The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX) 8-K Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

Exhibit 16.1

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Suite 3900
111 SW Fifth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204-3642
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January 28, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-7561

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 4.01 of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.’s Form 8-K dated January 28, 2011, and have the following comments:

1.	We agree with the statements made in the first sentence of the first paragraph, and the second, third and fifth paragraphs.
2.	We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in the second, third and fourth sentences of the first paragraph or the fourth paragraph.

Yours truly,

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Member of
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu