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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-25-085651
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250908
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250908

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FreightCar America, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001320854
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RAILROAD EQUIPMENT [3743]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-42830
		FILM NUMBER:		251301023

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		125 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(800) 458-2235

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		125 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FCA Acquisition Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050316
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<DESCRIPTION>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Washington, DC. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">25-1837219</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>125 South Wacker Drive, Suite&nbsp;1500</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chicago, Illinois</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><B>60606</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Title of Each Class</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">to be so Registered</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Name of Each Exchange on Which</P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Nasdaq Global Market</TD>
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to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. &#9746;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable):</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.
Description of Registrant&rsquo;s Securities to be Registered.</B></FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On September 2, 2025, the
Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of FreightCar America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), declared
a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a &ldquo;Right&rdquo;) for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company. The dividend is payable on September 8, 2025 to the stockholders of record on September 2, 2025. The description
and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement (the &ldquo;Rights Agreement&rdquo;) by and between the Company and Computershare
Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Rights Agreement is similar
to stockholder rights plans adopted by other public companies and is intended to protect the interests of the Company and its stockholders
by reducing the likelihood that any person or group gains control of the Company through open market accumulation or other tactics without
paying an appropriate control premium. In general terms, it works by imposing a significant penalty upon any person or group that acquires
beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding common stock of the Company without the approval of the Board (or 20% or more in
the case of a person or group that is entitled to file, and does file, a Schedule 13G (a &ldquo;13G Investor&rdquo;)). The Rights Agreement
should not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved in advance by the Board. The Rights Agreement also provides
that if a stockholder&rsquo;s beneficial ownership of the Company&rsquo;s common stock as of the time of the first public announcement
of the declaration of the Rights dividend is at or above the applicable protective threshold (including through entry into certain derivative
positions), the rights would become exercisable if at any time after such date, the stockholder increases its ownership percentage by
0.001% or more.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A summary of the terms of
the Rights Agreement follows. This description is only a summary, is not complete, and should be read together with, and is qualified
in its entirety by, the entire Rights Agreement, which has been filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement on Form 8-A and is
incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company upon request.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>The Rights</I>. The Board
authorized the issuance of a Right with respect to each outstanding share of common stock on September 2, 2025. The Rights will initially
trade with, and will be inseparable from, the common stock. The Rights will be evidenced only by certificates that represent shares of
common stock (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, which is how most holders&rsquo; shares are represented, by notations in the book-entry
account system that track the ownership of certificated shares). New Rights will accompany any new shares of common stock the Company
issues after September 2, 2025 until the Distribution Date described below.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Purchase Price</I>. Each
Right will allow its holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock
(a &ldquo;Preferred Share&rdquo;) for $42.00 (the &ldquo;Purchase Price&rdquo;), once the Rights become exercisable, subject to adjustment.
This portion of a Preferred Share will give the stockholder approximately the same dividend, voting and liquidation rights as would one
share of common stock. Prior to exercise or exchange, the Right will not give its holder any dividend, voting or liquidation rights.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Exercisability</I>. The
Rights will not be exercisable until:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol"></FONT>&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">10 business days after the public announcement that a person or group has become an &ldquo;Acquiring Person&rdquo;
by obtaining beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Company&rsquo;s outstanding common stock (or 20% or more in the case of a 13G
Investor); or</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">10 business days (or a later date determined by the Board before any person or group becomes an Acquiring
Person) after a person or group begins or announces a tender or exchange offer which, if completed, would result in that person or group
becoming an Acquiring Person.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Shares held by affiliates
and associates of an Acquiring Person, and Notional Common Shares (as defined in the Rights Agreement) held by counterparties to a Derivatives
Contract (as defined in the Rights Agreement) with an Acquiring Person, will be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The date when the Rights become
exercisable is the &ldquo;Distribution Date.&rdquo; Until that date, the common stock certificates (or, in the case of uncertificated
shares, notations in the book-entry account system) will also evidence the associated Rights, and any transfer of shares of common stock
will constitute a transfer of the associated Rights. After that date, the Rights will separate from the common stock and be evidenced
by Rights certificates that the Company will mail to all eligible holders of common stock. Any Rights held by an Acquiring Person or certain
transferees thereof are null and void and may not be exercised.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Consequences of a Person
or Group Becoming an Acquiring Person</I>.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol"></FONT>&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><I>Flip
                                            In</I>. If a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, then the Rights are activated,
                                            or &ldquo;flip in,&rdquo; and all holders of Rights except the Acquiring Person may, for
                                            the Purchase Price determined pursuant to the Agre<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">ement,
                                            purchase shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock at a price per share equal to 50% of
                                            the then-current per share market value of the common stock, based on the market price of
