Wason Manufacturing Company

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The Wason Manufacturing Company was a maker of railway passenger coaches and streetcars during the 19th and early 20th century. The company was founded in 1845 and was absorbed by the J. G. Brill and Company in 1931. It was located in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Wason made the first passenger coaches used on the Transcontinental Railroad. One of these became the personal rail car of Leland Stanford. One of the only surviving examples of a Wason coach can be found at the California State Railroad Museum's Railtown facility in Jamestown, California, located in the Sierra foothills.