Trinity Industries, Inc. (TRN)
Railcar builder and lessor, mostly Mexico. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 19, 2026. Ranked 177 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
27%
projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index
End of 2028
35%
Employees, annual report
6,110
Leading staffing pattern
Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Now27%
- End of 202733%
- End of 202835%
- End of 203035%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 63%
- Becomes checking a model's work 31%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
The filing counts approximately 6,110 employees at December 31, 2025 by segment, 3,460 of them in Mexico, so the 3,880 in Rail Products are read at railroad rolling stock, the 1,650 in Leasing and Services are split between railcar maintenance and leasing, and the 580 in Corporate and Enterprise Support take management of companies.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 27% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 35% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 35% desk work, 15% people work and 50% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 63% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 31% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
6,110 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 2,650 of 6,110 employees in the U.S. and 3,460 in Mexico (stated).
The filing: “The following table presents the approximate headcount breakdown of employees by reportable segment as of December 31, 2025: Railcar Leasing and Services Group 1,650, Rail Products Group 3,880, Corporate and Enterprise Support 580, total 6,110. As of December 31, 2025, approximately 2,650 employees were employed in the U.S. and 3,460 were employed in Mexico.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing | 64% | The filing counts approximately 3,880 employees in the Rail Products Group (a), the railcar manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Mexico, read at railroad rolling stock manufacturing. |
| Support Activities for Rail Transportation | 17% | The Railcar Leasing and Services Group counts approximately 1,650 employees (a); its railcar maintenance and repair facilities, ISO-certified beside the plants, are read at support activities for rail transportation by description (c) for the larger part of the group. |
| Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) | 10% | The rest of the Railcar Leasing and Services Group's 1,650 (a) manage, lease and market the railcar fleet, read at the rental and leasing group by description (c). |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 9% | The filing counts approximately 580 employees in Corporate and Enterprise Support (a), a stated corporate count read at management of companies under rule 6. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 6,110 employees at December 31, 2025: 1,650 in the Railcar Leasing and Services Group, 3,880 in the Rail Products Group and 580 in Corporate and Enterprise Support; about 2,650 in the U.S. and 3,460 in Mexico; all railcar manufacturing and maintenance facilities and the headquarters certified to ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (WAB, 31,000 employees)25% now, 34% by 2028
- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX, 11,000 employees)24% now, 32% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
4 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its risk factors: its deployment and use of artificial intelligence tools may introduce new cybersecurity and data integrity risks, including vulnerabilities in data inputs, model outputs and reliance on third-party AI platforms.
- “Potential factors, which could cause our actual results of operations to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, include, among others: market conditions and customer demand for our business products and services; the cyclical nature of the industries in which we compete; actions by U.S. and/or foreign governments (particularly Mexico and Canada) relative to tariffs, tra...”
- “We face risks related to cybersecurity attacks and other breaches of our information systems and technology, including those arising from our deployment and use of artificial intelligence ("AI") tools.”
- “Our use of AI tools in our business may introduce new or enhanced cybersecurity and data‑integrity risks, including vulnerabilities related to data inputs, model outputs, and reliance on third‑party AI platforms.”
- “Any failure of these AI systems, or any exploitation of AI‑related vulnerabilities, could increase the likelihood or impact of unauthorized access, data loss, or other security incidents.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20254median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2,650 | 2026-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 2,890 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 2,650 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 2,215 | 2023-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 2,000 | 2022-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 3,030 | 2021-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 4,910 | 2020-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 5,150 | 2019-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 8,520 | 2018-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 8,350 | 2017-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 11,490 | 2016-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 12,520 | 2015-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 9,910 | 2014-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 9,590 | 2013-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 8,150 | 2012-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 6,310 | 2011-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 5,640 | 2010-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 9,050 | 2009-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 9,460 | 2008-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 9,610 | 2007-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 9,415 | 2006-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 8,520 | 2005-03-09 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 7,450 | 2004-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 6,600 | 2003-03-21 | 10-K |
| 2001-03-31 | 15,300 | 2001-06-18 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-03-31 | 20,600 | 2000-06-07 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-03-31 | 17,450 | 1999-06-29 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-03-31 | 17,000 | 1998-06-25 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-03-31 | 12,700 | 1997-06-26 | 10-K |
| 1996-03-31 | 16,300 | 1996-06-28 | 10-K |
| 1995-03-31 | 16,500 | 1995-06-27 | 10-K |
| 1994-03-31 | 14,700 | 1994-06-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector's pick and the Index row, 2,650, is the U.S. count alone; the filing's table states 6,110 employees in all, 3,460 of them in Mexico (rule 2).
- The Railcar Leasing and Services Group's count is split between maintenance services and leasing by description (c); the filing counts nothing within the group.
- The data service's revenue geography (Mexico 100%, fiscal 2017) is stale and was not used.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000099780-26-000014, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Trinity Industries, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 27% now and 35% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Trinity Industries, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Trinity Industries, Inc. employ?
- 6,110 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 43% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Trinity Industries, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 4 industry staffing patterns, the largest Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 35% desk work, 15% people work and 50% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Trinity Industries, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 4 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 4 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on November 9, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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