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25 Years Serving The Rail Industry
Over the last quarter century, Rail Equipment Finance has established itself as the premiere industry meeting addressing issues relating to the North American railcar and locomotive fleets. REF provides the most current information on fleet demographics as well as proven accurate predictions for the future. This data is presented in a concise format by the top experts in the field and is paired with information on the leasing and finance industries that support these fleets. Our attendees receive not only the experience of REF, but presenter’s statistics, diagrams, and presentations on a CD Data Disk.
For 2012 and beyond, Rail Equipment Finance will continue with this proven format, providing information vital to our industry as well as world class networking opportunities for our attendees. It will be done at a cost, subsidized by our Sponsors and Industry Partners, that represents significant value for our attendees and their companies.
Conference Brochure—REF 2012
For 25 years.........Railroad Financial Corporation's annual Rail Equipment Finance Conference has provided the answers to vital questions on the North American railcar and locomotive fleets! Fleet additions. Fleet retirements. New car "build" projections. Today's values for new and used railcars and locomotives. Projections for future values. Projected surpluses and shortages, An overview of financings and financial structures. This year the answers to those questions are more important than ever!
Our Faculty includes nearly 50 of North America's top rail finance and rail equipment professionals and we make sure that they provide answers to the tough questions that are on everyone's minds...
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Chairman’s Bulletin Board
February 1, 2012
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CAI Rail Is Born!
Rail Equipment Finance 2012 is pleased to welcome the newly minted CAI Rail of San Francisco to our family of supporters... Following the popular saying that: "What's old is new again!" our good friends Desmond Hayes and Jim Magee have joined CAI International, one of world's largest intermodal container leasing and management companies to form a new railcar operating lessor.
Regular readers of this blog and Railway Age's financial columns will recognize Desmond and Jim as "old hands" in the operating leasing fraternity. Together these two individuals represent more than 50 years of operating leasing experience. Most recently they were together at Flex Leasing and AllCapital Rail Management.
Desmond tells me their initial targets are the acquisition of general purpose railcars currently under lease. Desmond particularly "likes" covered hoppers and boxcars. With respect to covered hoppers, Desmond is particularly interested in traditional varieties designed to serve grain and sand shippers.
Desmond's long history with boxcars goes back to his days running Itel Rail, then the biggest operator of boxcars in North America. Today he sees opportunities in both older and newer boxcars.
If you are a shipper looking for customized railcar solutions to your rail shipping needs or an investor seeking to dispose of existing railcars, you can contact Desmond and Jim at: dhayes@capps.com; jmagee@capps.com or 415-788-0100.
Chairman, Rail Equipment Finance 2012
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