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Exhibit 10.10.B

DEED OF TRUST AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS DEED OF TRUST AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1,1995 (the “Deed of Trust”), from
AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES, INC., a Missouri corporation (the “Company”) whose address is c/o ACF
Industries, Incorporated, 3301 Rider Trail South, Earth City, Missouri 63045, to E. SID DOUGLAS,
III, an individual resident of the State of Missouri, as trustee (the “Mortgage Trustee”), and THE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF KENNETT, MISSOURI, a Missouri industrial
development corporation with its principal office located at 1601 First Street in the City of
Kennett, Missouri (the “Issuer”), as beneficiary and
secured party.

RECITALS:

     1. The Company owns the real estate (exclusive of buildings, improvements and
fixtures) described in Schedule 1 hereto and all buildings, structures, additions, improvements,
fixtures, machinery, Mortgaged Equipment and related support facilities described in Schedule 2
hereto (the Land and said buildings, improvements, fixtures, machinery and equipment and related
support facilities, together with certain improvements, fixtures, machinery and equipment (but
excluding any Land which may from time to time be released as
permitted under Section 9.4 of the
Loan Agreement and subject to easements, licenses and other rights created in accordance with
Section 9.5 of the Loan Agreement) being collectively referred to herein as the “Project”).

     2. The Issuer proposes to issue its Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (American Railcar
Industries, Inc./ACF Industries, Incorporated Railcar Component Manufacturing Project) Series 1995,
in the principal amount of $5,500,000 (the “Bonds”),
pursuant to the Act and a Trust Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended and supplemented from time to
time, the “Indenture”),
between the Issuer and the Trustee, and to use the proceeds of the Bonds to make the loan mentioned
below.

     3. The Issuer and the Company have entered into a Loan Agreement dated as of me date hereof
(as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) to provide for the loan by the
Issuer to the Company of the proceeds of the Bonds and its repayment and the Company has executed a
note in the aggregate principal amount of $5,500,000 (the “Note”), dated as of the date of issuance
of the Bonds, to evidence the Company’s obligation to repay such loan.

     4. The Company desires to make and enter into this Deed of Trust to secure the payment and
performance of the duties and obligations of the Company under the Note, the Loan Agreement, and
this Deed of Trust and as an inducement to the purchase of the Bonds by all who shall at any time
become holders thereof.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT WITNESSETH;

GRANTING CLAUSES

A. Deed of Trust

     The Company, in consideration of the premises and the sum of one dollar duly paid to the
Company by the Mortgage Trustee, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, and to secure the payment of the Note, and any and all extensions,
modifications, substitutions or renewals thereof, and the payment and performance of the Company’s
duties and obligations under the Loan Agreement and this Deed of Trust, does hereby GRANT, BARGAIN
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SELL, CONVEY AND CONFIRM unto the Mortgage Trustee, and his successors in trust and his assigns,
all of the hereinafter described properties, rights and interests, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired (said properties, rights and interests, together with any additions thereto which may be
subject to the lien of this instrument by means of supplements hereto being hereinafter called the
“Mortgaged Property,” which solely consists of the Project, and all Mortgaged Property constituting
real properly being hereinafter referred to as “Mortgaged Real Property”, and insofar as the
Mortgaged Property consists of the Mortgaged Equipment, fixtures, proceeds of collateral or subject
to the applicable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (as in effect in the appropriate
jurisdiction with respect to the Mortgaged Property wherever located), the Company hereby grants to
the Mortgage Trustee and the Issuer a security interest in all of the Company’s right, title and
interest therein (all said personal property being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
‘Mortgaged Personal Property”) namely:

     1. All right, title and interest of the Company in and to the Land as further described
in Schedule 1 hereto with the tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, rights, privileges,
easements, franchises, rights, appendages and immunities thereunto belonging or appertaining.

     2. All right, title and interest of the Company in and to all buildings, improvements,
fixtures and other property constituting real property or real estate under the laws of the State
of Missouri now located, or hereafter erected, upon the Land,
including the property constituting
real property or real estate described in Schedules 1 and 2 hereto, and all right, title and
interest of the Company, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to any and all strips and gores of
land, in and to all real property upon which any such buildings or improvements may now or hereafter
encroach, and in, to and under the real property within the streets, roads and alleys adjoining all
such real property, and in and to all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, privileges,
easements, franchises, rights, appendages and appurtenances whatsoever belonging to or in any wise
appertaining to all such real property.

     3. All tangible personal property (including, without limitation, all fixtures, machinery
and equipment and related support facilities of any nature whatsoever) paid for out of the
Construction Fund now or hereafter constituting a part of the Project including the property
constituting personal property under the laws of the State of Missouri described in Schedule 2
hereto.

     4. All fixtures and tangible personal properly (including, but not limited to, machinery
and equipment and related support facilities, building materials, building machinery and building
equipment) delivered on site to the Land during the course of, or in connection with,
construction of the Project, but excluding Leased Equipment.

     5. All right, title and interest of the Company in, to and under any contracts, purchase
orders or agreements for the acquisition, construction or installation of
the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.

     6. All leases of the Mortgaged Property (other than Leased Equipment), or any part
thereof, entered into and all right, title and interest of the Company thereunder, including cash
and securities deposited under said leases.

     7. All Net Proceeds of insurance and condemnation awards (including Net Proceeds (as
defined in the Indenture)), all replacements and substitutions for other than Leased Equipment, and
other rights and interests belonging to, any of the foregoing.

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     8. Any and all water and water rights, ditches and ditch rights, reservoirs and
reservoir rights, stock or interests in water, irrigation or ditch companies, royalties, minerals,
oil and gas rights, and lease or leasehold interests owned by the Company, now or hereafter used or
useful in connection with, appurtenant to or related to the Land or other Mortgaged Property or any
part thereof.

     9. To the extent assignable, all licenses, permits (including building permits),
authorizations or approvals of any type or nature whatsoever, now owned or held or hereafter
acquired, which relate to the use, development or occupancy of the Land or other Mortgaged Properly
or any part thereof.

     10. Any and all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (including, without limitation,
proceeds which constitute property of the types described in paragraphs 3,4, or 5 above).

     TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Mortgaged Property with all rights and privileges hereby
mortgaged, conveyed, pledged and assigned or agreed or intended so to be, to the Mortgage Trustee
and his successors and assigns as collateral security for the Loan Agreement and the Note.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the condition of this Deed of Trust is such that if the Company shall well and
truly pay unto the Issuer the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and shall perform, comply with and
abide by each and every agreement, condition and covenant contained and set forth in the Loan
Agreement, the Note, and this Deed of Trust, then this Deed of Trust shall be void and this Deed of
Trust shall be released and the security interest herein granted shall be terminated and all
evidences of indebtedness cancelled, all at the cost of the Company.

     AND, the Company does hereby covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1. Definitions of Words and Terms. All words and terms defined in Section 101 of
the Indenture or Article I of the Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Deed of Trust
unless otherwise defined herein. In addition to words and terms defined in the Indenture, the Loan
Agreement or elsewhere in this Deed of Trust, the following words and terms as used in this Deed of
Trust shall have the following meanings unless some other meaning is plainly indicated:

     “Act” means the “Act” as defined in the Indenture.

     “Agreed Rate” means eight and fifty hundredths percent (8.50%) per annum.

     “Authorized Company Representative” means the person at the time designated to act on behalf of the
Company by written certificate furnished to the Trustee and the Issuer containing me specimen
signature of such person and signed on behalf of the Company by its President. Such certificate may
designate an alternate or alternates each of whom shall be entitled to perform all duties of the
Authorized Company Representative.

