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| Company | Plant Location | Date | Successor, Comments or Cross-reference |
| Mack Brothers Motor Co. | Allentown, PA Brooklyn, NY |
1905-1922 | To Mack Trucks, Inc. |
| Mack Trucks, Inc. | Allentown, PA Plainfield, NJ |
1922-1956 | From Mack Brothers Motor Company |
| Madison Car Co. | Madison, IL | 1891-1899 | Absorbed by Missouri Car & Foundry |
| Madison Car Works | Madison, IL | 1850s | AKA South Western Car Works |
| Magor Car Co. | Clifton, NJ | 1910-1917 |
From Wonham-Magor Engineering Works To Magor Car Corporation |
| Magor Car Corp. | Clifton, NJ Had offices in NYC ca. 1930 |
1917-1973 | From Magor
Car Company Listed under "Car Builders" in White-Orr's 1930 Classified Business Directory NYC section. To Fruehauf Corp. 1964 |
| Mahoney Brothers | San Francisco, CA | 1885-1917 |
Though credited with building San Francisco cable cars, may actually
have had them built by Burham-Standeford & Co (AKA Oakland Planing
Mill). Were gen. contractors for Powell-Mason and Powell-Jackson lines. Removed former cable tracks of Geary Street, Park & Ocean RR in 1912. Built Municiple Rwys first electric lines same yr. |
| Males Co. | Cincinnati, OH New York, NY |
c1890s-1900s | A dealer in used cars - not a builder. |
| Manchester Locomotive Works | Manchester, NH |
1854-1858; 1863-1901 |
Locomotive builder bought by American
Locomotive Company 1901 but it made no investment in plant and
closed 1913. No known cars. (See R&LHS Bulletin 26, October 1931.) |
| Manila Elec. Rwy. & Lighting Co. | Manila, PI | ||
| Mann Boudoir Car Co. | |||
| Manning, Maxwell & Moore | New York, NY | b1879-1911+ |
Railroad supply house for which Diamond Jim Brady worked. Not a car builder. |
| Mann-McCann Co. | 1911 | ||
| Mansfield Machine Works | Mansfield, OH | c1870- | |
| Marathon Tank Co. | Houston, TX | 1960s | See Richmond Tank Car |
| Marine Industries | Montreal, QC | 1937/50-1960+ | |
| Marine Industries | Sorel, QC | 1952-1985 | |
| Market St. Railway | San Francisco, CA | ||
| Marshall Car & Foundry Co. | Marshall, TX | 1880- | From Marshall Manufacturing Company |
| Marshall Car Wheel & Foundry | 1902-1907 | ||
| Marshall Manufacturing Co. | Marshall, TX | 1875-1884 | To Marshall Car & Foundry Company |
| Marshall Railway Equipment Corp. | Ashley, PA | 1949-1960+ | |
| Marsh Refrigerator | Milwaukee, WI | c1918 | From Milwaukee Refrig. Transit & Car Company |
| Marshutz & Cantrell | San Francisco, CA | 1890s? | May have succeeded Fulton Iron Works. Built "gypsy" logging engines similar to those patented 1883 by John Dolbeer. Did business at one time as National Iron Works. Built no known cars. |
| Maryland Steel Co. | 1908 | ||
| Mason Machine Works | Taunton, MA | 1842(1853)-1889 |
Maker of textile machinery set out to "improve the symmetry" of the
American locomotive. Built 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. 321ff; and Arthur D. Wallace, Mason Steam Locomotives, (Forest Park, IL: Heimberger House, 2004.)) |
| Massachusetts Car Co. | S. Ashburnham, MA | c1893/95 | Built trolley cars |
| Matfield Mfg. Co. | E. Bridgewater, MA | 1850-1855/56 | Built only a handful of locomotives; no cars. |
| Mather Car Co. | Chicago Ridge, IL | 1911-1913 | |
| Mather Stock Car Co. | Offices: Chicago, IL | 1880-1945+? |
Merged into North American Car Corporation |
| Mathews-Davis Railway Motor Co. | Arizona Territory | c1900 | We have seen a stock certificate for this company, which appears to have been a streetcar builder, but it was unissued. Did it actually exist? Was it a scam like so many turn-of-the-century Arizona gold mines? |
| Matteawan Machine & Mfg. Co. | Matteawan, NY | 1814(1848)-(1850)1850+ | Machine shop attached to cotton mill produced very few locomotives, no cars. |
| Mayger & Washington | Baltimore, MD | 1830s | Advertised to build locomotives as well as cars, but not known to have built the former. |
| Maxson Corp. | St. Paul, MN | 1966-1979 | |
| McClay Vestibule Car Co. | Chicago, IL | c1890 | Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. |
| McClurg, Wade & Co. | Pittsburgh, PA | 1803(1834)-(1836)1960s | Old, established foundry built a few locomotives 1834-1836, then went back to general foundry business. |
