Table of Contents

Organized as outlined below, this 235 page report describes the railroad coatings industry in words, graphics, and tables.

I. Executive Summary Overview - Describes current size, growth and composition of railroad coatings industry.

II. Railroad Industry Background - Describes composition and trends in the million car railroad fleet.

III. Railcar Coatings by Type of Railcar - Discusses coatings requirements for each type of railcar and for locomotives.

IV. Railcar Coatings by Type of Buyer - How railroads, railcar builders, private railcar owners, and railcar repair shops influence the coatings buying decisions.

V. Railcar Coatings Suppliers - Characterizes the industry composition of companies that produce coatings for railcars.

VI. Trends and Developments - Discusses trends in resin type and solids content of railrod coatings.

VII. Forecast of Railcar Coatings - Forecasts rail industry coatings sales through 2008.

Tab A: Profiles of Railroad Coatings Suppliers - Includes detailed profiles of 45 companies that produce coatings for railcars.

Tab B: Interviews with End Users of Coatings - Summarizes results of dozens of interviews with railcar coatings buyers.

Tab C: Freight Railroads that Own Railcars - Listing of companies w/ address, telephone, number of cars owned for over 750 railroads.

Tab D: Private Railcar Owners - Listing of companies w/ address, telephone, number of cars owned for over 740 owners.

Tab E: Freight Car Repair Shops - Listing of companies w/ address, telephone, services offered for over 190 locations.

Tab F: Geographic Sort of RR Coatings Buyers - Lists over 1650 prospective railroad coatings buyers.