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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. In 1928 the company acquired Mudge and Company and in 1955, the railcar interests of the
Martin County Historical Society
{{Authority control 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
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. In 1928 the company acquired Mudge and Company and in 1955, the railcar interests of the Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Originally a weighing scale manufacturer, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, coffee grinders, radios, farm tractors, fee ...
company (which had purchased the Sheffield company in the 1920s). Fairmont merged with Harsco
Harsco Corporation is a global industrial company based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Harsco operates in 30 countries and employs approximately 11,000 people worldwide. The company provides industrial services and engineered products that serve ...
Corporation in 1979 to become part of Harsco Track Technologies (Harsco Rail in 2009). Fairmont products included:
*internal combustion engines such as the PHB and QB models
*maintenance of way
Maintenance of way (commonly abbreviated to MOW) refers to the maintenance, construction, and improvement of rail infrastructure, including Railway track, tracks, ballast, grade, and lineside infrastructure such as Railway signal, signals and sign ...
vehicles such as speeders, small derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a ...
cars,
*small shipping vehicles such as combination platform cars, etc.
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Martin County Historical Society
{{Authority control 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