| McGuire Manufacturing Co. | Chicago, IL | 1870-1904 | To McGuire-Cummings Manufacturing Company |
| McGuire-Cummings Mfg. Co. | Chicago/Paris, IL | 1904-1925 |
From McGuire Manufacturing Company and Cummings Car Company To Cummings Car & Coach |
| McKay & Aldus Iron Works | E. Boston, MA | 1845(1864)-1868/69 | Old, established shipyard built about 100 locomotives before getting into financial trouble; built no known cars. |
| McKee, Fuller & Co. |
Catasauqua /Fullerton (Whitehall), PA |
1868(1879)-1892+ |
AKA Lehigh Car Wheel & Axle Works Bought the idle Frederick & Company works. |
| McKee & Fuller Car Works | McKee, Fuller & Company | ||
| McKeen Motor Car Co. | Omaha, NE | 1908-1920 | From Union Pacific Railroad |
| McKeesport Car & Locomotive Works | McKeesport, PA | b1880? | This most likely means the Pittsburgh & McKeesport Car & Locomotive Works, which went out of business in 1878. |
| McLean & Fleck | Montreal, QC | 1853-1855 | From McLean & Wright |
| McLean & Wright | Montreal, QC | 1846-1853 | To McLean & Fleck |
| McLean, Brainard & Co. | Ogdensburg, NY | c1853 | |
|
McLean, D., & Co. (D. McLean & Co.) |
San Francisco, CA | 1867 | |
| McLean, Wright & Co. | Toronto, ON | 1852-1855 | To Wright & Sutherland |
| McLeish & Smith | Charleston, SC | 1837 | Built or rebuilt a few locomotives for SCRR; no known cars. |
| McMyler Interstate Co. | Bedford, OH | 1920s | |
| McNary, Claflin & Co. | Cleveland, OH | 1864-1878 | To Cleveland Bridge & Car Works |
| McNairy & Claflin Bridge & Car Works | Cleveland, OH | before 188612/31/1 | |
| McQueen Locomotive Works | Schenectady, NY | 1884 | Plant built but never opened for business. Sold to General Electric 1886. "McQueen" locomotives were actually built by by the Schenectady Locomotive Works. No known cars. |
| Mechtron Industries | Wilmington, DE | 1978-1980 | Built for North American Car Company |
| Meister Iron Works | Sacramento, CA | c1890s-1921 | |
|
Meister, A., & Sons (A. Meister & Sons) |
Sacramento, CA | c1890s-1920s | |
| Mellert Foundry & Machine Co. | Reading, PA | 1860s | [This is probably a later name for Mellerts & Kinsey.] |
| Mellerts & Kinsey | Reading, PA | 1848(1863-1865)1875+ | Begun 1848 by John Mellert as stove foundry. Machine shop added and became Addison & Mellert, then millwork. Became Mellert & Kinsey 1863. Shortly after increased facilities to build passenger, freight and coal cars. machinery for rolling mills and other heavy works. Became Mellerts [plural] & Kinsey 1864, car works abandoned, premises converted to boiler works, two years later to pipe foundry. {3} Built few cars if any at all. |
| Memphis Car Co. | Memphis, TN | 1906-1910 |
Incorporated in South Dakota. Allegedly involved in fraudulent
transactions relative to car repairs for the IC RR. To Illinois Central Railroad. |
| Memphis Car & Foundry | Memphis, TN | b1894-1904 | To Southern Car & Foundry Company. |
| Menomonee Locomotive Works | Menomonee (Milwaukee), WI | 1853-1857 | Machine shop begun 1853 became locomotive builder; built no known cars. |
| Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. | Despatch, NY (now East Rochester) |
1897-1939 | Succeeded as a car builder by Despatch Shops, Inc. |
|
Merilees, Andrew, Ltd. (Andrew Merilees Ltd.) |
Toronto, ON | 1946-1949 | |
| Messrs. Brainerd, Williams & Co. | Brainerd, Williams & Company | ||
| Messrs. Brainerd, Williams Fisher & Co. | Brainerd, Williams, Fisher & Company | ||
| Messrs. Carmichael & Brown | Carmichael & Brown | ||
| Messrs. McLean & Fleck | McLean & Fleck | ||
|
Meyers, Jeremiah (Jeremiah Meyers) |
Attleboro, VT | c1838/39 | |
| Michigan Car Co. | Detroit, MI | 1863-1892/1970 | To Michigan-Peninsular Car Company |
| Michigan Car Works | Michigan-Peninsular Car Company | ||
| Michigan Iron Works | Cadillac, MI | 1882-1883 | Built about six geared logging locos; no known cars. |
| Michigan-Peninsular Car Co. | Detroit, MI | 1892-1899 |
Merger of Michigan Car Company and Peninsular Car Company. One of the original companies consolidated into American Car & Foundry. |
|
Middletown Car Co. Middletown Car Works Middletown Car Works, Inc. Middletown Car & Mfg. Co. |
Middletown, PA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Had offices in NYC ca. 1930 |
1869-c1873 1879-1931 |
Middletown Car Works, Schall & King, Proprietors, is listed under “Car
