Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works was a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland. Much of the world's mountain railway equipment was constructed by the company.
SLM is best known for mountain railway equipment
Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, Colorado, USA
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Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zürich in northern Switzerland. With over 110,000 residents, it is the country's sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 140,000 inhabitants. Located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Zürich, Winterthur is a service and high-tech industrial satellite city within Greater Zürich.
View of the old town
Winterthur in 1642
Early-1850s bird's-eye view.
May 2011 aerial view of Winterthur