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American Locomotive Company
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The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer of locomotives, diesel generators, steel, and tanks that operated from 1901 to 1969. The company was formed by the merger of seven smaller locomotive manufacturers and Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York. A subsidiary, American Locomotive Automobile Company, designed and manufactured automobiles under the Alco brand from 1905 to 1913. ALCO also produced nuclear reactors from 1954 to 1962.
The company changed its name to Alco Products, Incorporated in 1955. In 1964, the Worthington Corporation acquired the company. The company went out of business in 1969. The ALCO name is currently being used by Fairbanks Morse Engine for their FM|ALCO line.
The company was created in 1901 from the merger of seven smaller locomotive manufacturers with Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York:
Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, New York
Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works in Paterson, New Jersey
Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Manchester Locomotive Works in Manchester, New Hampshire
Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Locomotive Works in Providence, Rhode Island
Richmond Locomotive Works in Richmond, Virginia
The new company was headquartered in Schenectady. Samuel R. Callaway left the presidency of the New York Central Railroad to become president of Alco. When Callaway died on June 1, 1904, Albert J. Pitkin succeeded him as president of Alco.
In 1904, the American Locomotive Company acquired control of the Locomotive and Machine Company of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; this company was eventually renamed the Montreal Locomotive Works. In 1905, Alco purchased Rogers Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey, the country's second-largest locomotive manufacturer behind Baldwin Locomotive Works.
After World War II, Alco operated manufacturing plants only in Schenectady and Montreal, having closed all the others.
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