Rhode Island Locomotive Works
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Rhode Island Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing company of the 19th century and its factory was located in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1901, Rhode Island merged with seven other companies to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
[edit] Preserved Rhode Island locomotives
The following locomotives (in serial number order) built by Rhode Island 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1595 | 2-8-0 | March 1886 | Colorado and Southern Railway #60 | Anderson Park, Idaho Springs, Colorado |
| 1877 | 0-6-0 | October 1887 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway #X90 | Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| 2943 | 0-4-4T | July 1893 | Lake Street Elevated Railroad #8 | National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood, Missouri |
| 3030 | 0-6-0T | December 1894 | Mathieson Alkali Works #2 | Saltville Museum, Saltville, Virginia |
| 3147 | 2-6-0 | November 1899 | Wabash Railroad #573 | National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood, Missouri |
[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) |
