PHILIP J. RINGO

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Thomas P. Loftus and
Virginia M. Reeves, each acting individually, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power
and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file any
and all Forms including, without limitation, Forms 4
and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to
the securities of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or
advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");
(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and
on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in
the Company's securities from any third party, including
brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned's representative and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of
such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on
behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:
(1) this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does
not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their
discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information;
(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by either such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary
or desirable;(3) neither the Company nor either of such
attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned
for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
(4) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including,
without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section
16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby
ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and
on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of
November, 2002.


/s/ Philip J. Ringo
Signature


Philip J. Ringo
Print Name


STATE OF GEORGIA    )ss:
COUNTY OF DEKALB    )


On this 22nd day of November, 2002, before me personally came
Philip J. Ringo, to me known and known to me to be the individual
described in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and the
above-named person acknowledged to me that said person executed
the same.


/s/ Sue A. Mulvoy
Notary Public