![HESR 3866 west of Vasser, Michigan. 2007 [Dale Berry photo]](/images/MIRR/HESR3866WestEastOfVasser060207-5[DaleBerry].jpg "HESR 3866 west of Vasser, Michigan. 2007 [Dale Berry photo]")
Genesee & Wyoming group
The Genesee & Wyoming group of railroads is fairly new to Michigan. G&W has assembled the following shortline railroads: Huron & Eastern (HESR) serving short lines stretching out in many directions from the Saginaw area to Bay City and Midland, Brown City, Caro and Croswell in the "thumb". They also own and operate lines from Grand Rapids east to Ionia, and north to Manistee and Ludington, as well as north from Holland to Muskegon and Fremont. G&W also owns the Huron Central Railway which runs east from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Sudbury.
Traffic on these lines is varied. Branch lines in the thumb depend heavily on grain and sugar beets. Dow chemical facilities are served in Bay City and Midland. Power plants using coal are on line at Essexville (near Bay City) and West Olive (near Muskegon).
Website: Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
Photo Information: HESR 2866 is west of Vassar, Michigan. 2007 [Dale Berry photo]
News Feed from Google: Genesee & Wyoming Railroad
News Feed - Genesee & Wyoming
06 June 2025
- Parallel Systems Launches First Commercial Pilot (Updated) - Railway Age
- Naugatuck developing partnership for new freight rail project to bring industrial revival - New Haven Register
- Genesee & Wyoming Launches Red Deer Railway in Alberta, Its First Railroad in Western Canada - Business Wire
- Genesee & Wyoming launches Red Deer Railway, its first short line in Western Canada - trains.com
- Anniversaries abound at Genesee & Wyoming in 2024 - Progressive Railroading
- Genesee & Wyoming’s Georgia Central Railway links up with Agile Cold Storage in Central GA - American Journal of Transportation
- Genesee & Wyoming launches Red Deer Railway - Railway Gazette International
- FRA Permits Self-Driving Freight Test Despite Warnings from SMART-TD - SMART Union
- Genesee & Wyoming expands into western Canada - International Railway Journal
- Brookville Equipment Corporation to Restore the Historic Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Facility - exploreJefferson
- Red Deer Railway becomes G&W's first subsidiary in western Canada - Progressive Railroading
- G&W short line to take over local service from Union Pacific in Eugene, Ore. - trains.com
- Genesee & Wyoming Railroad anniversary: A 125th like no other - American Journal of Transportation
- G&W Continues its 125 Anniversary Celebration in Florida - Railway Age
- Rail News - Genesee & Wyoming launches first railroad in western Canada. For Railroad Career Professionals - Progressive Railroading
