LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Location: Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. What: Greenbrier Companies Annual Shareholders Meeting When: Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=44749 How: Live over the Internet Simply log on to the web at the address above. Greenbrier (http://www.gbrx.com/), headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a leading supplier of transportation equipment and services to the railroad industry. The Company builds new railroad freight cars in its three manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico and marine barges at its U.S. facility. It also repairs and refurbishes freight cars and provides wheels and railcar parts at 35 locations across North America. Greenbrier builds new railroad freight cars and refurbishes freight cars for the European market through both its operations in Poland and various subcontractor facilities throughout Europe. Greenbrier owns approximately 9,000 railcars, and performs management services for approximately 136,000 railcars. Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.aspx and at least a 56Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the webcast, send an E-mail to: . DATASOURCE: The Greenbrier Companies CONTACT: Mark Rittenbaum of The Greenbrier Companies, +1-503-684-7000, Web site: http://www.gbrx.com/ http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=44749 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.aspx

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