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Encyclopedia > List of locomotive builders

This is a list of the world's locomotive builders by country, and is still a work in progress. The list includes both current and historical builders. Many companies changed names multiple times; the attempt is to give the most recognisable name, generally the one used for the longest time or during the company's best known period. Great Western Railway No. ...

Africa South Africa
Asia/Pacific Australia, China, India, New Zealand
Europe Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
North America Canada, United States
South America Brazil, Uruguay

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Australia

Generally, most locomotives for Australian railways were built from GE/EMD/Alco (US) components, with the bodies built by Australian companies. Comeng, Clyde Engineering, and Goninan were the most prominent, building hundred of locomotives for Queensland Rail, Rail Corporation New South Wales (as the State Rail Authority), etc. Most of these companies have now merged to form the three listed below. Wickham Terrace entrance to Central Station - showing Queensland Rail QR sign QR, previously known as Queensland Rail and Queensland Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. ... Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp) is a wholly owned corporation of the government of New South Wales, Australia. ...


Active Companies

  • Avteq - Melbourne
  • United Group Rail - Newcastle & Perth [1]
  • EDI Rail - New South Wales [2]
  • EDI Walkers - Queensland

EDi Rail is a rail company based in Australia. ...

Defunct Companies

  • A E Goodwin
  • Comeng - Commonwealth Engineering, became Clyde Engineering - Melbourne
  • Clyde Engineering - became EDI Rail
  • Henry Deakin Walkers - became EDI Walkers
  • Morrison Knudsen Australia
  • A. Goninan - became United Goninan, became United Group Rail, Newcastle
  • E M Baldwin (not the US company) built mainly small sugar cane and mining tram engines.

An Alstom-refurbished Comeng in Connex livery EDI-refurbished Comeng The Comeng train is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. ... United Goninan is an Australian rail engineering company and specializes in building and re-building rail cars. ...

Canada

Active companies

Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... RailPower Technologies TSX: P is a Canadian company that builds environmentally friendly hybrid yard locomotives, founded by Frank Donnelly and Gerard Koldyk. ...

Defunct companies

The Canadian Locomotive Company in Kington, Ontario had its beginnings with a number of predecessor businesses. ... General Motors Diesel Limited is a railroad diesel locomotive manufacturer. ... Montreal Locomotive Works builders plate, 1913 Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883-1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. ...

China

  • Zhuzhou [5]
  • Beijing February 7th-CNR [6]
  • China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Group [7]
  • CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles [8]
  • Changsha Heavy Machinery [9]
  • Dalian Locomotive Works [10]
  • Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works [11]
  • CSR Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock, Co. [12]
  • CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicle [13]
  • Taiyuan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works [14]
  • CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company (Gofront) [15]
  • CSR Ziyang locomotive Works [16]
  • Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group Corporation Ltd [17]

Zhuzhou Electrical Locomotive Works is the major electric locomotive manufacturer in Chinese. ... Changchun Car Company is a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer and has a joint venture established with Bombardier Transportation to build Movia metro cars for the Guangzhou Metro and Rapid Transit Vehicle cars for the Tianjin Metro. ... Zifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock is a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer and has a joint venture established with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to build Series 05 metro cars for the Guangzhou Metro. ... CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co. ...

Croatia

  • Koncar [18]

Czech Republic

  • ČKD - (Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk)
  • Skoda Works - Plzeň [19]

ÄŒKD Tatra-T3 tram car in Kiev. ... ...

Denmark

  • Frichs
  • Pedershaab
  • ABB Scandia
  • Triangel

Finland

Lokomo is a Finnish manufacturer of railroad equipment and steam locomotives, situated in Tampere, Finland. ... Oy Tampella Ab, a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, maker of paper machines, locomotives, etc. ... Valmet (originally Valtion Metallitehtaat - Governmental Metalworks) was formed in 1951, when the state of Finland decided to group their various factories working on war reparations for Soviet Union under one company. ... VR type EDFS (InterCity 2) double-deck carriage built at Otanmäki by Talgo Oy (now Transtech Oy) Transtech Oy is Finlands major domestic manufacturer of railway rolling stock. ... Tilting Amtrak Cascades passenger cars use the Talgo design. ... Rautaruukki (currently using the marketing name Ruukki) is a Finnish company, headquartered in Helsinki, which manufactures and supplies metal-based components and systems for construction and engineering purposes. ...

