Finance/Leasing

Railway Age is pleased to announce the 25 “Fast Trackers” selected for this year’s 25 Under 40 awards program.

Alstom and the Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology sign a three-year Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on cybersecurity education. Also, Amsted Digital Solutions SAS expands its contract with Ermewa SA,…

According to Cowen and Company’s recently conducted fourth-quarter 2022 Rail Equipment and Rail Shipper surveys, the demand for railcars remains strong, and rail-shipping pricing expectations ticked up sequentially. Details follow,…

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2023 ISSUE: There is a reason why John Lennon wrote songs and Financial Edge is a column. Perhaps a restatement of what Rolling Stone noted…

Railway Age’s January 2023 issue is now available digitally. It features a cover profile BNSF President and CEO Katie Farmer—the recipient of Railway Age’s 2023 Railroader of the Year Award,…

Trinity Industries, Inc., on Jan. 6 reported the acquisition of Holden America, a Montreal, Quebec-based producer of multi-level vehicle securement and protection systems, gravity-outlet gates, and gate accessories for freight…

Railway Age is accepting entries for our 2023 “Fast Trackers” 25 Under 40 awards, in which we will profile 25 individuals under the age of 40 who have made an…

“Greenbrier’s business momentum continued in our fiscal first quarter, driven by a strong commercial performance that led to a book-to-bill of 1.2x,” Greenbrier President and CEO Lorie Tekorius reported on…

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., on Jan. 3 reported acquiring 100% interest in GBX Leasing (GBXL), its railcar leasing joint venture with The Longwood Group.

“Rational” and “Disciplined” are words rarely used when talking about freight railcar supply. But perhaps this time is different.

GATX has wrapped and released for delivery the first new 60-foot Plate F “eco-green” boxcar from a 1,500-boxcar deal signed earlier this year with and on lease to BNSF, the…

Chicago-based Telegraph, a provider of cloud-based operating systems for railroads, shippers, logistics service providers and railcar leasing companies, has obtained $10.1 million in Series A funding from Crosslink Capital. The…

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2022 ISSUE: The editorial staff at Railway Age follows the “old school” code of the postman emblazoned on New York’s City General Post Office. “Neither…

Railway Age’s December 2022 issue is now available digitally, featuring a 2023 Outlook that recommends railroads “Proceed with Caution.”

Following an investigation based on provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined there is “reasonable indication that an industry in the…

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE: Railway Age’s Women in Rail awards program celebrates strong women who excel at leadership, serving the community and contributing to the industry—above and beyond their…

The League of Railway Women (LRW) has selected Erica Sander, LRW Secretary and Aristotle Vice President Government Relations, as Member of the Year for 2022.

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE: The container ship backlog in Southern California was declared officially “over” by The Wall Street Journal in late October. Its ending was not…

Topping the list of reasons to attend Railway Age’s inaugural Rail Insights: Women in Rail Conference are headliners Tracy Robinson, President and CEO of CN; Katie Farmer, President and CEO…

While FreightCar America (FCA) “delivered another quarter of strong top-line growth” and produced “another record number of railcars at the Castaños facility,” third-quarter 2022 “financial results were muted by the…