Railway Car Builders of North America

An ever-growing list of all independent builders.

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Union Car & Bridge Works Chicago, IL Stone & Boomer
Union Car & Mfg. Co. Philadelphia, PA c1851-c1870
Union Car Co. (Missouri) Baden (North St. Louis), MO 1897 In business less than one year.
May have produced one order for 30 nine-bench open streetcars on McGuire trucks, but even that is questionable.
Absorbed by St. Louis Car Company
Union Car Co. (New York) Depew (E. Buffalo), NY 1875?-1899 One of the original companies consolidated into American Car & Foundry
Union Car Works Depew, NY 1893-1926 To AC&F 1899
Union Car Works St. Louis, MO 1867-??
Union Car Works York, PA 1847-1857 To Northern Central RR.
Union Iron Works San Francisco, CA 1869--1914?
1865--1882?
From H.J. Booth & Company
To Bethlehem Steel
Union Machine Shops Poole & Hunt
Union Railroad Car Works Portsmouth, VA c1854-c1860 Advertised Freight, Passenger, Baggage, Express, Market, Coal, Lumber and Hand Cars. {7}
Union Steel & Rail 1939
Union Tank Car Co.
[This is an off-site link.]
East Chicago, IN
Whiting, IN
Sheldon (Houston), TX
1919/49-2003+ From Union Tank Lines Company
As of 2004, is the manufacturing affiliate of PROCOR, Ltd; both are owned by the Marmon Group.
Union Tank Car Co. Oil City, PA
Had offices in NYC ca. 1930
1920s-1940s Repaired tank cars.
Listed under "Car Builders" in White-Orr's 1930 Classified Business Directory NYC section.
Union Tank Lines Co. Chicago, IL 1891-1919 To Union Tank Car Company (E. Chicago).
(UTL was not a builder)
Unit Car     The Rushmore Company
United American Car Co. Cartersville, GA 1979-1984 To Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
United Car Co. Chicago Heights, Il 1912-1921 From American Car & Equipment Company
Advertised “We manufacture Steel Underframes, Steel Tank Cars, Steel Freight Cars, Wood Freight Cars, Repair Wood or Steel Cars, Reinforce Wood or Steel Cars.”
To Hafner-Thrall
United Railways Co. St. Louis, MO c1910 US Pat. 973,884
United States Car Co. Boston, MA c1875-1880+ From New England Car Company
United States Car Co. New Jersey (home office)
Hegewisch, IL
Urbana, OH
Anniston, AL
Decatur, AL
1893-1897 From United States Rolling Stock Company
To Illinois Car & Equipment Company
U.S. Industries, Inc. 1954-???? From Pressed Steel Car Company
United States Railway Equipment Co. Blue Island (Chicago), IL
Washington, IN
1954-1978+ Primarily a rebuilder of cars
U.S. Railway Mfg. Co. Blue Island, IL 1958-1983  
United States Rolling Stock Co. New York City (home office)
Hegewisch, IL
Urbana, OH
Anniston, AL
Decatur, AL
1871/82-1893 United States Rolling Stock Co. is listed under “Car Builders” in the 1877 edition of Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials.
To United States Car Company
United States Tube Rolling Stock Co.   1882-1883? Built no cars itself. Cars were built by Gilbert Car Works, Middletown Car Works, Carlisle Mfg. Co., Milton Car Co., Bloomsburg Car Works, Harrisburg Car Co., Lebanon Mfg. Co., and Allison Car Works.
To Iron Car Company
Unity Car Co.
Unity Equipment Co.
Chicago Heights, IL ????-1941
Universal Construction Co. Harvey, IL 1896-1915 From
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