| Industry | rail transport |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1909 in Fairmont, Minnesota, United States |
| Founder | Frank E. Wade |
| Defunct | 1979 |
| Successor | Harsco Track Technologies |
| Products | railway speeders |
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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| Images | |
 platform car at the Denver Federal Center museum | |
| image of plant buildings | |
| Video | |
 Wooden motorcar with 2-stroke engine |
