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Segment Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment and Geographic Area Information
SEGMENT INFORMATION:
The Company presents the financial results of its eight operating regions as three reportable segments: North American Operations, Australian Operations and U.K./European Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company's Central Region railroads were consolidated into the Company's Midwest and Southern regions. The Company's remaining six North American regions are aggregated into one segment as a result of having similar economic and operating characteristics. Each of the Company's segments generates the following three categories of revenues from external customers: freight revenues, freight-related revenues and all other revenues.
The Company's Australian business underwent a transformational change on December 1, 2016, with the acquisition of
Glencore Rail (NSW) Pty Limited (GRail) and the formation of a partnership with Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) (the Australia Partnership), which the Company controls through its 51.1% interest. The GRail acquisition significantly expanded the Company's operations in New South Wales. In conjunction with the GRail acquisition, the Company issued a 48.9% equity stake in its Australian subsidiary, GWAHLP, to MIRA. The Company retained a 51.1% controlling interest in GWAHLP and continues to consolidate 100% of its Australian Operations in the Company's financial statements and reports a noncontrolling interest for MIRA's 48.9% equity ownership. As a result, (1) 100% of the assets and liabilities of the Company's Australian Operations, after the elimination of intercompany balances, were included in the Company's consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, with MIRA's 48.9% noncontrolling interest reflected in the equity section, (2) the Company's operating revenues and operating income for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 included 100% of the Australian Operations, while net income attributable to G&W reflected the Company's 51.1% ownership position in the Australian Operations and (3) 100% of the cash flows of the Australian Operations, after the elimination of intercompany items, were included in the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. Accordingly, any payments between the Company's Australian Operations and its other businesses are eliminated in consolidation, while the Company's cash flows reflect 100% of any cash flows between the Australian Operations and MIRA.
In accordance with the Company's Australian Partnership agreement with MIRA, the cash and cash equivalents of the Company's Australian Operations can be used to make payments in the ordinary course of business, to pay down debt of the Australia Partnership and to make distributions to the partners in proportion to their investments. No such distributions were made during the three months ended March 31, 2019 or 2018.
The results of operations of the Company's foreign entities are maintained in the respective local currency (the Australian dollar, the British pound, the Canadian dollar and the Euro) and then translated into United States dollars at the exchange rate at the end of the period for balance sheet items and, for the statement of operations, at the average rate for the period. Currency translation adjustments are reflected within the equity section of the balance sheet and are included in other comprehensive income. Upon complete or substantially complete liquidation of the underlying investment in the foreign subsidiary, cumulative translation adjustments are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. As a result, any appreciation or depreciation of these currencies against the United States dollar will impact the Company's results of operations.
The following table reflects the balance sheet exchange rates used to translate each foreign entity's respective local currency balance sheet into United States dollars as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018:
 
 
 
 
 
March 31,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
United States dollar per Australian dollar
 
 
 
 
$
0.71

 
$
0.70

United States dollar per British pound
 
 
 
 
$
1.30

 
$
1.28

United States dollar per Canadian dollar
 
 
 
 
$
0.75

 
$
0.73

United States dollar per Euro
 
 
 
 
$
1.12

 
$
1.15

The following table reflects the average exchange rates used to translate each foreign entity's respective local currency results of operations into United States dollars for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
March 31,
 
 
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
United States dollar per Australian dollar
 
 
 
 
$
0.71

 
$
0.79

United States dollar per British pound
 
 
 
 
$
1.30

 
$
1.39

United States dollar per Canadian dollar
 
 
 
 
$
0.75

 
$
0.79

United States dollar per Euro
 
 
 
 
$
1.14

 
$
1.23


The following tables set forth select financial data for the Company's reportable segments, including operating revenues by commodity group, for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31, 2019
 
North American Operations
 
Australian Operations
 
U.K./European Operations
 
Total
Operations
Operating revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Freight revenues by commodity group:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agricultural Products
$
31,963

 
$
3,054

 
$
736

 
$
35,753

Autos & Auto Parts
5,482

 

 

 
5,482

Chemicals & Plastics
37,173

 

 

 
37,173

Coal & Coke
19,190

 
29,171

 
4,693

 
53,054

Food & Kindred Products
8,403

 

