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7/24/2020
In the second quarter, rail-car deliveries totaled 8,441 units, down from 15,623 units during the same 2019 period, according to the Railway Supply Institute's American Railway Car Institute Committee.
Rail cars delivered during Q2 also declined from first-quarter 2020's 10,824 units.
The number of rail cars ordered in Q2 plummeted to 1,923 units from 11,754 ordered during the same period a year ago. Orders previously totaled 6,172 units in the first quarter and 8,464 units in fourth-quarter 2019.
Meanwhile, the rail-car backlog stood at 39,612 units on July 1, down from 46,330 units on April 1. The backlog previously totaled 51,295 units on Dec. 31, 2019, and 58,127 units on Oct. 1 , 2019.