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Throughout railroad history, many manufacturing companies have come and gone. This is a list of companies that manufactured railroad cars and other rolling stock . Most of these companies built both passenger and freight equipment and no distinction is made between the two for the purposes of this list.
Argentina
Australia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Brazil
MAFERSA (acquired by Alstom in 1997)
COBRASMA
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Croatia
Czechia
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
North Korea
Malaysia
Mexico
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Adrian Car Company (1869–1883) Adrian, Michigan
W.C. Allison & Sons (c. 1840 – c. 1895) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allegheny Car Company (c. 1873 – 1882) Swissvale, Pennsylvania
Alstom
Altoona Manufacturing Company (c. 1870 – c. 1900) Altoona, Pennsylvania
Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa)
American Bridge Company (United States Steel)
American Car & Foundry (ACF) (to ARI)
American Car Company (1852–1856) Chicago, Illinois
AMF, Beard, Texas
Anniston Car Company (1883–1887) Anniston, Alabama
ARI (American Railcar Industries, formerly AC&F), to Greenbrier 2019
Austin-Western (to Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton 1951)
Baker, Jackson & Company (1880s) Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton (until 1963)
Baltimore Car and Foundry
Barney and Smith Car Company (1849 – c. 1923) Dayton, Ohio
Beaver Falls Car Company (1880s) Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Bellefonte Car Manufacturing Company (c. 1873 – 1881) Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Berwick Forge and Fabricating – Berwick, Pennsylvania (to Whittaker)
Bethlehem Steel Corporation (1901–2003) Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Bettendorf Company (c. 1902 – 1942) Bettendorf, Iowa
Billmeyer and Small (1852 – c. 1910) York, Pennsylvania
Blain Brothers Car Works (1880s) Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg Car Manufacturing Company (c. 1868 – c. 1900) Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Bombardier Transportation , US
Bowers, Dure & Company (1871–1886) Wilmington, Delaware
Bridgeport Car Works (1870s) Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
JG Brill Company (Brill)
Brookville Equipment Corporation
Budd Company (Budd) (1932–) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buffalo Car Manufacturing Company (1872–1890) Buffalo, New York
Butler Manufacturing Company (1971–1973) Murfreesboro, Tennessee (built covered hoppers for NACC, later a NACC facility)
Cambria Steel Company
F.E. Canda & Company (until 1878) Chicago, Illinois
Carlisle Manufacturing Company (c. 1870 – c. 1900) Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Casebolt, Henry & Company (1863 – c. 1876) San Francisco, California
Chattanooga Car & Foundry Company (1887–) Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chicago Steel Car Company
Chickasaw Ship Building & Car Company (1921–1928) Fairfield, Alabama
Clark Car Company
Cleveland Bridge & Car Works (1878–) Cleveland, Ohio
W. Clough (1852–) Madison, Indiana
Colorado Railcar
Connellsville Machine and Car Company (1870s-1880s) Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Conshohocken Car Works (1880–) Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Cummings Car Works (1851–1876) Jersey City, New Jersey
Darby Corporation (1965–1989 ) Kansas City, Kansas
Dauphin Car Works (1880s) Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Davenport and Bridges (1834 – c. 1856) Cambridgeport, Massachusetts
Davenport, Bridges & Company (1850s) Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Dawson Manufacturing Company (c. 1870 – c. 1880) Dawson, Georgia
Detroit Car and Manufacturing Company (1861–1870) Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Car Works (1872–1879) Adrian (Detroit), Michigan
DIFCO (originally Differential Steel Car Co.,) Findlay, Ohio (to Trinity)
William Dyer
East Railcar
Eaton & Gilbert (1833–1893) Troy, New York
Ebenezer Railcar, Buffalo, New York
Edwards Rail Car Company (1921–1942)
Edwards Rail Car Company (1997–2008)
Elliott Car Company (c. 1885 – 1899) Gadsden, Alabama
Elmira Car Manufactory (1862–1886) Elmira, New York
Emmons Rail Car, York, Pennsylvania
Empire Car Works (c. 1849 – c. 1890) York, Pennsylvania
Ensign Manufacturing Company (c. 1873 – 1899) Huntington, West Virginia (to AC&F)
Enterprise Railway Equipment Company
Erie Car Works (1868 – c. 1920) Erie, Pennsylvania
Evans Products (1964–1972) Plymouth, Michigan
FMC (formerly Farm Machinery Corp.) (1965-) South Charleston, West Virginia, (1965-1985) Portland, Oregon with acquisition of GBEC
Franklin Foundry Machine & Car Works (c. 1840 – c. 1880) Franklin, Pennsylvania
Frederick & Company (c. 1870 – c. 1900) Catasaqua, Pennsylvania
FreightCar America (formerly Johnstown America Corporation , originally Bethlehem Steel Corp.)
