AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO NOTE AGREEMENT

         This Amendment No. 4 to Note Agreement (this "Amendment"),  dated as of
February  10,  1996,  is by  and  among  PLM  International,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation (the  "Company"),  and each of the purchasers named on the execution
page hereto (the "Purchasers").

         The Company and the  Purchasers  have entered  into the Note  Agreement
dated as of June 30, 1994,  as amended by Amendment  No. 1, dated as of June 30,
1994, Amendment No. 2, dated as of December 27, 1994, and Amendment No. 3, dated
as of  November  1,  1995  (the  "Note  Agreement"),  and the  Company  and each
Purchaser have entered into the Note Purchase  Agreement between the Company and
such Purchaser  dated as of June 30, 1994,  relating to the issuance and sale by
the Company of its 9.78% Series A Senior  Secured  Notes and its  Floating  Rate
Series B Senior Secured Notes.  The Company and the Purchasers  have agreed that
Section  6.7(b)  of the  Note  Agreement  requires  amending  in  order  to more
accurately  reflect the  composition  of the  Company's  Equipment  constituting
Collateral.  The Company and the  Purchasers now wish to amend Section 6.7(b) of
the Note Agreement, as more fully set forth herein.

         The Company and the Purchasers agree as follows:

         1.       Capitalized  terms used but not defined  herein shall have the
                  meanings given such terms in the Note Agreement.

         2.       Section 6.7(b) of the Note Agreement is hereby amended to read
                  in its entirety as follows:

                           The  Company  shall  cause  no more  than  60% of the
                  Equipment constituting  Collateral (determined on the basis of
                  Appraised   Value  from  time  to  time)  to  be  in  any  one
                  transportation sector (e.g., aircraft,  marine vessels, marine
                  containers,   storage  containers,   railcars,  or  trailers).
                  Without limiting the foregoing,  the Company shall ensure that
                  each  category of  Equipment  constituting  Collateral  listed
                  below shall not exceed the  percentages set forth opposite its
                  category  (determined on the basis of Appraised  Value) of the
                  aggregate Equipment constituting Collateral:

                  Type of Equipment            Maximum Percentage of Collateral

                  Any one item of Equipment                    15%
                  Marine Containers                            10%

         3.       This Amendment  shall become  effective when it is executed by
                  the Company and all the Purchasers.








         4.       Except  as  amended  by this  Amendment,  the  Note  Agreement
                  remains in full force and effect as originally written.

         5.       This  Amendment may be executed and delivered in any number of
                  counterparts,   each  of  such  counterparts  constituting  an
                  original but all together only one agreement.

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,   the  parties  hereto  have  caused  their  duly
authorized  officers to execute and deliver this  Amendment as of the date first
above written.

COMPANY:                               PLM INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                       By:  /s/ Stephen Peary
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                                            Stephen Peary, Senior Vice President

PURCHASERS:                           SUNAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                      By:   /s/ Sam Tillinghast
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                                            Sam Tillinghast, Authorized Agent

                                      ALEXANDER HAMILTON LIFE
                                      INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

                                      By:   
                                            William Lang,

                                      REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE
                                      COMPANY
                                             /s/ Bradley P. Newman
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                                             Bradley P. Newman
                                      Title: Vice President/Treasurer