FreightCar America, Inc. (Nasdaq:RAIL) announced that Norfolk Southern Railway Company has committed to purchase 1,600 coal cars from the Chicago-based railcar manufacturer. The order is comprised of 400 AutoFlood III(TM) aluminum bottom discharge coal cars and 1,200 hybrid stainless steel/aluminum coal gondola cars. FreightCar America will begin delivery of the new order in the first quarter of 2007 from its Roanoke, VA railcar production facility, and will complete the order in calendar 2007.
