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Barney and Smith Car Company

Rolling stock manufacturer

Barney and Smith Car Company was a railroad car manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1849 by Eliam Eliakim Barney and Ebenezer Thresher as Thresher, Packard & Company, it changed names as partners came and went:2 It ceased to exist in 1921.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1849Founded1
  • HeadquartersDayton1

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Barney and Smith Car Company was a railroad car manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio.2

The story

Founded by Eliam Eliakim Barney in 1849.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

railway passenger cars

electric street railways (trams or trolley cars)

interurban railcars

wooden cars for Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago

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railroad chapel cars

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Timeline

  1. 1921Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1849Founded Founded1

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