Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) announces the following conference call and webcast:

WHAT:   GWI Q4 2011 Financial Release Conference Call
 
WHEN: February 8, 2012 at 11 a.m. ET
 
WHERE:

http://www.gwrr.com/investors (listen only)

Conference Call Dial-In Numbers -- in U.S., call (800) 230-1059; outside U.S., call (612) 234-9960.

If you are unable to participate during the live conference call and webcast, the webcast will be archived at http://www.gwrr.com/investors until the next quarter. Telephone replay is also available for 30 days beginning at 1 p.m. ET on Feb. 8 by dialing (800) 475-6701 (or outside U.S., dial 320-365-3844). The access code is 222297.

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 and conference call 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.

GWI Corporate Communications
Michael Williams, 1-203-629-3722
http://www.gwrr.com