Thislist oflocomotive builders (companies, government agencies and railways) is ordered by country and includes both modern-day and defunct builders. Since many entities changed their names over time, the most recognisable name is used – generally the one used for the longest time or during the entity's best-known period.
Note: Two factors affect this list's reliability: the preponderance of unreferenced entries and the inconsistency in frequency and coverage of updates.
Africa South Africa Asia Azerbaijan ,China ,Georgia ,India ,Indonesia ,Iran ,Japan ,South Korea ,North Korea ,Malaysia ,Pakistan ,Philippines ,Taiwan ,Turkey Europe Belgium ,Croatia ,Czech Republic ,Denmark ,Finland ,France ,Germany ,Greece ,Hungary ,Italy ,Latvia ,Netherlands ,Poland ,Portugal ,Romania ,Russia ,Serbia ,Slovakia ,Spain ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Ukraine ,United Kingdom North America Canada ,United States Oceania Australia ,New Zealand South America Argentina ,Brazil ,Chile See also
Australia's mainline railways, owned by the governments of the six British colonies, imported locomotives from the United Kingdom and United States. Domestic production, by companies and railways alike, began about 1890, though locomotives continued to be imported after that.
Alstom ,Dandenong Downer Rail ,Cardiff ,Maryborough &Newport [ 1] UGL Rail ,Broadmeadow formerly United Group Rail, United Goninan and A GoninanAlstom ,Ballarat ,Newport ,Epping ,North Ryde ,Perth ,Brisbane AE Goodwin ,Granville Avteq ,Sunshine Cardiff Locomotive Workshops Chullora Railway Workshops Clyde Engineering , Granville,Kelso ,Somerton ,Eagle Farm ,Rosewater &Forrestfield , taken over byEvans Deakin Industries July 1996, became part ofDowner Rail in March 2001Comeng ,Clyde ,Dandenong &Bassendean EM Baldwin,Castle Hill (not theAmerican company ) - built mainly smallsugar cane andmining tram engines English Electric Australia,Rocklea Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co ,Kangaroo Point Eveleigh Railway Workshops ,Redfern Islington Railway Workshops James Martin & Company ,Gawler Martin & King , SomertonMidland Railway Workshops ,Perth Mine Technic Australia[ 2] Morrison-Knudsen AustraliaNational Railway Equipment Company ,Islington North Ipswich Railway Workshops Perry Engineering ,Mile End Phoenix Engine Company,Ipswich Springall & Frost,Ipswich Tulloch Limited ,Rhodes Walkers Limited ,Maryborough Commercial manufacturers [ edit ] Alcard, Buddicom et Cie. Alsthom (nowAlstom )[ 7] Anciens Établissements Cail – 1883–1898, became SFCMAndré Koechlin et Cie. – to SACM in 1872 Ateliers du Nord de la France (ANF) – also known as Blanc-Misseron; acquired byBombardier Transportation in 1989Brissonneau & Lotz – acquired by Alstom in 1972Buffault et Robatel Charbonniers et Cie CFD[ 8] Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d'Homécourt Compagnie Electro-Méchanique – acquired by Alstom in 1985Compagnie générale de construction de locomotives –Batignolles-Châtillon (fr ) , Nantes, founded 1917 Corpet-Louvet – 1889–1952Etablissment Cavé – to Charbonniers et Cie. in 1854 Etablissment Claprède Fives-Lille – merged into Fives-Lille Cail in 1958Schneider-Creusot – nowSchneider Electric Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM)Société Ch. Derosne et Cail (fr ) – 1836–1848, became Société J. F. Cail & Cie.Société de Construction des Batignolles , Paris – founded 1871, ceased locomotive production 1928, merged into Spie Batignolles in 1968Société française de constructions mécaniques (SFCM) – created in 1898, merged into Fives-Lille Cail in 1958 Société Franco-Belge Société J. F. Cail & Cie – 1850–1883, became Anciens Établissements CailSociété Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Railway company workshops [ edit ] Manila Railroad Company's Caloocan Works — The Manila Railroad once made its own railmotors at theCaloocan yards from 1924 to 1949. It also assembled two 630 class2-8-2 locomotives with parts acquired from theWar Assets Administration in 1948.[ 27] Ramcar, Inc. — Also constructed and assembled railmotors alongside the MRR. Although it still survives as the Ramcar Group of Companies, its rolling stock business ended duringWorld War II .[ 28] Sorefame - acquired by ABB, then ADtranz, now part of BombardierTang Eng Iron Works [ 50] Historically, major railways in theUnited Kingdom built the vast majority of their locomotives. Commercial locomotive builders were called upon when requirements exceeded the railway works' capacity, but these orders were generally to the railways' own designs. British commercial builders concentrated on industrial users, small railway systems, and to a large extent the export market. British-built locomotives were exported around the world, especially to theBritish Empire . With the almost total disappearance of British industrial railways, the shrinking of the export market and much reduced demand from Britain's railways, few British locomotive builders survive.
