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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) has promoted Ronald Russ and Andrew Chunko to senior vice president. Both will head a region for the short-line holding company.

Russ will lead the Oregon Region, which includes the Portland & Western and Willamette & Pacific railroads. He joined GWI in March 2009 as deputy general manager of the Oregon Region. With more than 30 years of railroad and financial management experience, Russ previously served as executive VP and chief financial officer for Kansas City Southern, and was founder, treasurer, EVP and CFO for Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp.

Chunko will lead the Rocky Mountain Region, which includes the Utah Railway and contract coal loading operations in the Powder River Basin. He most recently was VP of GWI's Rail Link Region. Chunko joined GWI in 2002 when the company acquired York Railway, where he served as operations manager. He previously held various management positions at CSX Transportation.

GWI owns and operates 63 regionals and short lines in the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands, and owns a minority interest in a Bolivian railroad.