Changes in Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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 nine months ended September 30, 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 September 30, 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):

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2016
Operating revenues	$	1,526,122
Net income attributable to Genesee & Wyoming Inc.	$	122,779
Basic earnings per common share	$	2.15
Diluted earnings per common share	$	2.11

Pentalver Transport Limited [Member]

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

The preliminary acquisition date fair values were assigned to the acquired net assets as follows (amounts in thousands):

	GBP		USD
Cash and cash equivalents	£	20,224	$	26,117
Accounts receivable	16,847		21,756
Materials and supplies	13,360		17,253
Prepaid expenses and other	3,238		4,182
Property and equipment	22,403		28,931
Goodwill	9,368		12,098
Intangible assets	41,000		52,947
Total assets	126,440		163,284
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	21,214		27,396
Deferred income tax liabilities, net	6,876		8,880
Deferred items-grants from outside parties	601		776
Net assets	£	97,749	$	126,232