Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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