Allan & Co | |
Type: | Subsidiary |
Industry: | Rail transport |
Fate: | Defunct/Ceased Operations |
Defunct: | 1959 |
Location: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Area Served: | Worldwide |
Products: | Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
Allan & Co was a former railway rolling stock and tram manufacturer based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The full name of the company (in Dutch) was Allan & Co´s Koninklijke Nederlandsche Fabrieken van Meubelen en Spoorwegmaterieel N.V. The company ceased business in 1959.
The company was founded in 1839 and started as a furniture maker. The first trams were built in 1902 and the first railway carriages in 1910. Allan went on to become a major supplier to the Netherlands Railways, including the Plan X Blue Angel diesel trains.[1] The company also built rolling stock for export, such as the Class 0300 railcars for the Portuguese Railways.