Waggonfabrik Talbot

The company was an early pioneer of self discharging freight wagons, and in the latter part of the twentieth century a major supplier to the Dutch State Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen).

[5] Belgian and English industrial knowledge played a role in the early wagonworks, in particular English wagon technology, and Belgian engineers acting as technology transferists;[6] Pauwels, a Belgian stagecoach and wagon maker, had the experience to oversee a wagon-making business, having already delivered wagons from his Brussels wagonworks to the Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie (Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company), whilst Talbot had the necessary Prussian citizenship to be eligible for the Rhenish Railway contract.

[2] After the initial contract, the company sought orders but was hampered by a dependence on external suppliers, and by disruption due to the revolutions of 1848 in the German states,[3] as well as the distance to the markets;[6] because of transportation difficulties, a factory was built in Heidelberg in 1842.

[2] After 1968, the company became the major supplier of rolling stock to the Dutch Railways, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

[12][13] The plant's remaining contracts were expected to be completed by mid-2013 - lack of orders from the Netherlands contributing to the closure.

[14] In July 2013, the plant began operating as Talbot Services GmbH.. An initial order for the factory was the manufacture of StreetScooter electric road vehicles.

[20][21] In 2020, Talbot Services received a contract to convert and maintain wagons for Flixtrain trains.