EXHIBIT 12

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

					For the Year Ended December 31,
	2007		2006		2005		2004			2003			2002
Earnings:
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	463.2	$	348.5	$	176.1	$	(21.6	)	$	(9.0	)	$	(19.3	)
Add:
Fixed Charges		101.0		86.8		64.7		59.5			44.0			44.4
Amortization of capitalized interest		0.1		—		—		—			—			—
Total earnings from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	564.3	$	435.3	$	240.8	$	37.9		$	35.0		$	25.1
Fixed Charges:
Interest expense	$	76.2	$	64.1	$	42.2	$	42.8		$	34.8		$	36.1
Portion of rental expense representative of interest		24.8		22.7		22.5		16.7			9.2			8.3
		101.0		86.8		64.7		59.5			44.0			44.4
Capitalized interest		0.6		0.3		0.7		—			—			—
Total Fixed Charges	$	101.6	$	87.1	$	65.4	$	59.5		$	44.0		$	44.4
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges		5.55		5.00		3.68		0.64			0.80			0.57

Footnote:

(a) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002. The deficiencies for those periods were $21.6 million, $9.0 million, and $19.3 million, respectively.