Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of CAGY Industries, Inc. (CAGY) for approximately $78.4 million in cash, to be adjusted for final working capital. In addition, GWI has agreed to pay contingent consideration of up to $18.6 million upon satisfaction of certain conditions over the next two years.

CAGY is the parent company of three short line railroads, Columbus & Greenville Railway in Mississippi; Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway in Georgia and Tennessee; and Luxapalila Valley Railroad in Mississippi and Alabama.

GWI owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands and owns a minority interest in a railroad in Bolivia. Operations currently include 51 railroads organized in nine regions, with more than 6,000 miles of owned and leased track and approximately 3,000 additional miles under track access arrangements. GWI provides rail service at 16 ports in North America and Europe and performs contract coal loading and railcar switching for industrial customers.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Genesee & Wyoming'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 Inc.
Michael E. Williams, 1-203-629-3722
Director, Corporate Communications
http://www.gwrr.com