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February 2018
Part 1 : Progressive Railroading's 2018 Finance & Leasing Guide: Banks
Part 2 : Progressive Railroading's 2018 Finance & Leasing Guide: Equipment Providers/Equipment Management Services
Part 3 : Progressive Railroading's 2018 Finance & Leasing Guide: Finance Companies
Part 4 : Progressive Railroading's 2018 Finance & Leasing Guide: Investment banks
Part 5 : Progressive Railroading's 2018 Finance & Leasing Guide: Lessors
Part 6 : Progressive Railroading's 2018 Finance & Leasing Guide: Professional services/consulting
See EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS/EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
1947 Briarfield Blvd., Maumee, OH 43537 419-893-5050 | https://andersonsrail.com/leasing-sales
Description of services: Rail-car leasing and repair. Contact: Matt Keck, Director of Sales, 419-891-6693, matt_keck@andersonsinc.com
600 Montgomery St., Ninth Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 | 415-616-3486 www.atel.com | kfosina@atel.com
Description of services: Lessor, net and full-service leases; equipment sales.
Steuart Tower, One Market Plaza, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94105 415-788-0100 | www.capps.com
Description of services: CAI Rail is a division of CAI International, an integrated global transportation company that specializes in intermodal container leasing and sales, rail leasing and operations and logistics services. CAI Rail offers equipment financing, asset management and a comprehensive rail car refurbishing program. Its new, refurbished and customized cars include tank cars, covered hoppers, gondolas, flat and bulkhead flat cars, and box cars.
Contact: James H. Magee, President, 415-271-4861, jmagee@capps.com
25965 482nd Ave., Brandon, SD 57005 605-582-8340 | Fax: 605-582-8304 www.carmathinc.com | wcarmon@mwrail.com
Description of services: CarMath Inc. provides rail-car leasing services. CarMath offers “decades of industry experience” and can customize a leasing program to best serve customers’ business needs, the company says.
425 Martingale Road, Sixth Floor, Schaumburg, IL 60173 847-318-8000 | Fax: 847-318-8045 www.crdx.com
Description of services: Full-service rail-car lessor offering a broad range of tank and covered hopper cars.
30 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606 312-906-5701 | www.citrail.com
Description of services: CIT Rail offers customized leasing and financing solutions, and a “highly efficient, diversified fleet” of rail cars and locomotives to rail shippers and carriers throughout North America and Europe, 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 | Fax: 513-419-6224 www.djj.com | info@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; in addition to rail-car dismantling for scrapping and parts reclamation.
Contacts: Trey Savage, VP Rail Group, Trey.Savage@djj.com, 513-419-6200; Ryan Eckert, General Manager Rail Equipment Group, Ryan.Eckert@djj.com, 513-419-6200; Jeff Blake, Regional Sales Manager, Jeff.Blake@djj.com, 513-419-6200; Keith Kelsey, Regional Sales Manager, Keith.Kelsey@djj.com, 859-912-3128; Jeff Schmutte, Regional Sales Manager, Jeff.Schmutte@djj.com, 513-419-6200; Eric Hausfeld, Regional Sales Manager, Eric.Hausfeld@djj.com, 513-419-6200; Dan Dorsey, General Manager Private Fleet, Dan.Dorsey@djj.com, 513-419-6200; Steve Skeels, Chief Mechanical Officer, Steve.Skeels@djj.com, 513-703-0984; Ann Edwards, Manager Retired Fleet, Ann.Edwards@djj.com, 502-643-2156
P.O. Box 2089, DeLand, FL 32721 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. The company has been headquartered in Chicago since its founding in 1898.
2201 Timberloch Place, Suite 125, The Woodlands, TX 77380 281-363-0185 | 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.
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 355,000 rail cars.
Contact: Larry Stanley, SVP Finance, 503-684-7000
700 S. Riverside Road, St. Joseph, MO 64507 816-233-9002 | Fax: 816-233-7757 hrsi.com
Description of services: Specialty equipment and rail-car leasing.
Contact: James Hansen, Chief Commercial Officer, 612-812-1344, jhansen@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
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.
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, Senior Vice President Marketing and Sales, tbaun@freightcar.net
374 Wickaboug Valley Road, West Brookfield, MA 01585 508-637-1340 | www.m4cg.com
Description of services: Rail-car lessor, rail-car maintenance, consulting services and finance for rail assets.
Contact: Daniel M. Bigda, Senior Partner, 508-637-1340, dan@m4cg.com
One South Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606 312-803-8851 | www.mrc-rail.com | cgerber@mrc-rail.com
908 Shawnee St., Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 618-241-9270 www.nre.com
Description of services: NRE is an independent supplier of locomotive servicing, new and remanufactured locomotives, leasing, field services, parts and salvage operations.
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15173 North Road, Fenton, MI 48439 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 | purban@ralcoleasing.com
Description of services: Full-service and net leasing of railroad rolling stock (freight cars), purchase and lease-back, lease restructuring and consulting.
70 W. Madison, Suite 2200, 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 956-686-2221 | Fax: 956-686-8290 www.rgcx.com
Contact: David Bertram, david.bertram@rgcx.com
300 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 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; Mike McCarthy, Senior VP - Leasing, 312-559-4803, mike.mccarthy@smbcrail.com
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 fleet of about 112,000 rail cars, offers rail-car leasing, management, on-site field service and maintenance services. The company also offers access to the rail-car manufacturing resources and additional services provided by TrinityRail. An overview of TrinityRail’s full portfolio of rail transportation products and services is available at www.trinityrail.com.
Contact: Brian Madison, President, TILC, brian.madison@trin.net; Mark VanCleave, EVP, Industrial Sales & Leasing, mark.vancleave@trinityrail.com
175 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 312-431-3111 | www.utlx.com
Description of services: Union Tank Car (UTLX) consists of three Marmon companies — Rail Products & Services, Engineered Products and Crane Services, as well as EXSIF Worldwide, a lessor of intermodal tank containers. Marmon Rail Products & Services includes Union Tank Car Co. and Procor, full-service providers of railroad tank cars in North America.
103 West Vandalia, Suite 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; Bryan Vaughn, Regional VP Sales, bryan.vaughn@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: Joanna Brooks, Rail Client Manager, 312-630-2492, joanna.brooks@wellsfargo.com
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