Avalon Rail

Avalon Rail Inc. was a passenger railcar restoration and rebuilding company in West Allis, Wisconsin, United States, a community near Milwaukee. June Garland was the company's president.

Avalon Rail Inc.

Industry	Railcar restoration
Founded	2000
Headquarters	West Allis, Wisconsin , United States
Key people	June Garland, President
Website	web.archive.org/web/20191218011338/http://www.avalonrail.com/, 2019 archive

The company was founded in 2000 by former employees of Northern Rail Car Corporation, a railcar manufacturer then owned by William E. Gardner, who also owned the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

The company said that it was interested in subcontracting assembly work from manufacturers such as Talgo.^[8]

In October 2009, it was awarded a contract by Via Rail Canada for rebuilding eight Château sleeping cars and four Park sleeper-dome-lounge cars originally built by the Budd Company.^[9][10]

Closing

The company filed articles of dissolution with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions on November 22, 2019.^[11]

In March 2021, some of the company's equipment was auctioned off by Gerlach Companies, Inc. ^[12]