Rhode Island Locomotive Works

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Rhode Island Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing company of the 19th century and its factory was located in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1901, Rhode Island merged with seven other companies to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO).

[edit] Preserved Rhode Island locomotives

The following locomotives (in serial number order) built by Rhode Island before the ALCO merger have been preserved.^[1] All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.

Serial number	Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation)	Build date	Operational owner(s)	Disposition
1595	2-8-0	March 1886	Colorado and Southern Railway #60	Anderson Park, Idaho Springs, Colorado
1877	0-6-0	October 1887	Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway #X90	Manitowoc, Wisconsin
2943	0-4-4T	July 1893	Lake Street Elevated Railroad #8	National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood, Missouri
3030	0-6-0T	December 1894	Mathieson Alkali Works #2	Saltville Museum, Saltville, Virginia
3147	2-6-0	November 1899	Wabash Railroad #573	National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood, Missouri

[edit] Notes

1. ↑  Sunshine Software, Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved October 4, 2005.

Locomotive manufacturing predecessors of American Locomotive Company
1901 merger:	Brooks · Cooke · Dickson · Manchester · Pittsburgh · Rhode Island · Richmond · Schenectady
Later acquisitions:	Montreal (1904) · Rogers (1905)