Freight Car Services
Fruehauf Rail Division (formerly Magor Car Corp.) (1964–1973) Clifton, New Jersey
Fruit Growers Express (1922–) Alexandria, Virginia
Fulton Car Works/Keck & Hubbard (1847 – c. 1860) Cincinnati, Ohio
Fulton Car Works/W.W. Wetherell (1839–1860s) Sandusky, Ohio
Gantt Manufacturing Company (1973–) Greenville, South Carolina
General American Transportation Corp. (GATX ) (1898–) Sharon, Pennsylvania/East Chicago, Indiana/Warren, Ohio (carbuilding operations to Trinity Industries 1984)
General Steel Industries (GSI; formerly General Steel Castings) (c. 1962–1972) Granite City, Illinois
Georgia Railcar (until 1883) Carterville, Georgia (to Portec 1978; to Thrall 1984)
Georgia Car & Manufacturing Company (c. 1900–) Savannah, Georgia
Gilbert Car Company
The Gregg Company (c. 1900–) Hanensack, NJ; mainly export, mining and sugar plantation equipment
John L. Gill (1862–1883) Columbus, Ohio
John L. Gill, Jr. (until 1885) Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Golden Tye (division of NRUC), Pickens, South Carolina
James Goold & Company (1831 – c. 1890) Albany, New York
The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier)
Greenville Steel Car Company (GSC) (1916–) Greenville, Pennsylvania (to Trinity Industries 1986)
Grice & Long (1860 – c. 1873) Trenton, New Jersey
Grove Works (1848–1855) Hartford, Connecticut
Gulf Railcar
Gunderson Brothers Engineering Co. (GBEC)(1958–1973) Portland, Oregon (to FMC 1965)
Gunderson (1985 with Greenbrier's acquisition of FMC)
Hannibal Car Works (1870s) Hannibal, Missouri
Harlan & Hollingsworth (1836 – c. 1945) Wilmington, Delaware
Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Company (1853 – c. 1890) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harvey Steel Car and Repair Works (c. 1892) Harvey, Illinois
Haskell and Barker Car Company (1852–1971) Michigan City, Indiana
Hazelton Car Works (1880s) Hazelton, Pennsylvania
Hicks Locomotive and Car Works (1897–1911) Chicago, Illinois
Huntingdon Car Works (1872 – c. 1885) Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Illinois Car and Manufacturing Company (1897–1902) Chicago & Urbana, Illinois/Anniston, Alabama (to Western Steel Car 1902)
Illinois Car & Manufacturing Company (c. 1909–) Hammond, Indiana
Indiana Car Company (1872–1884) Cambridge City, Indiana
Indianapolis Car Company (c. 1870 – c. 1900) Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis Car and Foundry
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi (built covered hoppers for NACC)
International Car Company (ICC) (1952–) Buffalo, New York/Kenton, Ohio/East Chicago, Indiana (to PC&F)
Richard Imlay (1830 – c. 1840) Baltimore, Ohio/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Itel
Jackson and Sharp Company (Delaware Car Works) (1863 – c. 1945) Wilmington, Delaware
Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company (1861–) Berwick, Pennsylvania
J.J. Finnigan, Duluth, Georgia
Jones Car Works (1879 – c. 1912) West Troy, New York
Kansas City Car & Wheel Company (c. 1880 – c. 1900) Kansas City & Armourdale, Missouri
Kasgro
William M. Kasson & Son (c. 1860 – c. 1870) Buffalo, New York
H.T. & I.N. Keith (later Keith Car) (c. 1865 – c. 1935) West Sandwich, Sagamore & Hyannis, Massachusetts
