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Encyclopedia > Schenectady Locomotive Works
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Schenectady builder's plate, 1898

The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from the mid 19th century through its merger into ALCO in 1901. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (946x492, 131 KB)Schenectady Locomotive Works builders plate on display at the MidContinent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (Slambo), October 10, 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (946x492, 131 KB)Schenectady Locomotive Works builders plate on display at the MidContinent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI Photo by Sean Lamb (Slambo), October 10, 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... A locomotive (from lat. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Locomotive Company, shortened to ALCO (or Alco) was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


After the 1901 merger, ALCO made the Schenectady plant its headquarters.

Preserved Schenectady locomotives

Following is a list (in serial number order) of preserved Schenectady locomotives built before the ALCO merger.[1] All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.

Serial number Wheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)		 Build date Operational owner(s) Disposition
2409 0-6-0 October 1887 Outer Harbor Terminal Railway #2 Los Angeles County Fairplex, Pomona, California
3114 2-8-0 1890 Southern Railway #154 Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tennessee
4552 4-6-0 June 1897 Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad #15 Forrestry Camp, Eagle Lake, Maine
4807 4-8-0 October 1898 Southern Pacific Railroad #2914 Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, California
5007 4-6-0 March 1899 Rio Grande Southern #20 Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado
5103 2-6-0 1899 Acadia Coal Company #42 Museum of Industry, Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada
5129 2-8-0 September 1899 Northern Pacific Railway #25 Civic Center, Butte, Montana
5613 4-4-2 June 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway #1015 National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood, Missouri
5680 2-6-0 November 1900 Southern Pacific Railroad #1629 Newhall, California
5683 2-6-0 November 1900 Southern Pacific Railroad #1673 Southern Pacific Depot, Tucson, Arizona

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Notes

  1. ^  Sunshine Software, Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved October 30, 2005.

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Preserved ALCO-Schenectady locomotive list


Locomotive manufacturing predecessors of American Locomotive Company ALCO logo
1901 merger: Brooks · Cooke · Dickson · Manchester · Pittsburgh · Rhode Island · Richmond · Schenectady
Later acquisitions: Montreal (1904) · Rogers (1905)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Locomotive firm celebrated-5/20/01 (257 words)
SCHENECTADY - The United States is the most mobile society in the world and the old American Locomotive Company in Schenectady helped make that possible, a representative of the Smithsonian Institution said Saturday.
Withuhn was to speak at a dinner Saturday commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Schenectady Locomotive Works and the 100th anniversary of the American Locomotive Company.
Though the last locomotive was built in the city more than 30 years ago, Lou Champlin, chairman of the ALCO Celebration Committee, said the contribution of the company and its workers to the city needs to be honored.
Schenectady Electrical Handbook - The American Locomotive Company: Schenectady Works (946 words)
Prior to 1901 this Works was known as the Schenectady Locomotive Works, and as such was incorporated in 1851.
In 1901 the Works was purchased by the American Locomotive Company and has become the largest of the nine plants operated by this company which have a capacity of 3000 engines a year; 750 of these being produced at Schenectady.
In addition to the modification of details, locomotive designers are confronted with demands for higher economy, higher speed, and greater working capacity than have yet been obtained and are considering the use of electric power to meet these demands where the traffic conditions will warrant its use.
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