Who can make custom railroad wheels of approximately streetcar size? I was thinking along the lines of who can still make wide tread PCC wheels and who made new new wheels for the Ft. Collins Birney. Any help would be appreciated.

ORX Rail
Tipton, PA (near Altoona)
814-684-8484

Ajax Rolled Ring & Machine
500 Wallace Way
York, SC 29745
www.ajaxring.com
sales@ajaxring.com
TX 800-727-6333 or 803-684-3133

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum's restoration of West Penn Railways car 832, as done in part by Brookville Equipment, utilized custom made 22" wheels replicating the exact design of 832's original wheels. These were supplied by the McKees Rocks Forging division of Trinity Industries, located in McKees Rocks, PA (Pittsburgh metro area). Previous PTM restorations have also used wheels from this supplier.

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Ajax Rolled Ring & Machine imposed a large minimum order for "one off" wheels a few years ago.

They might have changed with the economy, but be prepaired for them to not want your business.

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You might try UTC RAS in Morton Pa. 1 610 328 1100 ex # 12 ask for Steve Persson

Karl J

McKees Rocks Forgings made eight, new 33" dia. streetcar wheels with 3" tread for our ex-TTC heavy track plough, #TP-11, several years ago. I was very pleased with the results.

Some of the larger firms we contacted at the time were not interested in small orders.

Gord McOuat
OERHA / Halton County

The long-time manufacturer of PCC-car resilient wheels is Penn Machine Company of Johnstown, Pa. This company is still in business and making transit wheels for today's light-rail lines.

It has a transit division, a locomotive division and a Industrial/Mining Division.

Penn Machine Company
106 Station Street
Johnstown, PA 15905 USA
Phone: 814-288-1547 | Fax: 814-288-2260
http://www.pennmach.com/