Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Note 22 – Subsequent Events On January 30, 2023, FreightCar North America, LLC, FreightCar America, Inc. (the “Company”), certain other subsidiary guarantors of the Company, CO Finance LVS VI LLC and OC III LFE II LP (collectively, the “Loan Parties”) entered into Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”), with respect to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 13, 2020 by and among the Loan Parties (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and together with the Amendment, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement). The Sixth Amendment amends the Term Loan Credit Agreement to extend the date for the Company to draw on the delayed draw loan of $15,000 from January 31, 2023 to March 3, 2023. On February 27, 2023, the Loan Parties entered into Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”), with respect to the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Seventh Amendment amends the Term Loan Credit Agreement to extend the date for the Company to draw on the delayed draw loan of $15,000 from March 3, 2023 to April 3, 2023. On March 23, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company and OC III LFE II LP (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company will issue approximately 85,000 shares of new non-convertible Series C Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 (the “Preferred Stock”) at an initial stated value of $1,000 per share. The total purchase price and aggregate number of shares will depend on the total debt outstanding under the Term Loan Credit Agreement as of the closing date. Upon closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing”), the Purchaser will receive a detached warrant to purchase up to an estimated 3% shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding as of the Closing, for an exercise price equal to the average price of the Company’s Common Stock thirty (30) days prior to the date of announcement of the contemplated transaction. The Company expects to use the proceeds from the issuance of the Preferred Stock to repay in-full, in-cash all of the principal amount of the outstanding Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with all accrued unpaid interest, fees, penalties, and other obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. Any excess proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. In connection with the Closing, the Purchaser has agreed to extend the maturity date of the Third Amendment Letter of Credit for two (2) years and reduce the Letter of Credit Fee paid by the Company to $375 per quarter. On March 23, 2023, the Loan Parties, the Purchaser, and the designated disbursing and collateral agent (the “Agent”) entered into Amendment No. 8 to Credit Agreement (the “Eighth Amendment”), with respect to the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Eighth Amendment amends the Term Loan Credit Agreement to provide the Company the option to pay all interest during the period between signing of the Purchase Agreement and the Closing (the “Pre-Closing Period”) in kind. On March 23, 2023, the Company, the Purchaser, the Agent, and the designated calculation agent entered into Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties have agreed the Letter of Credit Fee, Equity Fee or Cash Fee that would otherwise be due and payable for the Pre-Closing Period will accrue and become payable and be paid on the date the Pre-Closing Period terminates.

Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Note 22 – Subsequent Events

On January 30, 2023, FreightCar North America, LLC, FreightCar America, Inc. (the “Company”), certain other subsidiary guarantors of the Company, CO Finance LVS VI LLC and OC III LFE II LP (collectively, the “Loan Parties”) entered into Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”), with respect to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 13, 2020 by and among the Loan Parties (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and together with the Amendment, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement). The Sixth Amendment amends the Term Loan Credit Agreement to extend the date for the Company to draw on the delayed draw loan of $15,000 from January 31, 2023 to March 3, 2023.

On February 27, 2023, the Loan Parties entered into Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”), with respect to the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Seventh Amendment amends the Term Loan Credit Agreement to extend the date for the Company to draw on the delayed draw loan of $15,000 from March 3, 2023 to April 3, 2023.

On March 23, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company and OC III LFE II LP (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company will issue approximately 85,000 shares of new non-convertible Series C Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 (the “Preferred Stock”) at an initial stated value of $1,000 per share. The total purchase price and aggregate number of shares will depend on the total debt outstanding under the Term Loan Credit Agreement as of the closing date. Upon closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing”), the Purchaser will receive a detached warrant to purchase up to an estimated 3% shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding as of the Closing, for an exercise price equal to the average price of the Company’s Common Stock thirty (30) days prior to the date of announcement of the contemplated transaction.

The Company expects to use the proceeds from the issuance of the Preferred Stock to repay in-full, in-cash all of the principal amount of the outstanding Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with all accrued unpaid interest, fees, penalties, and other obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. Any excess proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. In connection with the Closing, the Purchaser has agreed to extend the maturity date of the Third Amendment Letter of Credit for two (2) years and reduce the Letter of Credit Fee paid by the Company to $375 per quarter.

On March 23, 2023, the Loan Parties, the Purchaser, and the designated disbursing and collateral agent (the “Agent”) entered into Amendment No. 8 to Credit Agreement (the “Eighth Amendment”), with respect to the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Eighth Amendment amends the Term Loan Credit Agreement to provide the Company the option to pay all interest during the period between signing of the Purchase Agreement and the Closing (the “Pre-Closing Period”) in kind.

On March 23, 2023, the Company, the Purchaser, the Agent, and the designated calculation agent entered into Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties have agreed the Letter of Credit Fee, Equity Fee or Cash Fee that would otherwise be due and payable for the Pre-Closing Period will accrue and become payable and be paid on the date the Pre-Closing Period terminates.