Schenectady Locomotive Works

File:Schenectady Locomotive Works advert 1870s.jpg

Advertisement from the 1870s

The Schenectady Locomotive Works built 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 in Schenectady, New York.

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.

Preserved Schenectady locomotives

The Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. 1673 is a standard gauge 2-6-0, Mogul type M-4 class, steam locomotive built in 1900 by Schenectady Locomotive Works. It had a brief starring role in the 1954 film Oklahoma, for which it was fitted with a diamond stack and other turn of the century equipment and colors. It was also the star of Southern Pacific's 75th anniversary in Tucson, Arizona. The locomotive is on display in the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, 414 N. Toole Ave.. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1992, ref.: #91001918.

Following is a list (in serial number order) of preserved Schenectady locomotives built before the Alco merger. All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.

Serial no.	Type (Whyte notation)	Build date	Operational owner(s)	Disposition
2409	0-6-0	October 1887	Outer Harbor Terminal Railway #2	Los Angeles County Fairplex, Pomona, California
3114	2-8-0	1890	Southern Railway #154	Knoxville Locomotive Shops, Knoxville, Tennessee She is operational
4552	4-6-0	June 1897	Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad #15	abandoned in the Maine North Woods following Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad service
4807	4-8-0	October 1898	Southern Pacific Railroad #2914	Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, California
5007	4-6-0	March 1899	Rio Grande Southern Railroad #20	Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado being restored to operation
5103	2-6-0	1899	Acadia Coal Company #42	Museum of Industry, Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada
5129	2-8-0	September 1899	Northern Pacific Railway #25	Civic Center, Butte, Montana
5613	4-4-2	June 1900	Chicago and North Western Railway #1015	National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood, Missouri
5680	2-6-0	November 1900	Southern Pacific Railroad #1629	Newhall, California
5683	2-6-0	November 1900	Southern Pacific Railroad #1673	Southern Pacific Depot, Tucson, Arizona

Gallery

• American Locomotive Company Schenectady New York.JPG

  The plant circa 1920.

• Schenectady builder's plate.jpg

  A Schenectady builder's plate of 1898 from Northern Pacific Railway class Y 2-8-0 #34.

• Boys going to work in the American Locomotive Works. Schenectady, N.Y. - NARA - 523281.jpg

  Boys going to work, 1910

See also

• General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY; headquarters and Locomotive Division
• List of locomotive builders

External links

• Preserved Alco-Schenectady locomotive list