August 10, 2025- TRA Newswire -

Dallas-based Trinity Industries, one of the largest freight car builders in the U.S., will close one of two facilities in the East Texas city of Longview as part of a restructuring program. 170 employees are expected to be laid off by the end of September.

Trinity Rail's cut back in workforce and holdings comes as operating profit dropped from $141.9 million in the first six months of 2024 to $95.4 million in the period January to June 2025. The company said that it's due to a drop in external deliveries of rail products, fewer lease portfolio payouts and the costs of reducing its workforce. 

The notification to the Texas Workforce Commission stated that employees to be laid off include senior and career welders, painters and production workers. The facility that is closing in located at 708 Jordan Valley Road in Longview, Texas. Another plant, at 140 Shady Brook Lane in Longview, will continue to operate.

Trinity Industries' Chief Executive Officer and President Jean Savage said in a public statement "Our second quarter results highlight the robust performance of our leasing business and Trinity's capability to generate substantial cash flow. We are seeing recovery in new railcar demand as sequential order volumes improved." 

Trinity has other manufacturing and maintenance facilities that are not affected in Dallas, Fort Worth, Navasota, Saginaw, as well as the second plant in Longview. Outside of the Lone Star state, Trinity has a footprint with shops in Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and in Mexico. 

The company dates back to 1933 in Dallas when it started as a small butane tank manufacturer. Trinity has an owned and managed fleet of over 140,000 railcar and offers products and services to the energy, chemical, agriculture, transportation, and construction sectors.

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