General American Transportation Corporation

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General American Transportation Corporation

Summary

General American Transportation Corporation is an enterprise[1]. It draws 176 Wikipedia views per month (enterprise category, ranking #160 of 800).[2]

Key Facts

  • General American Transportation Corporation is in the country of United States[3].
  • General American Transportation Corporation is in the country of US[4].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[8].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's Commons category is recorded as General American Transportation Corporation[9].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[10].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's industry is recorded as railways rolling stock leasing[11].
  • January 1, 1898 marks the founding of General American Transportation Corporation[12].
  • 1902 marks the founding of General American Transportation Corporation[13].
  • 1916 marks the founding of General American Transportation Corporation[14].
  • 1933 marks the founding of General American Transportation Corporation[15].
  • 1916-07-05 marks the founding of General American Transportation Corporation[16].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's location of formation is recorded as Chicago[17].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's official website is recorded as https://www.gatx.com/[18].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's legal form is recorded as New York Business Corporation[19].
  • General American Transportation Corporation's legal form is recorded as PJ10[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300IHYHCQP2PIR591[21]

  • Registered legal name: Gatx Corporation[22]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-NY[23]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[24]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): PJ10[25]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[26]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[27]

  • Entity created: 1916-07-05[28]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-12-17[29]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-05-01[30]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-05-03[31]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[32]

  • Registration authority: RA000628[33]

  • Authority entity ID: 12443[34]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[35]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1898[12], 1902[13], 1916[14], 1933[15], and 1916-07-05[16]. General American Transportation Corporation's location of formation is recorded as Chicago[17].

Operations

General American Transportation Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[8].

Industry

General American Transportation Corporation's industry is recorded as railways rolling stock leasing[11].

Ownership

General American Transportation Corporation's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[10].

Why It Matters

General American Transportation Corporation draws 176 Wikipedia views per month (enterprise category, ranking #160 of 800).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [22] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [23] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). General American Transportation Corporation. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/general-american-transportation-corporation
MLA “General American Transportation Corporation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/general-american-transportation-corporation.
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  1. 6w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country United States, US
    Aliases
    Instance of enterprise, public company, business
    Industry railways rolling stock leasing
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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