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February 2017
Part 1 : Progressive Railroading's 2017 Finance and Leasing Guide: Banks
Part 2 : Progressive Railroading's 2017 Finance and Leasing Guide: Equipment providers/Equipment Management Services
Part 3 : Progressive Railroading's 2017 Finance and Leasing Guide: Finance Companies
Part 4 : Progressive Railroading's 2017 Finance and Leasing Guide: Investment Banks
Part 5 : Progressive Railroading's 2017 Finance and Leasing Guide: Lessors
Part 6 : Progressive Railroading's 2017 Finance and Leasing Guide: Private Equity Firms
Part 7 : Progressive Railroading's 2017 Finance and Leasing Guide: Professional Services/Consulting
See EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS/EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
480 W. Dussel Drive, Maumee, OH 43537 419-893-5050 | www.andersonsrail.com/leasing
Description of services: Rail-car leasing and repair.
Contact: Chuck Brown, VP Sales, 419-891-6386, chuck_brown@andersonsinc.com
Steuart Tower, One Market Plaza, 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 415-788-0100 | www.capps.com
Description of services: Operating lessor; marine shipping containers, rail cars, logistics services. Offers a broad range of tank and covered hopper cars.
Contact: James H. Magee, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, 415-271-4861, jmagee@capps.com
25965 482nd Ave., Brandon, SD 57005 605-582-8340 | Fax: 605-582-8304www.carmathinc.com | wcarmon@mwrail.com
Description of services: CarMath Inc. provides rail-car leasing services. CarMath offers "decades of industry experience" and can help customers choose the lease type that best "fits [their] needs, the company says.
425 Martingale Road, Sixth Floor, Schaumburg, IL 60173 847-318-8000 | 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 | 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 locomotive fleets in the industry,” as the company puts it. CIT owns and manages a fleet of more than 120,000 rail cars and 500 locomotives (counts reflect North American fleet only).
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 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: 908-673-3800
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 www.djj.com
Description of services: The David J. Joseph Co.’s Rail Group provides a broad range of transportation services throughout North America: single investor, leverage leases, freight cars, portfolio evaluation, remarketing fleet management, purchases and sales of portfolios and private fleet management. Other services include freight-car inspections and engineering services from design of new cars to complete ISL extended life, modifications and analysis; and rail-car dismantling for scrapping and parts reclamation.
Contacts: Trey W. Savage, VP Rail Group, tws@djj.com; Ryan Eckert, GM Rail Equipment Group, rle@djj.com; Dan Dorsey, GM Private Fleet, djd@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 312-982-8701 | Fax: 312-982-8699 www.ecncapitalcorp.com
Description of services: ECN Capital 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@ecncapitalcorp.com
P.O. Box 2089, DeLand, FL 32021 386-738-7611 | Fax: 386-738-7611 www.florail.net
Description of services: Rail-car lessor.
Contact: Claude Bigot, President, cbigot@florail.net
222 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60606 312-621-6200 | Fax: 312-621-6648 www.gatx.com | 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 118 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 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 www.gbrx.com | gbrx.info@gbrx.com
Description of services: The Greenbrier Cos. Inc. 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 www.hrsi.com
Description of services: Rail-car leasing, specialized equipment leasing, AAR-certified rail-car repair and rail-car unloading services.
Contact: Ryan Crawford, ryanc@hrsi.com
2800 W 3rd St., Cleveland, OH 44113 440-788-8009 | Fax: 216-731-0034 www.horizonrail.com
Description of services: Locomotive parts, sales, rebuild and service.
Contact: Jon Jaros, jon@horizonrail.com
1355 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 750 - South Tower, Atlanta, GA 30309 678-904-6335 | Fax: 678-904-6310 www.infinityrail.com | 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 www.freightcaramerica.com
Description of services: Railroad freight-car builder and lessor.
Contact: Ted Baun, Chief Commercial Officer, tbaun@freightcar.net
One South Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606 312-803-8851 | www.mrc-rail.com
Contact: Chris Gerber, VP of Sales and Marketing, 212-803-8851, cgerber@mrc-rail.com
908 Shawnee St., Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 618-241-9270 www.nre.com | sales@nre.com
Description of services: NRE is an independent supplier of locomotive servicing, new and remanufactured locomotives, leasing, field services, parts and salvage operations. The company offers clients multiple facilities with large capacity and quick turnaround, plants on main lines for easy access and flexible work scopes.
Contact: Mike Zerafa, VP of Domestic Business Development, 618-241-9270, m.zerafa@nre.com
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15173 North Road, Fenton, MI 48430 810-714-4626 | Fax: 810-714-4680 www.progressrail.com | ddaugherty@progressrail.com
Description of services: Full-service lessor of maintenance-of-way equipment. Progress Rail offers a host of programs and services tailored to meet customers’ financial needs, the company says.
200 S. Wacker Drive - Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606 312-674-4742 | Fax: 312-421-2742 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 www.residco.com | schmid@residco.com
Description of services: RESIDCO is a transportation equipment lessor and asset management company that operates and manages a fleet of more than 7,000 freight cars and locomotives. Since its 1982 inception, RESIDCO has specialized in the trading, acquisition, syndication, leasing and financing of rail equipment representing every major car type, involving more than 70,000 rail cars.
907 Lindberg Ave., McAllen, TX 78501 800-822-7429 | www.rgcx.com
Contact: David Bertram, david.bertram@rgcx.com
300 S. Riverside Plaza - Ste. 1925, Chicago, IL 60606 312-559-4800 or 800-4RAILCAR | Fax: 312-559-4829 www.smbcrail.com
Description of services: Full-service operating lessor.
Contact: Gene Henneberry, President and CEO, 312-559-4801, gene.henneberry@smbcrail.com; 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 www.gotilc.com
Description of services: Trinity Industries Leasing Co., with a total owned and managed leased fleet of about 102,000 rail cars, offers leasing, management and rail-car maintenance services. The company also offers 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; Brian Madison, President, brian.madison@trin.net; John Guarino, VP, Portfolio Management, john.guarino@trin.net; Tom Jardine, VP, Pricing & Contracts, tom.jardine@trin.net; Jesse Crews, VP & Chief Investment Officer, jesse.crews@trin.net
175 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 312-431-3111 | 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 www.VTG.com | sales@VTGNorthAmerica.com
Description of services: Rail-car leasing and maintenance management.
Contact: Lynn Hayungs, Regional VP Sales, lynn.hayungs@vtg.com
9377 W. Higgins Road, Suite 600, Rosemont, IL 60018 847-318-7575 www.wellsfargorail.com | wfraccountservices@wellsfargo.com
Description of services: Wells Fargo Rail is an operating lessor with more than 175,000 rail cars and 1,800 locomotives. The company serves the North American market for rail equipment with customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and provides services such as equipment modifications, equipment maintenance, customized lease terms, a variety of leasing options, rail-car accounting, equipment management, flexible rates and financing.
Contact: Chanel Smith, Rail Client Manager, 312-345-1167, chanel.smith2@wellsfargo.com
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