The Schenectady Locomotive Works was a factory in Schenectady, New York, that manufactured railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901.
After the 1901 merger, ALCO made the Schenectady plant its headquarters.
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 Historical Park.
Preserved Schenectady locomotives Following is a list (in serial number order) of preserved Schenectady locomotives built before the ALCO merger.Sunshine Software. "Steam Locomotive Information." Retrieved October 30, 2005. All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.
Serialno. Type(Whyte notation) Build date Operational owner(s) Disposition 2409 0-6-0 Outer Harbor Terminal Railway #2 Los Angeles County Fairplex, Pomona, California 3114 2-8-0 Southern Railway #154 Gulf and Ohio Railways, Knoxville, Tennessee - She is operational. 4552 4-6-0 Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad #15 Abandoned in the Maine North Woods following Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad service. 4807 4-8-0 Southern Pacific Railroad #2914 Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, California 5007 4-6-0 Rio Grande Southern Railroad #20 Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado - Recently restored to operation on July 2, 2020. 5103 2-6-0 Acadia Coal Company #42 Museum of Industry, Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada 5129 2-8-0 Northern Pacific Railway #25 Civic Center, Butte, Montana 5613 4-4-2 Chicago and North Western Railway #1015 National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood, Missouri 5680 2-6-0 Southern Pacific Railroad #1629 Newhall, California 5683 2-6-0 Southern Pacific Railroad #1673 Southern Pacific Depot, Tucson, Arizona
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See also GE Transportation, Schenectady, NY; headquarters and Locomotive Division List of locomotive builders
References
External links
Preserved Alco-Schenectady locomotive list