List of rolling stock manufacturers


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

  • BN Bombardier Brugge

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

  • ALSTOM
  • ARS Canada Rolling Stock
  • Arva Industries
  • Napanee Industries, Napanee, Ontario
  • National Steel Car, Hamilton, Ontario
  • Procor, Oakville, Ontario
  • Railwest Manufacturing, Squamish, British Columbia
  • Woodstock Precision Machining Inc
  • Enertec Rail Equipment
  • Marine Industries
  • TrentonWorks

China

  • CRRC
  • SJJ Railway Material & Supply, China

Croatia

Czechia

Egypt

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

India

Indonesia

Iran

Italy

Japan

*

North Korea

Malaysia

*
*

Mexico

Pakistan

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

  • Avokov
  • Tatravagonka Poprad
  • ZOS Vrutky

Slovenia

  • Sorbit valji
  • Štore valji

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Turkey

  • BOZANKAYA A.Ş
  • CSR-MNG Railway System Vehicles
  • Durmazlar Holding
  • EUROTEM
  • TÜDEMSAŞ
  • TÜLOMSAŞ
  • Turkish Railway Machines Industry Inc
  • Turkish Wagon Industry Inc
  • TÜVASAŞ
  • Vako Wagon Inc

United Kingdom

United States

  • Adrian Car Company Adrian, Michigan
  • W.C. Allison & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny Car Company Swissvale, Pennsylvania
  • Alstom
  • Altoona Manufacturing Company Altoona, Pennsylvania
  • Aluminum Company of America
  • American Bridge Company
  • American Car & Foundry
  • American Car Company Chicago, Illinois
  • AMF, Beard, Texas
  • Anniston Car Company Anniston, Alabama
  • ARI, to Greenbrier 2019
  • Austin-Western
  • Baker, Jackson & Company Latrobe, Pennsylvania
  • Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
  • Baltimore Car and Foundry
  • Barney and Smith Car Company Dayton, Ohio
  • Beaver Falls Car Company Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
  • Bellefonte Car Manufacturing Company Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
  • Berwick Forge and Fabricating – Berwick, Pennsylvania
  • Bethlehem Steel Corporation Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  • Bettendorf Company Bettendorf, Iowa
  • Billmeyer and Small York, Pennsylvania
  • Blain Brothers Car Works Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
  • Bloomsburg Car Manufacturing Company Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Bombardier Transportation, US
  • Bowers, Dure & Company Wilmington, Delaware
  • Bridgeport Car Works Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
  • JG Brill Company
  • Brookville Equipment Corporation
  • Budd Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Buffalo Car Manufacturing Company Buffalo, New York
  • Butler Manufacturing Company Murfreesboro, Tennessee
  • Cambria Steel Company
  • F.E. Canda & Company Chicago, Illinois
  • Carlisle Manufacturing Company Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  • Casebolt, Henry & Company San Francisco, California
  • Chattanooga Car & Foundry Company Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Chicago Steel Car Company
  • Chickasaw Ship Building & Car Company Fairfield, Alabama
  • Clark Car Company
  • Cleveland Bridge & Car Works Cleveland, Ohio
  • W. Clough Madison, Indiana
  • Colorado Railcar
  • Connellsville Machine and Car Company Connellsville, Pennsylvania
  • Conshohocken Car Works Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
  • Cummings Car Works Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Darby Corporation Kansas City, Kansas
  • Dauphin Car Works Dauphin, Pennsylvania
  • Davenport and Bridges Cambridgeport, Massachusetts
  • Davenport, Bridges & Company Fitchburg, Massachusetts
  • Dawson Manufacturing Company Dawson, Georgia
  • Detroit Car and Manufacturing Company Detroit, Michigan
  • Detroit Car Works Adrian, Michigan
  • DIFCO Findlay, Ohio
  • William Dyer
  • East Railcar
  • Eaton & Gilbert Troy, New York
  • Ebenezer Railcar, Buffalo, New York
  • Edwards Rail Car Company
  • Edwards Rail Car Company (1997–2008)
  • Elliott Car Company Gadsden, Alabama
  • Elmira Car Manufactory Elmira, New York
  • Emmons Rail Car, York, Pennsylvania
  • Empire Car Works York, Pennsylvania
  • Ensign Manufacturing Company Huntington, West Virginia
  • Enterprise Railway Equipment Company
  • Erie Car Works Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Evans Products Plymouth, Michigan
  • FMC South Charleston, West Virginia, Portland, Oregon with acquisition of GBEC
  • Franklin Foundry Machine & Car Works Franklin, Pennsylvania
  • Frederick & Company Catasaqua, Pennsylvania
  • FreightCar America
  • Freight Car Services
  • Fruehauf Rail Division Clifton, New Jersey
  • Fruit Growers Express Alexandria, Virginia
  • Fulton Car Works/Keck & Hubbard Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Fulton Car Works/W.W. Wetherell Sandusky, Ohio
