FreightCar America, Inc. is engaged in the manufacturing of railcars and railcar components. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and currently employs 2,030 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2005-04-06. The company also specializes in railcar repairs, complete railcar rebody services and railcar conversions that repurpose idled rail assets back into revenue service. The company designs and manufactures a variety of freight cars, including box cars, covered hoppers, open-top hoppers, gondolas, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars that transport numerous types of dry bulk and containerized freight products. The company offers VersaFlood II open-top hoppers in all steel and hybrid configurations (aluminum/stainless steel) with a patented automatic door system; 52’ and 66’ mill gondolas in multiple cubic capacities; rotary and non-rotary aggregate gondolas; triple hoppers in all steel and hybrid configurations; intermodal flats (including single unit, 2 unit and 3 unit, 53’ well cars) and non-intermodal flat cars including 64’ - 89’ length for general purpose, steel slab, and bulkhead flats.
