Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) stockholders approved all resolutions at yesterday's annual meeting.

John C. Hellmann was elected by the stockholders to the board of directors for a one-year term. He has served as GWI's president since 2005 and as a director since 2006. Philip J. Ringo, Mark A. Scudder and Oivind Lorentzen III were also elected by the stockholders to three-year terms. They have served as directors since 1978, 2003 and 2006, respectively.

In other annual meeting business, the Amended and Restated 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan was approved by the stockholders, and the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as GWI's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, was ratified by the stockholders.

GWI is a leading operator of short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Bolivia. Operations currently include 48 railroads organized in 10 regions, as well as service at 12 U.S. ports, contract coal loading and industrial switching. GWI operates more than 6,800 miles of owned and leased track and approximately 3,700 additional miles under track access arrangements.

For more information, contact Michael Williams, Director of Corporate Communications, Genesee & Wyoming, 203-629-3722.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release and the presentations regarding GWI's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.

Genesee & Wyoming
Michael Williams, 1-203-629-3722
Director of Corporate Communications
http://www.gwrr.com