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In addition to these, many railroads operating steam locomotives built locomotives in their shops. Notable examples include theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad 'sMount Clare Shops ,Norfolk & Western 'sRoanoke Shops ,Pennsylvania Railroad 'sAltoona Works and theSouthern Pacific 's Sacramento Shops. An estimate of total steam locomotive production in the United States is about 175,000 engines, including nearly 70,000 by Baldwin.
Altoona Machine Shops (PRR)American Locomotive Company (ALCO)Amoskeag Locomotive Works Appomattox Locomotive Works – operated by Uriah Wells Atlas Car & Manufacturing Company Baldwin Locomotive Works – later known as Baldwin-Lima-HamiltonBell Locomotive Works –New York City andBloomsburg, Pennsylvania Brooks Locomotive Works - to ALCO in 1901Budd Company Burr & Ettinger Miniature Railway Company – also known as Cagney Bros.Cincinnati Locomotive Works – also known as Harkness and as Moore & Richardson Climax Manufacturing Company Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works - began as Danforth Locomotive & Machine Company, later Danforth, Cooke, & Company, to ALCO in 1901Covington Locomotive Works Crown Metal Products Custom Fabricators Davenport Locomotive Works Denmead Dickson Manufacturing Company – to ALCO in 1901Dunkirk Engineering Company Eastwick & Harrison Euclid Road Machinery Company Fairbanks-Morse Globe Locomotive Works Glover Locomotive Works Grant Locomotive Works HK Porter – Smith & Porter, later Porter, Bell & Co.Heisler Locomotive Works Hicks Locomotive and Car Works Hinkley Locomotive Works Hurlbut Amusement Company Ingalls Shipbuilding Kentucky Locomotive Works Lancaster Locomotive Works Lawrence Machine Shop Lima Locomotive Works – later Lima-Hamilton, then Baldwin-Lima-HamiltonLocks and Canals Machine Shop Lowell Machine Shop Manchester Locomotive Works - to ALCO in 1901Mason Machine Works McQueen Locomotive Works Milwaukee Locomotive Manufacturing Company Mount Savage Locomotive Works Nashville Manufacturing Company New Castle Manufacturing Company New Jersey Locomotive & Machine Company – began asSwinburne, Smith & Company New York Locomotive Works – also known as Breese, Kneeland & CompanyNiles & Company Norris Locomotive Works Ottaway Amusement Company,[ 90] Joyland Amusement Park (Wichita, Kansas) Pittsburgh Locomotive & Car Works - to ALCO in 1901Plymouth Locomotive Works Portland Company Railpower Technologies Rhode Island Locomotive Works - to ALCO in 1901Richmond Locomotive Works - to ALCO in 1901Roanoke East End Shops Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works – began as Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor, to ALCO in 1905Rome Locomotive Works – New YorkRoss Winans Locomotive WorksSchenectady Locomotive Works - later became American Locomotive Company (ALCO)St Louis Car Company Swinburne, Smith & Company Sygnet Rail Technologies T. H. Paul & Sons Talbott & Brother Iron Works Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company Tredegar Iron Works Union Iron Works United Aircraft Virginia Locomotive & Car Works – also known as Smith & Perkins Vulcan Iron Works Wasatch Railroad Contractors – builder of brand-new15 in (381 mm ) gauge Cagney replica steam locomotives[ 91] West Point Foundry Westinghouse Electric Corporation Whitcomb Locomotive Works Ernst Wiener Co., New York Wilmarth
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