

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  February     April 14, 2003
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                          Atchison Casting Corporation
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                         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         KANSAS                                                    1-12541                               48-1156578
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(State or other jurisdiction             (Commission                          (IRS Employer
          of incorporation)                        File Number)                    Identification No.)


400 South Fourth Street, Atchison, Kansas                                              66002
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(Address of principal executive offices)                                           (Zipzip Codecode)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code:     (913) 367-2121
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                                 Not applicable
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                  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 5.         Other Events.

         AtchisonOn CastingApril Corporation3, issued2003, athe pressCompany releaseentered todayinto announcingthe Second Reinstatement and
itsModification resultsof forthe Fourteenth Amendment and Forbearance Agreement to the secondCredit
Agreement quarterand the Second Reinstatement and Modification of the firstEleventh
Amendment sixto monthsthe endedNote DecemberPurchase 31Agreement. These amendments, among other things,
2002.(i) Amodified copythe termination date of the pressforbearance releasefrom isApril attached3, as2003, Exhibitto
April 99.111, hereto2003; and (ii) extended the deadline for the Company to make a $7.0
incorporatedmillion hereinprepayment byof referencethese loans from March 17, 2003, to April 10, 2003.


Item 7.         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

              (c)   EXHIBITS. The following exhibit is filed herewith:

         99     4.1     Press  Second ReleaseReinstatement and Modification of the Fourteenth Amendment and
          Forebearance Agreement to the Credit Agreement dated Februaryas 14of April 3, 2003.





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                                    SIGNATURE

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
 the
registrant Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

      Date: April 14, 2003

                                 

                                    Atchison Casting Corporation


Date:  February 14, 2003                                             By:   /s/ Kevin T. McDermed
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                                                                                 Kevin T. McDermed,
                                                                                 Chief Financial Officer




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