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An estimate of total steam locomotive production in the United States is about 175,000 engines, including nearly 70,000 by Baldwin. Altoona Machine Shops (PRR) American Locomotive Company (ALCO) Amoskeag Locomotive Works; Appomattox Locomotive Works – operated by Uriah Wells; Atlas Car & Manufacturing Company
Defunct locomotive manufacturers of the United States (47 P) B. Baldwin locomotives (3 C, 349 P, 2 F) Brooks locomotives (4 P) Brookville Equipment Corporation (2 C, 1 P)
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.
GE Transportation is the largest producer of diesel–electric locomotives for both freight and passenger applications in North America, believed to hold up to a 70% market share of that market. [3] The only other significant competitor is Caterpillar -owned Electro-Motive Diesel , holding an approximate 30% market share.
Built at American Locomotive Company's Richmond works in 1926, Southern Railway 1401 seen in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The Richmond Locomotive Works grew out of Tredegar Iron Works to become a nationally known manufacturer of steam locomotive engines and an integral part of the industrial landscape of the city of Richmond. [2]
1922 Shay locomotive, West Side Lumber Co. #8, on display in Cañon City, Colorado 1923 Shay locomotive, West Side Lumber Co. #9, in service on the Midwest Central Railroad Side view of the gap between Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 "Allegheny" Type Locomotive 1601 and its tender on display at the Henry Ford Museum Surviving example of a Lima-Hamilton LS-1200 diesel-electric locomotive at the ...
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works, also known as the American Locomotive Company, Richmond Works, consists of two historic buildings located in Richmond, Virginia. They are an Iron Foundry, in use by 1887 and expanded in 1917, and a Brass Foundry, constructed in 1922. Both structures are steel framed, and clad in brick.
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was a manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives based in Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, in the United States. Between its founding in 1832 and its acquisition in 1905, the company built more than 6,000 steam locomotives for railroads around the world.