Kimball & Gorton (1849–1862) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kimball Manufacturing Company (1860 – c. 1876) San Francisco, California
Koppel Car Company, Chicago, Illinois (to Pressed Steel Car)
Laconia Car Company (1879–1928) Laconia, New Hampshire
LaFayette Car Works (1880–) LaFayette, Indiana
Laporte Car Manufacturing Company (1872 – c. 1878) Laporte, Indiana
Lebanon Manufacturing Company (1870–) Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Car Manufacturing Company (c. 1870–) Stemton, Pennsylvania
Lenoir Car Company (1894–1930) Lenoir City, Tennessee
Liberty Car and Equipment
Liberty Railway Services (2016–) Pueblo, CO (affiliated with Ebenezer Railcar)
Lima Car Company (1880s) Lima, Ohio
Litchfield Car Manufacturing Company (1872–) Litchfield, Illinois
Locks & Canals (c. 1840 – c. 1850) Lowell, Massachusetts
Madison Car Company (1891–) Madison, Illinois
Magor Car Corporation (1902–1973) Passaic, New Jersey (to Fruehauf)
Mansfield Machine Works (c. 1870–) Mansfield, Ohio
Marathon Tank Car, Houston, Texas (to Richmond Tank Car)
Marshall Car and Foundry Company (1880–) Marshall, Texas
Mather Stock Car Company
Maxson Corporation (formerly St. Paul Foundry & Manufacturing) (1966–) St. Paul, Minnesota
McGuire, Cummings Manufacturing Company (c. 1890 – c. 1930) Chicago, Illinois
McKee, Fuller & Company (1879–) Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
McNary, Claflin & Company (1864–1878) Cleveland, Ohio
Mechtron Industries (1974–1981) Wilmington, Delaware (built covered hoppers for NACC)
Memphis Car & Foundry (1894–) Memphis, Tennessee
Merchants Despatch Transportation Company
Michigan Car Company (1864–1970) Detroit, Michigan (to AC&F)
Michigan-Peninsular Car Company (to AC&F)
Middletown Car Company (1869 – c. 1930) Middletown, Pennsylvania
Midwest Freight Car (1973–) Clinton, Illinois (to Portec 1977)
Millenium Rail
Milwaukee Car Manufacturing Company (until 1910) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Minerva Car Works (c. 1880 – c. 1920) Minerva, Ohio
Minnesota Car Company (1888–1896) Duluth, Minnesota
Missouri Car and Foundry Company (1870–) St. Louis, Missouri (to AC&F)
Morrison International, A.A. Morrison (to ICC)
Morrison-Knudsen
Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company (1888–1954) Mt. Vernon, Illinois (to Pressed Steel Car 1946)
Mowry Car and Wheel Works (1851–1880) Cincinnati, Ohio
Murray, Dougall and Company (1864–) Milton, Pennsylvania
Muskegon Car and Engine Works (c. 1880 – 1886) Muskegon, Michigan
National Alabama Corporation (NAC)
National Railway Utilization Company (1976–) Pickens, South Carolina
New Haven Car Company (c. 1860 – c. 1879) New Haven, Connecticut
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Niagara Car Wheel Company
Nobel Brothers & Company (1880s) Rome, Georgia
Norca Machinery
North American Car Corporation (1955–), Chicago, Illinois (carbuilding operations to Trinity Industries 1986)
North Carolina Car Company (1882–) Raleigh, North Carolina
North-Western Manufacturing Car Company (c. 1880–) Stillwater, Minnesota
Norwich Car Company (1847 – c. 1852) Norwich, Connecticut
Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Company (1864 – c. 1945) Jeffersonville, Indiana (to AC&F)
Ortner Freight Car Company (1953–) Covington, Kentucky (to Trinity Industries 1987)
