Manchester Locomotive Works

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Manchester Locomotive Works was a manufacturing company located in Manchester, New Hampshire, that built railway steam locomotives in the 19th century. In 1901, Manchester and seven other locomotive manufacturing firms merged to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO).

[edit] Preserved Manchester locomotives

The following locomotives (listed in serial number order) built by Manchester 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
unknown 0-2-2-0 (cog) 1875 Mount Washington Cog Railway #2 Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown 0-2-2-0 (cog) 1878 Mount Washington Cog Railway #6 Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown 0-2-2-0 (cog) 1883 Mount Washington Cog Railway #1 Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown 0-2-2-0 (cog) 1883 Mount Washington Cog Railway #3 Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown 0-2-2-0 (cog) 1883 Mount Washington Cog Railway #4 Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
unknown 0-2-2-0 (cog) 1892 Mount Washington Cog Railway #8 Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire
1546 4-4-0 July 1892 Boston and Maine Railroad #494 Central Vermont station, White River Junction, Vermont

[edit] Notes

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