GATX

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GATX Corporation
FormerlyGeneral American Transportation Corporation
TypePublic
NYSE: GATX
S&P 400 Component
IndustryRailway equipment leasing
FoundedChicago, Illinois, U.S. (1898 (1898))
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Area served
United States
RevenueIncrease US$ 1.36 billion (2018)[1]
Decrease US$ 211.30 million (2018)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$ 7.61 billion (2018)[1]
Total equityDecrease US$ 1.79 billion (2018)[1]
Number of employees
~2,200 (2018)[1]
DivisionsRail North America
Rail International
American Steamship Company
Portfolio Management
Websitegatx.com

GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) is an equipment finance company based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1898, GATX's primary activities consist of railcar operating leasing in North America and Europe. In addition, GATX leases locomotives in North America, and also has significant investments in industrial equipment.[2] The CEO/Chairman is Brian A. Kenney.

GATX Corporation is divided into four business segments: Rail North America, Rail International, and Portfolio Management. Portfolio Management consists largely of the corporation's non-rail assets.[3]

GATX is one of several major North American rail operating lessors, and measured by fleet size, ranks as number two in this market behind GE Rail Services. Other major North American rail operating lessors include CIT, Wells Fargo Rail, Union Tank Car Company, and Trinity Industries Leasing.

Company history[]

GATX name[]

GATX derives its name from its primary reporting mark for its North American railcars, "GATX". The mark itself was derived from GATX's prior corporate name, General American Transportation Corporation. History includes GATX working with famous designer Russel Wright to develop "Meladur", a famous melamine dinnerware from 1943-1945, using Melmac by American Cyanamid which was to be used on passenger cars and in hospitals marked with the name "General American".[4] Since all non-railroad owners of railcars must append an "X" to the end of their mark, GAT became GATX.

The General American Transportation Corporation became GATX Rail Corporation, a unit of the GATX Corporation, on January 1, 2000.[5][6]

Reporting Marks[]

GATX mainly applies the GATX mark to tank cars, although the mark has been used in other examples such as with hoppers; GATX's primary freight car marks are GACX (for general-service freight cars), GGPX (for coal cars), GIMX (for intermodal cars), GPLX (for plastic pellet cars), GMTX and LLPX (for locomotives), and GPFX (for pressure-differential cars). GATX also owns a number of other marks, including GABX, GAEX, GFSX, GOHX, GSCX, IPSX, and TRIX. Many GATX cars carry a large "GATX" logo in the upper right-hand corner of the car regardless of the reporting mark they carry; this logo is applied for marketing reasons and does not have any operational significance.

Operations[]

GATX engages in both full-service and net leasing of railcars. In a full-service lease, a GATX-owned mark is applied to the car, and GATX maintains the railcar and pays for any required property insurance and property taxes. In a net lease, the lessee applies its mark to the car, and the lessee pays for any required property insurance and property taxes. Often, on a net-leased car, there is no evidence of GATX ownership, although some net lease cars carry a GATX logo.

The most common type of car in the GATX North American fleet is the tank car; other major car types include covered hoppers, open-top hoppers, and gondolas. GATX invests in nearly every type of railcar operated in North America. In Europe, tank cars also make up GATX's largest fleet, but unlike in North America, GATX's European fleet includes substantial quantities of intermodal cars which are owned in a GATX joint venture called AAE Cargo.[7] In contrast, GATX's North American intermodal car fleet is relatively small. This is true of most North American operating lessors; historically the bulk of the industry's intermodal investment has been made by TTX Corporation, which is jointly owned by North America's Class I railroads.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "YahooFinance".
  2. ^ "GATX - About GATX Corporation". www.gatx.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. ^ "GATX Annual Report 2012". Chicago, Ill.: GATX. 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  4. ^ "Russel Wright Meladur / GATX". 2009.
  5. ^ "GATX Corporation Introduces GATX Rail Corporation". Chicago, Ill.: GATX Corporation. 2000. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  6. ^ "GATX Annual Report 1999" (PDF). Chicago, Ill.: GATX. 2012. p. 8. Retrieved 2013-04-11.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "GATX Rail Europe - Making Railcar Leasing Easier". www.gatx.eu. Retrieved 2021-08-19.

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