Builders” in 1877 edition,
Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Steel Car Company 1910 but continued operation under its own name. Listed under "Car Builders" in White-Orr's 1930 Classified Business Directory NYC section. Name changed 1931 to Pullman Standard Car Export Corporation. |
| Midland Manufacturing Co. | Port Hope, ON | 1870-1880 | |
| Midvale Steel & Ordinance Co. | Johnstown, PA | 1922-???? |
From Cambria Steel Company To Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
| Midwest Freight Car Co. | Clinton, IL | 1973-1983 | To Thrall Car Manufacturing Company |
|
Milholland, J. & J.B. (J. & J.B. Milholland) |
Pittsburgh, PA | b1870(1888)-1890s | General machinery business built a few locomotives, no known cars. |
| Mill Dam Foundry | Boston, MA | 1822(1834)-1835 | Began as Boston Iron Company. Built two locomotives, no known cars. Their “Yankee,” built 1834, was the 1st locomotive built in New England. |
| Millenium Railcar Corp. | Wood River, IL | 2000-2001 | |
| Milwaukee Car Mfg. Co. | Milwaukee, WI | ??-1910 | Refrig. Cars; See Marsh |
| Milwaukee Refrig. Transit & Car Co. | Milwaukee, WI | 1913-1916 | To Marsh Refrigerator |
| Milton Car Works | Murray, Dougal & Co. | ||
| Miners Foundry & Machine Works | San Francisco, CA | 1870s-1880s | Built a few light logging locomotives, no known cars. |
| Minerva Car Co. | Minerva, OH | 1882-1899/1920 | One of the original companies consolidated into American Car & Foundry. |
| Minnesota Car Co. | Duluth, MN | 1888-1889/1896 | Acquired by Iron Car Company |
| Missouri Car & Foundry Co. | St. Louis, MO | 1865-1899 | One of the original companies consolidated into American Car & Foundry |
| Montgomery Iron Works | Montgomery, AL | 1880s | Built one or more Cole pattern logging locomotives, no known cars. |
| Montreal Locomotive Works | Montreal, QC | 1961-1965 | |
| Montreal Steel Works | Montreal, QC | 1898-1911 |
From Canada Switch & Spring Company To Canadian Steel Foundries, Ltd. |
| Montreal Street Railway | Montreal, QC | c1905-1924 | |
| Moran Shipbuilding Co. | Seattle, WA | 1910-c1920 | |
|
Morris, W., & Bro. (W. Morris & Bro.) |
Hazelton, PA | 1887 | Morris, W., & Bro. is listed under “Car Builders” in 1887 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Morrison Car Co. | Buffalo, NY | 1900? | |
| Morrison International | 1960-1964 | ||
| Morrison Railway Supply | 1958 | ||
| Morrison-Knudson Co., Inc. | Boise, ID | 1981 | |
|
Morse, C.D., Car Mfg. Co. (C.D. Morse Car Mfg. Co.) |
Millbury, MA | 1893-1894 | |
| Mount Savage Locomotive Works | Mt. Savage, MD | 1881-1886/88 | Shops of Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR built estimated 12 locomotives for other lines as well as 23 for itself. Built no known cars, though if you can build locos, why not cars? |
| Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co. | Mt. Vernon, IL | 1888-1954 | Acquired 1944 by
locomotive
builder H.K. Porter Co. Apparently continued as a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
| Mowry Car Co. | Cincinnati, OH | c1873/74 | Built box cars with heavy planks in the lower sides so that coal or other bulk cargoes could be carried. (White/Freightcars-398) |
| Mowry Car & Wheel Works | Cincinnati, OH | 1851-1880 | Acquired by Cincinnati Street Railway |
| Moynihan & Aiken | San Francisco, CA | 1874-1874+? | Built at least one industrial locomotive; no known cars. |
|
Muir, T., & Son (T. Muir & Son) |
London, ON | 1872-1886 | DBA Ontario Car Company (See also Ontario Car & Foundry) |
| Murphy & Allison | Philadelphia | 1851-1866 |
From Allison Manufacturing Company To W.C. Allison & Sons |
| Murray & Hazelhurst | Baltimore, MD |
c1845 --1857? --1869? |
Established by James Murray, Master of Machinery for the B&O RR and Henry R. Hazelhurst. Specialized in marine engines, but also produced freight cars, fire engines, and a few locomotives. |
| Murray Pressed Steel | 1918 | ||
| Murray, Dougal & Co. | Milton, PA | 1864-1899/1978+ | One of the original companies consolidated into American Car & Foundry. |
| Muskegon Car & Engine Works | Muskegon, MI | c1880-1891 | Shop sold to C&WM RR. |
| Muskingum Works | Douglas, Smith & Company | ||
| Company | Plant Location | Date | Successor, Comments or Cross-reference |
