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Intangibles | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangibles | INTANGIBLES The change in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the six months ended June 30, 2019 is as follows:
In thousands | Freight Segment |  | Transit Segment |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | 713,391 |  |  | $ | 1,683,153 |  |  | $ | 2,396,544 |
Additions | 5,754,115 |  |  | 15,420 |  |  | 5,769,535 |
Foreign currency impact | (11,687 | ) |  | (3,721 | ) |  | (15,408 | )
Balance at June 30, 2019 | $ | 6,455,819 |  |  | $ | 1,694,852 |  |  | $ | 8,150,671 |
As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company’s trade names had a net carrying amount of $626.6 million and $582.8 million, respectively. The Company believes these intangibles have indefinite lives, with the exception of the GE Transportation trade name, to which the company has assigned a useful life of 5 years. Intangible assets of the Company, other than goodwill and trade names, consist of the following:
In thousands | June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Backlog, intellectual property, patents, and other intangibles, net of accumulated |  |  |
amortization of $76,059 and $42,446 | $ | 2,689,022 |  |  | $ | 15,328 |
Customer relationships, net of accumulated amortization |  |  |
of $183,933 and $158,533 | 1,048,774 |  |  | 531,761 |
Total | $ | 3,737,796 |  |  | $ | 547,089 |
The weighted average remaining useful life of backlog, intellectual property, customer relationships and other intangibles were 18 years, 10 years, 18 years and 13 years, respectively. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $66.0 million and $93.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, and $9.9 million and $20.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. Amortization expense for the five succeeding years is estimated to be as follows:
Remainder of 2019 | $ | 130,967 |
2020 | 259,206 |
2021 | 259,117 |
2022 | 258,805 |
2023 | 258,174 |

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