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The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
The American Locomotive Company (ALCO), based in Schenectady, New York, United States produced a wide range of diesel-electric locomotives from its opening in 1901 until it ceased manufacture in 1969. This is a list of ALCO locomotive classes. For individually notable locomotives, please see List of locomotives. There are numerous individual ...
Amtrak operates a fleet of 2,142 railway cars and 425 locomotives for revenue runs and service, collectively called rolling stock.Notable examples include the GE Genesis and Siemens Charger diesel locomotives, the Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive, the Amfleet series of single-level passenger cars, the Superliner series of double-decker passenger cars, and 20 Acela Express high-speed trainsets.
The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in revenue service until 1962. The 25 Big Boy locomotives were built to haul freight over the Wasatch Range between Ogden, Utah, and Green ...
The Locomobile Company of America was a pioneering American automobile manufacturer founded in 1899, and known for its dedication to precision before the assembly-line era. [1] It was one of the earliest car manufacturers in the advent of the automobile age. For the first two years after its founding, the company was located in Watertown ...
Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes American Locomotive Company (prototype) 1: 600 (1st) to New Haven 0900 American Locomotive Company (demonstrators) 5: 1, 600 (2nd) 1 to ATSF 2300 601: to Lehigh Valley Railroad 105 602: to Boston and Maine 1102 603: to Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 401 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: 2: 2301–2302
American Locomotive Company (ALCO) Amoskeag Locomotive Works; Appomattox Locomotive Works – operated by Uriah Wells; Atlas Car & Manufacturing Company; Baldwin Locomotive Works – later known as Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton; Bell Locomotive Works – New York City and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; Brooks Locomotive Works - to ALCO in 1901; Budd Company ...
Three preserved, two under restoration, one converted to steam generator car, remainder scrapped. The ALCO PA was a family of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains . The locomotives were built in Schenectady, New York , in the United States , by a partnership of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE ...