Genesee & Wyoming Inc.(GWR) owner and operator of short line and regional freight railroads, Thursday reported higher carloads for the month of March 2013.
The company, for comparitive purposes, is providing supplemental 2012 carload information on a pro forma basis as though the RA railroads were owned by G&W on January 1, 2012.
The company's traffic in March 2013 was 154,077 carloads, an increase of 77,031 carloads, or 100.0%, compared to G&W's traffic in March 2012, and an increase of 5,198 carloads, or 3.5%, compared to total March 2012 carloads pro forma for the RA acquisition.
The company's traffic in the first quarter of 2013 was 450,304 carloads, an increase of 228,126 carloads, or 102.7%, compared to G&W's traffic in the first quarter of 2012, and an increase of 19,387 carloads, or 4.5%, compared to total first quarter of 2012 pro forma for the RA acquisition.
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