Trinity Industries, Inc. and Subsidiaries	Exhibit 12
Computation of Ratio of Earnings To Fixed Charges

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2009		2008		2007		2006		2005
	($ in millions)
Earnings:
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	(146.9)	$	453.8	$	454.9	$	343.9	$	176.1
Add:
Fixed Charges		146.3		134.3		109.3		91.4		64.7
Amortization of capitalized interest		0.3		0.1		0.1		0.0		0.0
Total earnings (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	(0.3)	$	588.2	$	564.3	$	435.3	$	240.8
Fixed Charges:
Interest expense	$	123.2	$	109.4	$	84.5	$	68.7	$	42.2
Portion of rental expense representative of interest		23.1		24.9		24.8		22.7		22.5
		146.3		134.3		109.3		91.4		64.7
Capitalized interest		0.0		0.9		0.6		0.3		0.7
Total Fixed Charges	$	146.3	$	135.2	$	109.9	$	91.7	$	65.4
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges		0.00		4.35		5.13		4.75		3.68

Footnote:

Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2009 included a $325 million goodwill impairment charge. See Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2009. The deficiency for this period was $146.6 million.