In 1901, the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) was created by merging eight locomotive manufacturers to better compete with Baldwin, the nation’s largest locomotive maker. The next year, ALCO delivered to the Missouri Pacific the first 4-6-2 built for an American … Continue reading
Before 1900, the average passenger train in America consisted of four wooden cars weighing a total of about 160 tons. By 1930, the average passenger train had eight steel cars weighing a total of 450 tons. The all-steel revolution clearly … Continue reading
The American Locomotive Company was more successful in the transition from steam to Diesel than either Baldwin or Lima, but it ultimately failed to survive competition with the General Motors juggernaut. The Alco PA passenger locomotive that is shown in … Continue reading
