One of TTX’s new Dynastack well cars sits outside the Alabama plant.
Chris Guss
CHICAGO – FreightCar America has landed its first order for its Dynastack five-unit intermodal car. The order is for 50 five-unit, 40-foot well cars for delivery to TTX beginning in early 2014. The cars feature a lower tare weight than traditional cars by using mechanically fastened truss sides. Reporting marks assigned to the order will be in the DTTX series.
The order is being constructed at its new Cherokee, Ala., plant that began production in 2013. The plant was purpose-built in 2008 to build rail cars, but the original company backed out of the deal and the plant was eventually leased by Navistar. FreightCar America subleases about 25 percent of the 2.2 million square foot building from Navistar.
When fully operational, FreightCar America will have the capacity to produce 5,000 to 7,000 rail cars per year at the facility.
