List of locomotive builders
A locomotive is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. This list of locomotive builders is ordered by country and includes current and defunct builders. Many of the companies changed names over time; this list attempts to give the most recognisable name, generally the one used for the longest time or during the company's best-known period.
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
Argentina
Active companies
Defunct companies
Australia
Australia imported its locomotives from the United Kingdom and United States until domestic production began, and even afterwards built many with U.S. and British mechanical equipment.
Active companies
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
Defunct companies
AE Goodwin , Granville Avteq , Sunshine Cardiff Locomotive Workshops Chullora Railway Workshops Clyde Engineering , Granville, Kelso , Somerton , Eagle Farm , Rosewater & Forrestfield , taken over by Evans Deakin Industries July 1996, became part of Downer Rail in March 2001Comeng , Clyde , Dandenong & Bassendean EM Baldwin , Castle Hill (not the American company ) - built mainly small sugar cane and mining 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
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Active companies
Defunct companies
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Active companies
Defunct companies
Chile
China
Active companies
Defunct companies
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Commercial manufacturers
Alcard, Buddicom et Cie. Alsthom (now Alstom )[ 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 by Bombardier 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 – now Schneider 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 1958Société Franco-Belge Société J. F. Cail & Cie – 1850–1883, became Anciens Établissements CailSociété Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
Railway company workshops
Georgia
Germany
Active companies
Defunct companies
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Active companies
Alstom Ferroviaria S.p.A. – Savigliano
Bombardier Transportation Italy – Vado Ligure
Hitachi Rail Italy (formerly Ansaldo Breda)[ 22] Firema Trasporti[ 23]
Ipe[ 24]
Valente[ 25]
Defunct companies
Japan
Latvia
Defunct Companies
Malaysia
Netherlands
Active companies
Defunct companies
New Zealand
Active companies
Defunct companies
North Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Defunct companies
Manila Railroad Company's Caloocan Works — The Manila Railroad once made its own railmotors at the Caloocan yards from 1924 to 1949. It also assembled two 630 class 2-8-2 locomotives with parts acquired from the War Assets Administration in 1948.[ 38] 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 during World War II .[ 39]
Poland
Active companies
Defunct companies
Portugal
Sorefame - acquired by ABB, then ADtranz, now part of Bombardier
Romania
Russia
Active Companies
Defunct Companies
Serbia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Active companies
Defunct companies
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Defunct companies
Tang Eng Iron Works [ 61]
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Historically, major railways in the United 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 the British 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.
Active companies
Defunct companies
See also:
United States
Active companies
Defunct companies
In addition to these, many railroads operating steam locomotives built locomotives in their shops. Notable examples include the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 's Mount Clare Shops , Norfolk & Western 's Roanoke Shops , Pennsylvania Railroad 's Altoona Works and the Southern 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 WellsAtlas Car & Manufacturing Company Baldwin Locomotive Works – later known as Baldwin-Lima-HamiltonBell Locomotive Works – New York City and Bloomsburg, 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 & RichardsonClimax 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 as Swinburne, Smith & Company
New York Locomotive Works – also known as Breese, Kneeland & CompanyNiles & Company Norris Locomotive Works Ottaway Amusement Company ,[ 101] 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 & PerkinsVulcan Iron Works Wasatch Railroad Contractors – builder of brand-new 15 in (381 mm ) gauge Cagney replica steam locomotives[ 102] West Point Foundry Westinghouse Electric Corporation Whitcomb Locomotive Works Ernst Wiener Co., New York Wilmarth
See also
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