American Car and Foundry Company

ACF Industries LLC
FormerlyACF Industries, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1815; 209 years ago (1815) (Partial)
1899; 125 years ago (1899) (As American Car And Foundry Company
HeadquartersSt. Charles, Missouri, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsLocomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems
OwnerCarl Icahn[citation needed]

38°47′06″N 90°28′51″W / 38.7848658°N 90.4808884°W / 38.7848658; -90.4808884

A 1907 postcard depicting the ACF plant in St. Charles, Missouri
A refrigerator car built by ACF in 1911

ACF Industries, originally the American Car and Foundry Company (abbreviated as ACF), is an American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock. One of its subsidiaries was once (1925–54) a manufacturer of motor coaches and trolley coaches under the brand names of (first) ACF and (later) ACF-Brill. Today, the company is known as ACF Industries LLC and is based in St. Charles, Missouri.[1] It is owned by investor Carl Icahn.[citation needed]

  1. ^ ACF Industries. "About ACF". St. Charles, MO. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2011.