 

 
8,403

Intermodal
455

 
13,800

 
59,205

 
73,460

Lumber & Forest Products
21,857

 

 

 
21,857

Metallic Ores
2,793

 
7,618

 

 
10,411

Metals
29,862

 

 

 
29,862

Minerals & Stone
31,810

 
2,038

 
15,882

 
49,730

Petroleum Products
20,699

 
138

 
691

 
21,528

Pulp & Paper
30,279

 

 

 
30,279

Waste
6,862

 

 

 
6,862

Other
4,935

 

 

 
4,935

Total freight revenues
251,763

 
55,819

 
81,207

 
388,789

Freight-related revenues
64,476

 
7,855

 
63,931

 
136,262

All other revenues
16,207

 
1,433

 
15,398

 
33,038

Total operating revenues
$
332,446

 
$
65,107

 
$
160,536

 
$
558,089

Operating income/(loss)
$
69,315

 
$
12,503

 
$
(2,108
)
 
$
79,710

Depreciation and amortization
$
38,431

 
$
14,411

 
$
9,784

 
$
62,626

Interest expense, net
$
12,401

 
$
12,123

 
$
2,539

 
$
27,063

Provision for income taxes
$
14,087

 
$
114

 
$
59

 
$
14,260

Cash expenditures for additions to property & equipment, net of grants from outside parties
$
48,071

 
$
2,849

 
$
10,373

 
$
61,293


 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31, 2018
 
North American Operations
 
Australian Operations
 
U.K./European Operations
 
Total
Operations
Operating revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Freight revenues by commodity group:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agricultural Products
$
31,372

 
$
5,483

 
$
1,235

 
$
38,090

Autos & Auto Parts
5,367

 

 

 
5,367

Chemicals & Plastics
36,217

 

 

 
36,217

Coal & Coke
19,945

 
31,579

 
3,476

 
55,000

Food & Kindred Products
8,350

 

 

 
8,350

Intermodal
309

 
15,973

 
67,321

 
83,603

Lumber & Forest Products
22,439

 

 

 
22,439

Metallic Ores
3,573

 
7,731

 

 
11,304

Metals
28,394

 

 

 
28,394

Minerals & Stone
30,518

 
2,094

 
19,179

 
51,791

Petroleum Products
18,483

 
151

 

 
18,634

Pulp & Paper
28,871

 

 

 
28,871

Waste
5,888

 

 

 
5,888

Other
5,691

 

 

 
5,691

Total freight revenues
245,417

 
63,011

 
91,211

 
399,639

Freight-related revenues
63,832

 
10,563

 
66,802

 
141,197

All other revenues
16,381

 
1,260

 
16,184

 
33,825

Total operating revenues
$
325,630

 
$
74,834

 
$
174,197

 
$
574,661

Operating income/(loss)
$
73,160

 
$
15,976

 
$
(2,223
)
 
$
86,913

Depreciation and amortization
$
40,631

 
$
16,007

 
$
9,352

 
$
65,990

Interest expense, net
$
8,455

 
$
13,241

 
$
3,042

 
$
24,738

(Benefit from)/provision for income taxes
$
(19,485
)
 
$
821

 
$
2,774

 
$
(15,890
)
Cash expenditures for additions to property & equipment, net of grants from outside parties
$
38,563

 
$
5,262

 
$
8,463

 
$
52,288


The following tables set forth select balance sheet data for the Company's reportable segments as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (dollars in thousands): 
 
March 31, 2019
 
North American Operations
 
Australian Operations
 
U.K./European Operations
 
Total
Operations
Cash and cash equivalents
$
11,367

 
$
39,782

 
$
18,959

 
$
70,108

Property and equipment, net
$
3,702,660

 
$
606,947

 
$
334,329

 
$
4,643,936


 
December 31, 2018
 
North American Operations
 
Australian Operations
 
U.K./European Operations
 
Total
Operations
Cash and cash equivalents
$
33,996

 
$
26,902

 
$
29,489

 
$
90,387

Property and equipment, net
$
3,679,279

 
$
609,450

 
$
324,285

 
$
4,613,014