Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Revenues:
Manufacturing (including revenues from affiliates of $62,698 and $195,068 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $65,678 and $148,660 for the same periods in 2013)	$ 128,270	$ 170,943	$ 488,597	$ 476,160
Railcar Leasing	17,219	8,301	42,850	22,371
Railcar Services (including revenues from affiliates of $4,912 and $13,574 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $4,307 and $13,461 for the same periods in 2013)	17,353	19,655	51,019	54,882
Total revenues	162,842	198,899	582,466	553,413
Cost of revenues:
Manufacturing	(95,609)	(136,974)	(374,007)	(371,806)
Railcar Leasing	(6,319)	(3,524)	(16,192)	(9,729)
Railcar Services	(14,065)	(15,614)	(40,854)	(43,063)
Total cost of revenues	(115,993)	(156,112)	(431,053)	(424,598)
Gross profit	46,849	42,787	151,413	128,815
Selling, general and administrative	(7,570)	(7,161)	(23,777)	(22,091)
Earnings from operations	39,279	35,626	127,636	106,724
Interest income (including income from related parties of $603 and $1,843 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $669 and $2,026 for the same periods in 2013)	608	672	1,868	2,042
Interest expense	(1,849)	(1,512)	(5,364)	(5,853)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	(1,896)	(392)
Other income	63	16	95	2,024
Earnings (Loss) from joint ventures	3	(505)	(263)	(2,282)
Earnings before income taxes	38,104	34,297	122,076	102,263
Income tax expense	(14,280)	(13,327)	(45,266)	(39,737)
Net earnings	$ 23,824	$ 20,970	$ 76,810	$ 62,526
Net earnings per common share—basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.12	$ 0.98	$ 3.60	$ 2.93
Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic and diluted (in shares)	21,352	21,352	21,352	21,352
Cash dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.25	$ 1.20	$ 0.75