Schenectady Locomotive Works

Advertisement from the 1870s
Founded	1848
Founder	Norris Brothers
Defunct	1901
Fate	Merged
Successor	American Locomotive Company
Headquarters	Schenectady, New York
Products	Locomotives
Footnotes / references built the famous Jupiter

The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901.^[1]

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. Although the original was scrapped in 1909, a full-scale, operating replica was completed in 1979, and now is part of an operational display at the Golden Spike National Historic Site.

Preserved Schenectady locomotives

Following is a list (in serial number order) of preserved Schenectady locomotives built before the ALCO merger.^[2] All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.

Gallery

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  The plant circa 1920.
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  A Schenectady builder's plate of 1898 from Northern Pacific Railway class Y 2-8-0 #34.
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  Boys going to work, 1910
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  Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. 1673 on display in the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
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  Replica of Central Pacific No. 60 Jupiter at Golden Spike N.H.S.

See also

• GE Transportation, Schenectady, NY; headquarters and Locomotive Division
• List of locomotive builders

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schenectady locomotives.

• Preserved Alco-Schenectady locomotive list