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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
INCOME TAXES 
INCOME TAXES
19. INCOME TAXES

The Company's effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was 31.7% and 35.5%, respectively.  The Company's effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was 31.2% and 35.6%, respectively.  The decline in the effective tax rate is principally attributable to the impact of relatively lower statutory income tax rates in the foreign jurisdictions associated with the Canadian and United Kingdom locations acquired in the Portec Rail business combination, effective December 15, 2010, the release of $128,000 of reserves for uncertain tax positions due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the receipt of approximately $523,000 in state tax refunds not previously recognized by the Company as realization was not more likely than not.