Operating Segment and Sales and Credit Concentrations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Segment reporting information

The information in the following table is derived from the segments’ internal financial reports used by the Company’s management for purposes of assessing segment performance and for making decisions about allocation of resources.

	Revenues								Earnings (Loss) from Operations
	External		Intersegment			Total			External			Intersegment			Total
	(in thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
Manufacturing	$	128,270	$	143,706		$	271,976		$	30,696		$	44,017		$	74,713
Railcar Leasing	17,219		—			17,219			9,473			(7		)	9,466
Railcar Services	17,353		38			17,391			2,674			10			2,684
Corporate/Eliminations	—		(143,744		)	(143,744		)	(3,564		)	(44,020		)	(47,584		)
Total Consolidated	$	162,842	$	—		$	162,842		$	39,279		$	—		$	39,279
Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
Manufacturing	$	170,943	$	34,824		$	205,767		$	32,075		$	9,633		$	41,708
Railcar Leasing	8,301		—			8,301			4,155			5			4,160
Railcar Services	19,655		31			19,686			3,292			(13		)	3,279
Corporate/Eliminations	—		(34,855		)	(34,855		)	(3,896		)	(9,625		)	(13,521		)
Total Consolidated	$	198,899	$	—		$	198,899		$	35,626		$	—		$	35,626
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
Manufacturing	$	488,597	$	269,040		$	757,637		$	108,948		$	83,374		$	192,322
Railcar Leasing	42,850		—			42,850			23,102			(40		)	23,062
Railcar Services	51,019		222			51,241			7,971			58			8,029
Corporate/Eliminations	—		(269,262		)	(269,262		)	(12,385		)	(83,392		)	(95,777		)
Total Consolidated	$	582,466	$	—		$	582,466		$	127,636		$	—		$	127,636
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Manufacturing	$	476,160	$	135,315		$	611,475		$	98,834		$	29,541		$	128,375
Railcar Leasing	22,371		—			22,371			9,963			17			9,980
Railcar Services	54,882		126			55,008			9,680			(11		)	9,669
Corporate/Eliminations	—		(135,441		)	(135,441		)	(11,753		)	(29,547		)	(41,300		)
Total Consolidated	$	553,413	$	—		$	553,413		$	106,724		$	—		$	106,724

Total Assets	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Manufacturing	$	327,816		$	298,951
Railcar Leasing	746,340			478,000
Railcar Services	53,739			52,150
Corporate/Eliminations	(97,971		)	(3,492		)
Total Consolidated	$	1,029,924		$	825,609

Schedule of sales to related parties

Below is a summary of revenue from affiliates for each operating segment reflected as a percentage of total consolidated revenues.

	Three Months Ended   September 30,				Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Manufacturing	38.5	%	32.9	%	33.5	%	26.8	%
Railcar Leasing	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
Railcar Services	3.0	%	2.2	%	2.3	%	2.4	%

Sales Revenue, Segment [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Schedules of sales and credit concentration

	Three Months Ended   September 30,				Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Manufacturing revenues from significant customers	51.3	%	67.2	%	44.9	%	62.8	%

Accounts Receivable [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Schedules of sales and credit concentration

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Manufacturing receivables from significant customers	43.0	%	22.6	%