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February 2016
Part 1 : Progressive Railroading's 2016 Finance & Leasing Guide: Banks
Part 2 : Progressive Railroading's 2016 Finance & Leasing Guide: Equipment Providers/Equipment Management Services
Part 3 : Progressive Railroading's 2016 Finance & Leasing Guide: Finance Companies
Part 4 : Progressive Railroading's 2016 Finance & Leasing Guide - Investment Banks
Part 5 : Progressive Railroading's 2016 Finance & Leasing Guide - Lessors
Part 6 : Progressive Railroading's 2016 Finance & Leasing Guide: Professional Services/Consulting
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100 Clark St. - Suite 201, St. Charles, MO 63301-2075 636-940-5000 | Fax: 636-940-5024 Web: www.arleasing.com Description of services: Rail-car leasing.
480 W. Dussel Drive, Maumee, OH 43537 419-893-5050 Web: www.andersonsrail.com/leasing Description of services: Rail-car leasing and repair. Contact: Chuck Brown, VP Sales, 419-891-6386, chuck_brown@andersonsinc.com
374 Wickaboag Valley Road, West Brookfield, MA 01585 508-637-1340 Web: www.boxcarco.com Description of services: Rail-car lessor/finance. Contact: Daniel M. Bigda, Managing Partner-Rail,dan@boxcarco.com
425 Martingale Road, Sixth Floor, Schaumburg, IL 60173 847-318-8000 Web: www.crdx.com Description of services: Full-service rail-car lessor offering a broad range of tank and covered hopper cars. Contact: Todd Kahn, VP of Portfolio Management & Marketing, 847-384-4434, todd.kahn@crdx.com
30 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606 312-906-5701 Web: www.citrail.com Description of services: CIT Rail offers leasing solutions to rail shippers and carriers throughout North America and Europe, and “leverages deep experience and one of the youngest, most diversified rail-car and locomotives in the industry,” as the company puts it. CIT owns and manages a fleet of more than 130,000 rail cars and more than 500 locomotives. Contact: Donald Bradley, Senior VP Strategic Marketing, 312-906-5786, donald.bradley@cit.com
P.O. Box 1029, Lake Zurich, IL 60047 847-550-1856 | Fax: 847-550-1854 Web: www.ckindustries.net Description of services: C.K. Industries Inc., a privately held corporation, offers its services to shippers and Class I, regional and short-line railroads in North America. New investment opportunities up to $10 million in both new and used freight cars will be considered. The company’s existing fleet comprises a variety of car types. The company offers mid- to long-terms, either on a full-service or triple-net basis. Contact: Brian Harris, Director of Sales, bharris@ckrail.net
200 Connell Drive, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 908-673-3700 | Fax: 908-673-3800Web: www.connellfinance.com Description of services: Lessor of railroad cars and locomotives; remarketing services to lessors of rail assets. Contact: Kenneth W. O’Neill, Senior VP, oneill@connellco.com
300 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-419-6200 Web: www.djj.com Description of services: Lessor. Inspection. Engineering. Contacts: Trey W. Savage, VP Rail Group, tws@djj.com; Ryan Eckert, GM Rail Equipment Group, rle@djj.com; Tom Pellington, Sr. Dir. Rail Equipment Services, tfp@djj.com; Steve Skeels, Chief Mechanical Officer, srs@djj.com
150 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 2450, Chicago, IL 60606 312-982-8700 | Fax: 312-982-8699 Web: www.elementcorp.com Description of services: Element Rail Finance LLC provides finance and lease solutions for rail rolling stock in North America. Contact: Harry Zander, Senior Vice President, 312-982-8701, hzander@elementcorp.com
P.O. Box 2089, DeLand, FL 32021 386-738-7611 | Fax: 386-738-7611 Web: www.florail.net Description of services: Rail-car leasing. Contact: Claude Bigot, President, cbigot@florail.net