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     “Bond Fund” means “The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kennett, Missouri,
Industrial Development Revenue Bonds — American Railcar Industries, Inc./ACF Industries
Incorporated Project Bond Fund” created in Section 501 of the Indenture.

     “Counsel” means an attorney duly admitted to practice law before the court of any state, including
legal counsel for any of the Issuer, the Trustee, Co-Trustee or the Company.

     “event of default” means (a) with respect to the Indenture, any event of default as described in
Section 1001 thereof, (b) with respect to the Loan Agreement, any event of default as described in
Section 11.1 thereof, and (c) with respect to the Hazardous Substance Certification and
Indemnification, any default thereunder after any applicable notice and grace period.

     “Hazardous Substances” shall mean:

     (a)
Those substance included herein with the definitions of
“hazardous substance,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic substances,” or “solid
wastes” in CERCLA, RCRA, and the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §1801 et seq., and in the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto;

     (b) Those substances defined as “hazardous substances” under state, county or local rules,
regulations or ordinances;

     (c) Those substances listed in the United States Department of Transportation Table (49 C.F.R.
172,1001 and amendments thereto) or by the Environmental Protection Agency as hazardous substances
(40 C.F.R. Part 302 and amendments thereto); and

     (d) All other substances, materials and wastes that are, or that become, classified as
“hazardous” or “toxic” under, any Environmental
taw.

     “Land” means the real estate (exclusive of buildings, improvements and fixtures) described in
Schedule 1 hereto and any other real estate added thereto, together will all buildings,
improvements and fixtures situated thereon at the time of delivery of the Loan Agreement, the
Indenture and the Deed of Trust, or at any time thereafter, constituting red property or real
estate under the laws of the State of Missouri.

     “Mortgaged Equipment” means the fixtures, machinery and equipment and related support facilities
described in Schedule 2 hereto purchased in whole or in part with the Net Proceeds of any Bonds (as
defined above) or any Net Proceeds described in Section 7.5 of the Loan Agreement and any fixtures,
machinery and equipment and related support facilities substituted for Mortgaged Equipment (other
than Leased Equipment) removed and disposed
of pursuant to Section 2.2.

     “Mortgage
Trustee” means E. Sid Douglas, III.

     “Mortgaged Personal Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the Granting Clauses hereof.

     “Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the Granting Clauses hereof, and shall
include the Mortgaged Real Property and the Mortgaged Personal Property.

     “Mortgaged Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the Granting Clauses hereof.

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     “Permitted
Encumbrances” means the Permitted Encumbrances set forth in Schedule 3 hereto.

     “Project” means the Project referred to in the recitals of this Deed of Trust, the Loan Agreement
and the Indenture, any additions, modifications, improvements, restoration or substitutions
thereof, therefor or thereto, restorations, improvements, or substitutions thereof or thereto
pursuant to the Loan Agreement, and all real property, including easements, deemed necessary in
connection therewith, as they may at any time exist, exclusive of any Land which may from time to
time be released, as permitted under Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement and subject to easements,
licenses and other rights created in accordance with Section 9.5
of the Loan Agreement.

     Section 1.2. Rules of Construction. Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed and
construed to include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders. Unless the context shall
otherwise indicate, the words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice
versa, and words importing person shall include firms, partnerships, associations and
corporations, including public bodies, as well as natural persons.

     “Herein,”
“hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,”
“hereinbefore,” “hereinafter” and other equivalent words refer to this Deed of Trust and not solely to the particular article, section,
paragraph or subparagraph hereof in which such word is used.

     Reference herein to a particular article or a particular section shall be construed to be a
reference to the specified article or section hereof unless the context or use clearly indicates
another or different meaning or intent.

     Whenever an item or items are listed after the word “including,” such listing is not intended to be
a listing that excludes items not listed.

     The table of contents, captions and headings in this Deed of Trust are for convenience only and in
no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any provisions or sections of this Deed of
Trust.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 2.1. General Covenant. The Company will perform, comply with and abide by each and
every one of the agreements, conditions and covenants contained and set forth in the Loan
Agreement, the Note, and this Deed of Trust.

     Section 2.2. Removal, Disposition and Substitution of Mortgaged Equipment.
Provided an event of default shall not have occurred and be
continuing. If the Company in its sole
discretion determines that any items of Mortgaged Equipment have become inadequate, obsolete,
worn-out, unsuitable, undesirable, or unnecessary, Company may remove such items of Mortgaged
Equipment from the Buildings and the Land and sell, trade-in, exchange, or otherwise dispose of
them (as a whole or in part) without any responsibility or accountability to Issuer or Trustee
therefor, provided that Company shall:

     (a) Substitute (by direct payment of the costs thereof) and install anywhere in the Buildings or on
the Land, other machinery or equipment having equal or greater utility (but not necessarily having
the same function) in the operation of the Buildings as a modern manufacturing

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facility (provided such removal and substitution shall not impair the operating unity of
the remaining property), all of which substituted machinery or equipment shall be free of
all liens and encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) but shall become a part of
the Mortgaged Equipment provided, however, during the first three (3) years commencing from
and after June 22, 1995, the Company may substitute Leased Equipment (as defined in the
Indenture) leased by the Company from any lessor in place of any Mortgaged Equipment
removed from the Mortgaged Property, which Leased Equipment shall not be or be deemed to be
part of the Mortgaged Equipment; or

     (b) Not make any such substitution and installation unless, (i) in the case of the
sale of any such Mortgaged Equipment to anyone other than itself or in the case of the
scrapping thereof, Company shall pay into the Bond Fund the proceeds from such sale or the
scrap value thereof, as the case may be, (ii) in the case of the trade-in of any such
Mortgaged Equipment for other machinery or equipment not to be installed in
the Buildings or on the Land, Company shall pay into the Bond Fund the amount of the credit received by it in such trade-in, and (iii)
in the case of the sale of any such Mortgaged Equipment to Company or in the case of any
other disposition thereof Company shall pay into the Bond Fund an amount equal to the
original cost thereof less depreciation at rates calculated in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; provided, however, that no such payment into the Bond Fund
need be made until the amount to be paid into the Bond Fund on account of all such
dispositions not previously reported aggregates at least $100,000 in any calendar year;
provided further, that Company may not fail to make any such substitution and installation
if such failure would impair the operating utility of the remaining property.

     Any Mortgaged Equipment removed from the Project by the Company pursuant to this Section
shall be released from the lien and security interest created by this Deed of Trust and may be
sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company without accounting to the Issuer. The Issuer will
promptly, upon the request of the Company, execute, acknowledge and deliver all supplemental deeds
of trust and all appropriate financing statements, including UCC-3 Termination Statements,
releases and other security instruments as may reasonably be required to evidence the removal and
replacement of any Mortgaged Equipment pursuant to this Deed of Trust.

     Section 2.3. Compliance with Laws. The Company shall comply with all material laws,
ordinances, regulations, covenants, conditions and restrictions affecting said Mortgaged
Property or the
operation thereof, and shall pay all fees or charges of any kind in connection therewith. The
Company will
perform and comply promptly with, and cause the Project to be maintained, used and operated in
accordance with, any and all (i) present laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and requirements of
every duly constituted governmental or quasi-governmental authority or agency applicable to the
Company or the Project, including without limitation, all applicable federal, state and local laws
pertaining to air and water quality, hazardous waste, waste disposal, air emissions and other
environmental matters, all zoning and other land use matters, and rules, regulations and
ordinances of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and all other applicable federal,
state and local agencies and bureaus; (ii) similarly applicable orders, rules and regulations of
any regulatory, licensing, accrediting, insurance underwriting or rating organization or other
body exercising similar functions; (iii) similarly applicable duties or obligations of any kind
imposed under any Permitted Encumbrances, or otherwise by law, covenant, condition, agreement or
easement, public or private; and (iv) policies of insurance at any time in force with respect to
the Project. If the Company receives any notice that the Company or the Project is in default
under or is not in compliance with any of the foregoing, or receives notice of any proceeding
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respect to any of the foregoing, file Company will promptly furnish a copy of such notice to
the Issuer and the Trustee.

