EXHIBIT 10.59 SUMMARY OF APPROVED 2005 BASE SALARY The Compensation Committee of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. approved increases to the annual base salary of the following executive officers, effective as of January 1, 2005: NAME AND POSITION ANNUAL BASE SALARY - ----------------- ------------------ Mortimer B. Fuller III, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer $622,000 John C. Hellmann, Chief Financial Officer $346,000 Charles N. Marshall, President and Chief Operating Officer $346,000 Adam B. Frankel, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary $250,000 James M. Andres, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Global Controller $170,000