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Reporting mark
  
GNWR

Dates of operation
  
1899–2003

Locale
  
New York

Headquarters
  
Rochester, New York

Genesee and Wyoming Railroad

Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad (reporting mark GNWR) was a 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 14.5 miles (23.3 km) 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.

References

Genesee and Wyoming Railroad Wikipedia


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