France

Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation, railway signalling; and manufacturing trains (e. ... Ateliers du Nord de la France (ANF) was a French locomotive manufacturer, based at Blanc Misseron. ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... Brissonneau and Lotz is a French locomotive manufacturer. ... See instead Wikipedia:Categories for deletion if youve reached this page in error. ... Compagnie Electro-Méchanique (CEM) is a French locomotive manufacturer based in Le Havre. ... Kenny Acheson Schneider Electric is a French global company. ...

Georgia

  • Elmavalmshenebli [22]

Germany

AEG volt-meter designed by Peter Behrens AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, General Electricity Company) was a German producer of electronics and electrical equipment. ... Adtranz (alternative spelling ADtranz, complete name ABB Daimler Benz Transportation) was a German-Swedish rail rolling stock equipment manufacturer which designed rail cars and engines. ... Johann Friedrich August Borsigs family tomb on the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof graveyard, after a sketch by Heinrich Strack Johann Friedrich August Borsig (born 23 June 1804 in Breslau (now Wrocław), died 6 July 1854 in Berlin) was a German businessman who founded the Borsig-Werke factory. ... Hanomag 2/10PS Kommissbrot Hanomag 1. ... Henschel & Son, during World War II, was the primary manufacturer of the Panzer VI. Henschel aircraft and missiles included: Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (Butterfly), surface-to-air missile (rocket-engined) Henschel Hs 121, fighter + trainer (prototype) Henschel Hs 123, ground-attack (biplane) Henschel Hs 124, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype) Henschel... The three rings were the symbol for Krupp, based on the radreifen - the seamless railway wheels patented by Alfred Krupp. ... Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer based in Germany. ... Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ... Maschinenbau Kiel was a German locomotive manufacturer. ... Maschienenfabrik L. Schwarzkopff DT-N 2 narrow gauge 0-4-0 steam locomotive. ... Siemens redirects here. ... Vossloh is a German locomotive manufacturer. ... Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to O&K), is a major German engineering company, and was founded on April 1, 1876 in Berlin by Benno Orenstein and Arthur Koppel. ...

Greece

Basileiades Hellenis locomotive Basileiades is one of the most historic Greek machine building companies and the largest in its field in the country (as well as one of the most important Greek companies) during the second half of the 19th century. ... Hellenic Shipyards is a naval Shipyard in Skaramangas near Athens, Greece bought 2002 by a group of German investors under the industrial leadership of the German shipyard HDW. HDW is a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. ...

Hungary

  • Ganz [32]

India

BHEL or Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited is a Gas and Steam turbine manufacturer in India. ... Chittranjan Locomotive Works is an electric locomotive manufacturer based in India, one of the largest manufacturers in the world. ... The Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi, India, are a major manufacturer of locomotives in India. ...

Italy

  • Ipe [36]
  • Valente [37]
  • Ansaldo Breda [38]

Japan

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company ) is the rolling stock production division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. ... It has been suggested that Hitachi Works be merged into this article or section. ... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) (三菱重工業, Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō) TYO: 7011 is a Japanese company. ... Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March 31, 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Korea

Rotem is a South Korean company manufacturing rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment. ...

Netherlands

  • Allan
  • Heemaf [44]
  • Werkspoor

New Zealand

The various Workshops below were part of the New Zealand Railways or NZR until it was privatised, but the Active ones still operating are now separate companies. The New Zealand Railways Department, or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways), often known as the Railways, was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealands rail infrastructure. ...


Active

Hillside Engineering Group is a engineering group based in Dunedin, New Zealand. ...

