Canada Car Company
Encyclopedia
Canada Car Company was a railcar manufacturer based in Turcot, Quebec (a suburb in Montreal
), and later merged with several other companies to form Canadian Car and Foundry
in 1909.
Canada Car Company was incorporated January 1905 with W.P. Coleman as president and Sir Hugh Allan
as vice-president.
The company's plant began operations in 1905 and manufactured freight and passenger cars.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
), and later merged with several other companies to form Canadian Car and Foundry
Canadian Car and Foundry
Canadian Car and Foundry also variously known as "Canadian Car & Foundry," or more familiarly as "Can Car," manufactured buses, railroad rolling stock and later aircraft for the Canadian market...
in 1909.
Canada Car Company was incorporated January 1905 with W.P. Coleman as president and Sir Hugh Allan
Hugh Allan
Sir Hugh Allan, KCMG was a Scottish-born Canadian shipping magnate, railway promoter, financier and capitalist...
as vice-president.
The company's plant began operations in 1905 and manufactured freight and passenger cars.
Clients
- Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
and Grand Trunk Pacific RailwayGrand Trunk Pacific RailwayThe Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historical Canadian railway.A wholly owned subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway , the GTPR was constructed by GTR using loans provided by the Government of Canada. The company was formed in 1903 with a mandate to build west from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the...
- 12,000 freight cars and 250 passenger cars (wood) - Quebec, Montreal & Southern - 1,500 steel underframe box cars with Dominion Car and FoundryDominion Car and FoundryDominion Car and Foundry was a railcar maker based in Montreal and later merged to form Canadian Car and Foundry.DCF's history dates back before the company's formal incorporation in 1906. In 1902 Simplex Railway and Appliance Company of Hammond, Indiana established a factory in St...
- Montreal Street Railways - 10 streetcars
- Hart-Otis Car Company - Hart convertible ballast cars
- Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
- 30 steel underframe flat cars - Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway - three parlour-cafe cars
- Canadian Northern RailwayCanadian Northern RailwayThe Canadian Northern Railway is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its demise in 1923, when it was merged into the Canadian National Railway , the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton.-Manitoba beginnings:CNoR had its start in...
- four wooden dining cars
Products
- wood freight and passenger cars
- box cars
- streetcars
- flat cars
- palour cafee cars
- dining cars