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11/3/2015

TTX: Rail-car pool authority — and more

TTX Co. is a leading provider of rail cars and related freight-car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX’s pool of rail cars — over 220,000 cars and intermodal wells — is ideal for supporting shippers in the intermodal, automotive, paper & forest, metals, machinery, wind energy and other markets where flat cars, box cars and gondolas are required.

Owned by North America’s leading railroads, TTX manages free-running pools that can provide fungible assets that minimize total empty miles, further lowering costs and minimizing risk for the industry, helping the railroads conserve their capital for other critical infrastructure needs. Customers easily recognize TTX’s bright yellow cars as a consistent, high-quality and well-maintained fleet that serves many transportation needs.

TTX has a complete engineering and design team to care for its large and varied fleet with maintenance operations in terminals across the network. Keeping a fleet shared by different railroads in safe, operable condition requires a major commitment and investment — TTX spends over $700 million a year on rail-car maintenance alone. The company has a network of state-of-the-art repair shops that serve TTX as well as other rail-car owners’ needs throughout North America.

In addition to its vital role as a rail-car pool operator, TTX invests in and operates sophisticated industry technology solutions. These solutions improve the quality and timeliness of financial and operating information for managing our business and that we share with our owners to help them manage theirs. Furthermore, TTX is a recognized innovator in the technical design and engineering of rail-car components.