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EX-10.27

 Exhibit 10.27 

FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC. EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN 

(As Amended and Restated Effective December 1, 2016) 

(And Summary Plan Description) 

ARTICLE 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 1.1 Establishment of the Plan. The Company has established and maintains this FreightCar America, Inc. Executive Severance
Plan, as amended from time to time. The Plan provides severance benefits to certain eligible executives of the Company as designated from time to time by the Plan Administrator and set forth on Appendix A hereto (the “Executives”), subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan. No individuals other than the Executives shall be eligible to receive any severance benefits under the Plan. Severance benefits for the Executives will be determined exclusively under the Plan. 

The Plan, as set forth herein, is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(1), and the Company intends that
the Plan be administered in accordance with the applicable requirements of ERISA and the regulations under ERISA. This Plan document, including the information provided in Appendix B hereto, is also the summary plan description of the Plan. 

1.2 Plan Term. The Plan became effective on October 1, 2009 and shall continue in effect until terminated by the Company. 

1.3 Administration. The Plan Administrator is the named fiduciary of the Plan. The Plan Administrator may, as it deems necessary or
advisable, appoint an individual or committee to act as its representative in matters affecting the Plan. The Plan Administrator may adopt rules and regulations it deems consistent with the terms of the Plan and necessary or advisable to administer
the Plan properly and efficiently. In administering the Plan and providing Severance Benefits, the Plan Administrator has full discretionary authority to construe and interpret the Plan’s terms and to make factual determinations under it,
including the authority to determine an individual’s eligibility for Severance Benefits, the reason for employment termination, and the amount of Severance Benefits payable. Severance Benefits will be provided only if the Plan Administrator
decides in its sole discretion that the person seeking such benefits is entitled to them under the terms of the Plan. Any interpretation of the Plan made in good faith by the Plan Administrator, and any decision made in good faith on any matter
within the discretion of the Plan Administrator under the Plan, will be binding on all persons. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.3 to the contrary, following a Change in Control, the Plan Administrator shall administer the Plan in a
manner consistent with the administration of the Plan prior to such Change in Control. 
 ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS 

Wherever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below and, when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of
the word is capitalized: 
 2.1 “Base Salary” means, at any time, the then regular annual base rate of pay that the
Executive is receiving as annual salary. 

  
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 2.2 “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. 
 2.3 “Board” means
the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 2.4 “Bonus” means an annual cash bonus in accordance with the provisions of the
Company’s annual incentive program, as the same may be in effect from time to time. 
 2.5 “Cause” means the
occurrence of any one or more of the following: 
 (a) The Executive’s willful and continued failure substantially to
perform the Executive’s material duties with the Company (other than due to Disability), or the Executive’s commission of any activities constituting a material violation or material breach of any Federal, state or foreign law, statute,
regulation, or the like applicable to the activities of the Company, in each case, after notice thereof from the Board to the Executive and (where possible) a reasonable opportunity for the Executive to cease and cure such failure, breach or
violation in all respects; 
 (b) Fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, dishonesty, misappropriation or other act or omission by
the Executive that causes material damage to the Company’s property or business; 
 (c) The Executive’s admission
or conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any crime that, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, adversely affects the Company’s reputation or the Executive’s ability to carry out the obligations of the Executive’s
employment; 
 (d) The Executive’s failure to reasonably cooperate with the Company in any internal investigation or
administrative, regulatory or judicial proceeding, after notice thereof from the Board to the Executive and a reasonable opportunity for the Executive to cure such non-cooperation; or 

(e) Any act or omission by the Executive in violation or disregard of the Company’s policies, including but not limited to
the harassment and discrimination policies and standards of conduct of the Company then in effect, in such a manner as to cause significant loss, damage or injury to the property, reputation or employees of the Company. 

In addition, the Executive’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated for Cause if, after the Executive’s employment has
terminated, facts and circumstances are discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause. For purposes of the Plan, no act or failure to act on the Executive’s part shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or
omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act or failure to act based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the
Board or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. 

  
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 2.6 A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if the conditions set
forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have been satisfied: 
 (a) Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including any securities beneficially owned by such Person that were acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the
Company’s then outstanding securities; or 
 (b) The shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of
the Company with any other corporation and such shareholder approval results in consummation of said merger or consolidation, other than (i) a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding
immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company, at least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation
effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person or Persons acquire more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or 

(c) The shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets and such shareholder approval results in consummation of said liquidation, sale or disposition. 

2.7 “COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended from time to time. 

2.8 “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations thereunder, as amended from time to time. 

2.9 “Company” means FreightCar America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto as provided in Article 7
herein. 
 2.10 “Company Materials” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.1 herein. 

