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The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to (ALCO ), ALCo or Alco, designed, built and sold steam locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives, diesel engines and generators, specialized forgings, high quality steel, armed tanks and automobiles and produced nuclear energy. The American Locomotive Company was formed in 1901 by the merger of Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York with seven smaller locomotive manufacturers. The American Locomotive Automobile Company subsidiary designed and manufactured automobiles under the Alco brand from 1905-1913 and produced nuclear energy from 1954-1962. The company changed its name to Alco Products, Incorporated in 1955. In 1964 the Worthington Corporation acquired the company. The company became defunct in 1969. ==Foundation and early history== The company was created in 1901 from the merger of seven smaller locomotive manufacturers with Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York:〔 *Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, New York *Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, New Jersey *Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania *Manchester Locomotive Works in Manchester, New Hampshire *Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *Rhode Island Locomotive Works in Providence, Rhode Island *Richmond Locomotive Works in Richmond, Virginia The newly formed company was headquartered in Schenectady, New York.〔 Samuel R. Callaway left the presidency of the New York Central Railroad to become president of Alco. When Callaway died on June 1, 1904, Albert J. Pitkin succeeded him as president of Alco. In 1904, the American Locomotive Company acquired control of the Locomotive and Machine Company of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; this company was eventually renamed the Montreal Locomotive Works. In 1905, Alco purchased Rogers Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey, the second largest locomotive manufacturer in the U.S. behind Baldwin Locomotive Works.〔 In the post-World War II period, ALCO operated manufacturing plants only in Schenectady and Montreal, having closed all the others. After the American Locomotive Company ceased locomotive manufacturing in the United States in 1969, Montreal Locomotive Works continued to manufacture locomotives based on Alco designs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Locomotive Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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