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| Company | Plant Location | Date | Successor, Comments or Cross-reference |
| Kalamazoo Railway Supply Co. | Kalamazoo, MI | c1913 | Advertised “Twenty Styles of Kalamazoo Velocipedes.” Also “We also build Hand Cars, Push Cars, Inspection Cars and Gasoline Motor Cars in many styles and sizes.” |
| Kalamazoo Velocipede & Car Co. | c1896 | ||
| Kankakee Construction Co. | Kankakee, IL | c1905-c1910 | |
| Kansas City Car & Wheel Co. |
Armourdale, MO Kansas City, MO |
c1880-1900? | |
| Kansas City Structural Steel | Kansas City, MO | 1920 | |
| Kasgro | |||
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Kasson, Wm. M., & Son (Wm. M. Kasson & Son) |
Buffalo, NY | c1860-c1870 | |
| Keck & Davenport | Cincinnati, OH | c1849 | Advertised “Eight-Wheeled Passenger Cars of the most superior description. Open and Covered Freight Cars, Four or Eight-Wheel Crank and Lever Hand Cars, Trucks, Wheels and Axles, and Railroad Work Generally.” (1849 American Railroad Journal) |
| Keck & Hubbard (Fulton Car Works) | Cincinnati, OH | 1847-1860? | |
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Keene, W.H. (W.H. Keene) |
Woodville, PA | 1887 | Keene, W.H. is listed under “Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
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Keith, H.T. & I.N. (H.T. & I.N. Keith) |
W. Sandwich, Sagamore, and Hyannis, MA |
c1865-c1935 | Acquired by Standard Steel Car Company; Pullman (1930) |
| Keith Car & Mfg. Co. | Sagamore, MA | 1900-1923 | |
| Keith Mfg. Co. | Sagamore and Hyannis, MA | 1887 | Keith Manufacturing Co., Isaac N. Keith, Proprietor, is listed under “Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Keith Railway Equipment Co. | CA | 1945 | People v. Keith Railway Equipment Co., 70 Cal.App.2d 339 (1945) [note date] is widely found cited on the internet regarding proportionality of personal property taxes. |
| Keith Railway Equipment Co. | 1919-1923 | May have been only a re-manufacturer. | |
| Keith Tank Line | Keith Tank Line (Keith Railway Equipment Co.) leased cars for wine cargo in '30s and '40s (?) with KTX reporting marks. | ||
| Kellog Bridge Co. | Buffalo, NY | 1870s | Iron freight cars |
| Kennicott Co. | Chicago Heights, IL | 1915-1919 | |
| Kentucky Locomotive & Machine Works | Covington, KY | 1850s | Briefly used name for Covington Locomotive Works |
| Kentucky Locomotive Works | Louisville, KY | c1852-1858 | Started by Charles A. Olmstead to produce railway cars. Received KLW name in 1854 when additional partners added. Built several locos for L&N but business generally unsuccessful. Shops sold to L&N. |
|
Keystone Bridge Works of Carnegie Steel Co. |
c1896 | Built several experimental steel hopper cars for, and to the design of, Charles Taylor of Carnegie Steel. | |
| Keystone Car Equipment Co. | c1925 | catalog of bus and street car equipment. | |
| Key System | Oakland, CA | ||
| Kilbourne & Jacobs Mfg. Co. | Columbus, OH | 1906-1923 | To Case Crane & Engineering Company |
| Kilby Car & Foundry | 1020-1924 | ||
| Kilby Locomotive & Machine | 1913 | ||
| Kimball Carriage & Car Mfg. Co. | c1872/73 | ||
| Kimball Mfg. Co. | San Francisco, CA | 1860-c1876 | |
| Kimball & Gorton | Philadelphia, PA | 1849-1862 | To J.R. Bolton |
| Kimball & Davenport |
Cambridgeport (Cambridge), MA? Boston, MA? |
1832(1834)-1837 | Began as a coach and carriage builder. Built first railroad car 1834. To Davenport & Bridges 1837. |
| Kimbau & Davenport | Misapprehension of the name “Kimball & Davenport.” | ||
| King-Lawson Car Co. | Middletown, CT? | 1906 | |
| Kingston Car Works | Kingston, ON | 1883-1887 | Kingston Car Works is listed under “Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Kirk & Rhodes | Rochester, NY? | 18??-1860 | |
| Knowlson & Kelley | Troy, NY | c1888 | Virtually unknown except photo of one locomotive, their 6th. Unknown whether they also built any cars. |
| Knoxville Iron Co. | Knoxville, TN (?) | 1877 | Knoxville Iron Co., W.R. Tuttle, President is said to be the “Purchaser of the Anniston Car Works, per the list of “Car Builders” in the 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Koppel Car Company | Arthur Koppel Company | ||
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Koppel, Arthur, Co. (Arthur Koppel Co.) |
Koppel, PA | 1905-1908 | (Built railway equipment for many years in Germany before building a
plant in the U.S.) To Orenstein-Arthur Koppel Company |
| Koppel Industrial Car & Equipment Co. | Koppel, PA | 1917-1938 |
From Orenstein-Arthur Koppel Company Wholly-owned subsidiary of Pressed Steel Car Company |
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Kuhlman, G.C., Car Co. (G.C. Kuhlman Car Co.) |
Cleveland, OH | 1892-1931 | (Acquired by
J.G. Brill Company 1904 but operated under Kuhlman name.) To J.G. Brill of Ohio |
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