Genessee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) Announces Acquisition of Georgia Southwestern and Ohio Central Railroads
Genessee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands. The company, headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, also owns a minority interest in a railroad in Bolivia. Operations currently include 63 railroads organized in nine regions, with more than 6,700 miles of owned and leased track and approximately 3,000 additional miles under track access arrangements. Last week the company announced the acquisitions of the Georgia Southwestern Roailroad, Inc. and of 10 short line railroads known as the Ohio Central Railroad System (OCR). The acquisition of Georgia Southwestern was…