Niles Car and Manufacturing Company

The Niles Car and Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of railroad equipment, including many streetcar and interurban cars.[1] It was founded in 1901 in Niles, Ohio and published catalogs showcasing their various cars.[2]

1908 Niles advertisement

Niles specialized in building wooden-bodied cars in the heyday of interurban building.[1] Its cars had a reputation of being well-built and stylish; Niles advertising called them "The Electric Pullmans."[3][4]

The company also produced equipment for the trucking industry, an industry reference citing 2 models of 1 and 2 tons respectively, costing $1500 to $2400, utilizing a worm drive and custom bodies to suit.[5]

The company ceased producing railroad cars in 1917. The plant and equipment were purchased by the Engel Aircraft Company to produce aircraft parts for the United States Army Signal Corps.[6][7]

Customers

Niles' clients included[1] the:

Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railroad (later the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad); including the oldest operating interurban in the US (#20)
Bamberger Electric Railroad
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
Northern Electric Railway (later part of the Sacramento Northern Railway)
The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Northern Ohio Traction & Light
Pacific Northwest Traction Company
Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad
Rock Island Southern Railway
San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway
St. Paul Southern Railway
The Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend Railway
Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway
Toronto Civic Railways (DE DT M - late TTC Class H, H1 and H3 cars).
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
Yakima Valley Transportation Company
Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad

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References

Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2. OCLC 237973.
See, e.g., "Niles Cars 1914," a reproduction of one of their catalogs, illustrated with photos and blueprints (Electric Railway Historical Society Bulletin No. 30, 1958).
"Niles Car & Manufacturing Company". Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
American Street Railway Investments: Fifteenth Annual Volume: 1908 (PDF). McGraw Publishing Company. 1908. p. XXI. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
Barber, H.L. (1917). Story of the Automobile: Its History and Development from 1760 to 1917 (PDF). Chicago, Illinois: A.J. Munson & Co. p. 238. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
"Baker's Brother got a Contract" (PDF). The New York Times. February 1, 1918. pp. 1, 6.
Faurote, Fay L. (Ed.) (February 1919). The Aircraft Year Book (PDF). New York City, New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association, Inc. pp. 149–153. Retrieved September 30, 2007.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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[hilton-1] Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2. OCLC 237973.

[2] See, e.g., "Niles Cars 1914," a reproduction of one of their catalogs, illustrated with photos and blueprints (Electric Railway Historical Society Bulletin No. 30, 1958).

[3] "Niles Car & Manufacturing Company". Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.

[4] American Street Railway Investments: Fifteenth Annual Volume: 1908 (PDF). McGraw Publishing Company. 1908. p. XXI. Retrieved September 30, 2007.

[5] Barber, H.L. (1917). Story of the Automobile: Its History and Development from 1760 to 1917 (PDF). Chicago, Illinois: A.J. Munson & Co. p. 238. Retrieved September 30, 2007.

[6] "Baker's Brother got a Contract" (PDF). The New York Times. February 1, 1918. pp. 1, 6.

[7] Faurote, Fay L. (Ed.) (February 1919). The Aircraft Year Book (PDF). New York City, New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association, Inc. pp. 149–153. Retrieved September 30, 2007.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)