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| Company | Plant Location | Date | Successor, Comments or Cross-reference |
| F.A.H. Corp. | 1920 | ||
| Fairbanks, Morse & Co. |
Beloit, WI Three Rivers, MI |
1902-1944 | Sold gasoline mechanical rail cars and MOW equipment, but probably manufactured none of it. |
| Fales & Gray | Hartford, CT | 1852-1861+ | From Tracy & Fales |
| Fate-Root-Heath Co. | 1960s? | Proprietors of Plymouth Locomotive Works | |
| Federal Car & Equipment Co. | Chicago, IL | c1907 | |
| Federal Storage Battery Car Co. | Silver Lake, NJ | 1909-1912 | To Railway Storage Battery Car Company. |
|
Feigel, M., & Son (M. Feigel & Son) |
New Utrecht, NY | 1856?-c1894 | |
| Field & Warren | Brandon, VT | 1860s | |
|
Fifield, George F. (George F. Fifield) |
S. New Market, NH | c1870-?? | Built locomotives for logging tramways; no cars. |
| Filer & Stowell | Milwaukee, WI | 1856(1880s)-?? | Built locomotives for logging lines; no cars. |
|
Finegan, J.J. (J.J. Finegan) |
Duluth, GA | 1980 | |
| First Union Rail Corp. | Charlotte, NC | 1994-2004+ |
Wholly-owned subsidiary of First Union National Bank of Virginia. A car leaser, not a car builder. |
| Fitzgerald Car Co. | San Jose, CA | c1890s-1900 | |
| Fitzhugh-Luther (Fitzhugh, Luther?) | Western U.S. | 1906-1913 | |
|
Flanders, J.P., & Co. (J.P. Flanders & Co.) |
Burlington, VT | 1859-1867 | Set up car shop, but may never have built cars. |
| Fleischmann Transportation Co. | ca. 1950? | A division of Standard
Brands. Built wooden tank cars to haul vinegar. |
|
| FMC | Portland, OR | 1973-1984 | |
| FMC | S. Charleston, WV | 1965-1966 | |
| FMC-Gunderson | Portland, OR | ||
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Folger, J.P. (P.W. Folger) |
Kingston Car Works | ||
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Fowler, J.W., Car Co. (J.W. Fowler Car Co.) |
Elizabeth, NJ | 1893-1895 | To Brooklyn & N.Y. Railway Supply Company. |
| Fox Pressed Steel Co. | Joliet, IL | 1896-1897 | To Fox Pressed Steel Equipment Co. |
| Fox Pressed Steel Equipment Co. | Joliet, IL | 1897-1899 | To Pressed Steel Car Company. |
| Fox Solid Pressed Steel Co. | Joliet, IL | 1888-1897 | To Fox Pressed Steel Equipment Co. |
| Franco-American Car Company | Los Angeles, CA? | est. 1907 | This company appears never to have gone beyond the organizational stage. |
| Franklin Foundry Machine & Car Works | Franklin, PA | 1840(1844)-1880? | Founded by Adam Johnston 1840. Built first cars 1844. Was still building 1875. |
|
Frederick & Co. Frederick & Beck? |
Ferndale (Fullerton), PA Catasauqua, PA? |
1866-1873 | Facilities taken over by McKee, Fuller & Co. about 1880. |
|
French, Benjamin (Benjamin French) |
Concord, NH | c1891 | |
| Frick Co. | Waynesboro, PA | 1848(1885)-?? | Manufacturer of farm machinery that built one loco with flanged wheels for a logging railroad; no cars. (See Jack Norbeck, Encyclopedia of American Steam Traction Engines, 1976) |
| Frostburg MD Iron Works | T.H. Paul & Brother | ||
| Frost Proof Car Co. | c1890 | Tentatively identified as one of the early private car lines. | |
| Fruehauf Corp. | Clifton, NJ | 1964-1973 | |
| Fruit Growers Express | Alexandria, VA | 1922-1981 | |
|
Fullington, J.D. (J. D. Fullington) |
Burlington, VT | c1877 | |
| Fulton Car Works | (Cincinnati) | Keck & Hubbard | |
|
Fulton Car Works Fulton Iron Works & Car Manufactory |
(Sandusky) | W.W. Wetherell | |
| Fulton Iron Works | San Francisco, CA | 1855(1871)-(1872)1902 | Builder of marine engines and mining machinery built a few locomotives, no known cars. |
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