Procor

Procor Limited

Industry	Special railcar leasing and repair
Founded	1952; 72 years ago (1952) in Canada (as Products Tank Line Limited)
Headquarters	Oakville, Ontario , Canada
Products	Tank car, Hopper car, Gondola car (before 2002)
Owner	Union Tank Car Company (since 1952)
Website	www.procor.com

Procor is a Canadian company producing railway shipping cars. It is Canada's largest private rail car rental fleet, with more than 30,000 conventional and special-purpose tank and freight cars.

Linked to Sparling Tank Car of Toronto,^[1] Procor was founded in 1952 as Products Tank Line Limited and became an affiliate of US-based Union Tank Car Company. The company, which shortened its name to Procor in 1962, is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario.^[2][3]

Manufacturing and Repair

Procor manufactured cars in its Oakville shops until 2002, but now sources from parent Union Tank Car's plant in Alexandria, Louisiana and Sheldon, Texas.^[4][5]

List of cars once manufactured by Procor:

• Hopper car
• Tank car - (sulphuric acid, LPG, ethanol)
• Funnel flow tank car
• Coal gondola

Procor operates from numerous locations across Canada.

Repair Shops

• Joffre, Alberta
• Edmonton, Alberta
• Regina, Saskatchewan
• Sarnia, Ontario
• Oakville, Ontario

Mobile/mini shops

• Regina West
• Prince George, British Columbia
• North Vancouver, British Columbia
• Trail, British Columbia
• Waterton, Alberta
• Joffre, Alberta
• Edmonton, Alberta
• Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Greater Sudbury, Ontario
• Nanticoke, Ontario
• Montreal, Quebec

See also

• Horbury railway works - Procor's British unit from 1974 to 1990

References

External links

• PROCOR Corporate Site
• PROCOR Railcar Gallery

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