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10/31/2022
Rail-car orders in the third quarter totaled 25,075 units, up 124% from Q2's 11,177 units and 191% from Q3 2021's 8,607 units, according to data from the Railway Supply Institute's American Railway Car Institute Committee (ARCI).
Cars delivered in Q3 climbed to 10,821 units from 9,629 units in Q2 and 8,298 units in Q3 2021.
Meanwhile, the rail-car backlog stood at 61,415 units on Oct. 1, up from 47,461 units on July 1, 46,208 units on April 1, 42,993 units on Jan. 1 and 37,779 units on Oct. 1, 2021.
RSI compiles ARCI statistics using data from North American freight-car builders. The car types incorporated into the statistics include pressure and non-pressure tank cars, hopper cars, box cars, flat cars and gondolas.