L.B. Foster and Portec Rail Products Announce Preliminary Injunction Enjoining Tender Offer

PITTSBURGH, April 22, 2010 - L.B. Foster Company ("L.B. Foster") (Nasdaq: FSTR) and Portec Rail
Products, Inc. ("Portec") (Nasdaq: PRPX) today announced that on April 21,
2010 the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania issued a
preliminary injunction enjoining the completion of L.B. Foster's tender offer
to acquire all of Portec's issued and outstanding common stock. L.B. Foster
and Portec are reviewing the Court's opinion with their advisors to determine
a future course of action.

L.B. Foster Company is a leading manufacturer, fabricator, and
distributor of products for the rail, construction and utility and energy
markets with approximately 30 locations throughout the United States.

Established in 1906, Portec has served both domestic and international
rail markets by manufacturing, supplying and distributing a broad range of
rail products, rail anchors, rail spikes, railway friction management
products and systems, rail joints, railway wayside data collection and data
management systems and freight car securement systems. Portec also
manufactures material handling equipment for industries outside the rail
transportation sector through its United Kingdom operation. Portec operates
through its four global business segments: Railway Maintenance Products
(Salient Systems), Shipping Systems, Portec Rail Nova Scotia Company in
Canada (Kelsan friction management, rail anchor and spike products), and
Portec Rail Products, Ltd. in the UK (material handling and Coronet Rail
products). Portec Rail Products is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

    Contact information: L.B. Foster Portec           Rail Products, Inc.
                         David Voltz +1-412-928-3431  Rich Jarosinski
                         dvoltz@lbfosterco.com        +1-412-782-6000, X 4230

David Voltz of L.B. Foster Company, +1-412-928-3431, dvoltz at lbfosterco.com, or Rich Jarosinski of Portec Rail Products, Inc., +1-412-782-6000, ext. 4230