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Procor (UK)

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of Horbury Wagon Works, Wakefield.

The British division of a US company, Trans Union Corporation of Chicago, maker of railway tank trucks for bulk shipment of liquids.

1974 Acquired British Railway Traffic and Electric Co from UDT Group - the company was principally concerned with wagon-hire. Acquired the railway-wagon-making plant of Charles Roberts at Horbury Wagon Works, Wakefield[1]

1987 Name changed to Procor (UK) Ltd, of Horbury Wagon Works, Wakefield

1990 Bombardier Transportation acquired Procor Engineering of Horbury near Wakefield, UK, a manufacturer of bodyshells, and renamed it Bombardier Prorail


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times July 9, 1974
  • Companies House filings
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