Early History
The company was created in 1901 from the merger of several smaller locomotive manufacturers:
- Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, New York
- Cooke Locomotive and 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
- Schenectady Locomotive Works in Schenectady, New York
The new company was headquartered in Schenectady and eventually closed all the other locomotive manufacturing plants, except for the main plants in Schenectady, New York, and Montreal, Quebec.
In 1904, control of the Locomotive and Machine Company of Montreal, Quebec, was acquired; this company was eventually renamed the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW), and after over 50 years of closely working together, was to ultimately continue locomotive manufacturing operations after the U.S. parent company had ended production in 1969. The next year, 1905, Alco purchased Rogers Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey, the second largest locomotive manufacturer in the U.S. behind Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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