     The Company represents and warrants that it has obtained all required licenses, permits,
franchise agreements and other necessary agreements which are materially necessary to operate the
Project. The Company agrees to provide the Issuer and the trustee with written notice of any
suspension, revocation, termination or default under any such agreements or any threatened
suspension, revocation, termination or default thereunder.

     Section 2.4. Release of Certain Land. Provided no event of default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Company shall have the right to have the Issuer release from this Deed of Trust a
part or parts of the real property constituting the Land upon compliance with Section 9.4 of the
Loan Agreement.

     Section 2.5. Granting of Easements. Company shall have the right to grant easements,
licenses, rights-of-way (including dedication of public highways) and other rights and privileges
in the nature of easements, free from the lien of the Indenture, the Loan Agreement and
this Deep of Trust, or Company may release existing easements, licenses, rights-of-way and other
rights or privileges, and Issuer shall execute and deliver and shall cause and direct Trustee to
execute and deliver instruments in recordable form to confirm the release of lien and
subordination of lien of this Deed of Trust, all as provided and in accordance with Section 9.5 of
the Loan Agreement.

ARTICLE III

MAINTENANCE

     Section 3.1. Maintenance of Mortgaged Property; Compliance with Laws. The Company
covenants and agrees to permit, commit or suffer no waste of the Mortgaged Property and to
maintain the Mortgaged Property at all times in a state of good repair and condition to the best
of its ability and in the ordinary course of business; to comply
with, or cause to be complied
with, all statutes, ordinances and requirements of any governmental or other authority relating to
the Mortgaged Property; and to do or permit to be done to the Mortgaged Property nothing that will
alter or change the use and character of the Mortgaged Property or in any way impair the security
of this Deed of Trust. In case of the refusal, neglect or inability of the Company to repair and
maintain the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, the Issuer may, at its option, make such repairs
or cause the same to be made, and advance monies in that behalf.

     Section 3.2. Claims Against Mortgaged Property. The Company will pay, from time to time when
the same shall become due, all claims and demands of mechanics, materialmen, laborers and others
which, if unpaid, might result in, or permit the creation of, a lien on the Mortgaged Property or
any part thereof, or on the revenues, rents, issues, income and profits arising therefrom, whether
paramount or subordinate to this Deed of Trust (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.1(d) of
the Loan Agreement), and in general will do or cause to be done everything necessary so that the
first lien of this Deed of Trust shall be fully preserved, at the cost of the Company, without
expense to the Issuer.

     Section 3.3. Subrogation. The Issuer at its option shall be subrogated for further security
to the lien of any prior eucumbrance, mechanics’ or vendor’s lien on the Mortgaged Property paid
out of the proceeds of we loan hereby secured, even though the same be released of record.

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ARTICLE IV

ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS

     Section 4.1. Company’s Warranties. The Company, to the best of its knowledge, hereby warrants
and represents to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Bondowners that;
there has not been, as of the
date hereof, any “release” (as defined in CERCLA) of (a) any Hazardous Substances, (b) petroleum,
including without limitation, crude oil or any fraction thereof, or (c) natural gas liquids,
liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas, on, upon or into the Land and, to the Company’s
knowledge, there are not any underground storage tanks of any kind or character, whether empty or
containing substances, of any nature
located within the Land; no part of the Mortgaged Property is or may be a “facility” (as defined in
CERCLA); and the Land and the use thereof is in compliance with all Environmental Laws. The
representations and warranties contained in this Section 4.1 shall, insofar as they relate to the
Land and limited to Environmental Laws currently in effect applicable to the Mortgaged Property, be
deemed to be continuing and shall remain true and correct in all material respects until the
obligations secured hereby have been paid in full, but nothing contained in this Section 4.1 shall
prevent or impede the execution and delivery of the deed of release with respect to this Deed of
Trust and the termination of the security interest in the Mortgaged
Property upon and in compliance
with the provisions of Section 7.16 of this Deed of Trust.

     Section 4.2. Notice of Hazardous Substances. The Company agrees to provide the Trustee with
copies of any notifications of releases of oil or Hazardous Substances or of any environmental
hazards or potential hazards which are given by or on behalf of the Company to any federal, state
or local agencies or authorities or which, are received by the Company from any federal, state or
local agencies or authorities with respect to the Land. Such copies shall be sent to the Issuer
concurrently with their being mailed or delivered to the governmental agencies or authorities or
within ten (10) days after they are received by the Company.

     Section 4.3. Notice of Chemical Disclosures. The Company agrees to provide the Trustee with
copies of all emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms (hereinafter “Environmental
Notices”) previously given, as of the date hereof, to any federal, state or local governmental
authority or agency as required pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
of 1986, 42 U.S.C.A. §11001 et, seq., or any
other Environmental Laws, and to provide the Issuer
and the Trustee with copies of all Environmental Notices subsequently sent to any such
governmental authority or agency as required pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986 or any other Environmental Laws. Such copies of subsequent Environmental
Notices shall be sent to the Issuer and the Trustee concurrently with their being mailed to any
such governmental authority or agency.

     Section 4.4. Operation of Mortgaged Property. The Company hereby covenants and agrees to
comply with and operate and at all times use, keep and maintain the Mortgaged Property and every
part thereof (whether or not such property constitutes a facility, as defined in CERCLA) in
conformance with all Environmental Laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company will not, except in the ordinary course of its business, use, generate, treat, store,
dispose of or otherwise introduce any Hazardous Substance into or on
the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof nor cause, suffer, allow or permit anyone else to do so except in accordance with
Environmental Laws.

     Section 4.5. Indemnity. The Company hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, protect and
hold harmless the Issuer, the Trustee and any Bondowner from and against any and all claims,
demands, costs, liabilities, damages or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising
from (a) any release

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(as defined above) actual or alleged, of (i) any Hazardous Substances, (ii) petroleum,
including without limitation, crude oil or any fraction thereof, or (iii) natural gas liquids,
liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas, upon or about the Land or respecting any products or
materials previously, now or hereafter located upon, delivered to or in transit to or from the
Land, regardless of whether such release or threat of release or alleged release or threat of
release has occurred prior to the date hereof or hereafter occurs and regardless of whether such
release occurs as the result of any act, omission, negligence or
misconduct of the Company or any
third party or otherwise, or (b) any violation, actual or alleged, of or any other liability under
or in connection with any Environmental Laws relating to or affecting the Land or any products or
materials previously, now or hereafter located upon, delivered to or in transit to or from the
Land, regardless of whether such violation or alleged violation or other liability has occurred or
arisen prior to the date hereof or hereafter occurs or arises and regardless of whether such
violation or alleged violation or other liability occurs or arises as the result of any act,
omission, negligence or misconduct of the Company or any third party or otherwise. This indemnity
shall survive any foreclosure or release of this Deed of Trust as to any such release or threat of
release of any Hazardous Substance or any such violation, alleged violation or other liability
occurring or arising prior to such foreclosure or release of this Deed of Trust, but nothing
contained in this Section 4.5 shall prevent or impede the execution and delivery of the deed of
release with respect to this Deed of Trust and the termination of the security interest in the
Mortgaged Property upon and in compliance with the provisions of Section 7.16 of this Deed of
Trust.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Deed of Trust, nothing in this Deed of
Trust, including without limitation this Section 4.5, shall diminish, derogate, or otherwise limit
the rights and interests of Trustee under the Hazardous Substance Certification and
Indemnification.

