UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2006

THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No. 1-13146

Oregon (State of Incorporation)		93-0816972 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

	One Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200, Lake Oswego, OR (Address of principal executive offices)		97035 (Zip Code)

(503) 684-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) filed the required 303A.12(a) New York Stock Exchange Certification of its Chief Executive Officer with the New York Stock Exchange with no qualifications following the 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Certification”) and the Company filed as an Exhibit to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and a Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “302 Certifications”).

This information is required by New York Stock Exchange rules to be disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders. The Company inadvertently neglected to include disclosure regarding the filing of the Certification and the 302 Certifications in its most recent Annual Report to Shareholders.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.