St. Louis Car Company
St. Louis Car Co. Builders—vehicle badge | |
| Industry | Builder |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 1887 |
| Founder | William Lefmann, Peter Kling, Julius Lefmann, Henry Schroeder, Daniel McAllister, Henry Maune, Charles Ernst |
| Defunct | 1974 |
| Fate | Ceased operations |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri , United States |
Area served | United States; Canada |
Key people | George J. Kobusch, Peter Kling, John H. Kobusch, Henry F. Vogel, John I. Beggs, Robert McCulloch, Richard McCulloch, Robert P. McCulloch, Edwin B. Meissner |
| Products | Railroad passenger cars, locomotives, streetcars, and trolleybuses; automobiles |
| Parent | General Steel Industries (1960–) |
| Subsidiaries | St. Louis Aircraft Corporation |
38°42′38″N 90°13′32″W / 38.710668°N 90.225509°W
The St. Louis Car Company was a major United States manufacturer of railroad passenger cars, streetcars, interurbans, trolleybuses and locomotives. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, it operated from 1887 to 1974.
Among its most successful products were the Birney Safety Car, made from 1915 until 1930, and the PCC streetcar, from 1936 to 1952.