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| Company | Plant Location | Date | Successor, Comments or Cross-reference |
| Racine Wagon-Carriage Co. | Racine, WI | c1900-1907 | |
|
Rahm, Philip (Philip Rahm) |
Richmond, VA | 1849/52-?? | Begun as Eagle Foundry, specializing in saw mills and plantation machinery. Advertised to build locomotives, but no record exists. Unknown whether it built any cars. |
| Railroad Equipment Co. | New Jersey | c1890-1895+ | Questionable whether it built cars or merely owned and leased them. |
| Railway Auto Car Co. | New York, NY | c1904-c1911 | American Agents for the Ganz Company of Budapest, Hungary, builders of steam-driven self-propelled passenger cars. Built no cars themselves. |
| Railway Locomotor Co. | Chicago, IL | 1929-1931 | |
| Railway Motor Car Corp. | Philadelphia, PA | c1905-1920 | |
| Railway Service Corp. | 1981 | ||
|
Railway Steel & Supply Co. Railway & Steel Supply Co. |
Seattle, WA | c1901-1905 | To Seattle Car Manufacturing Company |
| Railway Storage Battery Car Co. | West Orange, NJ Had offices in NYC ca. 1930 |
1912-1930s |
From Federal Storage Battery Car Company. Listed under "Car Builders" in White-Orr's 1930 Classified Business Directory NYC section. |
| Railwest Mfg. | Squamish, BC | ????-1975 | Manufacturing arm of British Columbia Rail. |
| Raleigh Iron Works | 1906 | ||
|
Ralston Steel Car Co. [This is an off-site link.] |
Columbus, OH | 1905-1953 | Chicago attorney Joseph S. Ralston bought the patents for “a stock car with drop doors adaptable for grain, coal, or cattle,” and had Pullman build a few. He bought an old factory, and produced both his own type car and others more conventional. (White/Freightcar-399; Lucas/Cars-106/07; RAG1913/02/14) |
| Ralston & Henry | Philadelphia, PA | c1909 | |
| Ramapo Iron Works | 1903-1913 | ||
|
Randall, I.H. (I.H. Randall) |
Boston, MA | c1890s | |
| Ranlett (Ranlet Car?) Manufacturing Co. | Laconia, NH | 1844-1879/1881 | To Laconia Car Company |
| Rathbun
& Co. The Rathbun Co. |
Deseronto, ON | 1890-1912 | |
| Reany, Son & Archibald | Chester, PA | 1865 | Boiler making firm built two locomotives for B&O; probably no cars. |
|
Reeder, Charles, & Son (Charles Reeder & Son) |
Baltimore, MD | 1820(1834)-(1834)?? | Pioneer manufacturers of marine engines built one locomotive for B&O that exploded. Second was refused delivery. No cars. |
| Regis Car Works | Dayton, OH | c. 1910 | If you have any information on this firm, please contact us. |
| Reynolds Aluminum | 1966 | ||
| Rhode Island Locomotove Works | Providence, RI | b1860(1866)-1902 |
Burnside Rifle Co. of Bristol moved to Providence 1860. When armament
business fell off after Civil War, began building locomotives. Plant sold to American Locomotive Company 1902 after producing 5,995 locomotives; probably no cars. |
| Rhodes, Curry & Co., Ltd. | Amherst, NS | 1893-1909 (1891-1910?) |
From Harris Car Company To Canadian Car & Foundry |
| Rholfs & Schroder | Seattle, WA | c1880s-1890s | |
| Richmond Car Works | Richmond, VA | 1922-1931 | Acquired by Standard Steel Car |
| Richmond Locomotive & Machine Works | Richmond, VA | 1887-1927 |
Locomotive builder; no cars. Acquired 1901 by American Locomotive Company. Corp. dissolved 1927. (See Railroad History No. 130, Spring 1974.) |
| Richmond Tank Car & Mfg. Co. | Houston, TX | 1948-1964+ | |
| Richmond Tank Car Co. | Sheldon (Houston), TX | 1962-1983 | To Gulf Railcar Industries |
| Risdon Iron Works | San Francisco, CA | b1882-1911 |
Produced only industrial locomotives; no cars. Taken over 1911 by shipbuilder Union Iron Works. |
| Rix & Firth | San Francisco, CA | 1879(1886)- | Edward A. Rix and J.K. Firth were partners in building mining machinery DBA Phoenix Iron Works. Began locomotive building 1886. Rix left 1890 to build his own compressed-air mine locomotives. |
| Roanoke Machine Works | Roanoke, VA |
1881-1884 1900-1953 |
Attempt by the Virginia Company, a subsidiary of the N&W RR, to create a
semi-commercial shop to build locos for parent N&W and for independent
