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{{Short description|Railway company}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Fairmont Railway Motors
| name = Fairmont Railway Motors
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| founder = Frank E. Wade
| founder = Frank E. Wade
| defunct = {{end date|1979}}
| defunct = {{end date|1979}}
| products = railway [[speeder]]s
| products = [[railway speeder]]s
}}
}}
[[File:Speeder at MadCity Rail Show 2004.jpg|thumb|225px|Fairmont MT-14 speeder in February 2004]]
[[File:Speeder at MadCity Rail Show 2004.jpg|thumb|225px|Fairmont MT-14 speeder in February 2004]]
In 1909 Frank E. Wade founded '''Fairmont Railway Motors''' of Fairmont, Minnesota ('''Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motor Car Company''' in 1915), was a manufacturer of rail vehicles formed from the Fairmont Machine Company.<ref name=FairmontOrg>{{Cite report |date=n.d. |title=Fairmont's Industrial Revolution |url=http://www.fairmont.org/mchs/Fairmonts%20Industrial%20Revolutions.pdf |publisher=Fairmont city website |accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref> In 1928 the company acquired Mudge and Company<ref name=FairmontOrg/> and in 1955, the railcar interests of the [[Fairbanks-Morse]] company (which had purchased the Sheffield company in the 1920s).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.narcoa.org/newsite/aboutnarcoa.htm| title=About NARCOA: Faribanks-Morse| website=NARCOA}}</ref> Fairmont merged with [[Harsco]] Corporation in 1979 to become part of Harsco Track Technologies (Harsco Rail in 2009).<ref name=FairmontOrg/> Fairmont products included:
In 1909 Frank E. Wade founded '''Fairmont Railway Motors''' of Fairmont, Minnesota (renamed the '''Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motor Car Company''' in 1915), was a manufacturer of rail vehicles formed from the Fairmont Machine Company.<ref name=FairmontOrg>{{Cite report |date=n.d. |title=Fairmont's Industrial Revolution |url=http://www.fairmont.org/mchs/Fairmonts%20Industrial%20Revolutions.pdf |publisher=Fairmont city website |accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref> In 1928 the company acquired Mudge and Company<ref name=FairmontOrg/> and in 1955, the railcar interests of the [[Fairbanks-Morse]] company (which had purchased the Sheffield company in the 1920s).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.narcoa.org/newsite/aboutnarcoa.htm| title=About NARCOA: Fairbanks-Morse| website=NARCOA}}</ref> Fairmont merged with [[Harsco]] Corporation in 1979 to become part of Harsco Track Technologies (Harsco Rail in 2009).<ref name=FairmontOrg/> Fairmont products included:


*internal combustion engines such as the PHB and QB<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-25 |title=Fairmont Railway Engine Questions |url=http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59996 |format=bulletin board posting |publisher=SmokStak.com |accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref> models
*internal combustion engines such as the PHB and QB<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-25 |title=Fairmont Railway Engine Questions |url=http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59996 |format=bulletin board posting |publisher=SmokStak.com |accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref> models
*[[maintenance of way]] vehicles such as [[speeder]]s, small [[derrick]] cars,
*[[maintenance of way]] vehicles such as [[railroad speeder|speeders]], small [[derrick]] cars,
*small shipping vehicles such as combination platform cars, etc.
*small shipping vehicles such as combination platform cars, etc.


{{External media
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|image1=[http://www.fairmont.txrrhistory.com/index.htm S-2 speeder in Texas]
|image2=[http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/105209 platform car at the Denver Federal Center museum]
[http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/105209 platform car at the Denver Federal Center museum]
|image3=[http://www.fairmont.org/mchs/railway.pdf image of plant buildings]
|image2=[http://www.fairmont.org/mchs/railway.pdf image of plant buildings]
|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4I-HFTW5PU&feature=related Wooden motorcar with 2-stroke engine]
|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4I-HFTW5PU Wooden motorcar with 2-stroke engine]
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Defunct companies based in Minnesota]]

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[[Category:Rolling stock manufacturers of the United States]]
* [https://fairmont.org/mchs/rwmotors.htm Martin County Historical Society]

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[[Category:Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1909]]
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[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1979]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1979]]
[[Category:1909 establishments in Minnesota]]
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[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Minnesota]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1909]]
[[Category:American companies disestablished in 1979]]

Latest revision as of 05:17, 27 July 2022

Fairmont Railway Motors
Industryrail transport
Founded1909 (1909) in Fairmont, Minnesota, United States
FounderFrank E. Wade
Defunct1979 (1979)
SuccessorHarsco Track Technologies
Productsrailway speeders
Fairmont MT-14 speeder in February 2004

In 1909 Frank E. Wade founded Fairmont Railway Motors of Fairmont, Minnesota (renamed the Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motor Car Company in 1915), was a manufacturer of rail vehicles formed from the Fairmont Machine Company.[1] In 1928 the company acquired Mudge and Company[1] and in 1955, the railcar interests of the Fairbanks-Morse company (which had purchased the Sheffield company in the 1920s).[2] Fairmont merged with Harsco Corporation in 1979 to become part of Harsco Track Technologies (Harsco Rail in 2009).[1] Fairmont products included:

  • internal combustion engines such as the PHB and QB[3] models
  • maintenance of way vehicles such as speeders, small derrick cars,
  • small shipping vehicles such as combination platform cars, etc.
External media
Images
image icon platform car at the Denver Federal Center museum
image icon image of plant buildings
Video
video icon Wooden motorcar with 2-stroke engine

References

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  1. ^ a b c Fairmont's Industrial Revolution (PDF) (Report). Fairmont city website. n.d. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  2. ^ "About NARCOA: Fairbanks-Morse". NARCOA.
  3. ^ "Fairmont Railway Engine Questions" (bulletin board posting). SmokStak.com. 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
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