2.11 “Confidential Information” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.1 herein. 

2.12 “Disability” means, in the written opinion of a qualified physician selected by the Company, the Executive is, by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or
(b) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s disability plan. 

  
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 2.13 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the
regulations thereunder, as amended from time to time. 
 2.14 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the regulations thereunder, as amended from time to time. 
 2.15 “Executive” means an eligible employee of the Company
designated from time to time by the Company and set forth on Appendix A hereto. No individuals other than those set forth on Appendix A hereto shall be eligible to receive Severance Benefits under the Plan. 

2.16 “Good Reason” means, without the Executive’s written consent, the occurrence of any of the following conditions,
unless such condition is fully corrected within sixty (60) calendar days after written notice thereof: 
 (a) A Change
in Control pursuant to which the buyer does not agree to employ the Executive at or after the acquisition date on terms substantially comparable in the aggregate to the terms on which the Executive is currently employed; or 

(b) The Company (i) permanently and materially diminishes the Executive’s authority, duties, or responsibilities,
including without limitation reporting responsibilities, (ii) materially reduces the Executive’s overall compensation, including Base Salary, Bonus opportunity and equity award participation, (iii) requires the Executive to relocate
the Executive’s principal business office to a location not within 50 miles of the Company’s principal business office located in the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area, or (iv) materially breaches the terms of the Plan. 

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, a termination of employment due to Good Reason must occur, if at all, within one hundred
twenty (120) calendar days after the Company receives written notice of any one or more of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.16. The Executive must provide the Company with written notice of any one or more of the conditions set
forth in this Section 2.16 within ninety (90) calendar days of the initial existence of the condition in order for such condition to constitute Good Reason under the Plan. 

2.17 “Inventions” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.7 herein. 

2.18 “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that shall indicate the specific termination provision in the Plan relied
upon, and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. 

2.19 “Person” shall have the meaning given in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used herein,
provided that a Person shall not include (a) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (b) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (c) an underwriter
temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (d) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

  
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 2.20 “Plan” means this FreightCar America, Inc. Executive Severance Plan. 

2.21 “Plan Administrator” means the administrator of the Plan as designated by the Board. 

2.22 “Plan Year” means the 12-month period that begins each January 1. 

2.23 “Qualifying Termination” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2 herein. 

2.24 “Severance Benefits” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.3 herein. 

ARTICLE 3. SEVERANCE BENEFITS 

3.1 Eligibility for Severance Benefits. Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan, an Executive who experiences a Qualifying
Termination shall be entitled to receive Severance Benefits. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, eligibility for the receipt of Severance Benefits under the Plan is expressly conditioned upon the execution by the Executive of a comprehensive
release agreement and waiver of claims against the Company in a form to be determined in the sole discretion of the Company, as well as compliance with the restrictive covenants of Article 4. An Executive who does not execute a release agreement
within the period specified, who revokes it, or who does not comply with the restrictive covenants of Article 4, will not be entitled to Severance Benefits under the Plan. 

3.2 Qualifying Termination. The occurrence of either or both of the following events (a “Qualifying Termination”) shall
entitle the Executive to receive Severance Benefits: 
 (a) The Company’s termination of the Executive’s employment
without Cause; or 
 (b) The Executive’s termination of employment with the Company for Good Reason. 

For purposes of the Plan, an Executive’s employment with the Company shall be deemed to be terminated when the Executive has a
“separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and references to termination of employment shall be deemed to refer to such a separation from service. 

3.3 Description of Severance Benefits. In the event that the Executive experiences a Qualifying Termination, the Company shall pay to
the Executive (or the Executive’s representative) and provide the Executive (or the Executive’s representative) with the following “Severance Benefits”: 

(a) Within sixty (60) calendar days following the date of termination, (i) the Executive’s earned but unpaid
Base Salary through the date of termination, (ii) any Bonus for which the performance measurement period has ended and the payment amount earned, but that is unpaid at the time of termination, (iii) any accrued but unpaid

  
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vacation, (iv) any amounts payable under any of the Company’s employee benefit plans in accordance with the terms of those plans, and (v) any unreimbursed business expenses
incurred by the Executive on the Company’s behalf prior to the date of termination; 
 (b) Continuation of the
Executive’s Base Salary (without regard to any reduction thereof constituting Good Reason) for 12 months following the date of termination, to be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices; 

(c) A payment equal to the average annual bonus paid to the Executive for the last two full years, calculated as the quotient
of (i) the sum of the Bonus paid to the Executive for the last two full years prior to termination (annualizing any Bonus awarded for less than a full year of employment), divided by (ii) two (2), with payment to be made on the first
March 15 following the year of the Executive’s termination; and 
 (d) Continued participation in the
Company’s group health plan for the Executive, and such members of the Executive’s family who participated in such group health plan at the time of the Executive’s termination, for a period of 12 months at the same costs and coverage
levels and under the same general terms and provisions of such plan as apply to active employees after the Executive’s termination. The continuation period required by this Section 3.3(d) shall be concurrent with the continued group health plan
coverage required by COBRA. The cost of continued group health plan coverage for any periods beyond those specified in this Section 3.3(d) shall be the sole responsibility of the Executive. 

