Industry leaders The Greenbrier Companies and Watco Companies have joined forces to create a world-class network of railcar repair shops. GBW Railcar Services, LLC (GBW) is a new joint venture that creates one of the largest independent railcar repair shop networks on the continent—one of the few able to service all railcar types in the North American fleet.GBW Railcar Services now has the scale to expand railcar repair service offerings for general freight cars of all types, and meet the certification and maintenance requirements of the growing North American tank car fleet. With 40 facilities located across North America and more than 2,100 team members, this cutting-edge, full-service company performs a broad spectrum of repair, maintenance and recertification services.