are not located directly on a railroad with the opportunity to reduce transportation costs by using rail rather than long-haul trucks.
  • Likewise, outbound bulk products can be transported to the terminal via truck for loading onto railcars to their final destinations.
  • GSWRs Choice Terminal is located on a 15-acre site with two tracks accommodating 19 total railcars and offers open-truck access.