Description of the Business	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Description of the Business [Abstract]
Description of the Business	Note 1 – Description of the Business FreightCar America, Inc. (“FreightCar”) operates primarily in North America through its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively with FreightCar, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), and designs and manufactures a wide range of railroad freight cars, completes railcar rebody and repair services, provides railcar conversion services that repurpose idled rail assets back into revenue service, and supplies railcar replacement parts and components for all railcar types. The Company designs and builds high-quality railcars, including boxcars, covered and open-top hopper cars, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars, mill gondola cars, coil steel cars and coal cars.

Description of the Business

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2026

Description of the Business [Abstract]

Note 1 – Description of the Business

FreightCar America, Inc. (“FreightCar”) operates primarily in North America through its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively with FreightCar, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), and designs and manufactures a wide range of railroad freight cars, completes railcar rebody and repair services, provides railcar conversion services that repurpose idled rail assets back into revenue service, and supplies railcar replacement parts and components for all railcar types. The Company designs and builds high-quality railcars, including boxcars, covered and open-top hopper cars, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars, mill gondola cars, coil steel cars and coal cars.

FreightCar America, Inc. 10-Q