<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001632764-26-000006.txt : 20260224
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20260224174022
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001632764-26-000006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260220
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260224
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260224

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Young Jeffery R.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001632764
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02328
		FILM NUMBER:		26673169

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		222 W. ADAMS ST.
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GATX CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000040211
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRANSPORTATION SERVICES [4700]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				361124040
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606-7147
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3126216200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606-7147

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GENERAL AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19750722
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $196.6788 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $195.9964. Information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price will be made available from the reporting person upon request by the SEC, the issuer or its shareholders.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">GATX Corporation's 401(k) plan is a unitized stock fund made up of company stock plus short term investments. Because the fund includes more than company stock, participants hold units of the fund rather than company shares of stock. The number of units held by a participant may vary depending on the performance of the company stock, the overall stock market, and the amount of short term investments in the fund. Such a variance has caused the value of the units in the reporting person's 401(k) fund to be reduced without any actual disposition of shares.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Lisa M. Ibarra, by Power of Attorney on behalf of Jeffery R. Young</signatureName>
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