American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
The Alco Schenectady plant in 1906
An Alco builder's plate on Lake Superior and Ishpeming 2-8-0 No. 24 at the National Railroad Museum
Milwaukee Road 261, a 1944 American 4-8-4 steam locomotive
American No 75214 Tr2 1319 at the Finnish Railway Museum
Schenectady Locomotive Works
The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901.
Advertisement from the 1870s
The plant circa 1920.
A Schenectady builder's plate of 1898 from Northern Pacific Railway class Y 2-8-0 #34.
Boys going to work, 1910