The Genesee Valley Transportation Company (GVT Rail), based in

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, is a

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for several

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s located in

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and

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. Founded by Jeffrey Baxter, Charles Riedmiller, John Herbrand, Michael Thomas and David Monte Verde, GVT Rail has grown from a five-mile switching operation in Buffalo, New York, to a system network of greater than 300 miles.

Subsidiaries

* Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad (1993) * Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad (1989) *

Falls Road Railroad The Falls Road Railroad is a Class III short line railroad owned by Genesee Valley Transportation (GVT). The railroad operates in Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties in New York. Operations The railroad's right-of-way consists of of ...

(1996) * Genesee and Mohawk Valley Railroad (1992), leased to DL&W and MA&N * Lowville and Beaver River Railroad (1990) * Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (1991)

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