Manchester Locomotive Works

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The plant in 1912. American Locomotive Company Manchester New Hampshire 1912.JPG
The plant in 1912.

Manchester Locomotive Works was a manufacturing company located in Manchester, New Hampshire, that built steam locomotives and fire engines in the 19th century. The first locomotive the company built was for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in March 1855. [1]

1882 advertisement for the Manchester Locomotive Works Manchester Locomotive Works ad 1882.jpg
1882 advertisement for the Manchester Locomotive Works

Manchester purchased the locomotive manufacturing operation from the Amoskeag Locomotive Works in 1859. It acquired the steam fire engine business from Amoskeag Locomotive in 1876. [2]

In 1901, Manchester and seven other locomotive manufacturing firms merged to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO). Locomotive production ceased in 1913.

Preserved Manchester locomotives

The following locomotives (listed in serial number order) built by Manchester before the ALCO merger have been preserved. [3] All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.

Serial numberWheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)
Build dateOperational owner(s)Disposition
unknown 0-2-2-0 (cog)1875 Mount Washington Cog Railway #2Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 (cog)1878Mount Washington Cog Railway #6Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 (cog)1883Mount Washington Cog Railway #1Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 (cog)1883Mount Washington Cog Railway #3Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 (cog)1883Mount Washington Cog Railway #4Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown0-2-2-0 (cog)1892Mount Washington Cog Railway #8Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
1546 4-4-0 July 1892 Boston and Maine Railroad #494 Union Station, White River Junction, Vermont
unknown 0-4-0 ca. 1870s Edison Cement Corporation #unknownPurchased by Henry Ford in 1932 and rebuilt as a 4-4-0, currently operating at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan [4]
unknown 4-4-0 ca. 1880sUnknown #unknownDiscovered buried and unearthed in Mulberry, Florida in 2012, missing significant components such as cab, smokebox, pilot truck and tender. On display at the Mulberry Phosphate Museum. [5]
unknown 0-6-0 1901 Boston and Maine Railroad #410On display in Lowell, Ma. [6]
44369 2-6-0 November 1907 Boston and Maine Railroad #1455 Danbury Railroad Museum, Danbury, Connecticut

Notes

  1. Edson, William D.; Corley, Raymond F. (Autumn 1982). "Locomotives of the Grand Trunk Railway". Railroad History . 147 (147). Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 49. JSTOR   43520915.
  2. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. of Manchester, New Hampshire: A History. Manchester, NH: Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. 1915. pp. 77–80. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  3. "Steam Locomotive Information". steamlocomotive.info. Sunshine Software. Retrieved 2005-10-04.
  4. LaCombe, Don. "Greenfield Village Perimeter Railroad: from concept to reality". The Henry Ford Blog. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. "Article 404 - the Ledger - Lakeland, FL".
  6. "Article 404 - rgusrail.com".
  7. "BM G-11a #410 - www.rgusrail.com". rgusrail.com. Retrieved 2022-03-20.

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