                                            the common stock prior to such acquisition.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Flip
                                            Over</I>. If the Company is acquired in a merger or similar transaction after the Distribution
                                            Date, then the Rights &ldquo;flip over&rdquo; and become exercisable with respect to the
                                            Acquiring Person&rsquo;s stock and all holders of Rights except the Acquiring Person may
                                            receive that number of shares of the person with which the Company has engaged in the foregoing
                                            transaction that have a market value equal to twice the exercise price of the Right.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>&nbsp;</I></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Preferred
Share Provisions</I>.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Each
one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, if issued, and subject to adjustment:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">will
                                            not be redeemable.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">will
                                            entitle holders to quarterly dividend payments of $0.01 per share, or an amount equal to
                                            the dividend paid for such quarter on one share of common stock, whichever is greater.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">will
                                            entitle holders upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company either to
                                            receive $1 per share or an amount equal to the payment made in connection therewith on each
                                            share of common stock, whichever is greater.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">will
                                            generally have the same voting power as one share of common stock.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">if
                                            shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock are converted via a merger, consolidation, or
                                            similar transaction, will entitle</FONT> holders to a per share payment equal to the payment
                                            made on one share of common stock.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The value of one one-hundredth
interest in a Preferred Share should approximate the value of one share of common stock.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Expiration</I>. The Rights
will expire, without any further action required of the Board, on August 5, 2026, unless the Expiration Date is advanced or extended or
unless the Rights are earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company, in each case as described below, or upon the occurrence of certain
transactions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Redemption</I>. The Board
may redeem the Rights for $0.001 per Right at any time before any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person. The redemption price for
the Rights is payable at the option of the Company, in cash, shares of Common Stock or such other form of consideration as the Board
of Directors of the Company shall determine. The redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with
such conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion may establish. If the Board redeems any Rights, it must
redeem all of the Rights. Once the Rights are redeemed, the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the redemption price
of $0.001 per Right. The redemption price will be adjusted if the Company effects a stock split or stock dividends on its common stock.</P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Exchange</I>. After a person
or group becomes an Acquiring Person, but before an Acquiring Person owns 50% or more of the Company&rsquo;s outstanding common stock,
the Board may extinguish the Rights by exchanging one share of common stock or a security with equivalent value for each Right, other
than Rights owned by the Acquiring Person or that otherwise become void.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Anti-Dilution Provisions</I>.
The purchase price of the Preferred Shares, the number of Preferred Shares issuable and the number of outstanding Rights may be adjusted
in certain circumstances to prevent dilution that may occur as a result of a stock dividend, a stock split, a stock combination, a reclassification
or similar events of or relating to the Preferred Shares or the common stock. No adjustments to the Purchase Price of less than 1% will
be made.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Amendments. </I>The terms
of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the Board of Directors without the consent of the holders of the Rights. After a person or group
becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of Directors may not amend the Rights Agreement in a way that adversely affects holders of the
Rights as such (other than an Acquiring Person or an affiliate or associate of any Acquiring Person).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">This summary description of the Rights Agreement does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Designation for the Preferred Shares and
the Rights Agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 3.3 and 4.2, respectively, to this registration statement on Form 8-A and
incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I></I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2.</B> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left; width: 90%; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD>3.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000119312506186901/dex31.htm">Certificate of Ownership and Merger of FreightCar America, Inc. into FCA Acquisition Corp., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 7, 2006).</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">3.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000119312507209837/dex31.htm">Third Amended and Restated By-laws of FreightCar America, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report filed on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 28, 2007).</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">3.3</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000121390025085543/ea025629401ex3-1_freight.htm">Certificate of Designation of Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 8, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 8, 2025).</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000119312505068565/dex44.htm">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Form S-1/A filed with the Commission on April 4, 2005).</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">4.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000121390025085543/ea025629401ex4-1_freight.htm">Rights Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2025, by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., which includes as Exhibit A, the Form of Certificate of Designation of Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and as Exhibit B, the Form of Rights Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 8, 2025).</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000121390025085543/ea025629401ex99-1_freight.htm">Press Release, dated September 8, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 8, 2025).</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: none">SIGNATURES</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>FreightCar America, Inc. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 60%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: </FONT>September 8, 2025
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt; width: 35%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Nicholas Randall</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Nicholas Randall</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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