The Genesee Valley Transportation Company (GVT Rail), based in Batavia, New York, is a

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for several

short-line railroad :''Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the American version of the popular board game Monopoly, named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.'' A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that oper ...

s located in New York 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 The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the Scranton area. DL began service in August 1993 and is the designated operator for of trackage in Lackawanna, Wayne, Northampton, ...

(1993) *

Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad The Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad is a class III railroad operating in New York. It is a subsidiary of Genesee Valley Transportation (GVT). The DLWR is composed of two operations, one located between Depew, New York and Lancaster, New Yor ...

(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 The Lowville and Beaver River Railroad is a short-line railroad that was owned by Genesee Valley Transportation (GVT) of Batavia, New York from 1993 to Wednesday, January 24, 2007. Map The Lowville & Beaver River runs from an interchange, wi ...

(1990) *

Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad The Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MA&N) is a class III railroad operating in Central and Northern New York. Specifically, it serves Oneida, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. It operates over trackage of the former New Yo ...

(1991)

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