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Business Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Business Segments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2015
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Expenditures
|  | Net |  | Segment |  | Segment |  | Depreciation/ |  | for Long-Lived
|  | Sales |  | Profit (Loss) |  | Assets |  | Amortization |  | Assets
Rail Products and Services | $ | 328,982 | $ | 27,037 | $ | 241,222 | $ | 8,098 | $ | 4,273
Construction Products |  | 176,394 |  | 12,958 |  | 86,335 |  | 2,720 |  | 1,260
Tubular and Energy Services |  | 119,147 |  | (81,344) | * | 216,715 |  | 14,857 |  | 4,303
Total | $ | 624,523 | $ | (41,349) | $ | 544,272 | $ | 25,675 | $ | 9,836
|  | 2014
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Expenditures
|  | Net |  | Segment |  | Segment |  | Depreciation/ |  | for Long-Lived
|  | Sales |  | Profit |  | Assets |  | Amortization |  | Assets
Rail Products and Services | $ | 374,615 | $ | 30,093 | $ | 239,951 | $ | 6,153 | $ | 5,115
Construction Products |  | 178,847 |  | 13,106 |  | 102,978 |  | 2,232 |  | 3,343
Tubular and Energy Services |  | 53,730 |  | 5,350 |  | 130,289 |  | 3,208 |  | 6,988
Total | $ | 607,192 | $ | 48,549 | $ | 473,218 | $ | 11,593 | $ | 15,446
|  | 2013
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Expenditures
|  | Net |  | Segment |  | Segment |  | Depreciation/ |  | for Long-Lived
|  | Sales |  | Profit |  | Assets |  | Amortization |  | Assets
Rail Products and Services | $ | 363,667 | $ | 28,692 | $ | 252,049 | $ | 6,505 | $ | 3,383
Construction Products |  | 191,751 |  | 10,206 |  | 77,900 |  | 1,758 |  | 1,805
Tubular and Energy Services |  | 42,545 |  | 9,208 |  | 51,497 |  | 1,054 |  | 2,460
Total | $ | 597,963 | $ | 48,106 | $ | 381,446 | $ | 9,317 | $ | 7,648
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block] |
(Loss) income from Operations: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total for reportable segments | $ | (41,349) | $ | 48,549 | $ | 48,106
Adjustment of inventory to LIFO |  | 2,468 |  | 738 |  | 37
Unallocated interest income |  | 206 |  | 530 |  | 659
Unallocated equity in (loss) income of nonconsolidated investments |  | (413) |  | 1,282 |  | 1,316
Unallocated corporate amounts |  | (11,489) |  | (12,039) |  | (5,980)
(Loss) income from operations, before income taxes | $ | (50,577) | $ | 39,060 | $ | 44,138
Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block] |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total for reportable segments | $ | 544,272 | $ | 473,218 | $ | 381,446
Unallocated corporate assets |  | 28,209 |  | 26,788 |  | 40,774
LIFO |  | (5,821) |  | (8,289) |  | (9,027)
Total assets | $ | 566,660 | $ | 491,717 | $ | 413,193
Reconciliation of Other Significant Reconciling Items from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block] |
Depreciation/Amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total for reportable segments | $ | 25,675 | $ | 11,593 | $ | 9,317
Other |  | 999 |  | 984 |  | 685
Total | $ | 26,674 | $ | 12,577 | $ | 10,002
Expenditures for Long-Lived Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total for reportable segments | $ | 9,836 | $ | 15,446 | $ | 7,648
Expenditures funded through financing agreements |  | 288 |  | 1,981 |  | -
Other expenditures |  | 5,077 |  | 1,610 |  | 2,026
Total | $ | 15,201 | $ | 19,037 | $ | 9,674
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the Company’s sales by major geographic region in which the Company has operations for the years ended December 31:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
United States | $ | 522,404 | $ | 498,025 | $ | 495,710
Canada |  | 40,545 |  | 39,375 |  | 37,290
United Kingdom |  | 26,817 |  | 22,625 |  | 16,548
Other |  | 34,757 |  | 47,167 |  | 48,415
| $ | 624,523 | $ | 607,192 | $ | 597,963
The following table summarizes the Company’s long-lived assets by geographic region at December 31:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
United States | $ | 118,053 | $ | 66,905 | $ | 40,717
Canada |  | 6,186 |  | 7,440 |  | 8,833
Other |  | 2,506 |  | 457 |  | 559
| $ | 126,745 | $ | 74,802 | $ | 50,109
Schedule of Revenues by Major Product Line [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the Company’s sales by major product line:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Rail distribution products | $ | 126,277 | $ | 139,529 | $ | 144,911
Rail Technologies products |  | 98,237 |  | 109,053 |  | 88,670
Piling products |  | 94,853 |  | 111,182 |  | 140,302
Concrete products |  | 52,044 |  | 36,396 |  | 32,969
Test and inspection services |  | 35,906 |  | - |  | -
CXT concrete tie products |  | 35,740 |  | 52,562 |  | 44,108
Allegheny Rail Products |  | 35,155 |  | 45,008 |  | 36,666
Other products |  | 146,311 |  | 113,462 |  | 110,337
| $ | 624,523 | $ | 607,192 | $ | 597,963

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