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| Company | Plant Location | Date | Successor, Comments or Cross-reference |
| Wagner Palace Car Co. |
Buffalo and New York, NY |
1869/1887-1899/1900 |
From Gates Sleeping Car Company. Wagner Palace Car Co. is listed under “Car Builders” in the 1877 edition of Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. To The Pullman Company |
|
Wallen, H.D. Jr. (H.D. Wallen, Jr.) |
Grand Rapids, MI | 1877 | H.D. Wallen, Jr. is listed under “Car Builders” in the 1877 edition of Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Ward Brothers | Eagle Foundry | ||
| Warren Car Co. | Warren, PA | 1948-1978+ |
From Allegheny Steel Tank Car Company and Warren Tank Car Company. Repairer of United Refining tank cars et al. |
| Warren City Bridge Works | 1902-1906 | ||
| Warren Foundry | 1911 | ||
| Warren Tank Car Co. | Warren, PA | 1901?/1923-1948 |
One of the two major builders of circus flat cars, the other being the
Mount Vernon Car Company. To Warren Car Company, 1948 |
| Washington Iron Works | Newburgh, NY | 1860s | |
| Wason Car & Foundry Co. | Chattanooga, TN | 1873-1885 | Established by brother of T.W. Wason of Wason Mfg. Co. in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
| Wason Car Works | Wason Car & Foundry Company | ||
| Wason Mfg. Co. | Springfield, MA | 1845/1846-1931 | (Acquired by Brill 1906 but operated under Wason name.) To J.G. Brill of Massachusetts 1931 |
|
Wasson, Charles, & Co. (Charles Wason & Co.) Wasson Co. Car Works Wason’s Car Manufactory |
Cleveland, OH | 1852-1855 | To Morrill & Bowers 1855 |
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Watt, J.H., & Bro. (J.H. Watt & Bro.) |
Barnesville, OH | 1887 | J.H. Watt & Bro. is listed under “Car Builders” in the 1877 edition of Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Watsontown Car Co. | Watsontown, PA | 1870s | |
| Wayne Car & Engine Works | Ft. Wayne, IN | c1850-1857 | To Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago RR. |
| Wells, French & Co. | Chicago, IL | c1860-1877 | To Wells & French 1877 |
|
Wells, Uriah (Uriah Wells) |
Petersburg, VA | 1851-1861 | Known as a locomotive builder; doubtful he ever built cars. |
| Wells & French | Blue Island (Chicago), IL | 1877-c1945 | One of the original companies consolidated into American Car & Foundry in 1899. |
| West Point Foundry | NY | 1830 | Said to have built the Phoenix, the 1st locomotive built in the United States. Doubtful it built any cars. |
| West Pullman Car Works | Pullman, IL | 1909?-1911 | From Ostermann Manufacturing Company before June 1910. Sued 1910 by IC RR for fraud relative to car repairs. |
| Western Steel Car Co. | Chicago, IL | 1912-1925 | From Illinois Car & Equipment Company |
| Western Steel Car & Foundry Co. |
Hegewisch, IL Anniston, AL Had offices in NYC ca. 1930 |
1902-1925/1940? |
Listed under "Car Builders" in White-Orr's 1930 Classified Business
Directory NYC section. Acquired by Pressed Steel Car Company 1926 |
| Western Wheeled Scraper Co. | Aurora, IL | 1910/25-1925 | Assignee of tilting dump car pats. nos. 607,521; 612,263; 668,927 et al. by Thomas R. McKnight. |
| Westinghouse Electric Co. | 1889/1960-1964+ | ||
|
Wetherell, W.W. (W.W. Wetherell) |
Sandusky, OH | 1839-1860s | D/B/A as Fulton Iron Works & Car Factory, later Fulton Car Works |
| Wetherill & Leonard | Sandusky, OH | 1839-1860s | |
| Wharton & Petsch | Charleston, SC | 1850-18?? | |
| Whipple Car Co. | Elsdon, IL | 1893-1913 |
Advertised: steel underframe and all-wood box cars, refrigerator cars,
all kinds of freight equipment, heavy repairs. Bought by Grand Trunk Western 1913 as a replacement for their Ft. Gratiot car shops at Port Huron, MI, when they were destroyed by storm and fire. Owned subsidiary Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigerator Company which appears to have been used by GTW as successor to all or part of National Despatch Line. |
| Whitehead & Kales | River Rouge, MI | 1965-1967 | |
| Whitehead & Kales Co. | Detroit, MI | 1895/1945-1964+ | To Thrall Car Manufacturing, 1945 |
| White Motor Co. | Cleveland, OH | b1917-1921? | Self-propelled motor cars. |
| Whiting | 1905 | ||
| Whittaker (Berwick Forge & Fabricating Division) | Berwick, PA | ||
|
Wight, Andrew (Andrew Wight) |
St. Louis, MO | 1879-1885 | From Brownell & Wight. Not known to have built anything but horse street cars. |
| Williams & Page | Boston, MA | c1857 | Advertised Freight and Coal Cars {6} |
|
Wilmarth, Seth (Seth Wilmarth) |
S. Boston, MA | 1848-1855 | D/B/A Union Works |
| Wilmington Car Works | Harlan & Hollingsworth | ||
|
Wilson, E.H., Car Works (E.H. Wilson Car Works) |
Chester, PA | 18??/c1885-1890 | To Lamoken Car Company |
| Witt, Harbeck & Co. | Cleveland, OH | 1850-?? | |
| Wonham-Magor Engineering Works | Clifton, NJ | 1902-1910 | Split into Magor Car Company and Wonham, Sanger & Bates. |
| Wonham, Sanger & Bates | 1910- |
From
Wonham-Magor Engineering
Works Export dealer, not known to have actually built cars. |
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| Woodruff Sleeping & Parlor Car Co. | Philadelphia, PA | 1870- ?? | Company founded by Jonah Woodruff, brother of Theodore T. Woodruff when the latter’s Central Transportation Company was leased to Pullman. |
| Worcester Excursion Car Co. | c1890 | Private car line similar to Pullman | |
| Wright & Sutherland | Montreal, QC | 1855-1856 |
From McLean, Wright & Company To Sutherland & McLean |
| Woeber Bros. Carriage Co. | Denver, CO | c1880-c1920 | |
| Wyoming Valley Mfg. Co. | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1867-1887 | |
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