Gilbert Car Company
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Gilbert Car Company was a railroad car
builder based in Troy, New York
. It began manufacturing streetcars in the late 1880s.
Founded by Orsamus Eaton (1792-1872) and Uri Gilbert (1809-1888), the company changed names several times as the partnership changed:
Following the Panic of 1893
, the company stopped building rail cars in 1895.
Railroad car
A railroad car or railway vehicle , also known as a bogie in Indian English, is a vehicle on a rail transport system that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. Cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by one or more locomotives...
builder based in Troy, New York
Troy, New York
Troy is a city in the US State of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County. Troy is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the Capital...
. It began manufacturing streetcars in the late 1880s.
Founded by Orsamus Eaton (1792-1872) and Uri Gilbert (1809-1888), the company changed names several times as the partnership changed:
- 1830 Eaton and Gilbert
- 1844 Eaton, Gilbert & Co
- 1862 Uri Gilbert and Son
- 1864 Gilbert, Bush & Company
- 1879 Gilbert & Bush Co
- 1882 Gilbert Car Manufacturing Co
- 1889 Taylor Electric Truck Company
Following the Panic of 1893
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893. Similar to the Panic of 1873, this panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures...
, the company stopped building rail cars in 1895.
Products
- freight cars
- passenger cars
- drawing room cars
- sleepersSleeping carThe sleeping car or sleeper is a railway/railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful. The first such cars saw sporadic use on American railroads in the 1830s and could be configured...
- monitor roof or clerestory (“clear-story”) cars
- horse cars
- electric streetcars
- railway equipment
- railcar trucks
- wooden cars for South Side Elevated RailroadSouth Side Elevated RailroadThe South Side Elevated Railroad was the first elevated rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois. The line ran from downtown Chicago to Jackson Park, with branches to Englewood, Normal Park, Kenwood, and the Union Stock Yards...
and Lake Street Elevated RailroadLake Street Elevated RailroadThe Lake Street Elevated Railroad was the second permanent elevated rapid transit line to be constructed in Chicago, Illinois. The first section of the line opened on November 6, 1893, and its route is still used today as part of the Green Line route of the Chicago 'L' system.-Beginnings:The Lake...
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