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'''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 car|tank]] and [[Railroad car#Freight cars|freight cars]]. | '''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 car|tank]] and [[Railroad car#Freight cars|freight cars]]. | ||
Linked to Sparling Tank Car of Toronto,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nakina.net/private/prox.html |title = Products Tank Line of Canada/Procor Ltd.}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= | Linked to Sparling Tank Car of Toronto,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nakina.net/private/prox.html |title = Products Tank Line of Canada/Procor Ltd.}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.procor.com/procor-contacts.html |title = Procor Limited - Contacts}}</ref> | ||
==Manufacturing and Repair== | ==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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nakina.net/private/prox.html |title = Products Tank Line of Canada/Procor Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= | 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nakina.net/private/prox.html |title = Products Tank Line of Canada/Procor Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.procor.com/leasing-tank-car-design.html |title = Procor Limited - Leasing - Tank Car Design & Manufacturing}}</ref> | ||
List of cars once manufactured by Procor: | List of cars once manufactured by Procor: | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [ | * [https://www.procor.com/ PROCOR Corporate Site] | ||
* [http://freight.railfan.ca/procor.html PROCOR Railcar Gallery] | * [http://freight.railfan.ca/procor.html PROCOR Railcar Gallery] | ||
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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,[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
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
- Regina West
- Prince George, British Columbia
- North Vancouver, British Columbia
- Trail, British Columbia
- Waterton, Alberta
- Joffre, Alberta
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Greater Sudbury, Ontario
- Nanticoke, Ontario
- Montreal, Quebec
See also
- Horbury railway works - Procor's British unit from 1974 to 1990