American Railcar Industries, Inc. - Fourth Quarter 2005 - Earnings Conference Call

ST. CHARLES, Mo.--March 8, 2006--American Railcar Industries, Inc. , will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter results on Thursday, March 9, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central Time).

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s Web site at www.americanrailcar.com.

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site.

American Railcar Industries, Inc. is a leading North American manufacturer of covered hopper and tank railcars. ARI also repairs and refurbishes railcars, provides fleet management services and designs and manufactures certain railcar and industrial components used in the production of its railcars as well as railcars and non-railcar industrial products produced by others. ARI provides its railcar customers with integrated solutions through a comprehensive set of high quality products and related services.