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Earnings Per Common Share Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares (Details)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Incremental Weighted Average Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect [Abstract]      
Potential issuable common shares used to calculate weighted average share equivalents 1,063gwr_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsRestrictedStockUnitsandPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsOutstandingNumber 1,063gwr_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsRestrictedStockUnitsandPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsOutstandingNumber 1,400gwr_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsRestrictedStockUnitsandPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsOutstandingNumber
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]      
Anti-dilutive shares 319us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 105us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 143us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Weighted average basic shares outstanding      
Weighted average shares—Basic 55,305us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 53,788us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 42,693us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Class A Common Stock offering [Member]      
Weighted average basic shares outstanding      
Weighted average shares—Basic 3,791us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
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= gwr_ClassACommonStockofferingMember
3,791us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
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= gwr_ClassACommonStockofferingMember
1,067us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
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Settlement of the prepaid stock purchase contract component of the TEUs [Member]      
Weighted average basic shares outstanding      
Weighted average shares—Basic 2,842us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= gwr_SettlementoftheprepaidstockpurchasecontractcomponentoftheTEUsMember
2,842us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= gwr_SettlementoftheprepaidstockpurchasecontractcomponentoftheTEUsMember
851us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= gwr_SettlementoftheprepaidstockpurchasecontractcomponentoftheTEUsMember
Conversion of Series A-1 Preferred Stock [Member]      
Weighted average basic shares outstanding      
Weighted average shares—Basic 5,984us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
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= gwr_ConversionofSeriesA1PreferredStockMember
5,263us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= gwr_ConversionofSeriesA1PreferredStockMember
0us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= gwr_ConversionofSeriesA1PreferredStockMember