Defunct

  • Addington Workshops Christchurch
  • Easttown Workshops Wanganui
  • Newmarket Workshops Auckland (to 1928)
  • Otahuhu Workshops Auckland (from 1929)

The Addington Railway Workshops were a major railway facility first established on the Addington site in Christchurch in May 1880 by New Zealand Railways Department. ...

Private Companies

  • A & G Price Thames
  • Scott Brothers Christchurch
  • E.W. Mills Wellington

Poland

PaFaWag (Państwowa Fabryka Wagonów - National Rail Carriage Factory) is a Polish locomotive manufacturer in Wrocław. ... Pm36-2 SU42 Fablok is a Polish manufacturer of steam (later diesel) locomotives, based in Chrzanów. ...

Romania

  • Electroputere Craiova [48]

Russia

  • CJSC Transmashholding [49]
  • NEVZ [50]
  • Kolomensky [51]
  • BMZ [52]
  • Sinara Group [53]
  • Ludinovoteplovoz [54]

Serbia

  • Goša
  • Mašinska Industrija Niš (MIN)

Slovakia

  • Avokov [55]

South Africa

  • Union Carriage and Wagon [56]
  • DCD Dorbyl [57]
  • Girdlestone steam [58]
  • Transwerk [59]

Sweden

  • ASEA (rail business sold to Alstom)
  • Munktells Mekaniska Verkstad
  • NOHAB [60]
  • STT [61]

ASEA (Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget) was a Swedish industry company. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation, railway signalling; and manufacturing trains (e. ... Nohab diesel NOHAB, (Nydqvist & Holm AB), Swedish manufacturing company in the town of Trollhättan. ...

Switzerland

Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works or SLM were a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland. ... Stadler Rail AG (also Stadler Rail Group), based in Bussnang, Switzerland, is a a Swiss manufacturer of passenger cars. ... Stadler Rail AG (also Stadler Rail Group), based in Bussnang, Switzerland, is a a Swiss manufacturer of passenger cars. ...

Spain

Tilting Amtrak Cascades passenger cars use the Talgo design. ...

Turkey

  • Tülomsaş [66]

Tülomsaş () is a Turkish industry company, and the only locomotive supplier of Turkey. ...

Ukraine

JSC HC «Luganskteplovoz» is the biggest enterprise in Ukraine which specializes in producing the main-line freight locomotives; DC and AC electric trains, diesel-multiple unit trains with locomotive traction. ...

United Kingdom

Historically, major railways in the United Kingdom built the vast majority of their own locomotives. Commercial locomotive builders were called upon when requirements exceeded the railway works' capacity, but these orders were generally to the railways' own designs. British commercial builders concentrated on industrial users, small railway systems, and to a large extent the export market. British-built locomotives were exported around the world, especially to the current or former British Empire. With the almost total disappearance of British industrial railways, the shrinking of the export market, and much reduced demand from Britain's railways, few British locomotive builders survive. The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...


Active companies

Alan Keef Ltd is a British narrow gauge engineer; manufacturing, overhauling, and dealing in narrow gauge locos, rolling stock and associated equipment. ... Clayton Equipment Company Ltd, now known simply as Clayton Equipment Ltd, is a locomotive construction company that specialises in locomotives for underground mining operations. ... Brush Traction works in Loughborough, United Kingdom. ... Irish Mail is typical of many small engines built at Hunslet for use in quarries The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell (son of... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Defunct companies

