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Top 15 Railroad car manufacturers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 27 railroad car manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 9,740 professional contacts across them, including 2,303 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.

This list covers railroad car manufacturers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
27Companies
9,740Contacts tracked
2,303Verified emails
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The 15 largest railroad car manufacturers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 15 of 27 railroad car manufacturers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to railroad car manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+3,376 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Trinity Industries is North America’s premier provider of railcar products and services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLake Oswego, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+1,761 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Greenbrier Companies is a leading supplier of rail transportation equipment and services, powering the movement of products around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,433 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Union Tank Car Company (UTLX) is a leading manufacturer, lessor and maintainer of tank cars and other specialized railcars.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,009 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Amsted Rail is a globally integrated manufacturer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Strong evidenceLagrange, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000670 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, designs and manufactures EMD rolling stock products and services for global railroad customers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Marmon Rail is part of Marmon Holdings, Inc, a Berkshire Hathaway company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLemont, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20089 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1983, Salco Products, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Indirect evidencePlano, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Compass Rail is a safety first, service-driven company with industry expertise on multiple levels of the railcar manufacturing and repair industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Partial evidenceOak Brook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Chicago Freight Car is a premier independent railcar leasing solutions company that has been delivering quality products, reliable services, and a commitment to an outstanding…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Strong evidenceCooperstown, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corporation is a railroad manufacture company based out of 1 RAILROAD AVE, Cooperstown, New York, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Strong evidenceChicago Heights, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Rail Exchange Inc is a railroad manufacture company based out of P.O.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Partial evidenceWest Chester, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pennsy Corporation is an engineering firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of freight railcar parts and tools.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidenceFindlay, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLawrence, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-2002 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We build top quality rail equipment for customers throughout North America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceJacksonville, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“USA designed and manufactured solutions for railway and freight industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

Showing 15 of 27 railroad car manufacturers based in the United States

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Railroad car manufacturers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
23.6%Verified-email coverage
360.7Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
18.5%Largest-city concentration · Chicago
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
7
11-50
5
51-200
7
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 27 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among railroad car manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “railroad car manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names railroad car manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among railroad car manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,303 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names railroad car manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many railroad car manufacturers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 27 railroad car manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Trinity Industries, INC, headquartered in Dallas, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most railroad car manufacturers?

Chicago leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Big Spring (1) and Boulder (1).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,303 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 27 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.