EIKON International is located in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama. Named for Continental Army major general Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River on the Gulf Coastal Plain. The population was 2 ...

, and makes interurban cars, trolley cars and streetcars. EIKON also restores and manufactures other types of rail cars, including

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. EIKON emerged in 2008 as Edwards Rail Car Company ceased production of railcars at the Montgomery location. Edwards Model 20

Current operations

In production are several

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es to be sent to

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for operation, patterned after original Edwards designs dating from the mid-1920s. The propulsion system for these cars uses a diesel-hydraulic design after joint engineering with

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and

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trolley #754 was restored for

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, as well as an original Edwards Model 10 for a private collector. Model 20

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EIKON International, LLC

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