CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY

Canadian Car and Foundry, also known as CC&F or Can Car, was a manufacturer of diverse products for the Canadian market, including buses, railway rolling stock, forestry equipment, and later aircraft. Its history dates back to 1897, but the main company was established in 1909 from the amalgamation of three companies: Rhodes Curry Company, Canada Car Company, and Dominion Car and Foundry. In 1911, the company recognized the importance of producing its own steel castings and purchased Montreal Steel Works Limited and the Ontario Iron & Steel Company. CC&F produced buses and forestry equipment in Fort William, Ontario, and railcars in Montreal and Amherst. Streetcars were built between 1897 and 1913, but after 1913 the company only focused on rebuilding existing streetcars. CC&F acquired the assets of Pratt & Letchworth, a rail car manufacturer in Brantford, ON, during World War I, and opened a new plant in Fort William to manufacture rail cars and ships. The company also attempted to enter the aviation market, producing a small series of Grumman G.23 Goblin aircraft under license and developing an unsuccessful, indigenous-designed fighter biplane, the Gregor FDB-1. Today, the remaining factories are part of Alstom after its acquisition of Bombardier Transportation in 2021.