5.6.16.2Vertical

Locomotives

OEM manufacturers of diesel-electric, electric, and battery locomotives for freight and passenger rail operations.

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Sub-verticals

Market snapshot

These figures describe Railroad Equipment Manufacturing (5.6.16), the segment that Locomotives sits within — not Locomotives on its own.

Market size
~$12B
Growth
~-1.3%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
Companies
~210
FragmentationConsolidatedEstimate

U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 336510 (railroad rolling stock manufacturing); reflects a railcar-build downcycle.

Business model & economics

Revenue model

Rolling-stock sales/leasing plus aftermarket and services

Key economics

Recurring revenue
Moderate–High

recurring parts, service, and leasing

EBITDA margin
Cyclical equipment; richer aftermarket/digital
Capex intensity
High

Characteristics

  • Led by Wabtec, Greenbrier, Trinity.
  • Cyclical with freight and railcar-replacement cycles.
  • Aftermarket, services, and digital the growth areas.

Geographic concentration

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaHawaiiIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode IslandPennsylvaniaArkansasNebraskaSouth Carolina

Railroad equipment manufacturing concentrates in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Carolina, near the freight-rail network and rail-car plants.

PennsylvaniaArkansasNebraskaSouth Carolina

U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 County Business Patterns (employment by state), NAICS 336510. Concentration shown by location quotient.

M&A deal context

Deal activityModerate

Who’s acquiring

  • Rail-equipment majors
  • Leasing & aftermarket acquirers
  • PE-backed component platforms

What’s driving deals

  • Aftermarket, services, and digital/automation.
  • Transit and freight-investment cycles.
  • Component and leasing M&A.

Sub-verticals in this vertical

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