By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; August 1, 2018
The Andersons Inc. on Aug. 1 signed an agreement to purchase FreightCar America Inc.’s Danville Railcar Facility, Danville, Ill. The company intends to turn the now-shuttered freight car manufacturing plant into a full-service freight and tank railcar repair shop.
The 308,000-square-foot Danville facility, situated on a CSX Transportation main line, can store up to 400 railcars. From the facility, The Andersons Rail Group will provide a wide range of services, including railcar repair, painting, blasting, cleaning, tank car certification and scrapping. Danville will be the Rail Group’s 21st shop in the U.S., strategically located in the high-volume Midwest rail transportation corridor.
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