X0303 4 2008-11-03 false 0000040211 GATX CORP GMT 0001020070 FAIRBANKS RICHARD M 1250 24TH ST NW, STE 300 WASHINGTON DC 20037 true false false false Common Stock 2008-11-03 4 A false 1565.8986 27.68 A 45389.5232 D Includes 134.7713 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the GATX Directors' Phantom Stock Plan ("Phantom Stock Plan") and 94.4221 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Directors Deferred Fee Plan ("Deferred Fee Plan"). Includes that portion of (a) the quarterly payment of the annual directors' fee (677.3844 shares) credited to an account established for each director under the GATX Directors' Phantom Stock Plan ("Phantom Stock Plan") and (b) the annual retainer and meeting fee (659.3208 shares) which the reporting person elected to invest in units of phantom stock under the Directors' Deferred Fee Plan ("Deferred Fee Plan") which in each case will be settled in common stock upon the expiration of the directors' service on the Board. Lisa M. Ibarra, by Power of Attorney on behalf of Richard Fairbanks 2008-11-04