b'6American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comGenesee & Wyoming Railroad anniversary: A 125th like no otherIn May, G&W celebrated the railroads 125th anniversary. For the worlds largest holder ofshort-linerailroads,thecelebration.represented both a look at the past and an opportunity for the future.By George Lauriat, AJOTOn May 8th, under a largelikeSouthBuffalofrom tent in a rail terminal tuckedBethlehemSteelandthree awayinanormallyquietrailways from Georgia Pacific, cornerofRochester,Newnottomentionshort-lines York,acrowdofover250likeMarylandMidlandand people, largely composed ofArkansas Midland. There were employeespastandpresentalso acquisitions outside North of the Genesee & WyomingAmerica, notably Rotterdam Rail Railroad(G&W),gatheredFeeding in the Netherlands and tocelebratetherails125th(ANNIVERSARYcontinued anniversaryintheplaceon page 12) The centerpiece of the 125th anniversary celebration was the dedicating of two new locomotives. where it all began.Acenturyandaquarter isaremarkablylong-time to be in business. And even moreremarkablytostillbe servingthesameoriginalREvolutionizing IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH customerwhichisthecaseWHERE ROAD MEETSwith G&W and a salt mine inChassis THE FUTUREMeet the all-new South AtlanticRetsof, New York. Chassis Pool (SACP 3.0)the key to F roma s hort -l Ine to aProvisioning seamless shipping in ATL and other l ongh Istory Southeast citiesThe Genesee and WyomingMORE THAN 75 LOCATIONS IN Railroad, named after two NewALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH York State counties, was theCAROLINA at key inland locations.forerunnertothecurrent G&W rail. Edward L. FullerREV UP YOUR SHIPPING purchasedtherailroadoutOPERATIONS ofabankruptcyin1899. AtJoin SACP 3.0 today for a faster thattime,therailroadwassmoother experience. operating as a 14.5-mile longRELIABLEEFFICIENT single-track line serving a soleEASY TO USE customer, a salt mine ownedSign up and have the freedom/flexibility by Fuller in Retsof, New York. to use SACP 3.0 This arrangement worked until1977,whenMortimerPOWERED BYMort B. Fuller III, the great grandson of Edward L. Fuller, bought out the railroads other shareholders and purchased theCPI AUSTELL:railroad and subsequently setNew Saturday Hours 7AM-1PM a holding company with the11030 VeteransGenesee and Wyoming RailroadMemorial Hwy,becomingasubsidiaryaLithia Springs, GA 75 285precursor of things to come.AshorttimelaterinNORFOLK1980,theStaggersRail ActSOUTHERN85deregulated the rail industry,278 AUSTELL RAMPandtherailroadsbegan sheddingtheirunprofitable78routes.AndMortFuller tookadvantageofthis opportunity to purchase spun20 20 78off short lines. When in the78 201990s,similarlegislationAtlanta 278wasintroducedoverseas,285especiallyinAustralia,the20G&WleapedatthechanceITI DOUGLASVILLE:toexpandoverseas.G&WNew Hours 6AM-6PM285invested in Canada, Mexico,1533 McIntosh Rd,IT CONLEY:New Container YardBolivia and became the firstDouglasville, GA 4135 Old McDonough Rd foreign investor in Australia. 23 Conley, GAThroughoutthe2000s85G&Wwentonamassive acquisitionspreeofbuying upshortrailroads.The purchasesranthegamutof railservicesfrompublicly traded rail companies like theccmpool.com/sacp3-0ProvidenceandWorcester, industrial companies railroads BSYA 1103 CCM SACP Revolutionizing ATL map update AJOT 8x10.indd 1 8/8/24 12:08PM'