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Magor Car Corp. - Post WWII Freight cars for Portugal & Spain - Question??

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Posted by henry6 on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 8:48 AM

Magor Car I think was in Clifton, NJ and shipped a lot of product over the Lackawanna RR.  You might check with the Passaic County Historical Society in Passaic, NJ or the Chamber of Commerce in Passaic County or Clifton proper. I don't know if the company merged or was acquired by another but these leads might be a good starting point

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Magor Car Corp. - Post WWII Freight cars for Portugal & Spain - Question??
Posted by simao29 on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 4:35 AM

 

Hello

I am trying to gather information about some 500 closed 2 axle freight cars built by Magor in 1948 and delivered in kit (un-assembled) to Portugal...

The Spanish railways also bought around 740 similar cars, that were in this case, war spares (new, never used, also in kit form - original intended to fight the possible invasion of India by Japan). When they arrived they still had USA markings:

 

 

By a long shot, does anyone have information about them?

Or perhaps any idea if there is a place were the original Magor Car Corp. documents and plans might still be available for consultation?

 

Thank for any help,

 Regards from Portugal,

 

Albérico Duarte

Tags: Magor , Portugal , Spain

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