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): November 16, 2010

GATX Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		1-2328 (Commission File) Number)		36-1124040 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

222 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606-5314
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(312) 621-6200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement

     GATX Corporation (“GATX”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), dated November 16, 2010 pursuant to which GATX agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to and upon terms and conditions set forth therein, $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.500% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”), as described in the prospectus supplement dated November 16, 2010 filed pursuant to GATX’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-168879 (the “Registration Statement”).

     The Notes will be issued under the Indenture dated as of February 6, 2008 between GATX and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee, and an officers’ certificate providing for the issuance of the Notes. The Underwriters are expected to deliver the Notes against payment on November 19, 2010.

     A copy of the underwriting agreement and other documents relating to this transaction are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

     See Item 1.01

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d) Exhibits.

1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated November 16, 2010, between GATX and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
5.1		Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP as to the validity of the securities being offered.
23.1		Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 17, 2010