Company Website: http://www.gwrr.com
GREENWICH, Conn. -- (Business Wire)

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) Senior Vice President, Corporate Development Matthew O. Walsh will present at the Wells Fargo Securities Industrial and Construction Conference in New York on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 1:15 p.m. EDT.

Interested investors may access Mr. Walsh’s presentation via live Internet webcast at www.gwrr.com/investors. The webcast also will be archived on the site.

GWI owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads and provides railcar switching services in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, we operate the Tarcoola to Darwin rail line, which links the Port of Darwin with the Australian interstate rail network in South Australia. Operations currently include 65 railroads organized in 10 regions, with more than 7,600 miles of owned and leased track and approximately 1,400 additional miles under track access arrangements. We provide rail service at 17 ports in North America and Europe and perform 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.

Contacts:

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
Michael Williams
Corporate Communications
203.629.3722

Source: Genesee & Wyoming Inc.