Osgood Bradley Car Company (c. 1833 – 1960) Worcester, Massachusetts
Ostermann Manufacturing Company (1906–1911) West Pullman, Illinois
Oxford Co-operative Car Company (1873 – c. 1878) Oxford, Pennsylvania
Pacific Car and Foundry (PACCAR) (1905–) Renton, Washington/Portland, Oregon
Paragon Bridge & Steel, Novi, Michigan (to Portec 1968)
Pardee Car and Machine Works (c. 1875 – c. 1890) Watsontown, Pennsylvania
Pardee, Snyder & Company (1880s) Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Patten Car Works (1872 – c. 1890) Bath, Maine
Patton Motor Company , Chicago
Peninsular Car Company (1879–) Adrian & Detroit, Michigan
Pennock Brothers (c. 1875 – c. 1915) Minerva, Ohio
Pennsylvania Car Company (1880s) Latrobe & Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Perley A. Thomas Car Works
Petersburg Car Company (1873–) Petersburg, Virginia
Pittsburgh Car Works (c. 1865 – 1883) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh & McKeesport Car Company (c. 1855 – 1877) McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Portec, Inc. (1968–1984)(to Thrall 1984; autorack designs to Greenville 1986)
Portland Company (1848–1912) Portland, Maine
Progress Rail Albertville, Alabama
Pressed Steel Car Company (1899–1954) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pullman Company (Pullman)
Pullman-Standard (PS) (to Trinity Industries 1984)
Quick Car, Fort Worth, Texas (to Trinity Industries 1984)
Ralston Steel Car Company (1905–1953) Columbus, Ohio
Ranlet Car Company (c. 1845 – 1879) Laconia, New Hampshire
Richmond Tank Car Company (1962–) Sheldon, Texas
Richmond Car Works Richmond, Virginia
Rohr, Inc.
Russell & Company (c. 1854 – c. 1880) Massillon & Canton, Ohio
Ryan Car Company (1906 – c. 1940) Hegewisch, Illinois
St. Charles Car Company (until 1899) St. Charles, Missouri
St. Lawrence Shops (division of NRUC), Norfolk, New York
St. Louis Car Company (SLCC) (1887–1973) St. Louis, Missouri (to GSI 1960)
St. Louis Car Works (1857–1862) St. Louis, Missouri
St. Paul Foundry & Manufacturing, St. Paul, Minnesota (to Maxson Corp. c. 1968)
Michael Schall (1870s-c. 1890) Middletown, Pennsylvania
Schneider's Combination Cars , Chicago
G.W. Snyder (c. 1850 – 1880s) Pottsville, Pennsylvania
South Atlantic Car & Manufacturing Company (1903–) Waycross, Georgia
South Baltimore Car Works (c. 1885 – c. 1930) Baltimore, Maryland
Southeastern Specialties, Jacksonville, Florida
Southern Car and Foundry (1899–1904) Lenoir City & Memphis, Tennessee & Gadsden, Alabama
Southern Car and Wagon Manufactory (1850s) Memphis, Tennessee
Southern Car Works (1881–) Knoxville, Tennessee
Southern Iron & Equipment (1966–) Decatur, Georgia & Ashland City, Tennessee (to Evans)
Southwark=Baldwin
Springfield Car & Engine Company (1848 – c. 1857) Springfield, Massachusetts
Standard Steel Car Company (1902–1930) (to Pullman-Standard)
George H. Stem & Company (c. 1870 – c. 1885) Stemton, Pennsylvania
John Stephenson & Company (1832–1842) New York, New York
Street's Western Stable Car Line (c. 1885–) Chicago, Illinois
Structural Steel Car Company (1902 – c. 1940) Canton, Ohio
Swissvale Car Company (1873 – c. 1885) Swissvale, Pennsylvania
Taunton Car Company (1869–1873) Taunton, Massachusetts
