W. L. Holman Car Company was a streetcar and cable car manufacturer based in San Francisco, California. It mainly built equipment for rail operation, including San Francisco Municipal Railway's first publicly owned streetcar,[1] and some of the cable cars still operating on San Francisco's California Street line. Holman also constructed heavy interurban coaches and combines (combined passenger and freight-express cars) that ran on inland California electric railroads including Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad,[2] Sacramento Northern Railway, and Central California Traction Company, as well as the Sierra Railroad, a Common Carrier line which operated out of Jamestown, California.
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | 1813 |
| Defunct | 1914 |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
Holman declared bankruptcy in 1914. Some classic Holman cars are in the possession of the Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista, California.[3] Another example is Ocean Shore Railroad passenger car 1409 currently under restoration by the Pacifica Historical Society.
See also
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edit- ^ Profile of Muni's First Publicly Owned Streetcar.
- ^ Stindt, Fred A. (1985). The Northwestern Pacific Railroad Volume Two. Fred A. Stindt. p. 124. ISBN 0-9615465-0-6.
- ^ Cal Cable Roster
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