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A fact from American Car and Foundry Company appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 December 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the first all-steel passenger car in the world was built by American Car and Foundry in 1904 for Interborough Rapid Transit in New York City?

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Made tanks?

Amererican Car And Foundry

A company with that name was located in Berwick Pennsylvania(Near Bloomsburg),It made most of the M3 Stuart Tanks. Dudtz 1/20/05 8:54 PM EST

I believe it is the same company as ACF stopped production of rail equipment and shifted to military production during World War II. Slambo (Speak) 10:32, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Buses of ACF

I've tagged this for WP:Buses, because American Car and Foundry also made buses. The book Buses of ACF Photo Archive, Including ACF-Brill and CCF-Brill, by William A. Luke is a source to start from. ----DanTD (talk) 03:28, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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"....military effort of World War II" that wasn't an "effort" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2149:826E:DB00:8469:89F7:8976:3BE2 (talk) 20:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Subsidiary?

The infobox says this company is a subsidiary, but then states it is "owned by" Carl Icahn. Does anyone know if it is truly a subsidiary, or a privately held company? The infobox probably needs an update. — TadgStirkland⁴⁰¹ (Tadg^Talk) 02:47, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can tell, ARI was sold and got divided between AITX and Greenbrier. My assumption is ACF's remaining assets were folded into AITX and ACF itself is defunct, but there are no clear sources on that. I am trying to get better sources on when ARI was founded and sold and what ACF's modern status is. Xboxtravis7992 (talk) 18:16, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-:I believe it is the same company as ACF stopped production of rail equipment and shifted to military production during World War II. [[User:Slambo|Slambo]] <small><font color="black">[[User talk:Slambo|(Speak)]]</font></small> 10:32, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
+:I believe it is the same company as ACF stopped production of rail equipment and shifted to military production during World War II. [[User:Slambo|Slambo]] [[User talk:Slambo|<small style="color:black;">(Speak)</small>]] 10:32, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
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+== Subsidiary? ==
+The infobox says this company is a [[subsidiary]], but then states it is "owned by" [[Carl Icahn]]. Does anyone know if it is truly a subsidiary, or a [[privately held company]]? The infobox probably needs an update. — [[User:TadgStirkland401|<span style="font-family:Lucida Calligraphy;font-weight:bold;">TadgStirkland<sup>401</sup></span>]] [[User talk:TadgStirkland401|''(Tadg<sup>Talk</sup>)'']] 02:47, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
+:From what I can tell, ARI was sold and got divided between AITX and Greenbrier. My assumption is ACF's remaining assets were folded into AITX and ACF itself is defunct, but there are no clear sources on that. I am trying to get better sources on when ARI was founded and sold and what ACF's modern status is. [[User:Xboxtravis7992|Xboxtravis7992]] ([[User talk:Xboxtravis7992|talk]]) 18:16, 23 September 2024 (UTC)