Genesee & Wyoming's Miller to Receive 2026 Railroad Innovator Award

Hear From Miller at RailTrends in November

Progressive Railroading and RailTrends^® have named Genessee & Wyoming Inc. CEO Michael Miller the recipient of the 2026 Railroad Innovator Award, which recognizes an individual's outstanding achievement in the rail industry.

Miller will accept the award at RailTrends 2026, Nov. 19–20 at the New York Marriott Downtown, where he'll join executives from Class I and short line railroads, federal agencies, and leading technology companies. The conference is expected to sell out for a third consecutive year, but seats are still available. Register today using the button below.

Miller joined G&W in 2010, serving as chief commercial officer for eight years and president of North American operations for five years before being named CEO of G&W — which owns more than 100 regionals and short lines in North America — in September 2023. 

Earlier in his career, Miller was general manager of Norfolk Southern Corp.'s Modalgistics Supply Chain Solutions and served as Derivion's vice president of strategic development. He also held logistics-related positions at Georgia-Pacific and Roadway Express. 

"Michael Miller speaks truth to power as an advocate for change and collaboration in the railroad industry and he has proven it is not just words, as a founding member of RailPulse," says independent transportation analyst Tony Hatch, co-founder and program manager of RailTrends. "And G&W continues to test new technologies, from working with Railspire on a project involving locomotive automation to working with Parallel Systems on a pilot involving battery-electric rail vehicles for autonomous container movements. And those are just a couple of examples."