Manchester purchased the locomotive manufacturing operation from the Amoskeag Locomotive Works in 1859. It acquired the steam fire engine business from Amoskeag Locomotive in 1876.[2]
In 1901, Manchester and seven other locomotive manufacturing firms merged to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO). Locomotive production ceased in 1913.
Preserved Manchester locomotives
The following locomotives (listed in serial number order) built by Manchester before the ALCO merger have been preserved.[3] All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.
Discovered buried and unearthed in Mulberry, Florida in 2012, missing significant components such as cab, smokebox, pilot truck and tender. On display at the Mulberry Phosphate Museum.[5]
^Edson, William D.; Corley, Raymond F. (Autumn 1982). "Locomotives of the Grand Trunk Railway". Railroad History. 147 (147). Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 49. JSTOR43520915.