Manchester Locomotive Works
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Manchester Locomotive Works was a manfuacturing company located in Manchester, NH that built railway steam locomotives in the 19th century. In 1901, Manchester and seven other locomotive manufacturing firms merged to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
[edit] Preserved Manchester locomotives
The following locomotives (listed in serial number order) built by Manchester before the ALCO merger have been preserved. All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.
| Serial number | Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation) |
Build date | Operational owner(s) | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1875 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #2 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1878 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #6 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1883 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #1 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1883 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #3 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1883 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #4 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1892 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #8 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| 1546 | 4-4-0 | July 1892 | Boston and Maine Railroad #494 | Central Vermont station, White River Junction, Vermont |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Sunshine Software, Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved October 4, 2005.
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| Locomotive manufacturing predecessors of American Locomotive Company | |
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| 1901 merger: | Brooks · Cooke · Dickson · Manchester · Pittsburgh · Rhode Island · Richmond · Schenectady |
| Later acquisitions: | Montreal (1904) · Rogers (1905) |