No Severance Benefits provided to the Executive hereunder shall be reduced by any amount the Executive may earn or receive from employment
with another employer or from any other source following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company and during the period Severance Benefits are being provided. 

Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, Severance Benefits under the Plan are contingent upon the Executive executing and
delivering to the Company (and not revoking during the revocation period) a release and waiver of claims acceptable to the Company (the ‘Release’) by the Release Deadline. For purposes of the Plan, the ‘Release Deadline’ means
the date that is sixty (60) calendar days after the Executive’s separation from service. Payment of any Severance Benefits that are not exempt from Code Section 409A shall be delayed until the Release Deadline, irrespective of when the
Executive executes the Release; provided, however, that where the Executive’s separation from service and the Release Deadline occur within the same calendar year, the payment may be made up to thirty (30) calendar days prior to the
Release Deadline, and provided further that where the Executive’s separation from service and the Release Deadline occur in two separate calendar years, payment may not be made before the later of January 1 of the second year or the date
that is thirty (30) calendar days prior to the Release Deadline. If an Executive fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the Release with the restrictive covenants of Article 4, as determined by the Plan Administrator, while receiving
Severance Benefits under the Plan, the Company will cease payment of Severance Benefits to the Executive. 

  
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 3.4 Death or Disability. If the Executive’s employment is terminated due to the
Executive’s death or Disability, the Company shall pay the Executive (or the Executive’s representative) the benefits and amounts under Section 3.3(a) herein in accordance with that Section (including without limitation life or long-term
disability insurance benefits), and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive (or the Executive’s representative) under the Plan. 

3.5 Termination for Cause or by the Executive Other Than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment is terminated either
(a) by the Company for Cause or (b) by the Executive other than for Good Reason, the Company shall pay the Executive the benefits and amounts under Section 3.3(a) herein in accordance with that Section and the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive under the Plan. 
 3.6 Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the
Company for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party. 
 ARTICLE 4.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS 
 Severance Benefits under the Plan are expressly conditioned on the
Executive’s compliance with each of the restrictive covenants of this Article 4. 
 4.1 Confidential Information and Company
Materials. The Company possesses and will possess Confidential Information that is important to its business. The Company devotes significant financial, human and other resources to the development of its products, its customer base and the
general goodwill associated with its business and the Company diligently maintains the secrecy and confidentiality of its Confidential Information. For purposes of the Plan, “Confidential Information” is information that was or will be
developed, created, or discovered by or on behalf of the Company, or that became or will become known by, or was or is conveyed to the Company, that has commercial value in the Company’s business. Confidential Information is sufficiently secret
to derive economic value from its not being generally known to other persons. Confidential Information also includes any and all financial, technical, commercial or other information concerning the business and affairs of the Company that is
confidential and proprietary to the Company, including without limitation, (a) information relating to the Company’s past and existing customers and vendors and development of prospective customers and vendors, including without limitation
specific customer product requirements, pricing arrangements, payment terms, customer lists and other similar information; (b) inventions, designs, methods, discoveries, works of authorship, creations, improvements or ideas developed or
otherwise produced, acquired or used by the Company; (c) the Company’s proprietary programs, processes or software, consisting of but not limited to, computer programs in source or object code and all related documentation and training
materials, including all upgrades, updates, improvements, derivatives and modifications thereof and including programs and documentation in incomplete stages of design or research and development; (d) the subject matter of the Company’s
patents, design patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, manuals, operating instructions, training materials, and other industrial property, including such information in incomplete stages of design or
research and development; and (e) other confidential and proprietary information or documents relating to the Company’s products, business and marketing plans and techniques, sales and distribution networks and any other information or
documents that the Company reasonably regards as being confidential. 

  
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 The Company possesses or will possess “Company Materials” that are important to its
business. For purposes of the Plan, “Company Materials” are documents or other media or tangible items that contain or embody Confidential Information or any other information concerning the business, operations or future/strategic plans
of the Company, whether such documents have been prepared by the Executive or by others. 
 (a) All Confidential Information
and trade secret rights, and other intellectual property and rights in connection therewith will remain the sole property of the Company. At all times after termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive will keep in
confidence and trust and will not use or disclose any Confidential Information or anything relating to it without the prior written consent of a then current officer of the Company, except as provided in Section 4.5 below. 

