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Wells Fargo to sell rail leasing business

Wells Fargo will sell its rail leasing equipment business to a new joint venture of GATX Corp. and Brookfield Infrastructure, the financial company announced Thursday.

The joint venture will purchase approximately 105,000 railcars for $4.4 billion; Brookfield (NYSE: BIP) will separately acquire the Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) rail finance portfolio of approximately 23,000 cars and 400 locomotives, according to GATX.

“This transaction is consistent with Wells Fargo’s ongoing strategy of simplifying...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wells-fargo-to-sell-rail-leasing-business

Illinois railcar owner doesn’t have to pay damages in Ohio train derailment

GATX, the company that owned one of the railcars in a 2023 Ohio train derailment, will not have to pay a portion of railroad Norfolk Southern’s $600 million settlement with residents.

After a trial that lasted more than three weeks, a federal jury in Youngstown, Ohio, on Wednesday found GATX Corp. not liable in the settlement for damages caused by the incident in East Palestine.

“GATX is pleased with the trial outcome, which affirms what we have known for some time: Norfolk Southern alone is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/illinois-railcar-owner-doesnt-have-to-pay-damages-in-ohio-train-derailment

El constructor de ferrocarriles GATX se beneficia en la utilización de la flota, tasas de renovación de arrendamiento

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El contexto del vagón y la locomotora GATX reportaron 2024 ingresos netos del cuarto trimestre de $ 76.5 millones o $ 2.10 por acción diluida, en comparación con el ingreso neto de $ 66 millones o $ 1.81 por acción diluida en el cuarto trimestre de 2023. GATX con sede en Chicago (NYSE: Gatx) Dicha...

https://fullavantenews.com/el-constructor-de-ferrocarriles-gatx-se-beneficia-en-la-utilizacion-de-la-flota-tasas-de-renovacion-de-arrendamiento/?lang=es

Railcar builder GATX profit up on fleet utilization, lease renewal rates

Railcar and locomotive lessor GATX reported 2024 fourth-quarter net income of $76.5 million or $2.10 per diluted share, compared to net income of $66 million or $1.81 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2023. 

Chicago-based GATX (NYSE: GATX) said utilization of its Rail North America unit’s wholly owned fleet, comprising approximately 111,400 cars, excluding 8,400 boxcars, was 99.1% at the end of the fourth quarter, compared to 99.3% at the end of the prior quarter and 99.3% at 2023...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railcar-builder-gatx-profit-up-on-fleet-utilization-lease-renewal-rates

Macro uncertainties loom for rail equipment manufacturers 

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How to maintain business amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions was one of the prevalent...

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Pending rail car retirements, high scrap rates tighten equipment market

Despite lingering macroeconomic uncertainties, rail equipment manufacturers are upbeat about the rest of 2023 and early 2024 based on factors that appear to be supporting the market for rail car leasing and the production of rail cars or rail equipment, according to comments from various company executives during the recent second-quarter earnings season.

Those factors include the anticipated retirement of different types of rail cars and high scrapping rates for rail cars. Inquiries to lease...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pending-rail-car-retirements-high-scrap-rates-tighten-equipment-market

Ohio presses Biden for disaster relief for East Palestine

The state of Ohio is asking President Joe Biden to declare East Palestine the site of a major disaster or emergency because of uncertainty over how the health of area residents will be impacted in the future.

A Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3. Several days following the derailment, NS and state and local officials decided to vent a tank car carrying vinyl chloride over concern that the car was in danger of exploding.

Ohio’s request comes as NS (NYSE: NSC) has filed a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ohio-presses-biden-for-disaster-relief-for-east-palestine

Trinity Industries, GATX and Wabtec see opportunities amid headwinds

Rail equipment manufacturers and rail car lessors see 2023 as a year of opportunities despite lower North American rail volumes in the first quarter. Here’s what officials said about the rail car market during recent earnings calls. 

Trinity Industries upbeat on rail car leasing market

Trinity Industries is optimistic that pent-up demand to move volumes will help support rail car leasing in 2023, even though U.S. rail volumes are down year over year. That decline, though, is partly due to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trinity-industries-gatx-and-wabtec-see-opportunities-amid-headwinds

GATX optimistic about 2023 despite macroeconomic uncertainties

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Despite macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties domestically and abroad, executives with...

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Trinity, GATX reach $1.8B railcar supply agreement

Trinity Rail Group and GATX have entered into a $1.8 billion long-term railcar supply agreement, both parties announced Monday.

The agreement calls for Trinity Rail Group, a subsidiary of Trinity Industries (NYSE: TRN), to supply railcar lessor GATX (NYSE: GATX) with a mix of 15,000 newly built tank and freight railcars over six years. 

Railcar manufacturer and lessor Trinity, headquartered in Dallas, will deliver 6,000 tank cars at a rate of 1,200 cars each year between 2024 and 2028, and a mix...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trinity-gatx-reach-18b-railcar-supply-agreement

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