Niles Car and Manufacturing Company

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| industry = Rail transport

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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1840}}

| defunct = 1950

| location = Niles, Ohio, USA

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| products = Locomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems

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The Niles Car and Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of railroad equipment, including many streetcar and interurban cars.{{Hilton-Interurban}}{{page needed|date=September 2015}} It was founded in 1901 in Niles, Ohio and published catalogs showcasing their various cars.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 specialized in building wooden-bodied cars in the heyday of interurban building.{{page needed|date=September 2015}} Its cars had a reputation of being well-built and stylish; Niles advertising called them "The Electric Pullmans."{{cite web|url=http://www.ironhorse129.com/rollingstock/builders/niles.htm|title=Niles Car & Manufacturing Company|accessdate=September 30, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211200053/http://www.ironhorse129.com/rollingstock/builders/niles.htm|archivedate=February 11, 2007}}{{cite book|title=American Street Railway Investments: Fifteenth Annual Volume: 1908|publisher=McGraw Publishing Company|year=1908|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j47IQgaWJM4C|accessdate=September 30, 2007|page=XXI|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222081812/https://books.google.com/books?id=j47IQgaWJM4C|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite book|title=Story of the Automobile: Its History and Development from 1760 to 1917|author=Barber, H.L.|publisher=A.J. Munson & Co.|location=Chicago, Illinois|year=1917|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0j2YAvD2Yc8C|accessdate=September 30, 2007|page = 238}}

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.{{cite news|title=Baker's Brother got a Contract|work=The New York Times|date=February 1, 1918|pages=1, 6|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/02/01/102663422.pdf}}{{cite book|title=The Aircraft Year Book|publisher=Manufacturers Aircraft Association, Inc.|pages=149–153|date=February 1919|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Shnyh-IXOJcC|author=Faurote, Fay L. (Ed.)|location=New York City, New York|accessdate=September 30, 2007}}