(b) All Company Materials will be and remain the sole property of the Company. Immediately upon the termination of the
Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive will return all Company Materials, apparatus, equipment and other physical property, or any reproduction of such property. 

4.2 Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation. For a period of 12 consecutive months after termination of the Executive’s employment for
any reason, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly: 
 (a) Contact, solicit, interfere with, or divert, or induce or
attempt to contact, solicit, interfere with or divert, any of the Company’s customers; 
 (b) Participate or engage in
(as an owner, partner, employee, officer, director, independent contractor, consultant, advisor or in any other capacity calling for the rendition of services, advice, or acts of management, operation or control) any business engaged in the
manufacture of railcars in North America; or 
 (c) Solicit or induce or attempt to solicit or induce, by or for himself, or
as the agent of another, or through others as an agent in any way, any person who is employed by the Company for the purpose of encouraging that employee to join the Executive as a partner, agent, employee or otherwise in any business activity that
is competitive with the Company. 
 4.3 Non-Disparagement. For a period of 12 consecutive
months after termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, except as provided in Section 4.5 below, make any statements, written or verbal, or cause or encourage others to make
any statements, written or verbal, that defame, disparage or in any way criticize the personal or business reputation, practices, or conduct of the Company, its employees, directors, or officers. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that this
prohibition extends to statements, written or verbal, made to anyone, including but not limited to the news media, investors, potential investors, any board of directors, industry analysts, competitors, strategic partners, vendors, employees (past
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 4.4 Forfeitures. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Executive shall
forfeit all of the Severance Benefits, and the Company shall have the right to recapture and seek repayment of any such Severance Benefits in the event that: 

(a) The Executive breaches any of the restrictions or covenants in this Article 4; or 

(b) The Company’s financial results are significantly restated and the Board determines that fraud, intentional
misconduct, or negligence by the Executive caused or contributed to the need for the restatement. 
 4.5 Whistleblower Claims and Other
Government Investigations. Nothing in this Article 4 or elsewhere in the Plan shall limit or impede the Executive’s right (with or without prior notice to the Company) to (i) raise in good faith or participate in an investigation
regarding any potential violation of law or regulation with any governmental or regulatory agency, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), or (ii) make any disclosure protected by law under the whistleblower
provisions of any state or federal statutes or regulations. Any disclosure of Confidential Information (as defined above) made to any governmental or regulatory agency will be limited to Confidential Information that is reasonably related to the
alleged violation and/or specifically requested by the investigating agency. The Executive will make any such disclosure(s) only to such parties authorized to investigate the potential violation. 

4.6 Intellectual Property. “Inventions” includes all improvements, inventions, designs, formulas, works of authorship, trade
secrets, technology, computer programs, compositions, ideas, processes, techniques, know-how and data, whether or not patentable, made or conceived or reduced to practice or developed by the Executive, either
alone or jointly with others, during the term of the Executive’s employment, including during any period prior to the date of the Plan. Except as defined in the Plan, all Inventions that the Executive makes, conceives, reduces to practice or
develops (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others) during the Executive’s employment will be the sole property of the Company to the maximum extent permitted by law. 

4.7 Remedies. Monetary damages will not be an adequate remedy for the Company in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any
provision of this Article 4 and it would be impossible for the Company to measure damages in the event of such a breach or threatened breach. Therefore, in addition to other rights and remedies that the Company may have, the Company shall be
entitled to an injunction preventing the Executive from any breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Article 4, and the Executive shall waive any requirement that the Company post any bond in connection with any such injunction. The
existence of any claim by an Executive against the Company, except for a claim that an Executive was terminated without Cause, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of any provision of this Article 4. 

  
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 4.8 Blue Pencil. If any court determines that the covenants contained in this Article 4,
or any part hereof, are unenforceable because of the duration or geographic scope of such provision, such court shall have the power to reduce the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, to as close to the terms hereof as shall be
enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable. 
 ARTICLE 5. CODE SECTION
409A 
 5.1 The Plan is intended to comply with Code Section 409A and the interpretative guidance thereunder, including the exceptions
for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, and shall be administered accordingly. The Plan shall be construed and interpreted with such intent. 

5.2 Each payment under the Plan or any Company benefit plan is intended to be treated as one of a series of separate payments for purposes of
Code Section 409A. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefit payments under the Plan are subject to Code Section 409A, such reimbursements and in-kind benefit
payments will be made in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions). 

5.3 Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, to the extent the Executive is considered a “specified employee” (as
defined in Code Section 409A) and would be entitled to a payment during the six-month period beginning on the Executive’s date of termination that is not otherwise excluded under Code Section 409A under
the exception for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, in-kind distributions, or any otherwise applicable exemption, the payment will not be made to the Executive until the
earlier of the six-month anniversary of the Executive’s date of termination or the Executive’s death and will be accumulated and paid on the first day of the seventh month following the date of
termination. 
 5.4 The Company may amend the Plan to the minimum extent necessary to satisfy the applicable provisions of Code Section
409A. 
 5.5 The Company cannot guarantee that the Severance Benefits provided pursuant to the Plan will satisfy all applicable provisions
of Code Section 409A. 
 ARTICLE 6. CLAIMS PROCEDURE 

6.1 Claims Procedure. Severance Benefits shall be paid without the necessity of formal claims. If any person believes he or she is being
denied any rights or benefits under the Plan, such person (or the person’s duly authorized representative) may file a claim in writing with the Plan Administrator within one year following the applicable Executive’s date of termination. If
any such claim is wholly or partially denied, the Plan Administrator will notify the claimant of its decision in writing. The notification will set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, the following: (a) the specific
reason or reasons for the adverse determination, (b) reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based, (c) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim
and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and (d) a description of the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a
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following an adverse benefit determination on review. Such notification will be given within ninety (90) calendar days after the claim is received by the Plan Administrator, or within one
hundred eighty (180) calendar days, if the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If the Plan Administrator determines that an extension of time for processing is
required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial ninety (90)-calendar day period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and
the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render a benefit determination. 
 6.2 Review Procedure. Within sixty
(60) calendar days after the receipt of notification of an adverse benefit determination, a claimant (or the claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file a written request with the Plan Administrator for a review of the
claimant’s adverse benefit determination and submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits. A request for review shall be deemed filed as of the date of receipt of such written request by
the Plan Administrator. A claimant shall be provided, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits. The Plan Administrator will
take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The Plan
Administrator will notify the claimant of its decision on review in writing. Such notification will be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and will contain the following: (a) the specific reason or reasons for the
adverse determination, (b) reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the benefit determination is based, (c) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies
of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits, and (d) a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a). The decision on review will be made
within sixty (60) calendar days after the request for review is received by the Plan Administrator, or within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days if the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension of
time for processing the claim. If the Plan Administrator determines that an extension of time for processing is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial sixty (60)-calendar
day period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan expects to render the determination on review. The Plan Administrator’s decision on review shall be final
and binding on the claimant. 
 6.3 Legal Actions. The claims and review procedures described in this Article 6 must be utilized
before a legal action may be brought against the Board, the Company, the Plan Administrator, or the Plan. Any legal action must be filed within one (1) year of receiving final notice of a denied claim. 

ARTICLE 7. SUCCESSORS 

7.1 Successors to the Company. The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, reorganization,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, liquidation, or otherwise) of all or a significant portion of the assets of the Company by 

  
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agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to expressly assume and agree to maintain the Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to
perform if no such succession had taken place, subject to Section 9.1 hereof. Regardless of whether such agreement is executed, the Plan shall be binding upon any successor in accordance with the operation of law and such successor shall be
deemed the “Company” for purposes of the Plan. 
 7.2 Assignment by the Executive. The Plan shall inure to the benefit of
and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees. If the Executive dies while any Severance Benefits would still be owed to the Executive
hereunder had the Executive continued to live, all such Severance Benefits, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Plan to the Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee, or if there is no such
designee, to the Executive’s estate. 
 ARTICLE 8. MISCELLANEOUS 

8.1 Employment Status. The Plan is not a contract of employment, and participation in the Plan does not give an Executive the right to
be rehired or retained in the employ of the Company on a full-time, part-time or any other basis, or to receive any benefit under any other plan of the Company. Participation in the Plan does not give any Executive any right or claim or legal
entitlement to any benefit under the Plan, unless that right or claim has specifically accrued under the terms of the Plan. 
 8.2 Effect
of Receiving Severance Benefits. Receipt of Severance Benefits does not constitute any sort of extension or perpetuation of employment beyond the Executive’s actual date of employment termination. 

8.3 Interests Not Transferable. The interests of persons entitled to Severance Benefits are not subject to their debts or other
obligations and, except as may be required by the tax withholding provisions of the Code or any state’s income tax act, or pursuant to an agreement between an Executive and the Company, may not be voluntarily sold, transferred, alienated,
assigned, or encumbered. 
 8.4 Entire Plan. The Plan contains the entire understanding of the Company and the Executive with respect
to the subject matter hereof. The Severance Benefits under this Plan shall be in lieu of and reduced by any severance pay or the like that may be payable under any plan or practice of the Company, or that may be payable by any Federal, state or
foreign law, statute, regulation, or the like (including the WARN Act or any similar state or foreign law). 
 8.5 Conflicting Plans.
The Plan supersedes any other generally applicable severance-related plan or policy of the Company in effect on the date the Company adopts the Plan. Payments or benefits provided to an Executive under any Company stock, deferred compensation,
savings, retirement, or other employee benefit plan are governed solely by the terms of that plan. Any obligations or duties of an Executive pursuant to any non-competition or other agreement with the Company
will be governed solely by the terms of that agreement, and will not be affected by the terms of the Plan, except to the extent that agreement expressly 

  
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provides otherwise. Severance Benefits paid under the Plan are not taken into account for purposes of contributions or benefits under any other employee benefit plans, except as expressly
provided therein. Further, the period of coverage under any employee benefit plan is not extended due to the payment of Severance Benefits under the Plan. 

8.6 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications hereunder shall be sufficient if in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given if delivered by hand or if sent by registered or certified mail to the Executive at the last address the Executive has filed in writing with the Company or, in the case of the Company, at its principal offices. 

8.7 Tax Withholding. The Company shall withhold from any Severance Benefits payable under the Plan all Federal, state, city, or other
taxes as legally required to be withheld, as well as any other amounts authorized or required by policy, including, but not limited to, withholding for garnishments and judgments or other court orders. Any Severance Benefit payable under the Plan
will be offset against any severance, notice or termination pay required to be paid by the Company pursuant to foreign, Federal, state, or local law or ordinance. 

8.8 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity
shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included. Further, the captions of the Plan are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no
force and effect. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Company shall have no obligation to provide any Severance Benefits to the Executive hereunder to the extent, but only to the extent, that such provision is prohibited by the
terms of any final order of a Federal, state, or local court or regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction, provided that such an order shall not affect, impair, or invalidate any provision of the Plan not expressly subject to such order. 

8.9 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein shall include the feminine; the
plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. 
 8.10 Applicable Law. To the extent not preempted by
the laws of the United States, the laws of the State of Illinois shall be the controlling law in all matters relating to the Plan without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws. The jurisdiction and venue for any disputes arising under, or
any action brought to enforce, or otherwise relating to, the Plan shall be exclusively in the courts in State of Illinois, Cook County, including the Federal Courts located therein (should Federal jurisdiction exist). 

8.11 Action by Company. Any action required of or permitted to be taken by the Company under the Plan will be by resolution of the
Board, by resolution of a duly authorized committee of the Board, by a person or persons authorized by resolutions of the Board, or a by duly authorized committee. 

8.12 Plan Funding. The Company will pay all Severance Benefits due and owing under the Plan directly out of its general assets. To the
extent that an Executive acquires a right to receive Severance Benefits under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an 

  
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unsecured general creditor of the Company. Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require, or prohibit or be deemed to prohibit, the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise
set aside any funds or other assets, in trust or otherwise, to provide for any Severance Benefits hereunder. 
 8.13 Indemnification.
Each person who is or has been a member of the Board, and any individual or individuals to whom the Company has delegated authority under Section 1.4 of the Plan, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any loss,
cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or as a result of any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of
any action taken, or failure to act, under the Plan. Each such person will also be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any and all amounts paid by him or her in a settlement approved by the Company, or paid by him or her in
satisfaction of any judgment, of or in a claim, action, suit or proceeding against him or her and described in the previous sentence, so long as he or she gives the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the claim, action,
suit or proceeding before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it. The foregoing right of indemnification will not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify him or her or hold him or her harmless. 

8.14 Cooperation. An Executive must reasonably cooperate with the Company and the Plan Administrator by furnishing any and all
information reasonably requested by the Company or the Plan Administrator, in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, and taking such other actions as may be requested by the Company. If an Executive refuses to cooperate, the Company
shall have no further obligation to such Executive under the Plan. 
 ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION 
 9.1 Amendment and Termination. The Company reserves the right, on a
case-by-case basis or on a general basis, to amend the Plan at any time and to thereby alter, reduce or eliminate any benefit under the Plan, in whole or in part, at any
time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment or termination of the Plan will not reduce the amount of benefits payable (if any) to any Executive who terminates employment before the effective date of the amendment or termination. Further
notwithstanding the foregoing, during the two-year period following the consummation of a Change in Control, any amendment or termination of the Plan will not reduce the amount of benefits payable (if any) to
any Executive or the rights of any Executive under the Plan, or cause any individual who is an Executive at the time of the Change in Control to cease being an Executive, without the express written consent of such Executive. 

  
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 9.2 Notice of Amendment or Termination. Executives receiving Severance Benefits under the
Plan will be notified of any material amendment or termination of the Plan within a reasonable time. 
 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Plan to be executed by the undersigned duly authorized officer this 27th day of December 2016. 

