wyoming australia genesee & wyoming australia gm class locomotives in april 2008 industry railway operator predecessor australian national founded 2006 headquarters kilburn area served northern territory south australia key people greg pauline md parent genesee & wyoming inc website www.gwrr.com genesee & wyoming australia gwa is an australian rail freight operator based in adelaide south australia . it is a subsidiary of genesee & wyoming and was formed in june 2006 to run the south australian operations of the australian railroad group . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 lines 3.1 broad gauge 3.2 narrow gauge 3.3 standard gauge 4 current fleet 5 references history edit 700 class leading a penrice stone train through birkenhead in june 2005 cl class leads a gm class and two 22 class locomotives near geelong in july 2007 the company s origins can be traced to when australian national s intrastate south australian freight operations were sold to genesee & wyoming inc in august 1997 . 1 2 operations commenced in november 1997 with the operation branded australian southern railroad . 3 in 1999 gwa commenced operating services from adelaide to melbourne for patrick corporation . 4 on 1 december 1999 gwa took over operation of the bhp network in whyalla 5 in october 2000 australian railroad group a 50 50 joint venture between genesee & wyoming and wesfarmers were the successful bidder for the westrail freight business in western australia . 6 7 as part of the joint venture agreement ownership of australian southern railroad passed to the australian railroad group . this resulted in some exchanging of rolling stock between the two operations . in june 2006 the australian railroad group joint venture was broken up with the western australian operation sold to qr national and wesfarmers 50 % share in the south australian operation back to genesee & wyoming inc. 8 the operation was rebranded genesee & wyoming australia . in june 2010 genesee & wyoming inc purchased the assets of freightlink from its receivers leading to genesee & wyoming australia taking over operation of freight trains on the adelaide darwin railway . 9 10 11 operations edit genesee & wyoming australia operates trains on broad 1 600 mm 5 ft 3 in narrow 1 067 mm 3 ft 6 in and standard 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in gauge lines throughout south australia and the northern territory as well as in victoria . 12 major traffic flows include intermodal grain gypsum iron ore manganese copper and other minerals over a 5 000 kilometre 3 100 mi network . 13 lines edit railways portal the following lines are leased by genesse & wyoming australia from the government of south australia 14 broad gauge edit gawler central to penrice dormant since 24 june 2014 15 16 gawler central to burra non operational since 2007 hamley bridge to balaklava non operational roseworthy to kapunda non operational narrow gauge edit port lincoln to wudinna seasonal grain trains cummins to kimba seasonal grain trains thevenard to kevin daily gypsum trains yeelanna to kapinnie non operational wudinna to penong junction limited use kimba to buckleboo non operational standard gauge edit tailem bend to pinnaroo seasonal grain trains ceased july 2015 17 tailem bend to loxton seasonal grain trains ceased july 2015 17 monarto south to apamurra non operational note gwa also operates on the interstate australian rail track corporation standard gauge lines and provides train control functions for the northern australia railway from northgate block point near tarcoola in sa to berrimah freight terminal near darwin which is owned by the asia pacific transport consortium . northgate block point is 510 km 320 mi from coonamia port pirie in sa and berrimah freight terminal is 2 754 km 1 711 mi from coonamia . add approximately 220 km 140 mi for distances from adelaide . the 50 year lease on the adelaide darwin railway was transferred to gwa with the purchase of freightlink in 2011 . if no services on the line the line may be classified as discontinued with gwa responsible for care and maintenance of the line during this period sufficient to allow a train movement within 24 hours . at the end of the five year period without service the lines will transfer back to the south australian government . 18 in 2008 genesee & wyoming australia signed a five year deal with abb grain to haul grain trains in victoria . 19 as at october 2014 gwa owned 102 locomotives . 20 current fleet edit class image type gauge top speed km h built number notes 500 diesel electric standard 80 1964 1 ex australian railroad group stored 700 diesel electric standard 115 1971 3 ex australian railroad group 4 stored 830 diesel electric broad standard narrow 115 1960 1966 12 ex australian railroad group 10 stored 900 diesel electric broad narrow 115 1960 1966 6 ex australian railroad group 1200 diesel electric narrow 2 ex australian railroad group used on the eyre peninsula railway 1300 diesel electric narrow 4 ex australian railroad group used on the whyalla network 1600 diesel electric narrow 4 ex australian railroad group used on the eyre peninsula railway 1 stored 1900 diesel electric narrow 1972 1 ex australian railroad group used on the whyalla network 2200 diesel electric standard 115 1969 1970 5 ex australian railroad group alf diesel electric standard 115 1976 1977 7 ex australian railroad group ck diesel electric narrow 100 1967 1968 4 ex australian railroad group clf diesel electric standard 115 1970 1972 2 ex australian railroad group clp diesel electric standard 115 1970 1972 4 ex australian railroad group fj diesel electric standard 115 1966 2 ex freightlink fq diesel electric standard 115 2003 4 ex freightlink gm diesel electric standard 115 1965 1967 10 ex australian railroad group 9 stored gwa diesel electric standard 115 2011 2012 10 gwn diesel electric narrow 100 2012 5 gwu diesel electric standard 115 2012 9 references edit an sale private owners go from zero to three railway digest october 1997 page 8 australia southern railroad australian railway historical society bulletin august 2000 pp283 284 genesee and wyoming starts up with new name railway digest december 1997 page 8 asr rail shuttle takes trucks out of port adelaide railway digest september 1999 page 15 asr takes over bhp whyalla steel lines railway digest january 2000 page 13 australian railroad group buys westrail freight railway digest october 2000 page 23 company history wesfarmers sale of australian railroad group wesfarmers 14 february 2006 freightlink owned adelaide darwin railway to be sold to us company genesee & wyoming adelaide advertiser 9 june 2010 genesee & wyoming signs deal to acquire freightlink railway technology.com 11 june 2010 genesee & wyoming inc. signs agreement to acquire freightlink . prnewswire . 9 june 2010 . western victorian railfan guide genesee & wyoming australia rail operations genesee & wyoming inc network map genesee & wyoming australia penrice soda ash plant at osborne closing abc news 24 june 2014 penrice stoney and sbr iron trains cease railway digest august 2014 page 19 a b mallee rail lines to be used this season railway digest october 2014 page 20 freight study and rail operations investigation regional development australia murraylands and riverland inc 17 november 2014 abb grain in five year deal with gwa sydney morning herald 17 september 2008 australia wide fleet list 2014 motive power issue 96 november 2014 pages 67 68 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title genesee % 26 wyoming australia & oldid 736824911 categories freight railway companies of australiagenesee & wyoming inc.interstate rail in australiarailway infrastructure companies of australiarail transport in south australia2006 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2012articles that mention track gauge 1600 mmarticles that mention track gauge 1067 mmarticles that mention track gauge 1435 mm navigation menu personal tools not logged 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