Genesee and Wyoming Railroad explained

Railroad Name:Genesee & Wyoming Railroad
Logo Filename:Genesee & Wyoming logo.svg
Marks:GNWR
Locale:New York
Start Year:1899
End Year:2003
Hq City:Rochester, New York
System Map:RSRSystemMap.jpg
Map Size:200

The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad was a flagship short-line railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

The G&W Railroad was the small Western NY salt-hauling railroad that ran between Retsof, New York, and Caledonia, New York, only 14.5miles long, and began in 1899. It was the first railroad in today's global G&W corporation "family" of shortlines all over the world. "G&W Orange", that began on the G&W railroad, can today be seen on railroads all over the world.

The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad was absorbed into the Rochester and Southern Railroad system in 2003, but still exists as a non-operating subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming.[1]

Genesee Street and Wyoming Street in the West Bottoms, the former site of the Kansas City Stockyards are named for the railroad.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Securities and Exchange Commission. Form 10-K, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928055257/http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?FetchFilingHTML1%3FSessionID=3bo5WNHfnNlA6u0&ID=5000019. 2011-09-28. December 31, 2006.