222 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60606 312-621-6200 | Fax: 312-621-6648 Web: www.gatx.com | Email: contactgatx@gatx.com Description of services: GATX Corp. “strives to be recognized as the finest rail-car leasing company in the world by its customers, its shareholders, its employees and the communities where it operates,” according to the company. GATX has been providing rail cars and services to its customers for more than 117 years. The company has been headquartered in Chicago since its founding in 1898. Contact: Thomas A. Ellman, Executive VP and President, Rail North America, thomas.ellman@gatx.com
2201 Timberloch Place, Suite 125, The Woodlands, TX 77380 281-363-7057 | Fax: 281-363-7060 Web: www.glnx.com Description of services: GLNX is a full-service operating lessor of owned and managed tank cars. The company also offers fleet management and seeks acquisitions of rail-car portfolios and sale/leaseback programs. Contact: Jerry Sagehorn, VP Sales and Marketing, jerrys@glnx.com
One Centerpointe Drive - Suite 200, Lake Oswego, OR 97035 503-684-7000 | Fax: 503-684-7553 Web: www.gbrx.com | Email: gbrx.info@gbrx.com Description of services: The Greenbrier Cos. supplies transportation equipment and services to the railroad and marine industries. The company builds freight cars in its four manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico — specifically, it designs and produces intermodal, box car, gondola, tank car and covered hopper rail cars. Customers include railroads, shippers and leasing companies. In Europe, the company builds and refurbishes railroad freight wagons through its operation in Poland. Greenbrier also offers repair and refurbishment services on all rail-car types through a joint venture called GBW Railcar Services LLC. GBW has over 30 locations, including 12 tank-car repair and maintenance facilities certified by the Association of American Railroads. Greenbrier also sells reconditioned wheelsets and provides wheel services at nine U.S. locations. Greenbrier has a lease fleet of over 9,000 rail cars and performs management services for customers on about 269,000 rail cars. Contact: Larry Stanley, SVP Finance, 503-684-7000
P.O. Box 518, St. Joseph, MO 64502 816-233-9002 | Fax: 816-233-7757 Web: www.hrsi.com Description of services: Rail-car leasing, two full-service AAR certified rail-car repair shops and rail-car unloading services. Contact: Keith Schmitz, kschmitz@hrsi.com
1355 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 750 - South Tower, Atlanta, GA 30309 678-904-6300 | Fax: 678-904-6310 Web: www.infinityrail.com Email: info@infinityrail.com Description of services: Infinity Rail is a lessor of private rolling stock, with options for a variety of lease packages and flexibility regarding rail-car modifications. Contact: Larry Smith, VP - Equipment Sales, 678-296-9709, lsmith@infinityrail.com; Lee Martini, VP - Equipment Sales, 678-904-6315, lmartini@infinityrail.com
Two North Riverside Plaza - Suite 1300, Chicago, IL 60606 312-928-0850 | Fax: 312-928-0890 Web: www.freightcaramerica.com Description of services: Railroad freight-car builder and lessor. Contact: Ted Baun, Senior VP Marketing & Sales, tbaun@freightcar.net
1 S. Wacker Drive - Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606 312-803-8880 Web: www.mrc-rail.com Email: info@mrc-rail.com Description of services: Mitsui Rail Capital (MRC) offers net, full service and per diem rail-car leasing. A joint venture between trading and investment company Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and equipment leasing company JA Mitsui Leasing Co. Ltd., MRC offers an array of car types, including aluminum coal hopper and coal gondolas, tank cars, centerbeam flat cars for building products, covered hoppers for cement, sand roofing granules, agricultural commodities and plastic pellets, covered steel coil cars, mill gondolas, intermodal single and multi-unit well cars, box cars, and other specialized car types. The average fleet age is seven years and all cars are designed to carry maximum allowable weight on rails, the company says.
