American Locomotive Company [SEP] industry
. In 1905, Alco purchased Rogers Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey, the second largest locomotive manufacturer in the United States behind Baldwin Locomotive Works.
In the post World War II period, Alco operated manufacturing plants only in Schenectady and Montreal, having closed all the others. After the American Locomotive Company ceased locomotive manufacturing in the United States in 1969, Montreal Locomotive Works continued to manufacture locomotives based on Alco designs.
Steam locomotives.
Alco was the second-largest steam locomotive builder in the United States (
the 1920s as an engineer with the Oil City branch passenger trains between Meadville and Oil City.
References.
- Romans, H.R. ed. "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition". Chicago: Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, 1899.
- "Erie Railroad Magazine". Feb 1915.
- "Erie Railroad Magazine". Apr 1915.
- "Erie Railroad Magazine". Sep 1920.
- "Erie Railroad Magazine". Apr 1925.
External links.
- Erie Railroad