Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

The company supplied the original fleet of red trains for the Toronto Subway, which were based upon similar vehicles to the London Underground.

In 1936 the firm won the contract to build a 68 feet long air-conditioned carriage for the Maharajah of Indore to be designed by a German architect and to include a kitchen, servants' quarters and a nursery.

[3] By 1937 the firm had a 28 acres (11 ha) site including a 980 kW electricity generating station, and employed 2400 people.

[2] During World War II the company produced tank carrying wagons, shells, and other parts and equipment; by 1941 the company began producing Churchill tanks, eventually making 764 units by 1945; parts for Mulberry harbours were also made.

After 1960 much export work was lost to foreign competitors; the company then focused on wagon bogies and suspension.