Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) (NYSE:GWR) has enhanced its web site with an interactive transload locator that allows current and potential customers to identify transload, reload and warehouse facilities located within 150 miles of G&W’s 113 short line and regional freight railroads in North America.

The new tool can be accessed at http://www.gwrr.com/transload.

“The tool is invaluable for businesses looking to tap into freight rail economics, increase efficiency and better manage supply chains,” Mike Webb, G&W’s senior vice president of distribution services, said. “By staging inventory at the warehouses, transloads and bulk terminals located on G&W’s freight railroads, businesses have the opportunity to improve their supply chain costs.”

Users can filter results by city, state, zip code or railroad name, and the zip code search can display transload sites within a 25-, 50-, 100- or 150-mile radius. Information in each entry includes the transload site address along with railroad sales contact information, the number of railcar spots, Class 1 railroad interchanges and a detailed photo with Google Maps integration that allows users to drill down on the location.

“Potential customers along G&W-owned railroads who do not have a rail siding or are not located directly on the tracks can use the new tool to find the closest transload operation,” Webb continued. “Many G&W railroads have access to multiple Class 1 rail carriers, which gives customers flexibility with their transportation and transloading decisions.”

ABOUT G&W:

Genesee & Wyoming owns or leases 120 freight railroads worldwide that are organized in 11 operating regions with 7,500 employees and more than 2,500 customers.

  • G&W’s nine North American regions serve 41 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces and include 113 short line and regional freight railroads with more than 13,000 track-miles.
  • G&W’s Australia Region provides rail freight services in New South Wales, the Northern Territory and South Australia and operates the 1,400-mile Tarcoola-to-Darwin rail line.
  • G&W’s U.K./Europe Region is led by Freightliner, the U.K.’s largest rail maritime intermodal operator and second-largest rail freight company. Operations also include heavy-haul in Poland and Germany and cross-border intermodal services connecting Northern European seaports with key industrial regions throughout the continent.

G&W subsidiaries provide rail service at more than 40 major ports in North America, Australia and Europe and perform contract coal loading and railcar switching for industrial customers.