FOR OVER 100 years ALDON has been identified with railroad safety and maintenance products. The company was established back in 1904 in a one-man office in Chicago’s Loop. Our first products were cast steel car replacers, painted black, and delivered by horse-drawn wagon to the nearby railroad yards. The name Aldon is said to have originated when a friend asked our founder, Emil W. K. Roe, if a new item was finished yet. “It’s all... more info »