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'''Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd''' | '''Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd''' | ||
The ‘Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd’ was founded in 1918, at [[Burnpur]] as a specialist company manufacturing railway wagons, carriages and railway equipment. [[Burn & Co Ltd]] were the Managing Agents. The company was established after the Government of India made public their intention of annually buying a larger quantity of rolling stock from private companies in India. In 1930 the works were capable of producing 3,000 wagons per year <ref name =WB06>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB06 page ....</ref>. | |||
In 1976 the company merged with the '[[Burn & Co Ltd]]'. Their [[Howrah]] works became a major railway contactor from the very beginning of railways in India in the 1850’s.With the rapid expansion of Railways, Burn & Company started manufacturing Railway rolling stock at Howrah to cater to the increasing demand | |||
<ref>[http://www.burnstandard.com/history.html "Burn Standard History"]; Retrieved 5 Aug 2017</ref> | |||
The merged company became 'Burn Standard Company Limited' and developed excellence in manufacturing Railway wagons, forged components, springs etc. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Standard_Company Wikipedia "Burn Standard Company"]; Retrieved 5 Aug 2017</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Railway Wagon & Carriage Manufacturer]] | [[Category:Railway Wagon & Carriage Manufacturer]] | ||
[[Category:Industrial Railways]] | |||
[[Category:Commerce and Manufacturing Companies]] | |||