Aerocoach (full name General American Aerocoach Corporation) was a bus and coach manufacturer based in
Chicago, Illinois
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, in the
United States
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and was popular in the 1940s. The company existed between 1939 and 1952 when it went out of business. Its first manager was Harry Alphonse Fitzjohn, co-founder of the
FitzJohn-Erwin Manufacturing Company.
Demise and Fate of East Chicago Plant
The East Chicago plant was acquired by Steel Car Company, a subsidiary of the
General American Transportation Corporation, then by
Graver Tank and Manufacturing Company and finally by
Union Tank Car Company
Union Tank Car Company or UTLX is a railway equipment leasing, rail car maintenance, and rail car manufacturing company headquartered in metro Chicago, Illinois. A direct descendant of Standard Oil, the firm today is owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
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in 1969 to manufacture railway
tank car
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Timeline
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s until it closed in 2008.
Products
* P45-37
* P46-37
* P46-137
* P-373 - 37 passenger intercity coach
* P-372 - intercity coach
See also
*
FitzJohn Coach Company
References
Defunct bus manufacturers of the United States
Companies that have filed for bankruptcy in the United States
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1939
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1952
1939 establishments in Illinois
1952 disestablishments in Indiana
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