See also Andrew Barclay & Sons Co. ... Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. ... Aveling & Porter engine Margaret Aveling and Porter railway engine for industrial use. ... The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Bristol, England. ... Isabel is typical of the small narrow gauge engines built by Bagnall W. G. Bagnall Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Stafford, England. ... Beyer-Peacock Locomotive manufacturer with factory in Manchester from 1854 untill 1966. ... The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRC&W) was a railway locomotive and carriage builder, founded in Birmingham, England and, for most of its existence, located at nearby Smethwick, with the factory divided by the boundary between the two places. ... Black, Hawthorn and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. ... for the singer see Jacques Brel BREL stands for British Rail Engineering Limited, which was the engineering division of British Rail Categories: Stub | British Rail(ways) ... British Electric Vehicles built industrial vehicles including both small electrically motorised trolleys for carrying raw materials and products around factories and electric locomotives desirable for use underground and in flamable environments. ... British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, known primarily for their electrical systems and steam turbines. ... Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited was a railway car builder in Sheffield, England and supplier of the London Underground A60 Stock. ... De Winton & Co (1854-1901) were locomotive manufacturers in Caernarfon, Wales. ... Strictly speaking, for most of its life the Drewry Car Co was a railway locomotive and railcar sales organisation; only at the start and the end of its life did it build its own products, relying on sub-contractors for the rest of its time. ... Dübs & Co. ... George England and Co. ... English Electric logo English Electric was a 20th-century British industrial manufacturer, initially of electric motors, and expanding to include railway locomotives and aviation, before becoming part of GEC. // 1917: Dick, Kerr & Co. ... Fletcher, Jennings & Co. ... Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in Bristol, England. ... Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (GRCW) was a railway manufacturer based at Gloucester. ... Greenbat was the trade name for Greenwood and Batley, of Leeds. ... R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a Locomotive manufacterer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ... F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd was a British locomotive-building company founded in 1927 to build industrial diesel locomotives. ... A typical Hudswell Clarke Diesel Locomotive from the 1950s Hudswell Clarke was an engineering and locomotive building company in Leeds, founded in 1860. ... Kerr Stuart Tatoo-type locomotive. ... Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer from Leeds. ... Stephen Lewin of Poole, Dorset, England was a builder of steamboats and steam locomotives. ... Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Leeds, England. ... Metro-Cammell logo The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon (MCCW) was a Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons, based in the suburb of Washwood Heath. ... Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. ... The Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company was a Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons. ... Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company, was a Locomotive manufacturer in Patricroft, near the town of Eccles, England. ... Neilson Reid was a company of railway locomotive manufacturers from Glasgow, Scotland from 1834. ... The North British Locomotive Company (NBL) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow companies; Sharp Stewart, Neilson Reid and Dübs and Company creating the largest locomotive building company in Europe. ... Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in Bristol, England. ... The Pressed Steel Company (PSC) was a British car body manufacturing company founded at Cowley near Oxford in 1926 as a joint venture between William Morris, the Budd Corporation and an American bank. ... R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a locomotive manufacterer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ... Ruston was a industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, UK. They built narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives, cars and steam shovels. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Robert Stephenson and Company was set up in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England by George Stephenson, his son Robert, with Edward Pease and Michael Longridge (the owner of the ironworks at Bedlington ). It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines, as part... Robert Stephenson and Company was set up in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England by George Stephenson, his son Robert, with Edward Pease and Michael Longridge (the owner of the ironworks at Bedlington ). It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines, as part... Sharp, Roberts and Company was a Locomotive manufacterer in Manchester, England. ... Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Limited was a company which repaired and sold steam road vehicles, diesel and electric road vehicles and railway locomotives. ... Tulk and Ley was a locomotive manufacturer in Whitehaven, Cumbria. ... Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. ... Wingrove & Rogers Ltd of Kirkby, Liverpool, built industrial vehicles including both small electrically motorised trolleys and electric locomotives (mainly narrow gauge), largely for use in mines and by tunnelling contractors. ... The Yorkshire Engine Company (YEC) was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. ...

Many early locomotive works disappeared as railways merged or they became simply motive power depots. ... Many of those listed changed their names, were taken over or merged. ...

United States

Active companies

  • Brookville Locomotive Company [76]
  • Cummins
  • Fairbanks-Morse (the company still exists, but they aren't manufacturing new locomotives)(ALCO parts) [77]
  • GE Transportation Systems [78]
  • Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD, formerly GM Electro-Motive Division) [79]
  • MotivePower Industries (Formerly Morrison Knudsen Rail Corp.) [80]
  • Wiese [81]
  • Wabtec [82]
  • Colmar [83]
  • Harsco (HTT) [84]
  • Multipower International, Inc.: steam from china [85]
  • Mammoth steam [86]

Brookville Locomotive Company, based in Brookville, Pennsylvania, United States manufactures railroad locomotives for industrial and light capacity switching needs. ... This article is about the diesel engine manufacturer. ... An April, 1950 print advertisement for Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston engines. ... GE Transportation Systems, formerly known as GE Rail, is a division of General Electric Infrastructure (which also includes GE Aircraft Engine). ... Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. ...

