The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901.[1]
 Advertisement from the 1870s | |
| Founded | 1848 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Norris Brothers |
| Defunct | 1901 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | American Locomotive Company |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Locomotives |
| Footnotes / references built the famous Jupiter | |
After the 1901 merger, ALCO made the Schenectady plant its headquarters in Schenectady, New York.
One of the better-known locomotives to come out of the Schenectady shops was Central Pacific Railroad type 4-4-0 No. 60, the Jupiter (built in September 1868), one of two steam locomotives to take part in the "Golden Spike Ceremony" to celebrate the completion of the First transcontinental railroad. Although the original was scrapped in 1909, a full-scale, operating replica was completed in 1979, and now is part of an operational display at the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
Preserved Schenectady locomotives
editFollowing is a list (in serial number order) of preserved Schenectady locomotives built before the ALCO merger.[2] All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.
Gallery
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The plant circa 1920. -
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Boys going to work, 1910 -
Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. 1673 on display in the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum -
Replica of Central Pacific No. 60 Jupiter at Golden Spike N.H.S.
See also
edit- GE Transportation, Schenectady, NY; headquarters and Locomotive Division
- List of locomotive builders
References
edit- ^ American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1904). "The American Locomotive Company: Schenectady Works". Schenectady Electrical Handbook. Schenectady, New York: General Electric Press. pp. 67–72.
- ^ Sunshine Software. "Steam Locomotive Information." Retrieved October 30, 2005.
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