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Long-term Debt Non-Interest Bearing Loan (Details) (Non interest bearing note [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
AUD
Dec. 01, 2010
USD ($)
Dec. 01, 2010
AUD
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Non-interest bearing loan, carrying value $ 2,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
2,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
$ 1,700,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
1,800,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
Non-interest bearing loan $ 40,900,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
  $ 48,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
50,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
Non-interest bearing loan, maturity date Jan. 14, 2054 Jan. 14, 2054    
Debt instrument, interest rate, effective percentage 8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember
8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= gwr_NonInterestBearingNoteMember