Genesee & Wyoming Reports Traffic for April 2014

DARIEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) GWR today reported traffic volumes for April 2014.

G&W's traffic in April 2014 was 170,513 carloads, an increase of 12,818 carloads, or 8.1%, compared with April 2013.

The table below sets forth consolidated summary carload information for April 2014 and April 2013 by commodity group.

Consolidated G&W					April     2014						April     2013					Change				%     Change
Coal & Coke					29,033						24,026					5,007				20.8%
Agricultural Products					24,522						19,956					4,566				22.9%
Minerals & Stone					19,469						20,180					(711)				(3.5%)
Metals					15,976						14,839					1,137				7.7%
Chemicals & Plastics					14,591						14,608					(17)				(0.1%)
Pulp & Paper					14,091						13,868					223				1.6%
Lumber & Forest Products					11,867						12,043					(176)				(1.5%)
Petroleum Products					8,527						9,746					(1,219)				(12.5%)
Metallic Ores					6,106						5,542					564				10.2%
Intermodal					5,240						5,418					(178)				(3.3%)
Food or Kindred Products					5,134						4,675					459				9.8%
Waste					3,306						3,499					(193)				(5.5%)
Autos & Auto Parts					2,344						3,057					(713)				(23.3%)
Other					10,307						6,238					4,069				65.2%
Total carloads					170,513						157,695					12,818				8.1%

Highlights:

• North American traffic increased 14,783 carloads, or 10.8%, primarily due to increased coal, agricultural products and overhead Class 1 shipments.
• Australian traffic decreased 1,965 carloads, or 9.5%, primarily due to decreased minerals & stone traffic.
• Coal & coke traffic increased 5,007 carloads, or 20.8%, primarily due to increased steam coal shipments in G&W's Midwest and Ohio Valley regions, partially offset by decreased shipments in G&W's Central Region.
• Agricultural products traffic increased 4,566 carloads, or 22.9%, primarily due to increased shipments in G&W's Pacific, Canada, Central and Ohio Valley regions.
• G&W's Other commodity group traffic increased 4,069 carloads, or 65.2%, primarily due to overhead Class 1 shipments.
• Traffic in all other commodity groups decreased by a net 824 carloads.

Other

Historically, G&W has found that carload information may be indicative of freight revenues on its railroads, but may not be indicative of total revenues, operating expenses, operating income or net income. Car movements related to railcar switching, including activities at port terminals, are excluded from our carload information as the resulting revenues are classified as non-freight.

About G&W

G&W owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, G&W operates the 1,400-mile Tarcoola to Darwin rail line, which links the Port of Darwin with the Australian interstate rail network in South Australia. Operations currently include 111 railroads organized in 11 regions, with nearly 15,000 miles of owned and leased track, 4,600 employees and over 2,000 customers. We provide rail service at 37 ports in North America, Australia and Europe and perform contract coal loading and railcar switching for industrial customers.

For more information, visit gwrr.com.

Exhibit

The table below sets forth North American carloading information for April 2014 and April 2013 by commodity group.

North American Operations:					April     2014						April     2013					Change					%     Change
Coal & Coke					29,033						24,026					5,007					20.8%
Agricultural Products					18,468						13,674					4,794					35.1%
Metals					15,976						14,839					1,137					7.7%
Minerals & Stone					15,943						14,775					1,168					7.9%
Chemicals & Plastics					14,591						14,608					(17)					(0.1%)
Pulp & Paper					14,091						13,868					223					1.6%
Lumber & Forest Products					11,867						12,043					(176)					(1.5%)
Petroleum Products					8,502						9,724					(1,222)					(12.6%)
Food or Kindred Products					5,134						4,675					459					9.8%
Waste					3,306						3,499					(193)					(5.5%)
Autos & Auto Parts					2,344						3,057					(713)					(23.3%)
Metallic Ores					1,913						1,715					198					11.5%
Intermodal					394						345					49					14.2%
Other					10,307						6,238					4,069					65.2%
Total carloads					151,869						137,086					14,783					10.8%

The table below sets forth Australian carloading information for April 2014 and April 2013 by commodity group.

Australian Operations:					April     2014						April     2013					Change					%     Change
Agricultural Products					6,054						6,282					(228)					(3.6%)
Intermodal					4,846						5,073					(227)					(4.5%)
Metallic Ores					4,193						3,827					366					9.6%
Minerals & Stone					3,526						5,405					(1,879)					(34.8%)
Petroleum Products					25						22					3					13.6%
Total carloads					18,644						20,609					(1,965)					(9.5%)