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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.
In 1948, the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) purchased seven 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotives from the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady New York and designated as the class A-2a and assigned road numbers 9400 through 9406. [2] [3] The tenders were built by Lima and weighed in 22 tonnes (22,000,000 g; 22,000 kg ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
American Locomotive Company (ALCO) FEF-2 4-8-4 Static display Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [1] 838: December 1944 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) FEF-3 4-8-4 In storage as source of spare parts Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming: 844: December 1944 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) FEF-3 4-8-4 Operational
American Locomotive Company 1908 Display Only DL&W locomotive in the collection. 759: 2-8-4: Lima Locomotive Works: 1944 Display Operated in excursion service between 1968 and 1973. [18] [26] 790: 2-8-0: American Locomotive Company 1903 Display Oldest locomotive in the collection. [19] [27] 1901 SW-1: Electro-Motive Division 1939 Undergoing ...
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 ...