American Car and Foundry Company - Timeline

Timeline

• 1899: American Car & Foundry is formed from the merger of 13 smaller companies.
• 1899: ACF acquires Bloomsburg Car Manufacturing Company
• 1901: ACF acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company
• 1904: ACF builds the first all-steel passenger car in the world for the Interborough Rapid Transit
• 1904: ACF acquires Southern Car and Foundry
• 1905: ACF acquires Indianapolis Car and Foundry and Indianapolis Car Company
• 1922: ACF diversifies into the automotive industry with the acquisition of Carter Carburetor Corporation
• March 31, 1924: ACF acquires Pacific Car and Foundry
• 1925: ACF acquires Fageol Motors Company of Ohio and Hall-Scott Motor Car Company
• 1926: ACF acquires J. G. Brill Company
• 1927: ACF acquires Shippers Car Line
• 1935: ACF builds lightweight Rebel streamline trains for the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
• 1939: ACF's Berwick plant switches to construction of military tanks.
• August 2, 1941: ACF's 1,000th military tank is completed for the United States military effort of World War II
• 1954: The company officially changes its name to ACF Industries, Inc.
• 1960: ACF completes the last passenger car that it is to build (New York City Transit R28 IRT car).
• 1977: Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) came up with the idea of the first double-stack intermodal car in 1977. SP then designed the first car with ACF Industries that same year.
• 1997: ACF reaches leasing agreement with GE Capital Railcar for 35000 of its 46000 railcars, mostly on 16 year leases with optional purchase agreements.
• 2003: ACF Industries LLC became a successor to ACF Industries, Incorporated on May 1, 2003.