Welcome to the North America Freight Car Association (NAFCA) web site.
NAFCA membership includes car owners, car builders, car lessors and car lessees. Our membership is dedicated to promoting the safe, efficient and economical use of private railcars.
Our primary goal is to educate the public and lawmakers regarding operational, regulatory, economic and legal matters that affect private cars and private car owners and lessees. We are working to secure the establishment and maintenance of reasonable, equitable and lawful practices and rules affecting the use of, repair of, operation of and principles of compensation for all private cars.
Our goal is to work with carriers and legislative bodies and seek areas where we can work together to find ways to improve the safe operation of private rail equipment while protecting the rights of private car owners and lessees. We do at time find, however, where we are not able to find compromises and when this happens NAFCA will take the lead in protecting the interests of private car owners and lessees. Please view the section on NAFCA Filings which will list some of the actions NAFCA has taken to protect private car owners and lessees rights.
If you are a private car owner or lessee and have an interest in joining NAFCA please contact one of the officers listed on our web page. We will be glad to visit with you about becoming a member.
Sincerely,
Darrell R. Wallace
President
North America Freight Car Association