Changes in Operations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Providence and Worcester Railroad [Member]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block]

The following acquisition-date fair values were assigned to the acquired net assets (dollars in thousands). The $27.9 million of fair value assigned to goodwill will not be deductible for tax purposes.

	Amount
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,529
Accounts receivable	4,011
Materials and supplies	1,048
Prepaid expenses and other	648
Property and equipment	129,473
Goodwill	27,938
Total Assets	164,647
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	9,759
Deferred income tax liabilities, net	27,464
Other long-term liabilities	1,273
Net assets	$	126,151

GRail [Member]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block]

The following acquisition-date fair values were assigned to the acquired net assets (amounts in thousands):

	AUD		USD
Accounts receivable	A$	1,556	$	1,153
Materials and supplies	411		305
Property and equipment	279,592		207,206
Goodwill	415,959		308,267
Intangible assets	635,000		470,599
Total assets	1,332,518		987,530
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	5,796		4,296
Deferred income tax liabilities, net	190,551		141,217
Net assets	A$	1,136,171	$	842,017

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the Company's unaudited pro forma operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2016 as if the GRail Transactions had been consummated as of January 1, 2015. As such, these results include pro forma results from the GRail Transactions for the period from January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016. The following pro forma financial information does not include the impact of any costs to integrate the operations or the impact of derivative instruments that the Company has entered into or may enter into to mitigate foreign currency or interest rate risk (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Operating revenues	$	493,837
Net income attributable to Genesee & Wyoming Inc.	$	27,268
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.48
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.47