Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads, and provides railcar switching and other rail-related services in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The company’s railroads transport various commodities, including coal and coke; pulp and paper; metallic ores; metals commodities; minerals and stone commodities; lumber and forest products; farm and food products; chemicals and plastics; petroleum products; autos and auto parts; and municipal solid waste, construction and demolition debris, and haulage traffic. As of December 31, 2012, it owned or leased 111 freight railroads, of which 109 are short line railroads and 1 is a regional freight railroad with a total of approximately 13,300 miles of track in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The company also operated 1 longer-haul 1,400-mile railroad, which links the Port of Darwin to the Australian interstate rail network in South Australia; and approximately 3,270 additional miles of track that is owned or leased by others. It also provides industrial and port terminal switching, and contract coal loading services; car hire, rental, and repair services; demurrage and storage services; crewing and track access services; and railroad engineering, construction, maintenance, and repair services for short line and regional railroads, public-transit agencies, and industrial customers, as well as sells diesel fuel to other rail operators. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Darien, Connecticut.

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