Procor
{{short description|Rolling stock manufacturer}}
{{For|the UK wagon building subsidiary based in Horbury nr. Wakefield|Procor (UK)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Procor Limited
| logo =
| image = Tank Cars in Augusta Township, Ohio.JPG
| type =
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1952}} in Canada (as Products Tank Line Limited)
| location_city = Oakville, Ontario
| location_country = Canada
| key_people =
| industry = Special railcar leasing and repair
| products = Tank car, Hopper car, Gondola car (before 2002)
| revenue =
| owner = Union Tank Car Company (since 1952)
| num_employees =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.procor.com}}
}}
Procor is a Canadian company producing railway shipping cars. It is Canada's largest private rail car rental fleet, with more than 30,000 conventional and special-purpose tank and freight cars.
Linked to Sparling Tank Car of Toronto,{{cite web |url=http://www.nakina.net/private/prox.html |title = Products Tank Line of Canada/Procor Ltd.}} Procor was founded in 1952 as Products Tank Line Limited and became an affiliate of US-based Union Tank Car Company. The company, which shortened its name to Procor in 1962, is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario.{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4272473 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140325213033/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4272473 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 25, 2014 | title=Procor Ltd - Company Profile and News }}{{cite web |url=http://www.procor.com/procor-contacts.html |title = Procor Limited - Contacts}}
Manufacturing and Repair
Procor manufactured cars in its Oakville shops until 2002, but now sources from parent Union Tank Car's plant in Alexandria, Louisiana and Sheldon, Texas.{{cite web |url=http://www.nakina.net/private/prox.html |title = Products Tank Line of Canada/Procor Ltd.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.procor.com/leasing-tank-car-design.html |title = Procor Limited - Leasing - Tank Car Design & Manufacturing}}
List of cars once manufactured by Procor:
- Hopper car
- Tank car - (sulphuric acid, LPG, ethanol)
- Funnel flow tank car
- Coal gondola
Procor operates from numerous locations across Canada.
=Repair shops=
=Mobile/mini shops=
See also
- Horbury railway works - Procor's British unit from 1974 to 1990
References
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External links
- [http://www.procor.com/ PROCOR Corporate Site]
- [http://freight.railfan.ca/procor.html PROCOR Railcar Gallery]
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Category:Rolling stock manufacturers of Canada
Category:1952 establishments in Ontario
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