Fairmont Railway Motors
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Industry | rail transport |
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Founded | 1909Fairmont, Minnesota, United States | in
Founder | Frank E. Wade |
Defunct | 1979 |
Successor | Harsco Track Technologies |
Products | railway speeders |
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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.
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References
- ^ a b c Fairmont's Industrial Revolution (PDF) (Report). Fairmont city website. n.d. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- ^ "About NARCOA: Fairbanks-Morse". NARCOA.
- ^ "Fairmont Railway Engine Questions" (bulletin board posting). SmokStak.com. 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
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- Defunct manufacturing companies based in Minnesota
- Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of the United States
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1909
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1979
- 1909 establishments in Minnesota
- 1979 disestablishments in Minnesota
- Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Minnesota
- American companies established in 1909
- American companies disestablished in 1979