Fairmont Railway Motors Explained

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 links

• Martin County Historical Society

Notes and References

1. n.d. . Fairmont's Industrial Revolution . Fairmont city website . 2011-12-01.
2. Web site: About NARCOA: Fairbanks-Morse. NARCOA.
3. Web site: 2009-04-25 . Fairmont Railway Engine Questions . bulletin board posting . SmokStak.com . 2011-12-01.