Chairman — Martin Graham
President, Trinity Rail Operations
Trinity Rail Group, LLC
The American Railway Car Institute (ARCI) has represented the North American freight car building industry for over 75 years. Membership is comprised of and restricted to major North American freight car manufacturers, lease car owners, and component manufacturers. Each quarter, ARCI prepares and distributes statistics on freight car orders, deliveries, and backlogs. Its engineering and design subcommittee meets four times a year to address design and safety issues of freight cars.
ARCI was organized as an association separate from RSI; however, since mid-1994 it has functioned as a committee of RSI and has been administered by RSI staff.
ARCI has three major roles:
- To work in coordination with the Association of American Railroads on freight car design standards.
- To tabulate and report North American freight car orders, deliveries, and backlogs and issue railcar market information and forecasts. These statistics are compiled on a quarterly basis.
- To represent the specific interests of railcar builders in federal legislative and regulatory matters.
The past activities of ARCI include a NAFTA supply industry conference, which compared supply industry sales contracts in the United States, Canada and Mexico. ARCI's Market Forecast subcommittee regularly provides information on the economic status and outlook for the railcar industry. The Engineering and Design subcommittee discusses technical issues within the car building industry and with the railroad industry.
For more information regarding ARCI membership, please call us or send an e-mail to rpi@rpi.org.
Next meeting of ARCI
ARCI Board
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
12pm – Lunch will be served
Chicago O’Hare Hilton
Chicago, IL
RSI Contact – Tom Simpson
