Employer · WARN Act history · Transportation & Warehousing
FreightCar America
564 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in VA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 564
- Workers cut
- 2
- WARN notices
- 1
- State
- 282
- Avg / notice
FreightCar America has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 564 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, FreightCar America has 2 recorded filings covering 564 workers across 1 state, primarily VA, the 321st-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
FreightCar America is a minor share of Transportation & Warehousing WARN activity — 0.4% of the sector's 158,362 workers across 311 employers, ranking #33 in Transportation & Warehousing.
How 564 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer FREIGHTCAR-A · FreightCar America 564 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-HEAVY · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-SHORT · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-SINGLE · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-HEAVY #321
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-SHORT 43d
- STAT-SINGLE VA
- BOOK-SINGLE 1 agency
- TYPE-MIX 1C/1L
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Largest FreightCar America WARN filings · notice runway
Top 2 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Roanoke, VA · Layoff · Transportation & Warehousing 364 workers · filed Mar 29, 2017 · 26d runway
- Roanoke, VA · Closure · Transportation & Warehousing 200 workers · filed Jul 22, 2019 · 60d runway
Median forward runway across 2 dated filings: 43 days (1 under 60d · 1 at/above 60d ).
What changed - FreightCar America WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2017 → 2019: WARN workers affected for FreightCar America fell from 364 in 2017 to 200 in 2019; notice count held from 1 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2019.
Where FreightCar America Falls Among Tracked Employers
7,009 employers with a WARN filing, bucketed by total workers affected
Bucket counts (employers by total workers affected, as of September 2026): 1-10: 955; 11-50: 1,411; 51-150: 3,067; 151-500: 1,205; 501-1.5k: 273; 1.5k-5k: 72; 5k-15k: 16; 15k+: 10. FreightCar America is in the 501-1.5k bucket (#321 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jul 2019.
WARN Notice History
2019
Roanoke, VA · Transportation & Warehousing
Effective: Sep 20, 2019
200
workers
Filed Jul 22, 2019
2017
Roanoke, VA · Transportation & Warehousing
Effective: Apr 24, 2017
364
workers
Filed Mar 29, 2017
Questions about this FreightCar America record
What is the largest FreightCar America WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Roanoke, VA on Mar 29, 2017, covering 364 workers in Transportation & Warehousing.
Where were FreightCar America's WARN notices filed? ▼
The record contains 1 facility closure and 1 mass-layoff filing centered on Roanoke, sourced from Virginia Works. States represented in this record: VA.
Does FreightCar America's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2017 through 2019 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in FreightCar America's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway is under 30 days; compare the filing dates with the federal 60-day baseline before estimating any possible notice-pay shortfall.
See also: VA WARN filings · Transportation & Warehousing industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries FreightCar America notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.