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The Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment, founded in 1908. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario (now part of the city of Cambridge). Preston sold streetcars to local transport operators including the Grand River Railway, the Toronto Railway Company and Toronto Civic Railways (the predecessors of today's Toronto Transit Commission), and the Hamilton Street Railway. The company also sold a number of its distinctive ‘Prairie-style’ cars to operators in Alberta and Saskatchewan; one of these cars is being restored by the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. The Edmonton Radial Railway received 8 "Prairie" Prestons in 1909 and 1911 and 35 "Big" Prestons in 1913–14. Only a few Preston-built cars now remain, some of them in the colle

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rdfs:label	Preston Car Company (en)
rdfs:comment	The Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment, founded in 1908. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario (now part of the city of Cambridge). Preston sold streetcars to local transport operators including the Grand River Railway, the Toronto Railway Company and Toronto Civic Railways (the predecessors of today's Toronto Transit Commission), and the Hamilton Street Railway. The company also sold a number of its distinctive ‘Prairie-style’ cars to operators in Alberta and Saskatchewan; one of these cars is being restored by the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. The Edmonton Radial Railway received 8 "Prairie" Prestons in 1909 and 1911 and 35 "Big" Prestons in 1913–14. Only a few Preston-built cars now remain, some of them in the colle (en)
foaf:name	Preston Car Company (en)
name	Preston Car Company (en)
foaf:depiction
location	Preston, Ontario
dcterms:subject	History of manufacturing in Ontario Industrial history of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Companies based in Cambridge, Ontario Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of Canada Electric vehicle manufacturers of Canada
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Wikipage revision ID	1118789661 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cambridge, Ontario Preston, Ontario Rolling stock Saskatchewan Interurban J. G. Brill Company Grand River Railway History of manufacturing in Ontario Industrial history of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Hamilton Street Railway Toronto Civic Railways Toronto Railway Company Toronto Suburban Railway Toronto Transit Commission Alberta Edmonton Radial Railway Edmonton Radial Railway Society Ottawa Car Company Halton County Radial Railway Companies based in Cambridge, Ontario Birney Tram Nelson Electric Tramway Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of Canada Electric vehicle manufacturers of Canada Manufacturing Saskatchewan Railway Museum List of tram builders Canada Car and Foundry Peter Witt streetcar Street railway TTC Birney Cars
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.nakina.net/other/builders/builders1.html%23Preston
sameAs	Preston Car Company Preston Car Company Preston Car Company Preston Car Company
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defunct	1922 (xsd:integer)
fate	Acquisition by J. G. Brill followed by plant closure (en)
foundation	1908 (xsd:integer)
image caption	Toronto Civic Railways streetcar 55, one of the few surviving Preston products, is preserved at the Halton County Radial Railway museum. (en)
industry	Rolling stock Manufacturing
location	Preston, Ontario, Canada (en)
products	Interurban and street railway passenger cars (en)
has abstract	The Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment, founded in 1908. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario (now part of the city of Cambridge). Preston sold streetcars to local transport operators including the Grand River Railway, the Toronto Railway Company and Toronto Civic Railways (the predecessors of today's Toronto Transit Commission), and the Hamilton Street Railway. The company also sold a number of its distinctive ‘Prairie-style’ cars to operators in Alberta and Saskatchewan; one of these cars is being restored by the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. The Edmonton Radial Railway received 8 "Prairie" Prestons in 1909 and 1911 and 35 "Big" Prestons in 1913–14. Only a few Preston-built cars now remain, some of them in the collection of the Halton County Radial Railway museum. The Edmonton Radial Railway Society has in its collection "Prairie" Preston car 31 and "Big" Prestons numbers 53, 65 and 73. The company was sold to Philadelphia-based J. G. Brill Company in 1921, and the Preston plant closed in 1923. (en)
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fate	Acquisition byJ. G. Brillfollowed by plant closure (en)

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