J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives Global Transportation Group announced on Aug. 10 that it has acquired freight railcar leasing platform InStar Group, LLC (InStar) from Sightway Capital, a Two Sigma private equity business.
FreightCar America (FCA) posted a strong second-quarter 2022 and raised its revenue and delivery outlook for fiscal year 2022.
The August 2022 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, with deep dives into telematics, winter preparedness, and Canada’s Metrolinx.
The Greenbrier Companies’ leasing subsidiary has entered into a new term loan to finance the continued growth of its fleet. Also, Wabtec Corporation is celebrating 60 years of locomotive production in Brazil.
Newly released data from the Railway Supply Institute (RSI) American Railway Car Institute (ARCI) Committee shows second-quarter 2022 orders are down 13% and deliveries are up 20% sequentially. Total backlog was up 3%, to 47,461, from first-quarter 2022, and up 27% from the same period last year.
Trinity Industries on July 27 reported second-quarter 2022 GAAP and adjusted earnings that “reflect improvement and momentum and reinforce our optimism for the back half of the year,” according to President and CEO Jean Savage.
“Despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, the operating environment remains strong across our global railcar leasing markets,” GATX President and CEO Robert C. Lyons said during a report on second-quarter 2022 financials, which included Rail North America fleet utilization of 99.4% and a renewal success rate of 87.7%.
Our July 12 rail equipment expert call takeaways are consistent with J.B. Hunt Transport’s (JBHT) recent comments on about sub-optimal 2Q22 rail service (below). This solidifies our expectation of an eighth consecutive lease rate improvement for GATX, which reports on July 21. We continue to favor the shares into the print as detailed in our July 7 machinery and transportation OEM preview, “Revisions Into the Print.”
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While The Greenbrier Companies posted “strong operating results” in the third fiscal-quarter ending May 31, 2022—with lease fleet utilization at 97.5%, deliveries at 5,200 units and a $3.6 billion backlog—the “performance was partially offset by inflation and the impact of the war in Ukraine,” President and CEO Lorie Tekorius said during a July 11 report.