ARTICLE V

SECURITY AGREEMENT

     Section 5.1. Security Agreement. This Deed of Trust, in addition to being a first lien on the
Mortgaged Property is also a security agreement by and between the Company, as debtor, and the
Issuer and the Mortgage Trustee, as secured parties, upon all Mortgaged Personal Property,
including without limitation any collateral listed on any schedule of collateral attached hereto,
and creates a prior security interest in and a first lien on all Mortgaged Personal Property until
the indebtedness secured hereby is paid in full.

     Section 5.2. Remedies of the Issuer with Respect to the Mortgaged Personal Property.
Upon the occurrence of any event of default, the Issuer (with the consent of the Trustee if the
Indenture has not been discharged) or Trustee shall have all rights and remedies granted by law,
and particularly by the Uniform Commercial Code of the State, including, without limitation, the
right to take possession of all Mortgaged Personal Property, and for this purpose the Issuer or
the Trustee, as the case may be, may each enter upon any premises on which any or all of the
Mortgaged Personal Property is situated and take possession of and operate (subject to the State
of Missouri regulations applicable to the Mortgaged Property) the Mortgaged Personal Property (or
any portion thereof) or remove it therefrom. The Issuer may require the Company to assemble the
Mortgaged Personal Property or any part thereof and make it available to the Issuer at a place to
be designated by the Issuer which is reasonably convenient to all parties. Unless the Mortgaged
Personal Property or any part thereof is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or
is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Issuer will give the Company reasonable
notice of the time and place of any public sale of such Mortgaged Personal Property is to be made
and such sale shall be in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code of the State. This

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requirement of sending reasonable notice will be met if the notice is given to the Company
as herein provided at least ten (10) days before the time of the sale or disposition.

     Section 5.3. Remedies of the Mortgage Trustee and the Issuer with Respect to Fixtures
Constituting a Part of the Mortgaged Property. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the
Mortgage Trustee or the Issuer, may elect with regard to the fixtures constituting a part of the
Mortgaged Property, to proceed under this Deed of Trust or to exercise such rights as are provided
by the Uniform Commercial Code of the State.

ARTICLE VI

REMEDIES UPON HAPPENING OF DEFAULT

     Section 6.1. Remedies Exercisable by the Issuer. If an event of default exists, the
Issuer may take any one or more of the following actions:

     (a) Take any one or more of the remedial steps set forth in Section 11.2 of the Loan
Agreement.

     (b) Without notice or demand, subject to the provisions of Section 11.2 of the Loan
Agreement, institute suit or take any other action at law or in equity to enforce the
rights of the
Issuer to the extent permitted by the law, including, to the extent so permitted, the
enforcement
of the payment of all obligations secured hereby by action of law or by suit in equity
to foreclose
this Deed of Trust; provided, the Issuer shall have only one full payment and satisfaction
of said
obligations. The extension of this right and option to the Issuer shall in no way be
construed as
limiting or in any other way affecting power of sale under Section 6.2 hereof.

     (c) Personally, or by its agents or attorneys, enter into and upon all or any part of
the
Mortgaged Property and exclude the Company, its agents and servants wholly therefrom and,
having and holding the same, use, occupy and control the Mortgaged
Property, either
personally
or by its superintendents, managers, agents, servants, attorneys or receivers who are
duly qualified
to operate the Mortgaged Property; and upon every such entry, at the expense of the
Mortgaged
Property or the Company, from time to time, either by purchase, repairs or construction,
maintain
and restore the Mortgaged Property, complete the construction or development of the
improvements and in the course of such completion make such changes in the contemplated
improvements as it may deem desirable and insure the same, make all necessary or proper
repairs,
renewals and replacements and such useful alterations, additions, betterments and
improvements
thereto and thereon as to it may seem advisable, manage and operate the Mortgaged
Property and
exercise all rights and powers of the Company with respect thereto either in the name of
the
Company or otherwise as it shall deem best, collect and receive all earnings, revenues,
rents,
issues, profits and income of the Mortgaged Property and every part thereof, and after
deducting
the expenses of conducting the business thereof and all maintenance, repairs, renewals,
replacements, alterations, betterments and improvements and amounts necessary to pay for
taxes,
assessments, insurance and prior or other proper charges upon the Mortgaged Property, or
any
part thereof, as well as just and reasonable compensation for the services of me Issuer
for all
attorneys, counsel, agents, clerks, servants and other employees properly engaged and
employed
by it, the Issuer shall apply the money arising as aforesaid as set forth in Section
6.6.

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     (d)
Direct the Mortgage Trustee to sell the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof in accordance with the power of sale under Section 6.2.

     (e) Excercise any of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the uniform
Commercial Code of the State or other applicable laws and require the Company to assemble
any Mortgaged Personal Property covered hereby and make it available to the Issuer at a
place to be designated by the Issuer which is reasonably convenient to both parties.

     (f) With notice to the Company, to apply at any time to a court having jurisdiction
thereof for the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property
or any part thereof and of all
rents, incomes, profits, issues and revenues thereof, from whatever source derived; and
thereupon
it is hereby expressly covenanted and agreed that the court shall forthwith appoint
such receiver
with the usual powers and duties of receivers in like cases; and said appointment shall
be made by
the court as a matter of strict right to the Issuer, and without reference to the
adequacy or
inadequacy of the value of the Mortgaged Property, or to the solvency or insolvency of
the Company or any party defendant to such suit. In order to maintain and
preserve the
Mortgaged
Property and to prevent waste and impairment of its security, the Issuer may, at its
option, advance
monies to the appointed receiver and all such sums advanced shall become secured
obligations and
shall bear interest from the date of such advance at the Agreed Rate.

     The Issuer shall have the right from time to time to take action to recover any portion of
the obligations secured hereby, as the same become due, without regard to whether or not all
obligations secured hereby shall be due, and without prejudice to the right of the Issuer
thereafter to bring an action of foreclosure, or any other action, or commence foreclosure
proceedings under the power of sale under Section 6.2, for an event of default existing at the
time such earlier action was commenced.

     Section 6.2. Power of Sale; Purchase by Issuer. If an event of default exists, then this Deed
of Trust shall remain in force, and the Mortgage Trustee, or a successor trustee as hereinafter
described, may proceed to sell the Mortgaged Real Property and any and every part thereof and, if
so directed by the Issuer, the Mortgaged Personal Property and any and every part thereof, at
public venue, to the highest bidder, at the customary place in the County in which the Land is
located, for cash, first giving the public notice required by law of the time, terms and place of
sale, and of the property to be sold, and upon such sale shall execute and deliver a deed of
conveyance and bill of sale of the property sold to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and any
statement or recital of fact in such deed in relation to the non-payment of money hereby secured to
be paid, existence of the indebtedness so secured, notice of advertisement, sale, receipt of
money, and the happening of any of the aforesaid events whereby the successor trustee became
successor as herein provided, shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of such statement or
recital. The sale of any Mortgaged Personal Property shall be in accordance with the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied as provided for to
Section 6.6.

