Company Category: Locomotive Equipment

Irwin Car and Equipment, and affiliate Irwin Mine and Tunneling Supply, have been supplying the mining industry for more than 120 years. We are your single source for material handling, ventilation, filtration, dust, repair/rebuild and distribution. With our commitment to innovation, dependability, and customer service, Irwin Car has what you need to keep your equipment operating safe and productive. With eight stocking warehouses strategically located throughout the United States, our team of experienced technicians, sales associates and inventory specialists are ready to assist. Irwin Car offers a wide selection of belt winders and other belt related products as well as a complete line of rail bound haulage equipment, including locomotives, mantrips, jeeps, low-boy carriers, supply cars, roof support transport cars, dust, ballast, and specialty cars. MSHA approved explosion proof, or open type, we offer a complete line of rubber tire vehicles. For the most dependable and efficient main and auxiliary ventilation systems, look no further than Irwin Car. If you need stationary or mobile fans, wet or dry scrubbers, we have got you covered. Irwin Mine and Tunneling is a stocking distributor for Schroeder long wall filtration, and Baldwin replacement elements. Our distribution group is headquartered in Beckley, WV and our 28,000 square-foot warehouse is fully stocked with replacement parts for many of the major mining equipment manufactures. We carry a wide selection of mining chain–whether you need roller or precision-engineered, we have the inventory to meet your needs. | Irwin Car and Equipment is a 130-year-old engineering and manufacturing company that specializes in the design and production of leading-edge, heavy-duty material handling equipment for a vast array of heavy industries and applications. Now, operating as the Irwin Group of Companies, Irwin has offices and facilities in (7) states and our reach and support is now expansive for the industries and markets we serve. The Irwin Group of Companies has strategically evolved into three major pillars: the Industrial Technologies Group, the Transit Group and the Mining Group. Each group serves as a testament to Irwin’s commitment to serving a diverse array of industries and business sectors, ensuring stability, growth and fostering innovation. Irwin’s Industrial Technologies Group and its business units remain a linchpin in the railroad, maintenance of way, metals, cargo handling, shipbuilding, automotive and aerospace sectors. Irwin continues to serve all facets of the materials handling and heavy manufacturing industries with custom mobility systems and wheel assembly packages, transfer cars and Automated Transfer Cars (ATC’s), industrial and captive service locomotives, bogie assemblies, crane and sheave wheels, track wheels, etc. Irwin’s newest business unit, S & K Steel Products of Madison Heights, MichiganI, is a 25 year old stocking manufacturer of a wide range of rail accessories and hardware. Their products include spice bars, joint bars, rail clips, crane rail bars, crane stops, compromise, and transition bars, etc. All of the products are proudly made in the USA, and complement the line of industrial crane wheel solutions and mobile material handling equipment of Irwin Car. Irwin Car’s Industrial Technologies Group also has an in-house traction motor repair / rebuild / rewind shop that enables Irwin to be more of a “one-stop shop” and supports the railroads and transit industry with quality new and refurbished traction motors, main generators/traction alternators, auxiliary/exciter alternators, complete combo refurbishments, drive and idler bogies and wheel sets, wheel replacement and reprofiling, etc. Irwin’s Atlas Car/TMS business units also boast decades of experience and quality craftsmanship, as well as an extensive inventory or new and certified/requalified parts and components. Irwin Car’s Transit Group has seen significant growth in the last several years, highlighted by the 2023 acquisition of Gray Manufacturing Industries of Hornell, NY. This acquisition, as an addition to the Transit Group, has not only reinforced Irwin’s presence in the transit, light rail, streetcar, and heavy commuter rail markets. Prior to the 2023 acquisition of Gray Manufacturing, Irwin Car had previously added UKM Transit Products. This integration was a boon for Irwin’s Transit Group, empowering it with standard and custom thresholds tailored for transit and passenger cars. UKM’s patented “Traction-First Technology” ensures durable non-slip protection. Expanding the product range further, Irwin-UKM now offers access ramps, buffers, trap doors, step-well assemblies, custom parts, and assemblies for transit cars. Not to mention, they are also venturing into pantographs, vital for supplying power to light rail, trolleys, and transit line cars. Another pillar of the Transit Group is Irwin Transportation Products and its VECOM USA division, which serves the streetcar, trolley and LRV industries. ITP and VECOM USA designs and manufactures its proprietary line of versatile T-3 track switches and signaling equipment. The acquisition of VECOM USA of Tampa has given Irwin the ability to provide comprehensive train to wayside communication systems, passenger and diagnostic information systems for light rail vehicles, etc. Irwin Car’s commitment to quality, customer service, and maintaining the shortest lead times in the industry have also helped make Irwin a go-to supplier for industries that can’t afford downtime, and all of Irwin Car’s products are Buy American compliant for rail and transit applications. We are pleased to see all of our customers, friends, associates and fellow suppliers at Railway Interchange 2025 at Booth 2410 where we are representing Irwin’s Industrial Technology Group (Irwin Car, S&K, Atlas & TMS) and the Irwin Transit Group (Irwin Transportation Products, Irwin-UKM and VECOM). | Irwin Car and Equipment is the heavy-duty material handling equipment leader, known around the world for delivering exceptional quality and customized precision in the metals, mining, tunneling, energy, transportation and industrial industries. Our corporate offices, machine shops, production facilities, warehouses, and distribution arms span up and down the east coast in into the mid-west. We also have exclusive distribution partners in Alabama, Utah, and Wyoming. With over 120 years in business, there is nothing we haven’t seen.