• Protecting our environment: Minimize our environmental footprint by improving the fuel efficiency of our current operations and using innovation and technology to unlock the future of clean and renewable energy.
  • Becoming the company of choice for our employees: Foster a diverse, inclusive, and engaging working environment, thereby enabling all our employees to reach their fullest potential.
  • Keeping our people, communities, and customers safe: Strive for zero incidents by embracing a safety culture of continuous improvement and empowering our employees and stakeholders with safety knowledge, resources, and technology.
  • Helping our communities thrive: Channel our resources to make a positive contribution to the local communities where our employees live and work.
  • Building trust through transparency: Ensure trusted, transparent, and compliant business practices every day across all our operations.
Utah Railway with wind turbines in the background

A freight train can move a ton of freight 436 miles on one gallon of fuel. This is the rail industry average, some trains are even more efficient!

In the UK, each ton of freight transported by rail produces 76% less carbon emissions compared to road transportation with one freight train replacing the equivalent of up to 110 lorries.

The number of train collisions nationally has been reduced by 84% percent since 1972 thanks to the help of Operation Lifesaver.

To help meet our goal, our UK/Europe rail operations are testing alternatives to diesel fuel, including hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and a hybrid fuel made from waste oil and gas that cut CO₂ -equivalent emissions over diesel by 92% and nearly 50%, respectively.

In 2021, G&W developed a comprehensive 176-page guide detailing all points of commonality between G&W’s U.S. railroads and 41 Native American tribes to assist in building collaborative relationships.

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Customer Success Stories

North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Upgrades Track for 19-Year Customer

Recognizing the value in its 19-year relationship with Nucor, Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company (NCVA) undertook a project to upgrade track for 286,000-lbs. capacity along its 56 miles and increase speeds on a substantial portion of the line.

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Customers Benefit from Kyle Railroad’s Railcar Storage during Pandemic

COVID’s crippling impact on the economy forced many railcar owners to seek storage space at levels rarely seen – to the tune of 390,000 cars stored across North America’s rail-freight network by the end of March 2020. Determined to make the best of an unprecedented situation and support its customers, G&W’s Kyle Railroad (KYLE) devised a plan that leveraged its 550-mile footprint across Kansas and eastern Colorado to satisfy the demand and help keep the rail industry’s network fluid.

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Maryland Midland Railway Team Willing to Get Hands Dirty for County Bureau

To many passerby, the scene was likely nothing more than mounds of dirt. But for Maryland Midland Railway (MMID), that dirt translated to big business. In 2017, Carrol County Bureau of Resource Management (CCBRM) approached MMID regarding a project to redirect Little Pipe Creek and create a drainage pond to improve waterflow and reduce downstream flooding in Westminster, Maryland. With the streambed directly adjacent to MMID’s mainline, the county sought shuttle service to haul 70,000 cubic yards of dirt to two locations roughly five miles west in New Windsor, Maryland – a site that was being repurposed into a baseball field and a farm that was undergoing regrading.

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