History
"Chance Operations" redirects here. For other uses, see Chance Operations (disambiguation).Chance Manufacturing was incorporated in 1961 by Richard H. (Harold) Chance. Harold Chance had been involved in the amusement business since 1946 building small trains for the Ottaway Amusement Company. He designed a 24-inch gauge replica of the C. P. Huntington steam locomotive. That train, the C. P. Huntington, is the company's most successful product line. In 1970 Chance acquired the assets of the Allan Herschell Company. Chance also began producing Starliner Trams in 1967 under the subsidiary Chance Coach. Richard G. (Dick) Chance assumed control of the company and in 1985 formed Chance Industries, Inc. to serve as a holding company for Chance Rides, Chance Coach, and Chance Operations.
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