Genesee & Wyoming Reports Traffic for July 2014

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

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

G&W's traffic in July 2014 was 177,186 carloads, an increase of 12,114 carloads, or 7.3%, compared with July 2013. G&W's Consolidated same-railroad traffic in July 2014 was 171,814 carloads, an increase of 6,742 carloads, or 4.1%, compared with July 2013.

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

Consolidated G&W					July 2014					July 2013					Change						% Change
Coal & Coke					31,731					28,695					3,036						10.6	%
Minerals & Stone					24,390					19,743					4,647						23.5	%
Agricultural Products					23,763					21,487					2,276						10.6	%
Metals					16,170					15,974					196						1.2	%
Pulp & Paper					14,977					15,085					(108	)					(0.7	%)
Chemicals & Plastics					14,511					14,247					264						1.9	%
Lumber & Forest Products					11,636					10,927					709						6.5	%
Petroleum Products					9,277					8,301					976						11.8	%
Metallic Ores					6,849					6,900					(51	)					(0.7	%)
Intermodal					5,594					6,649					(1,055	)					(15.9	%)
Food or Kindred Products					5,221					4,368					853						19.5	%
Waste					3,492					4,024					(532	)					(13.2	%)
Autos & Auto Parts					2,934					2,648					286						10.8	%
Other					6,641					6,024					617						10.2	%
Total carloads					177,186					165,072					12,114						7.3	%
Carloads from New Railroads(1)					5,372
Same-railroad carloads					171,814					165,072					6,742						4.1	%

(1) Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc., contributed 3,280 carloads of agricultural products traffic, 1,254 carloads of minerals & stone traffic, 647 carloads of chemicals & plastics traffic and 191 carloads from all other commodities.

Same-railroad Highlights:

The following highlights relate to same-railroad traffic, excluding traffic from the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, which commenced operations on June 1, 2014.

• North American traffic increased 8,527 carloads, or 5.9%, primarily due to increased minerals & stone and coal traffic.
• Australian traffic decreased 1,785 carloads, or 8.2%, primarily due to decreased agricultural products and intermodal traffic.
• Minerals & stone traffic increased 3,393 carloads, or 17.2%, primarily due to increased shipments in G&W's Central, Ohio Valley, Northeast and Midwest regions.
• Coal & coke traffic increased 3,036 carloads, or 10.6%, primarily due to increased shipments in G&W's Midwest, Central, Northeast and Ohio Valley regions.
• All remaining traffic increased by a net 313 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 short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, G&W Australia operates the 1,400-mile Tarcoola to Darwin rail line, which links the Port of Darwin with the interstate rail network in South Australia. Operations currently include 112 railroads organized in 11 regions, with more than 15,000 miles of owned and leased track, 5,000 employees and over 2,000 customers. G&W subsidiaries provide rail service at 37 ports in North America, Australia and Europe and perform contract coal loading and railcar switching for industrial customers.

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Exhibit

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

North American Operations:					July 2014					July 2013					Change						% Change
Coal & Coke					31,731					28,695					3,036						10.6	%
Minerals & Stone					19,583					14,990					4,593						30.6	%
Agricultural Products					18,866					15,648					3,218						20.6	%
Metals					16,170					15,974					196						1.2	%
Pulp & Paper					14,977					15,085					(108	)					(0.7	%)
Chemicals & Plastics					14,511					14,247					264						1.9	%
Lumber & Forest Products					11,636					10,927					709						6.5	%
Petroleum Products					9,251					8,270					981						11.9	%
Food or Kindred Products					5,221					4,368					853						19.5	%
Waste					3,492					4,024					(532	)					(13.2	%)
Autos & Auto Parts					2,934					2,648					286						10.8	%
Metallic Ores					1,863					1,647					216						13.1	%
Intermodal					385					815					(430	)					(52.8	%)
Other					6,641					6,024					617						10.2	%
Total carloads					157,261					143,362					13,899						9.7	%
Carloads from New Railroads(1)					5,372
Same-railroad carloads					151,889					143,362					8,527						5.9	%

(1) Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc., contributed 3,280 carloads of agricultural products traffic, 1,254 carloads of minerals & stone traffic, 647 carloads of chemicals & plastics traffic and 191 carloads from all other commodities.

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

Australian Operations:					July 2014					July 2013					Change						% Change
Intermodal					5,209					5,834					(625	)					(10.7	%)
Metallic Ores					4,986					5,253					(267	)					(5.1	%)
Agricultural Products					4,897					5,839					(942	)					(16.1	%)
Minerals & Stone					4,807					4,753					54						1.1	%
Petroleum Products					26					31					(5	)					(16.1	%)
Total carloads					19,925					21,710					(1,785	)					(8.2	%)