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The Lancaster Company was formed in 1863 and owned extensive works on the outskirts of Lancaster where it produced railway rolling stock of all descriptions, tram cars, wheels and axles, etc and had a reputation for work of a very high-class character. | The Lancaster Company was formed in 1863 and owned extensive works on the outskirts of Lancaster where it produced railway rolling stock of all descriptions, tram cars, wheels and axles, etc and had a reputation for work of a very high-class character. | ||
1895 Description and illustrations of tube-frame bogie wagon<ref>[[Engineering 1895/07/26]]</ref> | |||
1902 [[Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co]] was registered on 18 April and incorporated as a limited company to amalgamate 6 companies including [[Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co]] | 1902 [[Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co]] was registered on 18 April and incorporated as a limited company to amalgamate 6 companies including [[Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:09, 3 January 2025
The Lancaster Company was formed in 1863 and owned extensive works on the outskirts of Lancaster where it produced railway rolling stock of all descriptions, tram cars, wheels and axles, etc and had a reputation for work of a very high-class character.
1895 Description and illustrations of tube-frame bogie wagon[1]
1902 Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co was registered on 18 April and incorporated as a limited company to amalgamate 6 companies including Lancaster Railway Carriage and Wagon Co
These works were closed in 1908 when the business was transferred to Ashbury.
1949 Liquidators appointed[2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1895/07/26
- ↑ London Gazette 10 June 1949
- [1] Metcam web site