     Upon any sale pursuant to this Section or by virtue of judicial proceedings or of a Judgment
or decree of foreclosure or sale, the Mortgage Trustee, the Issuer or any Bondholder may bid for
and purchase the property being sold, and, upon compliance with the
terms of sale the Issuer or
such Bondholder may hold, retain, possess and dispose of such property without further
accountability to the Company. In case of any sale as aforesaid, the Issuer shall be entitled for
the purpose of making settlement or payment for the property purchased to use and apply the Note,
by presenting the Note in order that there may be credited thereon the sum applicable thereto out
of the net proceeds of such sale in accordance with
Section 6.6, and thereupon the Issuer shall be
credited, on account of such purchase price payable by it, with said sum.

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     Section 6.3. No Remedy Exclusive. No remedy conferred upon or reserved to the Issuer
herein or in any other document or instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to
the obligations hereby secured is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies,
and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every remedy
given to the Issuer or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No
delay or omission of the Issuer to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default,
shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such
Default or any acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Deed of Trust
or the Loan Agreement to the Issuer may be exercised from time to time as often as may be
deemed expedient by the Issuer. Nothing in this Deed of Trust or in the Loan Agreement or
any other document or instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to the debt
hereby secured shall affect the obligation of the Company to pay the Note.

     Section 6.4. Advances by Issuer. The Issuer may, at its option, and without waiving
its right to exercise any remedies under this Deed of Trust, pay either before or after
delinquency any or all of those certain obligations required by the terms hereof and by the
terms of the Loan Agreement to be paid by the Company for me protection of the Mortgaged
Property or for the collection of the indebtedness hereby secured. All sums so advanced by
the Issuer shall bear interest from the date of their advance at the Agreed Rate, and shall
become a part of the original indebtedness secured hereby and shall be secured by this Deed
of Trust.

     Section 6.5. Payment of Costs, Charges, Etc. The Company agrees to pay all reasonable
fees and charges incurred in the procuring and making of this Deed of Trust or in the
perfection of the lien and security interest hereof, including without limitation: fees and
expenses relating to the examination of title to the Mortgaged Property, title insurance
premiums, costs and expenses; surveys; recording, documentary, transfer, registration or
similar fees or taxes; architects’, engineers’ and other similar fees; and attorneys’ fees.
The Company agrees to pay all and singular the reasonable costs, charges and expenses,
including attorneys’ fees and abstract costs, with interest thereon at the Agreed Rate,
reasonably incurred or paid at any time by the Mortgage Trustee or the Issuer because of
the failure of the Company to perform, comply with, and abide by each and every one of the
agreements, conditions and covenants of the Loan Agreement, this Deed of Trust or any other
document evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to the debt hereby secured.

     Section 6.6. Application of Proceeds. If at any time any of the assets subject to the
lien of this Deed of Trust are to be utilized to make payments upon the obligations secured
by this Deed of Trust, all moneys held or collected pursuant to this Deed of Trust by the
Mortgage. Trustee or the Issuer shall be paid over to the Trustee and shall be applied in
accordance with Section 1007 of the Indenture to the obligations due under the Indenture,
and in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Loan Agreement to the obligations due under the
Loan Agreement and the Note.

     Any moneys remaining after such application shall be disbursed to the person or
persons legally entitled thereto.

     Section 6.7.
No Waiver. Any failure by the Issuer to insist upon the strict
performance by the Company of any of the terms and provisions hereof shall not be deemed to
be a waiver of any terms and provisions hereof, and the Issuer, notwithstanding any such
failure, shall have the right thereafter to insist upon the strict performance by the
Company of any and all of the terms and provisions of this Deed of Trust to be performed by
the Company; and the Issuer may resort for the payment of the indebtedness secured by this
Deed of Trust to any other security therefor held by the Issuer in such older and manner as
the Issuer may elect.

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     Section 6.8. Waiver of Extension, Appraisement, Stay and Other Rights. To the extent
permitted by law, the Company will not insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatever claim or
take any benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, nor or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants and terms of performance of this Deed of Trust;
nor claim, take or insist upon any benefit or advantage of any law now or hereafter in force
providing for the valuation or appraisement of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, prior
to any sale or sales thereof which may be made pursuant to any provision herein contained, or
pursuant to the decree, judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction; nor after any
such sale or sales, claim or exercise any right under any statute heretofore or hereafter enacted
by the United States of America or by any state or territory, or otherwise, to redeem the property
so sold or any part thereof; and the Company hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantages of
any such law or laws and covenants not to hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted or delegated to the Mortgage Trustee or the Issuer, but to suffer and permit the execution
of every power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted. The Company, for itself and
all who claim under it, waives, to the extent permitted by the laws
of the State of Missouri, all
right to have the Mortgaged Property, or any other assets which secure the indebtedness hereby
secured, marshaled upon any foreclosure hereof.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 7.1;
Covenants of the Mortgage Trustee: Substitutions. The Mortgage Trustee covenants
faithfully to perform the trust herein created. The Issuer may, from time to time, substitute
another trustee in place of the then current Mortgage Trustee. Upon such appointment, and without
conveyance to the successor trustee, the latter shall be vested with all the title, estate,
rights, powers and trusts conferred upon the Mortgage Trustee. Such appointment shall be made by
written instrument executed by the Issuer which shall be recorded among the public records in the
County where the Land is located and shall be conclusive proof of the proper appointment of the
successor Mortgage Trustee.

     Section 7.2. Lease to Company. The Mortgage Trustee hereby leases and lets the Mortgaged
Property to the Company until a sale be had under Section 6.2, upon the following terms and
conditions, to wit:

     The
Company, and every and all persons claiming or possessing the Mortgaged Property, and any
part thereof, by, through or under it shall or will pay rent therefor during said term at the rate
of one cent per month, payable monthly upon demand and shall and will surrender peaceable
possession of the Mortgaged Property, and any and every part thereof, sold under Section 6.2 to
the purchaser) thereof under such sale, without notice or demand therefor.

     Section 7.3. Non-disturbance. In the event of a lease as provided for under the Loan
Agreement, Issuer, upon request of the Company, shall execute and deliver a non-disturbance
agreement, which agreement shall provide that upon the foreclosure of this Deed of Trust following
an event of default by the Company, the right of possession of the lessee in and to that portion
of the Mortgaged Property demised under the lease, shall not be affected or disturbed thereby so
long as no default exists by the lessee under the permitted lease beyond any applicable grace
period, which would entitle the Company, as landlord, under the lease to terminate the lease, the
Issuer shall not join the lessee as a party defendant in any action for eviction of the Company
from the Mortgaged Property nor join the lessee in any proceeding seeking to cut off or otherwise
terminate the lease and the lease shall continue in full force and effect as

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a direct
least between the Issuer, as landlord, and the lessee, as tenant,
with all of the lessee’s rights thereunder for the balance of the term of the lease, except that the Issuer shall not:

     (a) be bound by any prepayment of more than one month’s rent in advance of its due
date; or

     (b) be subject to any credits, offsets, defenses, claims or counterclaims which the
lessee might have against the Company; or

     (c)
be bound by any amendment or modification of the lease made without the Issuer’s
consent.

     Nothing herein contained shall prevent the naming of the tenant as a party to such eviction
proceeding, if so naming such tenant is required by applicable law, provided tenant is not joined
in such proceeding for the purposes of cutting off or terminating its
estate in the premises demised
under the lease.

