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FreightCar America Inc. has doubled production capacity at its Roanoke, Va., coal car plant. Today, the company marked the opening of a second production line at the facility, which opened two years ago in a portion of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s former East End shops.

FreightCar America added the line to build newly designed BethGon® II hybrid coal cars for NS. Today, NS officials and state and local dignitaries joined FreightCar America executives at the plant to also mark the delivery of the first BethGon II hybrid car to the Class I. NS has ordered 1,200 of the cars.

“With both higher capacity and expected improvements in service life, these cars will be valuable additions to our coal car fleet,” said NS Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman in a prepared statement.

In addition to coal cars, FreightCar America builds flat, intermodal and coil steel cars; steel hoppers; mill gondolas; and motor vehicle carriers.