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Terre Haute Car and Manufacturing Company (c. 1863 – c. 1930) Terre Haute, Indiana
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company (Thrall) (1917–) Chicago Heights, Illinois (to Trinity Industries 2001)
Tiffin Car Works (1872–) Tiffin, Ohio
Timms Car Company (until 1882) Columbus, Ohio
Tracy & Fales/Grove Works (1852 – c. 1857) Hartford, Connecticut
Transco (1965–1966) Macon, Georgia
Trenton Locomotive & Machine Manufacturing Company (1854–1863) Trenton, New Jersey
Tredegar Company (c. 1850 – c. 1900) Richmond, Virginia
James A. Trimble , New York City
Trinity Industries (1978–present), Trinity Rail Group (2001–2004), TrinityRail (2004–present)
Union Car and Bridge Works (1852–1856) Chicago, Illinois
Union Car Works (1847–1857) York, Pennsylvania
Union Car Works (1867–) St. Louis, Missouri
Union Car Works (1893–1926) Depew, New York
Union Tank Car Company (1947–) Whiting, Indiana
United American Car, Cartersville, Georgia (to Thrall)
United States Rolling Stock Company (1875–1893) Chicago Illinois
United States Railway Equipment (USRE) (1954–) Blue Island, Illinois (to Evans)
United Streetcar
US Car and Foundry
US Railcar
Vertex Railcar
Virginia Bridge & Iron Company (until 1920s) Roanoke, Virginia
Wagner Palace Car Company (1887–1900) Buffalo & New York, New York
Warren Tank Car Company (c. 1900–) Warren, Pennsylvania
Charles Wason & Company (1852–1855) Cleveland, Ohio
Wason Car and Foundry Company (1873–1885) Chattanooga, Tennessee
Wason Manufacturing Company (1846–1932) Springfield, Massachusetts
Watsontown Car Company (1870s) Watsontown, Pennsylvania
Wayne Car & Engine Works (c. 1850 – 1857) Fort Wayne, Indiana
Wells and French Company (c. 1860 – c. 1945) Chicago, Illinois
Uriah Wells (1850s) Petersburg, Virginia
West Pullman Car Works (until 1911) Pullman, Illinois
Western Wheeled Scraper (1904–) (to Austin-Western)
Western Steel Car and Foundry (1902 – c. 1940) Hegewisch, Illinois (to Pressed Steel Car)
Witt, Harbeck & Company (1850–) Cleveland, Ohio
Wharton & Petsch (1850–) Charleston, South Carolina
Whittaker Industries (formerly Berwick Forge & Fabricating)
Whitehead & Kales (1965–1967) River Rouge, Michigan (to Thrall 1984)
Youngstown Car & Manufacturing Company (1881–1914) Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown Steel Car Company (1914–) Youngstown, Ohio
Defunct
Austria
Belgium
Canada
AMF Technotransport , Montreal, Quebec
Bombardier Transportation
Canadian Car and Foundry (CANCAR) (to Hawker Siddeley Canada)
Eastern Car Company, Trenton, Nova Scotia (to Hawker Siddeley Canada)
Marine Industries , Sorel, Quebec
Montreal Locomotive Works – Toronto Transit Commission subway cars
National Steel Car (NSC), Hamilton, Ontario
Preston Car Company
Hawker Siddeley Canada , Trenton, Nova Scotia and Thunder Bay, Ontario (to Trenton Works)
Ottawa Car Company – interurban cars
Trenton Works , Trenton, Nova Scotia (to Greenbrier 1995)
Urban Transportation Development Corporation , Thunder Bay, Ontario
France
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Mexico
Concarril (CNCF) (1950s–1992, then acquired by Bombardier)
Sweden
See also
References
Notes
Jones, Robert C. (1980). Two Feet Between the Rails (Volume II – The Mature Years) . Sundance Books.
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