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| Company | Plant Location | Date | Successor, Comments or Cross-reference |
|
Haak & Sons, J.A. (J.A. Haak & Sons) |
1901 | ||
| Haffner-Thrall Car Co. | Chicago Heights, IL | 1931-1945 |
From United Car Company To Thrall Car Manufacturing Company |
| Hall-Scott Motor Car Co. | Berkeley/Emeryville, CA | 1909-1926/47 | To American Car & Foundry Motors Co. (an affiliate of ACF that did not build rail cars) |
|
Hamilton & Sons, Ltd., William (William Hamilton & Sons, Ltd.) |
Toronto, ON | 1872-1873 | |
| Hamilton Car Co. | Hamilton, OH | c1854 | Henry Sizer advertised as its agent in American Railway Times, 23 Mar 1854. |
|
Hamilton Sons, William William Hamilton Sons |
c1925 | At this time, at least, was primarily a rebuilder. | |
| Hammond Iron Works | Warren, PA | c1900 | |
|
Hammond & Co., J.S. (J.S. Hammond & Co.) |
San Francisco, CA | 1883-1907 | |
| Handlan-Buck | 1907 | ||
| Hand Manufacturing Co. | Portland, OR | 1892-c1900 | |
|
Hanna & Co., J.A. (J.A. Hanna Co.) |
Cleveland, OH | c1898-1900 | |
| Hannibal Car Works | Hannibal, MO | 1870s | |
| Harlan, Hollingsworth & Co. | Wilmington, DE | 1858-1867 |
From Harlan & Hollingsworth To Harlan & Hollingsworth Company |
| Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington, DE | 1850-1858 |
From Betts, Harlan & Hollingsworth To Harlan, Hollingsworth & Company |
| Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. | Wilmington, DE | 1867-1905 |
From Harlan, Hollingsworth & Company To Bethlehem Steel |
|
Harris & Co., James (James Harris & Co.) |
Portland, ME St. Johns, NB |
1860-1891 |
Harris, James, & Co., St. Johns, NB and Portland, ME, is listed under
“Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway
Officials. See Harris Car Company |
| Harris Car Co. (Portland) | Portland, ME | c1896 | Sued American Palace Car Company for infringement of its patent for improvements in sleeping cars. |
| Harris Car Co. (St. Johns) | St. Johns, NB | 1860-1893 | To Rhodes, Curry & Company |
| Harrisburg Car Mfg. Co. | Harrisburg, PA | 1853-1891 | To Harrisburg Foundry & Machine Works (not a car builder) |
| Harris Palatial Car Co. | c1892 | ||
| Harvey Steel Car Co. | Harvey, IL | 1890-1896? | Universal Construction Company? |
| Harvey Steel Car & Repair Works | Harvey, IL | c1892/98 | |
| Haskell, Barker & Aldridge | Michigan City, IN | 1855-1871 |
From Sherman, Haskell & Company To Haskell & Barker Car Company |
| Haskell & Barker Car Co. | Michigan City, IN | 1871-1922 |
From Haskell, Barker & Aldridge Merged into The Pullman Company |
| Havana Electric Railway, Light & Power Co. |
Havana, Cuba | c1914 | |
| Hawker Siddeley Canada, Ltd. | Malton, ON Trenton, NS |
1945-1986 | To SNC-Lavelin |
|
Hays, John G. (John G. Hays) |
Detroit, MI | c1840-c1850 | |
| Hayward, Bartlett & Co. | Baltimore, MD | 1863-1867 |
Leased Ross Winan's machine shop. Did business as Baltimore Machine Works. Built locomotives; no cars. (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. 3, p. 114.) |
| Hayward & Bartlett | Baltimore, MD | 1863-1867 | |
|
Hazelton Iron Works Hazelton Car Works |
Hazelton, PA | 1880s | Hazelton Iron Works is listed under “Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials, with proprietorship indicated as John Allison & Co. |
| Heacock & Lovejoy | Portland, OR | ||
|
Heggie, J.W. (J.W. Heggie) |
1922 | ||
| Heisler Locomotive Works | Erie, PA | 1855(1894)- |
Began as Stearns Mfg. Co., building sawmill machinery. Loco production
begun 1894. Became HLW in 1907. Closed 1941. Built no cars. (See Benjamin F.G. Kline, The Heisler Locomotive 1891-1941, 1982.) |
|
Hicks & Co., F.M. (F.M. Hicks & Co.) |
Chicago Heights, IL | c1903 | Car dealer related to Hicks Locomotive & Car Works? |
| Hicks Locomotive & Car Works | Chicago Heights, IL | c1890s-1910 | Reorganized as Central Locomotive & Car Works |
| Hicks Stock Car Co. | West Virginia | c. 1892 | |
| Hicks Humane Live Stock Car Co. | Chicago, IL | 1884-???? | |
| Hinckley & Drury [sic] | S. Boston, MA | 1847-1850 | DBA Boston Locomotive Works |
| Hinkley & Feeney | Boston, MA | 1840-1848 | Holmes Hinkley was a millwright, building machinery, who built a steam locomotive of his own design ca. 1840. Built 10 more in two years. Obtained U.S. Pat. No. 3,981 (1 Apr 1845) for method of connecting steam locomotive wheels to render them all driving wheels. Incorporated 1848 as Boston Locomotive Works. |
| Hinkley & Williams Locomotive Works | Boston, MA | 1864-1872 |
From Hinkley, Williams & Company Built locomotives; no cars. To Hinkley Locomotive Works |
| Hinkley Locomotive Co. | Boston. MA | 1880-1888/89 |
From Hinkley Locomotive Works Built locomotives; no cars. (See Railroad History 142, Spring 1980.) |
| Hinkley Locomotive Works | Boston, MA | 1872-1880 |
From Hinkley & Williams Locomotive Works Hinkley and Williams both deceased. To Hinkley Locomotive Company Built no cars. |
| Hinkley, Holmes | Boston, MA | 1826(1840)- | |
| Hinkley, Williams & Co. | Boston, MA | 1860-1864 |
From Boston Locomotive Works. Jarvis Williams became Hinkley's new partner. Built locomotives; no cars To Hinkley & Williams Locomotive Works 1864. |
|
Holman Car Co. W.L. Holman Co. |
San Francisco, CA | 1894-1912 | “William
Holman had been the foreman and a partner in the
Hammond Company. His
production was similar to his ex-employer's, a mix of horse, cable, and
electric cars, with an occasional railroad freight or passenger car.
Holman tried to make the transition from wood to steel cars in 1912 with
an order for Muni's first streetcars. He went bankrupt after only twenty
of the forty-three cars under the contract had been built, and the order
was completed by another company.” Under control of Seattle Car & Foundry by 1909 |
| Holt Brothers | Also known as Stockton Agricultural Works | ||
| Hudson Car Co. | Hoboken, NJ |
1860s? 1880s? |
Unissued stock certificate puts capital at $1 million. If you have any knowledge of this company, please share it with us. |
| Humane Live Stock Car Co. | |||
| Humphrey & Sayre | New York, NY | 1890-1898 | |
|
Hunt & Co., C.W. (C.W. Hunt Company) |
W. New Brighton (Staten Island), NY | 1872-1900? | Specialized in industrial railways. Began producing cars in 1872, locos sometime in 1880s. |
| Huntingdon Car Works | Huntington, PA | 1872-c1885 | Huntingdon Car Works is listed under “Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Hydro Carbon Co. | Chicago, IL | (See Vimotum Hydrocarbon Car Company) | |
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