lines. Only freight cars went to independent lines. All locos went to
N&W. Roanoke Machine Works is listed under “Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. |
| Robbins & Lawrence | Windsor, VT | c1848-1856 | |
| Roberts Car & Wheel Co. | c1904 | Known to have built hand cars and push cars for railway maintenance. | |
| Robinson & Moan | Waterloo, IA | c1885-1889 | To Northern Car Company |
| Robinson-Moan Car Co. | Minneapolis, MN | c1892 | |
| Robinson Radial Truck Co. | Portland, ME | b1890-1896+ | Unknown whether they built any cars, or only radial trucks for streetcars. William Robinson held a raft of patents, most having something to do with "radial" trucks of one kind or another. |
| Robinson, Russell & Co. | Detroit, MI | 1854-1868 | Merged into Detroit Car & Manufacturing Company |
| Rochester Car Co. | Rochester, NY | c1891 | |
| Rockwell Machine & Car Co. | Wilkes-Barre, PA | c1890 | |
| Rodger Ballast Car Co. | Chicago, IL | 1901-1929 |
Dealer for Hart Convertible Cars. Cars built by Wells & French, AC&F. |
| Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor | Paterson, NJ | 1832(1837/1840)-1856 |
Thomas Rogers [sometimes spelled ‘Rodgers’] was senior partner in a firm that made cotton textile
looms and machinery. After dismantling an English locomotive, he
manufactured his 1st in 1837 [1835 {393}]. He later employed locomotive
master-builders such as Cooke and Swinburne. Produced ten 4-wheeled
freight cars for Erie Railroad 1840 and possibly four passenger cars. After Rogers' death the firm was reorganized as Rogers Locomotive & Machine Company |
| Rogers Locomotive Works | Paterson, NJ | 1893-(1913)1915 |
From Rogers Locomotive & Machine Company Peaked 1902. Acquired by American Locomotive Company ca. 1904. ALCO found plant obsolete, with insufficient rail connections, so cut production to light contractor and export locomotives, steam shovels and rotary snowplows ["cars" by our definition]. (See L.R. Trumbull, A History of Industrial Paterson, 1882; and Rogers Locomotive Catalog, 1876, New Jersey Historical Society, 1983.) |
| Rogers Locomotive & Machine Co. | Paterson, NJ | 1856-1893 |
From Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor Jacob S. Rogers became majority owner of his father's locomotive business; resigned as President 1893. Produced its 4,200th locomotive in 1890, ranking 2nd in total production. Unknown whether it ever produced any cars. Reorganized 1893 as Rogers Locomotive Works (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. 222.) |
| Rome/New York Locomotive Works | Rome, NY | 1882-1891 | Locomotive Builder |
|
Rushmore Co., The (The Rushmore Co.) |
Boston, MA | ca. 1920/22 | Acquired control of designs for steam-driven self-propelled passenger cars developed by Francis Stanley of “Stanley Steamer” automobile fame; marketed cars under trade name of “Unit Car.” Sold cars to B&M, CN and Uruguayan Govt. |
|
Russell, J.W. (J.W. Russell) |
1903 | Cars built by AC&F. | |
| Russell & Co. | Massillon and Canton, OH | c1854-c1880 | |
| Russell Car & Snow
Plow
Co. Russell Car & Foundry Co. Russell Snow Plow Co. |
Ridgeway, PA Had offices in NYC ca. 1930 |
b1918-1956+ | Listed under "Car Builders" in White-Orr's 1930 Classified Business Directory NYC section. |
| Russell Wheel & Foundry Co. | Detroit, MI | 1876-1916 |
Works est. 1876, incorp. 1883. Reportedly built logging, lumber and
mill-yard cars before 1890. Was "associated" with the
Michigan-Peninsular merger of 1892, and thus the AC&F merger of 1899. After 1899, cars built by AC&F(?) |
| Rutland Car Co. | Rutland, VT | Organized by men associated with the Burlington & Rutland, the Rutland & Washington, and other railroads serving the southwest corner of Vermont. Envisioned as a fast freight line. Unknown how successful it was. Charter provided for car building, but doubtful it ever did build cars. | |
| Ryan Car Co. | Hegewisch (Chicago), IL | 1906-1956+ | In early years, at least, was primarily a rebuilder. |
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