Defunct companies

In addition to these, many railroads operating steam locomotives built their own locomotives in their shops. Notable examples include the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Works and the Southern Pacific's Sacramento Shops. Estimates of the total Steam locomotive production in the USA is approximately 175,000 engines. 1893 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. ... The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting marks SP) was an American railroad. ... // Early 20th Century locomotive production in the USA included units made for both domestic and export markets. ...

Alco and ALCO redirect here. ... The Amoskeag Locomotive Works built steam locomotives at the dawn of the railroad era in the United States. ... The Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives. ... Baldwin Locomotive Works builders plate, 1922 The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. ... Builders plate from Brooks Locomotive Works, 1894 The Brooks Locomotive Works manufactured steam railroad locomotives and freight cars from 1869 through its merger into the American Locomotive Company until 1934. ... The Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works manufactured steam railroad locomotives from 1852 through 1926. ... The Davenport Locomotive Works, of Davenport, Iowa, USA built locomotives from 1902 until 1956. ... Denmead – A Baltimore company that produced about 30 locomotives in the 1850’s as a sideline to a very successful foundry Categories: | ... Dickson Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of railway steam locomotives. ... The Globe Locomotive Works was a late-19th century manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives and other machinery based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Hicks Locomotive and Car Works was one of many small railway equipment construction companies operating in the United States at the dawn of the 20th century. ... Hinkley Locomotive Works was one of a number of railroad steam locomotive manufacturers of the United States in the 19th century. ... Categories: Stub | Locomotive manufacturers ... Stereo image of Ingalls Shipyard 30 August 2005, after the Hurricane Katrina Ingalls Shipbuilding was a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. ... Lima builders plate, 1918 Concept for a Lima Shay Museum in Lima, Ohio, 2005 Site for Lima Shay Museum Concept, 2005 Lima Locomotive Works was an American firm that manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s. ... Manchester Locomotive Works was a manfuacturing company that built railway steam locomotives in the 19th century. ... Swinburne, Smith and Company was a railroad locomotive manufacturing company of the mid-19th century. ... The Norris Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that produced about a thousand engines between 1836 and 1860. ... The Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a railroad company founded by Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865. ... For articles about other uses of Plymouth, see Plymouth (disambiguation). ... The Portland Company was established in 1846 as a locomotive foundry to build railroad equipment for the connection between Portland and Montreal. ... Rhode Island Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing company of the 19th century. ... Richmond Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing firm of the 19th century. ... An aerial view drawing of the Rogers Locomotive Works plant on March 28, 1906. ... Schenectady builders plate, 1898 The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from the mid 19th century through its merger into ALCO in 1901. ... The St. ... Swinburne may be A. C. Swinburne the poet Swinburne University of Technnology in Melbourne, Australia Swinburne, Free State in South Africa This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia, USA, photograph by Alexander Gardener Tredegar Iron Works is a historic iron foundry in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Categories: Stub | Locomotive manufacturers ... The West Point Foundry operated from 1817 to 1911. ... Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand) The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. ... A World War II print advertisement for Baldwin (Whitcomb) Little Giant switcher locomotives. ...

Brazil

GE Transportation Systems, formerly known as GE Rail, is a division of General Electric Infrastructure (which also includes GE Aircraft Engine). ...

Uruguay

  • CIR S.A. [88]
  • Servi Piezas [89]

External links

  • Jernbanen.dk - Lokomotivfabrikker - List of builders of Danish locomotives (in Danish)
  • Steam Locomotive Builders from Steamlocomotive dot Com

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