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Gilbert Car Company was a railroad car builder based in Troy, New York.〔Mid-Continent Railway Museum. North Freedom, WI. ("Gilbert, Bush & Company." ) ''Builders of Wooden Railway Cars.'' Accessed 2011-01-18.〕 It began manufacturing streetcars in the late 1880s. Founded by Orsamus Eaton (1792-1872) and Uri Gilbert (1809-1888), the company changed names several times as the partnership changed: * 1830 Eaton and Gilbert * 1844 Eaton, Gilbert & Co * 1862 Uri Gilbert and Son * 1864 Gilbert, Bush & Company * 1879 Gilbert & Bush Co * 1882 Gilbert Car Manufacturing Co * 1889 Taylor Electric Truck Company Following the Panic of 1893, the company stopped building rail cars in 1895.〔 ==Products== * freight cars * passenger cars * drawing room cars * sleepers * monitor roof or clerestory (“clear-story”) cars * horse cars * electric streetcars * railway equipment * railcar trucks * wooden cars for South Side Elevated Railroad and Lake Street Elevated Railroad (Chicago) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gilbert Car Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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