  • Gantt Manufacturing Company Greenville, South Carolina
  • General American Transportation Corp. Sharon, Pennsylvania/East Chicago, Indiana/Warren, Ohio
  • General Steel Industries Granite City, Illinois
  • Georgia Railcar Carterville, Georgia
  • Georgia Car & Manufacturing Company Savannah, Georgia
  • Gilbert Car Company
  • The Gregg Company Hanensack, NJ; mainly export, mining and sugar plantation equipment
  • John L. Gill Columbus, Ohio
  • John L. Gill, Jr. Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  • Golden Tye, Pickens, South Carolina
  • James Goold & Company Albany, New York
  • The Greenbrier Companies
  • Greenville Steel Car Company Greenville, Pennsylvania
  • Grice & Long Trenton, New Jersey
  • Grove Works Hartford, Connecticut
  • Gulf Railcar
  • Gunderson Brothers Engineering Co. Portland, Oregon
  • Gunderson
  • Hannibal Car Works Hannibal, Missouri
  • Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware
  • Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Company Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Harvey Steel Car and Repair Works Harvey, Illinois
  • Haskell and Barker Car Company Michigan City, Indiana
  • Hazelton Car Works Hazelton, Pennsylvania
  • Hicks Locomotive and Car Works Chicago, Illinois
  • Huntingdon Car Works Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
  • Illinois Car and Manufacturing Company Chicago & Urbana, Illinois/Anniston, Alabama
  • Illinois Car & Manufacturing Company Hammond, Indiana
  • Indiana Car Company Cambridge City, Indiana
  • Indianapolis Car Company Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Indianapolis Car and Foundry
  • Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
  • International Car Company Buffalo, New York/Kenton, Ohio/East Chicago, Indiana
  • Richard Imlay Baltimore, Ohio/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Itel
  • Jackson and Sharp Company Wilmington, Delaware
  • Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company Berwick, Pennsylvania
  • J.J. Finnigan, Duluth, Georgia
  • Jones Car Works West Troy, New York
  • Kansas City Car & Wheel Company Kansas City & Armourdale, Missouri
  • Kasgro
  • William M. Kasson & Son Buffalo, New York
  • H.T. & I.N. Keith West Sandwich, Sagamore & Hyannis, Massachusetts
  • Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Kimball Manufacturing Company San Francisco, California
  • Koppel Car Company, Chicago, Illinois
  • Laconia Car Company Laconia, New Hampshire
  • LaFayette Car Works LaFayette, Indiana
  • Laporte Car Manufacturing Company Laporte, Indiana
  • Lebanon Manufacturing Company Lebanon, Pennsylvania
  • Lehigh Valley Car Manufacturing Company Stemton, Pennsylvania
  • Lenoir Car Company Lenoir City, Tennessee
  • Liberty Car and Equipment
  • Liberty Railway Services Pueblo, CO
  • Lima Car Company Lima, Ohio
  • Litchfield Car Manufacturing Company Litchfield, Illinois
  • Locks & Canals Lowell, Massachusetts
  • Madison Car Company Madison, Illinois
  • Magor Car Corporation Passaic, New Jersey
  • Mansfield Machine Works Mansfield, Ohio
  • Marathon Tank Car, Houston, Texas
  • Marshall Car and Foundry Company Marshall, Texas
  • Mather Stock Car Company
  • Maxson Corporation St. Paul, Minnesota
  • McGuire, Cummings Manufacturing Company Chicago, Illinois
  • McKee, Fuller & Company Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
  • McNary, Claflin & Company Cleveland, Ohio
  • Mechtron Industries Wilmington, Delaware
  • Memphis Car & Foundry Memphis, Tennessee
  • Merchants Despatch Transportation Company
  • Michigan Car Company Detroit, Michigan
  • Michigan-Peninsular Car Company
  • Middletown Car Company Middletown, Pennsylvania
  • Midwest Freight Car Clinton, Illinois
  • Millenium Rail
  • Milwaukee Car Manufacturing Company Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Minerva Car Works Minerva, Ohio
  • Minnesota Car Company Duluth, Minnesota
  • Missouri Car and Foundry Company St. Louis, Missouri
  • Morrison International, A.A. Morrison
  • Morrison-Knudsen
  • Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company Mt. Vernon, Illinois
  • Mowry Car and Wheel Works Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Murray, Dougall and Company Milton, Pennsylvania
  • Muskegon Car and Engine Works Muskegon, Michigan
  • National Alabama Corporation
  • National Railway Utilization Company Pickens, South Carolina
  • New Haven Car Company New Haven, Connecticut
  • Newport News Shipbuilding Company
  • Niagara Car Wheel Company
  • Nobel Brothers & Company Rome, Georgia
  • Norca Machinery
  • North American Car Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
  • North Carolina Car Company Raleigh, North Carolina
  • North-Western Manufacturing Car Company Stillwater, Minnesota
  • Norwich Car Company Norwich, Connecticut
  • Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Company Jeffersonville, Indiana
  • Ortner Freight Car Company Covington, Kentucky
  • Osgood Bradley Car Company Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Ostermann Manufacturing Company West Pullman, Illinois
  • Oxford Co-operative Car Company Oxford, Pennsylvania
  • Pacific Car and Foundry Renton, Washington/Portland, Oregon
  • Paragon Bridge & Steel, Novi, Michigan
  • Pardee Car and Machine Works Watsontown, Pennsylvania
  • Pardee, Snyder & Company Williamsport, Pennsylvania
  • Patten Car Works Bath, Maine
  • Patton Motor Company, Chicago
  • Peninsular Car Company Adrian & Detroit, Michigan
  • Pennock Brothers Minerva, Ohio
  • Pennsylvania Car Company Latrobe & Ligonier, Pennsylvania
  • Perley A. Thomas Car Works
  • Petersburg Car Company Petersburg, Virginia
  • Pittsburgh Car Works Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Pittsburgh & McKeesport Car Company McKeesport, Pennsylvania
  • Portec, Inc.
  • Portland Company Portland, Maine
  • Progress Rail Albertville, Alabama
  • Pressed Steel Car Company Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Pullman Company
  • Pullman-Standard
  • Quick Car, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Ralston Steel Car Company Columbus, Ohio
  • Ranlet Car Company Laconia, New Hampshire
  • Richmond Tank Car Company Sheldon, Texas
  • Richmond Car Works Richmond, Virginia
  • Rohr, Inc.
  • Russell & Company Massillon & Canton, Ohio
  • Ryan Car Company Hegewisch, Illinois
  • St. Charles Car Company St. Charles, Missouri
  • St. Lawrence Shops, Norfolk, New York
  • St. Louis Car Company St. Louis, Missouri
  • St. Louis Car Works St. Louis, Missouri
  • St. Paul Foundry & Manufacturing, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Michael Schall Middletown, Pennsylvania
  • Schneider's Combination Cars, Chicago
  • G.W. Snyder Pottsville, Pennsylvania
  • South Atlantic Car & Manufacturing Company Waycross, Georgia
  • South Baltimore Car Works Baltimore, Maryland
  • Southeastern Specialties, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Southern Car and Foundry Lenoir City & Memphis, Tennessee & Gadsden, Alabama
  • Southern Car and Wagon Manufactory Memphis, Tennessee
  • Southern Car Works Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Southern Iron & Equipment Decatur, Georgia & Ashland City, Tennessee
  • Southwark=Baldwin
  • Springfield Car & Engine Company Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Standard Steel Car Company
  • George H. Stem & Company Stemton, Pennsylvania
  • John Stephenson & Company New York, New York
  • Street's Western Stable Car Line Chicago, Illinois
  • Structural Steel Car Company Canton, Ohio
  • Swissvale Car Company Swissvale, Pennsylvania
  • Taunton Car Company Taunton, Massachusetts
  • Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
  • Terre Haute Car and Manufacturing Company Terre Haute, Indiana
  • Thrall Car Manufacturing Company Chicago Heights, Illinois
  • Tiffin Car Works Tiffin, Ohio
  • Timms Car Company Columbus, Ohio
  • Tracy & Fales/Grove Works Hartford, Connecticut
  • Transco Macon, Georgia
  • Trenton Locomotive & Machine Manufacturing Company Trenton, New Jersey
  • Tredegar Company Richmond, Virginia
  • James A. Trimble, New York City
  • Trinity Industries, Trinity Rail Group, TrinityRail
  • Union Car and Bridge Works Chicago, Illinois
  • Union Car Works York, Pennsylvania
  • Union Car Works St. Louis, Missouri
  • Union Car Works Depew, New York
  • Union Tank Car Company Whiting, Indiana
  • United American Car, Cartersville, Georgia
  • United States Rolling Stock Company Chicago Illinois
  • United States Railway Equipment Blue Island, Illinois
  • United Streetcar
  • US Car and Foundry
  • US Railcar
  • Vertex Railcar
  • Virginia Bridge & Iron Company Roanoke, Virginia
  • Wagner Palace Car Company Buffalo & New York, New York
  • Warren Tank Car Company Warren, Pennsylvania
  • Charles Wason & Company Cleveland, Ohio
  • Wason Car and Foundry Company Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Wason Manufacturing Company Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Watsontown Car Company Watsontown, Pennsylvania
  • Wayne Car & Engine Works Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Wells and French Company Chicago, Illinois
  • Uriah Wells Petersburg, Virginia
  • West Pullman Car Works Pullman, Illinois
  • Western Wheeled Scraper
  • Western Steel Car and Foundry Hegewisch, Illinois
  • Witt, Harbeck & Company Cleveland, Ohio
  • Wharton & Petsch Charleston, South Carolina
  • Whittaker Industries
  • Whitehead & Kales River Rouge, Michigan
  • Youngstown Car & Manufacturing Company Youngstown, Ohio
  • Youngstown Steel Car Company Youngstown, Ohio

Defunct

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

France

*

Germany

Hungary

Latvia

Mexico

Sweden