Genesee and Wyoming Railroad

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Genesee & Wyoming Railroad
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System map
2007 Rochester and Southern Railroad map showing the Genesee and Wyoming Railroad in orange.
Reporting marks GNWR
Locale New York
Dates of operation 1899–2003
Track gauge ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Rochester, New York
See also: Genesee and Wyoming Inc

The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad (AAR reporting marks GNWR) was a Class III short-line railroad which was operated by Genesee and Wyoming Inc (GWI).

The G&W Railroad was the small Western NY salt-hauling railroad that ran between Retsof and Caledonia, NY, only 14.5 miles long, and began in 1894. It was 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.

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