 

	
	FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC.
	
	BY: /s/ JOSEPH E. MCNEELY
	
	 ITS: President and Chief Executive Officer

  
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 Appendix A 

EXECUTIVES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 

FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC. EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE
PLAN 
 Appendix A 

 Appendix B 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SUMMARY PLAN
DESCRIPTION 
 This Appendix B, together with the Plan document, constitutes the summary plan description of the Plan. References in this
Appendix B to “you” or “your” are references to the Executive. Any term capitalized but not defined in this Appendix B will have the meaning set forth in the Plan. 

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER ERISA 

As a participant in the Plan, you are entitled to certain rights and protections under ERISA. ERISA provides that all Plan participants will be entitled to:

  

	 	•	 	Receive information about the Plan and benefits offered under the Plan. 

  

	 	•	 	Examine, without charge, at the Company’s office and at other specified locations, all documents governing the Plan, and a copy of the latest annual report filed by the Plan with the U.S. Department of Labor
and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefit Security Administration. 

  

	 	•	 	Obtain, upon written request to the Company, copies of documents governing the operation of the Plan, and copies of the latest annual report and updated summary plan description. The Company may make a reasonable
charge for the copies. 

  

	 	•	 	Obtain a statement telling you whether you have a right to receive a benefit and, if so, what your benefit would be if you stop working under the Plan now. If you do not have a right to a benefit, the statement
will tell you how many more years you have to work to get a right to a benefit. This statement must be requested in writing and is not required to be given more than once every 12 months. The Plan must provide the statement free of charge.

 PRUDENT ACTION BY PLAN FIDUCIARIES 

In addition to creating rights for Plan participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the Plan. The people who
operate your Plan, called fiduciaries of the Plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of you and other Plan participants and beneficiaries. No one, including the Company, or any other person, may fire you or otherwise discriminate
against you in any way to prevent you from exercising your rights under ERISA. 
 ENFORCE YOUR RIGHTS

 If your claim for a benefit is denied in whole or in part, you have a right to know why this was done, to obtain copies of documents relating to the
decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules. 
 Appendix B 

 Under ERISA, there are steps you can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if you request a copy of
Plan documents or the latest annual report from the Plan and do not receive them within 30 calendar days, you may file suit in a Federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay you up to
$110 a day until you receive the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the Plan Administrator. If you have a claim for benefits that is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, you may file suit in a
state or Federal court. If you are discriminated against for asserting your rights, you may seek assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor, or you may file suit in a Federal court. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees.
If you are successful, the court may order the person you have sued to pay these costs and fees. If you lose, the court may order you to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds your claim is frivolous. 

ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS 

If you have any questions about the Plan, you should contact the Plan Administrator. If you have any questions about this statement or about your rights under
ERISA, or if you need assistance in obtaining documents from the Plan Administrator, you should contact the nearest office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, listed in your telephone directory or the Division
of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. You also may obtain certain publications about your rights and responsibilities under
ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration. 
 GENERAL PLAN
INFORMATION 
  

			
	Plan Sponsor	  	 FreightCar America, Inc.
 Two North Riverside
Plaza, Suite 1250
 Chicago, Illinois 60606

		
	Plan Name	  	FreightCar America, Inc. Executive Severance Plan
		
	Type of Plan	  	Welfare plan
		
	Source of Funds	  	The Company will pay all benefits due and owing under the Plan directly out of its general assets. To the extent that an Executive acquires a right to receive benefits under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of
an unsecured general creditor of the Company.
		
	 Company’s Employer

Identification Number
	  	25-1837219

 Appendix B 

			
	Plan Administrator	  	 FreightCar America, Inc.
 Two North Riverside
Plaza, Suite 1250
 Chicago, Illinois 60606
 (312) 928-0850

		
	 Agent for Service
 of Legal
Process
	  	Plan Administrator
		
	Plan Year	  	 Calendar Year
 (January 1 – December
31)

		
	Controlling Law	  	Illinois, to the extent not preempted by Federal law

 Appendix B 

 FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC. EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF 

THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN 

FreightCar America, Inc. (the “Company”) has established the FreightCar America, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (the
“Plan”). The Plan provides severance benefits to certain eligible executives in the event of employment termination by the Company without “cause,” or termination by the executive for “good reason” (each as
defined in the Plan). You are eligible to participate in the Plan. 
 By the signatures below of the representative of the Company and the
Executive named herein, the Company and the Executive agree that the Company hereby designates the Executive as eligible to participate in the Plan, and the Executive hereby acknowledges and accepts such participation, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, and agrees to the terms of the Plan, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. 
 Name of Executive:
    «FirstName»
«LastName»                                      
        
 Date of Eligibility and
Participation:                    
«Date_2»                              

At Will Employment. Nothing in this Acknowledgement and Acceptance or in the Plan shall confer upon the Executive any right to continue
in employment for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company or of the Executive, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate the Executive’s employment at
any time for any reason. 
 The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time prior to a Change in Control,
including an amendment that would alter, reduce or eliminate benefits under the Plan, except that no amendment or termination of the Plan would reduce the amount of benefits payable (if any) to any Executive who terminates employment before the
effective date of the amendment or termination. 
  