     Section 7.4. Warranty of Title. The Company warrants that the Company is lawfully seized of a
marketable fee simple title in and to the Mortgaged Real Property subject to Permitted
Encumbrances, and has good right to grant and convey the same and warrants that upon issuance of
the Bonds and the advance by the Issuer to the Company of the proceeds of the Bonds pursuant to
the Note by payment to the Trustee for deposit to the Construction Fund, the lien of this Deed of
Trust shall be a fust, prior and superior lien and encumbrance on the Mortgaged Property subject
only to Permitted Encumbrances which are not required by this Deed of Trust or the Loan Agreement
to be subordinate to this Deed of Trust, and that the security interest of this Deed of Trust is a
first and prior security interest in the Mortgaged Property subject only to the Permitted
Encumbrances which (except for the Indenture and this Deed of Trust) are not required by this Deed
of Trust or the Loan Agreement to be subordinate to this Deed of Trust. The Company hereby
warrants and will defend fee simple title to any of the Mortgaged Real Property and title to any of
the Mortgaged Personal Property against lawful claims of all persons.

     Section 7.5. Covenants Run with the Land. All of the grants, covenants, terms, provisions and
conditions herein shall run with the Land and shall apply to, bind and inure to the benefit of the
successors and assigns of the Company and the Issuer.

     Section 7.6. Obligations Effective upon Issuance, Sale and Delivery of Bonds. The several
obligations of the Company hereunder shall arise absolutely and unconditionally when the Bonds
shall have been issued, sold and delivered by the Issuer and the Net Proceeds thereof paid to and
received by the Trustee for the account of the Company.

     Section 7.7. Corrections and Future Acts. The Company will, upon request of the Issuer,
promptly correct any defect, error, or omission which may be discovered in the contents of this
Deed of Trust or in the execution or acknowledgment hereof, and will execute, acknowledge and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be necessary or as may be
reasonably requested by the Issuer to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Deed of
Trust, to subject to the lien and security interest hereby created any of the Company’s
properties, rights or interest covered or intended to be covered hereby, and to perfect and
maintain such lien and security interest.

     Section 7.8. Indemnification. The Company hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, protect
and hold harmless the Issuer and the Mortgage Trustee from and against any liability, damage or
expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts paid in settlement, which either the
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the Mortgage Trustee may incur or sustain in the execution of this Deed of Trust or in the doing
of any act which either the Trustee or the Mortgage Trustee is required or permitted to do by the
terms hereof or by law, and the Company agrees to reimburse the Issuer and the Mortgage Trustee
therefor in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.5.

     Section 7.9. After-Acquired Property. All right, title and interest of the Company in and to
all improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutes and replacements of and all additions and
appurtenances to, the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired, constructed, assembled or placed by
the Company on the Mortgaged Property, and all conversions of the security constituted thereby,
and any other or additional interest in or to the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired by the
Company, immediately upon such acquisition, construction, assembly, placement or conversion, as
the case may be, and in each such case without any further mortgage, grant, conveyance or
assignment or other act of the Company, shall become subject to the lien of this Deed of Trust as
fully and completely, and with the same effect, as though now owned by the Company and
specifically described in the Granting Clauses hereof.

     Section 7.10. Taxes. Subject to Section 7.3 of the Loan Agreement, the Company will pay or
cause to be paid all taxes, assessments, and other impositions now existing or hereafter assessed,
levied or imposed upon any part of the Mortgaged Property in accordance with the Loan Agreement.

     Section 7.11. Amendments. Prior to the payment in full of the Bonds or provision for such
payment in accordance with Article IX of the Indenture, this Deed of Trust may not be amended or
supplemented except as set forth herein.

     Section 7.12. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more phrases,
sentences, clauses or sections in this Deed of Trust shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the remaining portions of this Deed of Trust or any part thereof.

     Section 7.13. Notices. All notices, certificates or other communications hereunder shall be
sufficiently given and shall be deemed given when delivered by hand delivery or on the third day
following the day on which the same have been mailed by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, addressed as specified in Section 12.1 of the Loan Agreement. A duplicate copy of each
notice, certificate or other communication given hereunder to any party mentioned in such Section
12.1 shall be given to all other parties mentioned thereto (other
than the Bondholders unless a
copy is required to be furnished to them by other provisions of this Deed of Trust). The Company,
the Mortgage Trustee or the Issuer may, by notice given hereunder, designate any further or
different addresses to which subsequent notices, certificates or other communications shall be
sent to it.

     Section 7.14. MISSOURI LAW GOVERNS. THIS DEED OF TRUST SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.

     Section 7.15. Date of Deed of Trust. The dating of this Deed of Trust as of June 1, 1995 is
intended as and for the convenient identification of this Deed of Trust and is not intended to
indicate that this Deed of Trust was executed and delivered on said date, this Deed of Trust being
executed and delivered and becoming effective simultaneously with the initial issuance of the
Bonds.

     Section 7.16. Release of Mortgaged Property. When the Note has been fully paid and all
obligations under the Loan Agreement and this Deed of Trust have been fully paid or satisfied,
the Issuer

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shall promptly, at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver a deed of release with respect
to this Deed of Trust and terminate the security interest of the Issuer in the Mortgaged Property.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Deed of Trust to be executed in its name and
its corporate seal to be affixed hereto and attested, all by its duly authorized officers.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES, INC.	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ William L. Finn
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Its:
	 	Executive Vice President	 	 

ATTEST:

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Umesh Choksi
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     Its: Assistant Treasurer	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF MISSOURI

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	SS.	 	 
	COUNTY OF St. Charles

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 

     On
this 20th day of June, 1995, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, appeared
William L. Finn and Umesh Choksi, to me personally
known, who, being before me duly sworn did say that they are the Exec.Vice Pres. and
Asst. Treasurer, respectively, of AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES, INC., a Missouri
corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation, and said
officers acknowledged said instrument to be executed for the purposes therein stated and as the
free act and deed of said corporation.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal the day and
year last above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                            /s/ Nancy Collins
 	 
	 	NOTARY PUBLIC     	 
	 	Nancy Collins 	 
	 

[SEAL]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	NANCY COLLINS
	 	 
	 

	 	NOTARY PUBLIC — STATE OF MISSOURI	 	 
	 

	 	ST. CHARLES COUNTY	 	 
	My commission expires:

	 	MY COMMISSION EXPIRES
AUG. 2, 1996.	 	 
	Deed of Trust

American Railcar—1995

	 		 	 

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Exhibit
10.11A

BOND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

     THIS BOND GUARANTY AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of April 1, 1995 (the “Guaranty”),
by and among American Railcar Industries, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“company”), ACF industries,
Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Corporate Guarantor”) and Fleet National Bank, as trustee
(“Trustee”), a national banking association duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing
under the laws of the United States, with all requisite power and authority to act as trustee in
the State of Arkansas, together with any successor trustee at the time serving as such under the
Trust Indenture (hereinafter identified) between the City of Paragould, Arkansas (“Issuer”), and
Trustee.

