Exhibit 99.1

FreightCar America, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results

Third quarter 2022 revenue up 47% year-over-year

Company reaffirms revenue and delivery outlook for fiscal year 2022

Chicago, IL, November 7, 2022-- FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAIL) or (the “Company”), a diversified manufacturer of railroad freight cars, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

Third Quarter 2022 Highlights

Jim Meyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of FreightCar America, commented, “FreightCar America delivered another quarter of strong top-line growth while also producing another record number of railcars at the Castaños facility. That said, our financial results were muted by the combined impacts of delivering lower margin orders accepted at the bottom of the cycle and elevated freight costs. We expect margins to strengthen starting in the fourth quarter as these orders are completed.”

Meyer continued, “While there is much more work to accomplish, we continued to make solid progress on our strategic and performance initiatives in Castaños. The new fabrication shop started operating in the third quarter and our expanded wheel mounting and axle machining facility achieved AAR certification just after the close of the quarter, both of which will bring meaningful efficiencies going forward. We continue to invest in the business and work to position ourselves as a world class manufacturer in Northern Mexico, anchored by the new purpose-built facility and an exceptional workforce.”

Meyer concluded, “We remain confident in our direction and look forward to the future benefits of a built-out manufacturing campus combined with a healthier macroeconomic environment and more normalized supply chains.”

Fiscal Year 2022 Outlook

Mike Riordan, Chief Financial Officer of FreightCar America, added, “With our new footprint in Mexico, we have right sized our business and improved our operating structure, which has allowed us to meaningfully reduce our cost structure. Over the past year, we have seen our production capability increase beyond our original expectation and the team in Castaños capture the operational

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efficiencies we envisioned. This has led to $7.2 million of Adjusted EBITDA generated during the first nine months of 2022, a $15.6 million improvement from the comparable 2021 period. As a result of this strong performance, we are reaffirming our previously stated 2022 outlook.”

Third Quarter 2022 Conference Call & Webcast Information

The Company will host a conference call and live webcast on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss its third quarter 2022 financial results. Investors, analysts, and members of the media interested in listening to the live presentation are encouraged to join a webcast of the call, available at:

Event URL: https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1576520&tp_key=59e5a87e0a

Please note that the webcast is listen-only and webcast participants will not be able to participate in the question and answer portion of the conference call. Interested parties may also participate in the call by dialing (877) 407-0789 or (201) 689-8562 and entering the passcode 13733654. Interested parties are asked to dial in approximately 10 to 15 minutes prior to the start time of the call.

An audio replay of the conference call will be available beginning at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday November 8, 2022, until 12:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday November 23, 2022. To access the replay, please dial (844) 512-2921 or (412) 317-6671. The replay passcode is 13733654. An archived version of the webcast will also be available on the FreightCar America Investor Relations website.

About FreightCar America

FreightCar America, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer of railroad freight cars that also supplies railcar parts and leases freight cars through its FreightCar America Leasing Company subsidiaries. FreightCar America designs and builds high-quality railcars, including open top hopper cars, covered hopper cars, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars, mill gondola cars, coil steel cars, boxcars and coal cars, and also specializes in the conversion of railcars for repurposed use. FreightCar America is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has facilities in the following locations: Castaños, Mexico; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. More information about FreightCar America is available on its website at www.freightcaramerica.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain statements relating to our expected financial performance and/or future business prospects, events and plans that are “forward-looking statements” as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. Our actual results may differ materially from the results described in or anticipated by our forward-looking statements due to certain risks and uncertainties. These potential risks and uncertainties include, among other things: risks relating to the cyclical nature of our business; adverse economic and market conditions; fluctuating costs of raw materials, including steel and aluminum, and delays in the delivery of raw materials; our ability to maintain relationships with our suppliers of railcar components; our reliance upon a small number of customers that represent a large percentage of our sales; the variable purchase patterns of our customers and the timing of completion, delivery and customer acceptance of orders; potential financial and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; the highly competitive nature of our industry; the risk of lack of acceptance of our new railcar offerings by our customers; and other competitive factors. We expressly disclaim any duty to provide updates to any forward-looking statements made in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

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Segment Data

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Reconciliation of income before taxes to EBITDA(1) and Adjusted EBITDA(2)

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(1) EBITDA represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We believe EBITDA is useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry. In addition, our management uses EBITDA to evaluate our operating performance. The calculation of EBITDA eliminates the effects of financing, income taxes and the accounting effects of capital spending. These items may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to the overall performance of the company’s business. EBITDA is not a financial measure presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, when analyzing our operating performance, investors should not consider EBITDA in isolation or as a substitute for net income, cash flows from operating activities or other statements of operations or statements of cash flow data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our calculation of EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to that of other similar titled measures reported by other companies.

(2) Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA before the following charges:

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We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry because it eliminates the impact of certain non-cash charges and other special items that affect the comparability of results in past quarters. Adjusted EBITDA is not a financial measure presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, when analyzing our operating performance, investors should not consider Adjusted EBITDA in isolation or as a substitute for net income, cash flows from operating activities or other statements of operations or statements of cash flow data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to that of other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

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Reconciliation of Net income (loss) and Adjusted Net income (loss)(1)

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(1) Adjusted net income (loss) represents net income (loss) before the following charges:

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We believe that Adjusted net income (loss) is useful to investors evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry because it eliminates the impact of certain non-cash charges and other special items that affect the comparability of results in past quarters. Adjusted net income (loss) is not a financial measure presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, when analyzing our operating performance, investors should not consider Adjusted net income (loss) in isolation or as a substitute for net income, cash flows from operating activities or other statements of operations or statements of cash flow data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our calculation of Adjusted net income (loss) is not necessarily comparable to that of other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

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Reconciliation of EPS and Adjusted EPS(1)

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(1) Adjusted EPS represents basic EPS before the following charges:

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We believe that Adjusted EPS is useful to investors evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry because it eliminates the impact of certain non-cash charges and other special items that affect the comparability of results in past quarters. Adjusted EPS is not a financial measure presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, when analyzing our operating performance, investors should not consider Adjusted EPS in isolation or as a substitute for net income, cash flows from operating activities or other statements of operations or statements of cash flow data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our calculation of Adjusted EPS is not necessarily comparable to that of other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

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