G&W's New England Footprint
Genesse & Wyoming has a presence in each of the six New England states, with its five New England operations running fairly contiguously and spanning more than 1,100 track miles.
Among the top industries served by our short lines in the state are lumber and forest products, minerals and stone, chemicals and plastics, and waste.
Berkshire & Eastern Railroad (BERX)
Spanning more than 400 miles across Massachusetts and in Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire (as well as western New York), BERX operates the Pan Am Southern (PAS) rail line jointly owned by CSX and Norfolk Southern.
Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO)
CSO runs more than 80 miles in the Greater Hartford area and across the Massachusetts border into Greater Springfield, giving customers access to CSX in Springfield, where they can reach markets throughout New England and beyond. It hauls primarily waste (trash as well as construction and demolition debris) bound for landfills in Ohio.
New England Central Railroad (NECR)
NECR's route begins in New London, Connecticut, and ends at the Canadian border in East Alburgh, Vermont, where traffic can be interchanged into and out of Canada via a connection to Canadian National. The railroad also offers customers connects to CPKC in Burlington and Bellows Falls, Vermont; CSX in Palmer, Massachusetts; and Norfolk Southern in Brattleboro and Millers Falls, Vermont, as well as to critical regional short lines The Vermont Railway and Massachusetts Central Railroad.
Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW)
One of America's oldest railroads (founded in 1844), PW provides critical freight transportation service to industries in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island - running a total of roughly 170 track miles through the three New England states. PW connects to CPKC in Willimantic, Connecticut, and White Hall, New York; CSX in New Haven, Connecticut, and Worcester, Massachusetts; and Norfolk Southern in Gardner, Massachusetts, as well as regional short line New York & Atlantic Railway.
St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR)
SLR runs more than 130 miles from Auburn, Maine, to the Canadian border in Norton, Vermont, serving energy, pulp and paper, lumber and forest product, and minerals and stone industries along the way. SLR has access to the broader North American freight-rail network with a CSX interchange in Danville Junction, Maine, and also interchanges with short line New Hampshire Central Railroad in North Stratford, New Hampshire.