Amsted Rail Granite City Foundry
Large load · 1700 Walnut Street, Granite City, IL
Amsted Rail operates a steel foundry at 1700 Walnut Street in Granite City, Madison County, Illinois, where scrap steel is melted in two electric arc furnaces and poured into castings. The foundry makes side frames and bolsters for rail cars and has taken on truck-set castings and bogie assembly for Metra passenger cars.
Overview
The foundry melts scrap steel and pours it into molds to create castings. It produces side frames and bolsters for rail cars. The Metra program covers truck set castings and bogie assembly for 221 train cars, equal to 442 bogies.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- The metal processing equipment includes two electric arc furnaces. The foundry converted its melting operations to electric arc furnaces in 1970. A utility distribution-asset record names an American Steel Foundry spur on the Illinois Power system. The high-voltage transmission facilities of Ameren Illinois are part of MISO.
- Ownership
- EPA lists Amsted Rail Co Inc as the facility operator and owner.
- Recent changes
- The foundry expects to be at full production on the transit program, with completed assemblies at a rate of 10 to 14 a month by fiscal 2026. Amsted Rail was reported in May 2025 to be laying off 74 workers at the Granite City factory, citing a business slowdown.
Facility
- Activity
- side frames and bolsters for rail cars
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Nov 21, 2024
Related records
Timeline
- Nov 21, 2024
- Transit rail program expected to reach full production at the foundry
Foundry Lays New Tracks into Transit Rail Market | Casting Source
- May 13, 2025
- Layoff of 74 workers announced citing business slowdown
Mass layoffs from freight-related jobs continue across US, Germany - FreightWaves