			
	 EXECUTIVE:
	  	 FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC.

		
	  
	  	
By:                  
                              

	[Signature]	  	Title:                                     
       

 Attachment: 
 FreightCar
America, Inc. Executive Severance PlanEXHIBIT 10..2.1

Execution Version

AMENDMENT TO CLASS A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This  Amendment  to  Class  A Shareholders  Agreement  (this "Amendment") entered into as of December 30, 2016, by and among Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company") and the holders of Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Class A Stock"), of the Company set forth on the signature page hereto (collectively, the "Shareholders," and individually, a "Shareholder"; the Shareholders and the Company, together, the "Parties") and amends that certain Class A Shareholders Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2012, by and among the Parties (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Agreement'').

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, following the conversion of all of the shares of Class A Stock held by The Estate of Frank S. McGaughey, III (successor to Frank S. McGaughey, III) (the "Estate"), the Estate no longer holds any Class A Stock;

WHEREAS, following the conversion of all of the shares of Class A Stock held by Ridge Partners, LP. (the "Partnership") the Partnership no longer holds any Class A Stock;

WHEREAS, Richard N. McGaughey ("R. McGaughey") no longer holds Class A Stock;

and

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Agreement   to remove the Estate, the

Partnership and R. McGaughey (the "Removed Parties") as parties to the Agreement and to update Annex I to the Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and the mutual benefits to be derived hereunder and thereunder, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby affirm and agree to the following:

	
1.

	
Amendment. The Parties hereby amend the Agreement to remove the Removed Parties as parties to the Agreement, and the Removed Parties shall have no further rights or obligations with respect to the Agreement following the date of this Amendment. Further, the Parties hereby amend and restate Annex I to the Agreement in its entirety to read as set forth on Annex I attached to this Amendment. Except as herein expressly amended, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

	
2.

	
Miscellaneous.

 

a.   Further Assurances. Each Party hereto agrees to perform any further acts and to execute and deliver any further documents and instruments as may be reasonably necessary or

desirable to implement and/or accomplish the provisions of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

b.  Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to  the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Amendment is solely for the benefit of the Parties, and no other person or entity is entitled to rely upon or benefit from this Amendment or any term hereof.

c.  Governing   Law.   This   Amendment   shall   be   governed   by   and   construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland (without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles).

 

d.   Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original Amendment, but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Amendment. A signed copy of this Amendment delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Amendment.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

COMPANY

	
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC.

	 
	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ Jenny H. Parker

	 
	
Name:

	
Jenny H. Parker

	 
	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President, Finance, Secretary and Treasurer

	 

SHAREHOLDERS

	
H5, L.P.

	 
	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ Rawson Haverty, Jr.

	 
	
Name:

	
Rawson Haverty, Jr.

	 
	
Its:

	
General Partner

	 

 

	
VILLA CLARE PARTNERS, L.P.

	 
	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ Clarence H. Smith

	 
	
Name:

	
Clarence H. Smith

	 
	
Its:

	
Managing Partner

	 

 

	
RIDGE PARTNERS, L.P.

	 
	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ Michael J. McGaughey

	 
	
Name:

	
Michael J. McGaughey

	 
	
Its:

	
General Partner

	 

 

	
RAWSON HAVERTY, JR.

	 
	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ Rawson Haverty, Jr.

	 
	
Name:

	
Rawson Haverty, Jr.

	 

 

	
CLARENCE H. SMITH

	 
	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ Clarence H. Smith

	 
	
Name:

	
Clarence H. Smith

	 

 

	
THE ESTATE OF FRANK S. MCGAUGHEY, III

	 
	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ Carolyn McGaughey

	 
	
Name:

	
Carolyn McGaughey

	 
	
Title:

	
Executrix

	 

ANNEX I

Holders of Class A Stock - Shareholders

	
Name

	 	
Shares of Class A Stock

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
H5, L.P.

	 	
479,323

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Villa Clare Partners, L.P.

	 	
603,497

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Ridge Partners L.P.

	 	
0

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Rawson Haverty, Jr.

	 	
82,331

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Clarence H. Smith

	 	
87,036

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Frank S. McGaughey, III

	 	
0

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Richard McGaughey

	 	
0

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