Railway Car Builders of North America

An ever-growing list of all independent builders.

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Eagle Foundry Montreal, QC 1830s  
Eagle Works (P.W. Gates) Chicago, IL 1850s  
Eason & Dotterer Charleston, NC 1830s Rebuilt Best Friend of Charleston (after its explosion) and other early SC locomotives; no cars.
East Railcar Corp. New Castle, PA 1994-1996  
Eastern Car Co. Ltd. Trenton, NS 1912-1963 Acquired 1956 by Dominion Steel & Coal Co. but continued under Eastern name.
Easton Car Co. Easton, PA c1910 Catalog of 2- and 4-wheel rail cars
Easton Car & Construction Co. Easton, PA
Had offices in NYC ca. 1930
c1915
c1930
Listed under “Car Builders” in White-Orr's 1930 Classified Business Directory NYC section.
Eastwick & Harrison Philadelphia, PA 1838-1844 From Garrett & Eastwick
Built about 20 locomotives; no cars.
1st to promote the 4-4-0 “American” type locomotive using patented equalizing lever.
(See J. Leander Bishop, A History of American Manufacturers From 1608 to 1860 (Philadelphia, PA: Edward Young, 1868; Reprint, New York, NY: Augustus M. Kelley, 1966), v. 2, p. 523ff, article on Joseph Harrison Jr.)
Eaton & Gilbert Troy, NY 1841-1844 To Eaton, Gilbert & Company.
Eaton, Gilbert & Co. Troy, NY 1844-1862 From Eaton & Gilbert.
To Uri Gilbert & Son.
Edison General Electric Co.     From Sprague Elec. Rwy. & Motor Co.
Edwards Railway Motor Car Co. Sanford, NC early 1920s-
late 1940s
Built only self-propelled railcars.
Electro-Motive Co. Cleveland, OH 1922/24-1930 Acquired by General Motors.
Electric Car & Locomotive Corp.   c1917-c1922 May be either related to, or an outgrowth of, the Railway Storage Battery Car Company, as its President was Ralph H. Beach, who had been head of that firm.
Elkhart Car Works Co. Elkhart, IN c1882-1883  
Elliott Car Co. Gadsden, AL c1885-1904 To Southern Car & Foundry Company, 1899.
Ellis Car Co. Amesbury, MA 1889-1894  
Elmira Car Manufactory Elmira, NY 1862-1886 Leased to Erie & Atlantic Sleeping Car Co., c1875
Elmira Car Works Elmira, NY 1851/52-1858 To Erie Railroad.
Emmons Rail Car York, PA    
Empire Car Co. Chicago, IL c1910 Advertised: Car construction and repairing.
Empire Car Co. St. Louis, MO c1901  
Empire Car Works York, PA c1849/c1865-c1884/1890?  
Ensign Mfg. Co. Huntington, WV c1873/1879-1899 One of the original companies consolidated into American Car & Foundry.
English Car Mfg.   1927-1930  
Enterprise Railway Equipment Co. Chicago, IL c1919  
Erie & Atlantic Sleeping Coach Co. Elmira, NY -1870 To Pullman.
Erie Car Works Erie, PA 1868-c1920  
Erie Motor Car Co. Erie, PA c1890  
Erie Railroad, Elmira Shops Elmira, PA 1858-1870 To Erie & Atlantic Sleeping Car Company.
(An operating company. Unknown whether this firm ever built any cars.)
Essex Co. Lawrence, MA 1850-1852 Known as a locomotive builder; never built cars.
Etna Car Works     Billmeyer & Small
Eureka Engineering Co. Eureka, CA 1909/10 Built one locomotive for Bayside Lumber Company.
Evans Products Guelph Junction, ON 1964-1968  
Evans Products Plymouth, MI 1964-1972  
Evans & Patriquin Newburyport, MA 1887-1887 To Newburyport Car & Mfg. Company.
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