908 Shawnee St., Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 618-241-9270 Web: www.nre.com | Email: sales@nre.com Description of services: NRE is an independent supplier of locomotive servicing, new and remanufactured locomotives, locomotive leasing, field services, parts and salvage operations. NRE serves Class I, regional, short lines, government and industrial railroads around the globe. In addition to designing and manufacturing a series of new NRE locomotives, the company re-engineers locomotives with state-of-the-art electronic and propulsion controls, emission and fuel-saving technologies, and new and remanufactured engine designs. Contact: Keith Batley, Assistant VP North American Sales, 920-915-1825, k.batley@nre.com
15173 North Road, Fenton, MI 48430 810-714-4626 | Fax: 810-714-4626 Web: www.progressrail.com Email: tmarshall@progressrail.com Description of services: Maintenance-of-way equipment rentals, leasing and sales.
200 S. Wacker Drive - Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606 312-674-4742 | Fax: 312-421-2742 Web: www.ralcoleasing.com Description of services: Equipment lessor, consulting and management services. Contact: Peter R. Urban, purban@ralcoleasing.com
70 W. Madison - Suite 2340, Chicago, IL 60602 312-726-0695 Web: www.residco.com | schmid@residco.com Description of services: RESIDCO, which offers net and full-service operating leases, started 35 years ago syndicating and remarketing assets for financial institutions toward (and at the end of) long-term leveraged leases. The company since has grown into an operating lease business and currently owns more than 6,000 rail cars.
907 Lindberg Ave., McAllen, TX 78501 956-686-2221 | Fax: 956-686-8290 Web: www.rgcx.com Description of services: Rail-car equipment leasing packages, sale/ leaseback transactions, Internet-based (ARMS) fleet management services, financing arrangements and investment opportunities. Contact: David Bertram, VP, 850-443-9665, david.bertram@rgcx.com
300 S. Riverside Plaza - Ste. 1925, Chicago, IL 60606 312-559-4800 or 800-4RAILCAR Fax: 312-559-4829 Web: www.smbcrail.com Description of services: Full-service operating lessor. Contact: Tim Johnson, Senior VP - Leasing, 312-559-4805, tim.johnson@smbcrail.com
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2525 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207 800-631-4420 | Fax: 214-589-8623 Web: www.gotilc.com Description of services: Trinity Industries Leasing Co., with a total fleet of about 77,100 rail cars, offers rail-car leasing, management and rail-car repair. Also available is access to the rail-car manufacturing resources and additional rail-car services provided by TrinityRail. An overview of TrinityRail’s full portfolio of rail transportation products and services is available at www.trinityrail.com. Contact: Stephen Menzies, Group President, steve.menzies@trin.net; Eric Marchetto, Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer, eric.marchetto@trin.net; Jesse Crews, VP & Chief Investment Officer, jesse.crews@trin.net; Robert Pokorski, Sr. VP, Fleet Maintenance, bob.pokorski@trin.net; John Guarino, VP, Portfolio Management, john.guarino@trin.net; Tom Jardine, VP, Portfolio Management, tom.jardine@trin.net.
175 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 312-431-3111 Web: www.utlx.com Description of services: Union Tank Car (UTLX) is a Marmon Group LLC/Berkshire Hathaway Inc. company. UTLX and Canadian affiliate Procor lease, manufacture and maintain railroad tank cars.
103 West Vandalia, Ste. 200, Edwardsville, IL 62025 618-343-0600 | Fax: 618-343-9015 Web: www.VTG.com Email: sales@VTGNorthAmerica.com Description of services: Rail-car leasing and maintenance management. Contact: Lynn Hayungs, Regional VP Sales, lynn.hayungs@vtg.com
6250 N. River Road, Suite 500 Rosemont, IL 60018 844-459-9964 Web: http://firstunionrail.wellsfargo.com/index.htm Email: RailAccountServices@wellsfargo.com Description of services: Wells Fargo Rail specializes in providing customized finance and operating lease structures; and buying, selling, marketing, maintaining and managing railroad equipment of all types. Contact: Richard Seymour, Head of Sales, 847-384-5323, richard.seymour@wellsfargo.com
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