EXHIBIT 12

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

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
	($ in millions)
Earnings:
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	462.8	$	463.2	$	348.5	$	176.1	$	(21.6	)
Add:
Fixed Charges		125.3		101.0		86.8		64.7		59.5
Amortization of capitalized interest		0.1		0.1		—		—		—
Total earnings from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	588.2	$	564.3	$	435.3	$	240.8	$	37.9
Fixed Charges:
Interest expense	$	100.4	$	76.2	$	64.1	$	42.2	$	42.8
Portion of rental expense representative of interest		24.9		24.8		22.7		22.5		16.7
		125.3		101.0		86.8		64.7		59.5
Capitalized interest		0.9		0.6		0.3		0.7		—
Total Fixed Charges	$	126.2	$	101.6	$	87.1	$	65.4	$	59.5
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges		4.66		5.55		5.00		3.68		0.64

Footnote:

(a) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2004. The deficiency for this period was $21.6 million.