RAILCAR MANUFACTURING PLANT OPENED TO OVERCOME BCR SHORTAGE

The only railcar factory in Canada west of Ontario will begin production in mid-August. The factory was built by the British Columbia Railway to ensure that the railway will not experience again the car shortage of last year in which it lost an estimated $15 million in revenue. Although initially the entire output of the factory will be for the railway, the factory might enter the open market in competition against other manufacturers some time in the future.

• Corporate Authors:

  Southam Business Publications Limited

  1450 Don Mills Road
  Don Mills, ONo,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Turner, R
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 28-30
• Serial:
  • Canadian Transportation & Distribution Management
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Southam Business Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car supply (Railroads); Freight cars; Manufacturing
• Identifier Terms: British Columbia Railway
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car construction; Freight car shortage
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 11 1974 12:00AM