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4/17/2013
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ARCI: Rail-car orders climbed, deliveries flatlined in Q1
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In the first quarter, rail-car orders nearly doubled first-quarter 2012's total, reaching 23,901 units versus 12,473 units in the year-ago period, according to to the Railway Supply Institute Inc.'s American Railway Car Institute Committee (ARCI).
Orders previously totaled 11,066 units in fourth-quarter 2012, 15,151 units in third-quarter 2012 and 16,434 units in second-quarter 2012.
Car deliveries in the first quarter (11,952 units) were flat versus the fourth quarter (11,815 units) and down versus first-quarter 2012 (16,816 units), ARCI stats show. Deliveries had totaled 12,346 units in third-quarter 2012 and 17,927 units in second-quarter 2012.
The car backlog as of April 1 stood at 71,704 units compared with 60,244 units on Dec. 31, 2012, 61,400 units on Oct. 1, 2012, and 58,674 units on July 1, 2012.
Orders previously totaled 11,066 units in fourth-quarter 2012, 15,151 units in third-quarter 2012 and 16,434 units in second-quarter 2012.
Car deliveries in the first quarter (11,952 units) were flat versus the fourth quarter (11,815 units) and down versus first-quarter 2012 (16,816 units), ARCI stats show. Deliveries had totaled 12,346 units in third-quarter 2012 and 17,927 units in second-quarter 2012.
The car backlog as of April 1 stood at 71,704 units compared with 60,244 units on Dec. 31, 2012, 61,400 units on Oct. 1, 2012, and 58,674 units on July 1, 2012.