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Issuer is a duly organized and existing
municipality under the laws of the State of Arkansas and proposes to issue its industrial
development revenue bonds under the provisions of the Municipalities and Counties Industrial
Development Revenue Bond Law, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 14-164-201 to -224 (1987) (the “Act”) , in the
principal amount of $9,500,000, designated Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (American Railcar
Industries, inc./acf lndustries, Incorporated Railcar Manufacturing Project), Series 1995
(the “Bonds”); and

     WHEREAS, the Bonds will be issued under and secured by a Trust Indenture, dated as of April 1,
1995 (the “Indenture”), by and between Issuer and Trustee; and

     WHEREAS, the proceeds to be derived from the sale of the Bonds
will be used by issuer to finance the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping an industrial
facility for use in the manufacture, production, processing, distribution, and sale of railroad
cars or related industrial products with attached office, which is being leased by Issuer to
company pursuant
to the provisions of a Lease Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1995
(the “Lease Agreement”);and

     WHEREAS, Company desires that Issuer issue the Bonds and apply the proceeds as aforesaid, and
Company is willing to enter into this Guaranty in order to enhance the marketability of the Bonds
and thereby achieve interest cost and other savings to Company;

     WHEREAS, corporate Guarantor is the majority shareholder of the company and will derive
substantial benefits from the facilities being leased pursuant to the Lease Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order
to achieve the interest cost and other savings described above, and as an Inducement to the initial
purchasers of the Bonds and all who shall at any time become owners of the Bonds, Company
and Corporate Guarantor do hereby, subject to the terms hereof, jointly and severally covenant and
agree with Trustee as follows:

 

 

ARTICLE I

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     Section 1.1. Company does hereby represent and warrant that:

     (a) Company is a corporation duly incorporated and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Missouri, has power to
enter into this Guaranty, and has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Guaranty by proper corporate action;

     (b) neither this Guaranty, the execution and delivery hereof, nor the agreements herein
contained are prevented, limited by, or contravene or constitute a material default under any
agreement, instrument or indenture to which Company is a party or by which it is bound or any
provisions of Company’s Articles of Incorporation or any
requirements of law; and

     (c) the assumption by Company of its obligations hereunder
will result in a direct financial benefit to company.

     Section 1.2. Corporate Guarantor does hereby represent and warrant that:

     (a) Corporate Guarantor is a corporation duly incorporated and
in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, has power to enter into this Guaranty,
and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Guaranty by proper corporate action;

     (b) neither this Guaranty, the execution and delivery hereof, nor the agreements herein
contained are prevented, limited by, or contravene or constitute a material default under any
agreement, instrument, or indenture to which corporate Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound
or any provisions of Corporate Guarantor’s Articles of Incorporation or any requirements of law;
and

     (c) the assumption by Corporate Guarantor of its obligations hereunder will result in a direct
financial benefit to Corporate Guarantor.

ARTICLE II

GUARANTY 

     Section 2.1. Company and Corporate Guarantor hereby jointly
and severally guarantee to Trustee for the benefit of the Owners from time to time of
the Bonds (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on any Bond when
and as the same shall become due, whether at the stated maturity thereof, by deceleration, call for
redemption, or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of any interest on any Bond when and
as the same shall become due. The liability of Company and Corporate Guarantor hereunder and the
rights of the Trustee for the benefits of the

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owners hereunder shall be reinstated and revived with respect to any amount at any time paid
with
respect to the obligations of company or Corporate Guarantor that thereafter is required to be
returned or restored by Trustee or any Owner as a result of insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization
or other similar proceedings affecting Borrower or Corporate Guarantor or any of the assets of
either of them, all as though such amount had not been paid. All payments by Company or Corporate
Guarantor shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America. Each and every default in
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Bond shall give rise to a
separate cause of action hereunder, and separate suits may be brought hereunder as each cause of
action arises.

     Section 2.2 The obligations of company and Corporate Guarantor under this Guaranty
shall be joint, several, absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect until
the entire principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds shall have been paid or
provided for under the Indenture and such obligations shall not be affected, modified, or impaired
upon the
happening from time to time of any event, including, without limitation, any of the following,
whether or not with notice to, or the consent of, company or Corporate Guarantor:

     (a) the compromise, settlement, release, or termination of any
or all of the obligations, covenants, or agreements of Issuer or
the Company under this Guaranty, the Indenture or the Lease
Agreement;

     (b) the failure to give notice to company or Corporate
Guarantor of the occurrence of an event of default under the terms
and provisions of this Guaranty, the Lease Agreement, the Hazardous
Substance Certification and Indemnification, or the
indenture;

     
(c) the assignment or mortgaging or the purported
assignment or mortgaging of all or
any part of the interest of Issuer or Company in the Mortgaged Property or any failure of title
with respect to Issuer’s or company’s interest in the Mortgaged
property;

     (d) the waiver by Trustee or Issuer of the payment, performance, or observance by
Issuer, company, or Trustee of any of the obligations, covenants, or agreements contained in the
Indenture, the Lease Agreement, the Hazardous Substance certification and indemnification, or
this Guaranty;

     (e) the extension of the time for payment of any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any Bonds under this Guaranty or of the time for performance of any other obligations, covenants,
or agreements under or arising out of the Indenture, the Lease agreement, the Hazardous Substance
Certification and

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Indemnification, or this Guaranty or the extension or the renewal of any thereof;

     (f) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any obligation, covenant, or
agreement set forth in the Indenture, the Hazardous Substance Certification and Indemnification or
the Lease Agreement;

     (g) the taking or the omission of any of the actions referred to in the Indenture, the Lease
Agreement, the Hazardous Substance Certification and Indemnification, and of any actions under
this Guaranty;

     (h) any failure, omission, delay, or lack on the part of Issuer or Trustee to enforce, assert,
or exercise any right, power, or remedy conferred on Issuer or Trustee in this Guaranty, the Lease
Agreement, the Hazardous Substance Certification and Indemnification, or the Indenture, or any
other act or acts on the part of Issuer, Trustee other than the
failure of the Trustee to make a required payment under the Indenture, if the Company has made all
the then required payments under the Lease Agreement, or any of the owners from time to time of the
Bonds;

     (i) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale, or other disposition of all or
substantially all the assets, marshalling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition with
creditors, or readjustment of, or other similar proceedings affecting Company or Corporate
Guarantor or Issuer or any of the assets of any of them, or any allegation or contest of the
validity of this Guaranty in any such proceeding; or

     (j) to the extent permitted by law, the release or discharge of Company or Corporate Guarantor
from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant, or agreement contained in this
Guaranty by operation of law.

     Section 2.3. Other than the payment of any obligation (including payments under the Indenture) no
set-off, counterclaim, reduction, or diminution of such obligation, or any defense of any kind or
nature which Company or Corporate Guarantor has or may have against Issuer or Trustee shall be
available hereunder against
Trustee.

     Section 2.4. In the event of a default under the Indenture or the Lease Agreement in the payment of
principal of or premium, if any, on any Bond when and as the same shall become due, whether at the
stated maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise, or in the event of a
default in the payment of any interest on any Bond when and as the same shall become due, Trustee
may, and if requested so to do by the Owners of not less than a

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majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding and upon indemnification
as hereinafter provided, shall be obligated to proceed hereunder, and Trustee, in its sole
discretion, shall have the right to proceed first and directly against Company or Corporate
Guarantor under this Guaranty without proceeding against any other person or exhausting any other
remedies which it may have and without resorting to any other security held by Issuer or Trustee.

     Before
taking any action hereunder, Trustee may require that satisfactory indemnity be furnished
by the Owners requesting such action for the reimbursement of all expenses and to protect against
all liability, determined in a reasonable manner, except liability which is adjudicated to have
resulted from its gross negligence or willful default by reason of any action so taken.

     Section 2.5. Company or Corporate Guarantor hereby expressly waive notice from Trustee or the
owners from time to time of any of the Bonds, if any, of their acceptance and reliance on this
Guaranty. Company or corporate Guarantor agrees to pay all costs, expenses, and fees, including all
reasonable attorneys’ fees, which may be incurred by Trustee in enforcing or attempting to enforce
this Guaranty following any default on the part of Company or Corporate Guarantor, whether the same
shall be enforced by suit or otherwise.

     Section 2.6. This Guaranty is entered into by the parties hereto for the benefit of Trustee,
the Owners from time to time of the Bonds, and any successor trustee or trustees under the
Indenture, all of whom shall be entitled to enforce performance and observance of this Guaranty.

