Genesee & Wyoming November Traffic Rises 3.7% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWR) today reported traffic volumes for November 2016.

G&W's traffic in November 2016 was 247,470 carloads, an increase of 8,856 carloads, or 3.7 percent, from the year-ago period, The carloadings do not include shipments from the Providence and Worcester Railroad Co., which was acquired and held in a voting trust on November 1, 2016.

In the company's North American operations, traffic in November 2016 rose 7.6 percent to 133,689 carloads from the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to increased coal & coke, agricultural products and metals traffic.

G&W's traffic in the fourth quarter of 2016 through November was 492,814 carloads, representing a decrease of 3,009 carloads, or 0.6 percent, from the year-ago quarter.