The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

Exhibit 3.1

Amendment to the Bylaws

RESOLVED, that effective January 7, 2016, Article III, Section 1 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company be, and it hereby is, amended to decrease the number of Directors which shall constitute the whole of the Board of Directors from nine Directors to eight Directors.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on October 30, 2015.