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

     Section 3.1. Corporate Guarantor shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or
change the form of organization of its business unless the corporate Guarantor is the surviving
entity or the surviving entity expressly assumes the
obligations of the Corporate Guarantor under this Guaranty and no Event of Default is then in
existence or would result therefrom
under this Guaranty.

     Section 3.2. Corporate Guarantor will deliver to Trustee and
the Original Purchaser:

     (a) Promptly upon their becoming available, and in any event not later than 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year, the audited financial statements of Corporate Guarantor, accompanied by an
unqualified opinion from KPMG Peat Marwick or another

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independent accounting firm, reasonably satisfactory to Trustee and the original Purchaser.

     (b) Not later than 90 days after the end of each of the first 3 quarterly periods in each fiscal
year, unaudited financial statements of Corporate Guarantor for such quarter.

     (c) As soon as practicable but in any event within ten (10) days upon becoming aware of the
existence of any condition or event that constitutes , or with the passage of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would constitute, a default or an event of default under this Guaranty,
the Hazardous Substance Certification and Indemnification, or the Lease Agreement, a written notice
specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Company and Corporate
Guarantor are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

     (d) Immediately upon becoming aware that the Owner of any Bond has given notice or taken any other
action with respect to a claimed default or event of default, a written notice specifying the
notice given or action taken by such Bondowner and the nature of the claimed default or event of
default and what action Company and Corporate Guarantor are taking or propose to take with respect
thereto.

     (e) With reasonable promptness, such other data or other information as from time to time may be
reasonably requested by Trustee concerning the Mortgaged Property.

     Company and corporate
Guarantor will permit any of Trustee’s representatives, at Trustee’s
expense, to visit and inspect the Mortgaged Property, to examine all of the Company’s and Corporate
Guarantor’s books of account, records, reports, and other papers relating to the Mortgaged Property, and to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their
respective affairs, finances, and accounts relating to the Mortgaged Property with their respective
officers, employees, and independent public accountants (and by this provision Company authorizes
its accountants to discuss the same) all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
reasonably requested; provided, however, that Trustee shall hold such information in confidence and
shall not use such information for any purpose other than to determine whether the covenants,
terms, and provisions of this Guaranty have been complied with by Company and Corporate Guarantor
and to protect their interests under this Guaranty or where disclosure may be required by law.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any
accountant— client privilege during
the pendency of litigation between Trustee, Company and Corporate Guarantor.

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ARTICLE IV

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     Section 4.1. An “event of default” shall exist if any of the
following occurs and is continuing:

     (a) Section 2.1 Defaults. Either Company or Corporate Guarantor fails to perform or
observe any covenant contained in section 2.1 of this Guaranty.

     (b) Other Defaults. Either Company or Corporate Guarantor fails to comply with any other provision
of this Guaranty, and such failure continues for more than 30 days after written notice of such
failure shall be given to the person identified in Section 5.2 as the representative of Company and
Corporate Guarantor together with a request to remedy the same.

     (c) Bankruptcy.
(i) Company, Corporate Guarantor (or any other Person obligated, as guarantor
or otherwise, to make payments on the Bonds or under the Lease Agreement or this Guaranty) shall
(A) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee, liquidator, or the like of Company, Corporate Guarantor (or such other Person)
or of all or any substantial part of its property, (B) commence a voluntary case under the United
States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect), or (C) file a petition seeking to take
advantage of any other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or
composition or adjustment of debts; or

          (ii) A
proceeding or case shall be commenced, which case or proceeding shall not be dismissed
within 90 days, without the application or consent of Company, Corporate Guarantor (or any other
Person obligated, as guarantor or otherwise, to make payments on the Bonds or under the Lease
Agreement), in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking
(A) the liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding-up, or composition or adjustment of debts, of Company, Corporate Guarantor,
(B) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, or the like of Company,
Corporate Guarantor (or any such other Person) or of all or any substantial part of its respective
property, or (C) similar relief in respect of Company or Corporate Guarantor (or any such other
Person) under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or
composition or adjustment of debts.

     (d) Warranties. Any material warranty or representation made by or on behalf of Company or
Corporate Guarantor in the Lease Agreement, this Guaranty, or any writing furnished in connection
with or pursuant thereto, as applicable, shall be false or misleading in any material respect as of
the date made.

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ARTICLE V

NOTICE AND SERVICE OF PROCESS,

PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS

     Section 5.1. Company covenants that it is qualified to do business and subject to service of
process in the State of Arkansas and that it will remain so qualified so long as any of the Bonds
are outstanding and Company and Corporate Guarantor each covenant that each is qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction where failure to so qualify would have a material adverse affect on
its business or property.

     Section 5.2. Any notice, process, pleadings, or other papers served upon the agents or
officers of Company or Corporate Guarantor shall be sent by registered or certified mail as
follows:

If to Company:

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

c/o ACF Industries, Incorporated

3301 Rider Trail South

Earth City, MO 63045

Attention: Umesh Choksi, Treasurer

If to Corporate Guarantor:

ACF Industries, Incorporated

3301 Rider Trail South

Earth City, MO 63045

Attention: Umesh Choksi, Treasurer

with & copy to the Trustee as:

Fleet National Bank

111 Westminster street

Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

or to such other address as may be furnished by any party hereto or by Trustee in writing.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 6.1. The obligations of Company and Corporate Guarantor hereunder shall arise
jointly, severally and absolutely when the Bonds shall have been issued, sold, and delivered by
Issuer and the proceeds thereof paid to Trustee for the account of Issuer under the Indenture.

     Section 6.2. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to Trustee is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy

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or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to
every other remedy given under this Guaranty or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No
delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default, omission, or failure of
performance hereunder shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver
thereof, but any such right and power may be exercised from time to time as often as may be deemed
expedient. In order to entitle Trustee to exercise any remedy reserved to it in this Guaranty, it
shall not be necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be herein expressly
required. In the event any provision contained in this Guaranty should be breached by Company or
Corporate Guarantor and thereafter duly waived by Trustee, such waiver shall be limited to the
particular breach so waived and shall not be deemed to waive any other breach hereunder. No waiver,
amendment, release, or modification of this Guaranty shall be established by conduct, custom, or
course of dealing, but solely by an instrument in writing duly executed by Trustee.

     Section 6.3. Trustee shall not consent to any amendment or modification of this Guaranty
except in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII of the Indenture. Nothing contained herein
or in the Indenture shall permit, or be construed as permitting, any amendment, change, or
modification of this Guaranty which would change the amount of any sums payable by Company or
Corporate Guarantor hereunder or the time for payment of such amounts or change the unconditional
nature of the Guaranty herein contained.

     Section 6.4. This Guaranty constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof arid may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     Section 6.5. The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or
more phrases, sentences, clauses, or Sections in this Guaranty
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining
portions of this Guaranty or any part hereof.

     Section 6.6 All words and phrases defined in the Indenture
shall have the same meanings for purposes of this Guaranty.

     Section 6.7. This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the state of Arkansas.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company and Corporate. Guarantor have caused this Guaranty to be
executed in their respective names and behalfs and attested by the duly authorized officers, all as
of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Umesh Choksi
 	 
	 	Its:  	Asst Treasurer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

Attest:

By:                                                             

Its:                                                             

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ACF INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Umesh Choksi
 	 
	 	Its:  	Treasurer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

Attest:

By:                                                             

Its:                                                             

Approved and Accepted:

Fleet
National Bank, as Trustee

By:
[ILLEGIBLE]                                     

Its: Vice President

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