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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) will be presenting on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Global Transportation Conference to be held at the Boston Harbor Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The presentation will be webcast live, beginning at 2:55 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, May 17, 2012, and can be accessed from the Greenbrier website at www.gbrx.com. To access the webcast, register at the "Webcasts"...

Intrawest selects the Twentyten Group as its corporate strategic sponsorship and marketing agency VANCOUVER, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The Twentyten Group is pleased to announce the recent signing of a 3-year agreement to be the agency of record for Intrawest. In keeping with Intrawest's promise to deliver exceptional experiences to guests at its family of ski resorts, the Twentyten Group will identify and secure authentic commercial partnerships for Intrawest and help develop...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) invites shareholders and other interested parties to listen to its financial results conference call for the fourth fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2011 live, either over the Internet or via dial in. What: The Greenbrier Companies Q4 2011 Financial Results Conference Call When: Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. PDT Listeners can access the call at the Greenbrier website at www.gbrx.com. To...

Green Bank Telescope's staff typically spend their days helping scientists carry out their research, but on one dramatic day in February 2010, they helped rescue soldiers from a crashed helicopterThe National Radio Astronomy Observatory's (NRAO) Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope  (GBT) is the world's largest fully steerable telescope, an incredibly sensitive instrument that can detect complex molecules such as sugar (glycoaldehyde) in space, measure minuscule fluctuations in...

NEW YORK and LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WL Ross & Co. LLC ("WL Ross") and The Greenbrier Companies ("Greenbrier") (NYSE: GBX) today announced that newly formed WL Ross - Greenbrier Rail Holdings LLC ("WLR - GBX") has acquired a lease portfolio of nearly 4,000 railcars valued at approximately $230 million. WLR - GBX is owned by affiliates of WL Ross for the purpose of acquiring railcar assets in North America to be managed by Greenbrier. Greenbrier will...

Fall colors have already reached their peak at several locations in West Virginia's northeastern mountains, the state Division of Forestry announced Thursday. Among areas now at 100 percent of their seasonal color potential are the Allegheny Front in Mineral County, the Mount Storm area in Grant County, and Spruce Knob, the state's highest peak, in Pendleton County. Leaves in the Davis and Canaan Valley areas of Tucker County are at 90 percent to 100 percent of peak color, while foliage...

By John McCoy If you tilt your head toward Pocahontas County and listen closely, you can hear the Elk River's nationally famous trout fishing being flushed down 1,950 toilets. The final gurgle at the bottom of the bowl hasn't yet been heard, but a hand is on the lever and is starting to exert pressure. The hand belongs to Scott Milliken, a commissioner for the Pocahontas County Public Service District. At a July 16 meeting, Milliken shocked an audience of Snowshoe Resort landowners when he...