The Peninsular Car Company was a

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rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can b ...

manufacturer, founded by Charles L. Freer and

Frank J. Hecker Frank J. Hecker (July 6, 1846 - 1927) was an Americans, American businessman in the railroad-car manufacturing business. Hecker was from Detroit, Michigan. Early life Frank J. Hecker was born in Freedom, Michigan (in Washtenaw County, Michigan, W ...

in 1885. In 1892, the company merged with

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, the

Russel Wheel and Foundry Company Russel Wheel and Foundry Company manufactured railroad cars, rail car wheels, logging equipment and structural steel, Tall Skeletal Lighthouses in Detroit, Michigan between 1876 and 1916. In 1916, the company name was changed to Russel Steel C ...

, the

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and several smaller manufacturers to form the

Michigan-Peninsular Car Company The Michigan-Peninsular Car Company was a railroad rolling stock manufacturing company formed from the merger of five manufacturing companies in 1892. It was Detroit's largest manufacturer before the rise of the automotive industry. In 1899, it ...

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* Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May. ''Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State''. 3rd Revised Ed., (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1995), 413–4. Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of the United States Manufacturing companies based in Detroit 1885 establishments in Michigan {{US-rail-company-stub