In 1909 Frank E. Wade founded Fairmont Railway Motors of Fairmont, Minnesota (renamed the Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motor Car Company in 1915), was a manufacturer of rail vehicles formed from the Fairmont Machine Company.[1] In 1928 the company acquired Mudge and Company[1] and in 1955, the railcar interests of the Fairbanks-Morse company (which had purchased the Sheffield company in the 1920s).[2] Fairmont merged with Harsco Corporation in 1979 to become part of Harsco Track Technologies (Harsco Rail in 2009).[1] Fairmont products included:
internal combustion engines such as the PHB and QB[3] models
maintenance of way vehicles such as speeders, small derrick cars,
small shipping vehicles such as combination platform cars, etc.
Ontario-based operator FairmontRailwayMotors, an American former rail vehicle company, now part of Harsco Rail Ford Fairmont, an American automobile...
Various railways and their workshops also manufactured speeders. Often these were a copy of commercially available cars, such as Wickham and Fairmont. Approximate...
Passim, FairmontRailwayMotors, Inc. records, Martin County Historical Society, Fairmont, Minnesota. WP&YR records do not disclose Fairmont shop numbers...
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a global chain of luxury hotel that operates more than 70 properties worldwide, with a strong presence in Canada. The company...
Locomotive Works 0-4-2T engine Speeder(Pop car) #233809 (Ex LK&P FairmontRailwayMotors) Railcar, Inspection (MOW) #62-00249 (Ex U.S. Navy by Kalamazoo...
(Ex-Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad) #RIMC 915: FairmontRailwayMotors Model S2E Built 1955 (Fairmont 1 cyl. engine) Gifford-Hill & Company #H109: handcar...
an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The railway is located on the Boulder City Branch Line, the historic railroad route...
either Fairmont or Delta. In 2006, Kingdom Hotels International and Colony Capital purchased Fairmont, consolidating their hotel brands to form Fairmont Raffles...
motors are often used in sub-kilowatt applications. Universal motors formed the basis of the traditional railway traction motor in electric railways....
Anthony J. (1999). Electrical Transformers and Power Equipment (3rd ed.). Fairmont Press. pp. 89–91. ISBN 9780881733112. "Commercial site explaining why autotransformers...
longer operated by the railway. In 1998, Canadian Pacific Hotels acquired Fairmont Hotels, an American company, becoming Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Inc...
The Statfold Barn Railway is a narrow gauge railway based near Tamworth, Staffordshire and partially in Warwickshire, England. Founded by engineering...
Barney L. (2004). Information technology for energy ... – Google Books. Fairmont Press. ISBN 9780881734508. Retrieved 2009-12-08. "3rd Generation Toyota...
town of Invermere. Other towns include Radium Hot Springs, Windermere and Fairmont Hot Springs. The Panorama Ski Resort is located near the valley. The Columbia...
and operates brands in many segments of hospitality: Luxury (Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel), premium (MGallery, Pullman, Swissôtel), midscale (Novotel, Mercure...
General Motors created a concept car using another gasoline car as the base, the Electrovette (1976). At the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show, General Motors President...
In 2001, the railway purchased a pair of gasoline-powered railbus units from Jim Busby Services in California, who had rebuilt the Fairmont A8 speeders...
and major hotel companies and operators, such as Four Seasons Hotels and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. Although much of the region's manufacturing activities...
type 562-D-5 100 horsepower motors as Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) serial number 53784 and brought to the W&OD Railway during the same year. After retiring...
Trans-Canada Highway. Invermere is also 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of Fairmont Hot Springs, 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Canal Flats, 128 kilometres...
are public roads and 222 km (138 mi) are private paved roads. A former railway track has been converted into a walking trail. There are also two marine...
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platform car at the Denver Federal Center museum
Wooden motorcar with 2-stroke engine