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The Manchester Locomotive Works was a company in Manchester, New Hampshire that made steam engines used on trains and fire engines in the 1800s. It built its first train engine for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in March 1855.
Later, the company bought more tools and parts from another factory called the Amoskeag Locomotive Works in 1859. In 1876, it also started making steam fire engines from the same place.
In 1901, Manchester Locomotive Works joined with seven other companies to create a bigger group called the American Locomotive Company, known as ALCO. The factory stopped making train engines in 1913.
Preserved Manchester locomotives
These are some special old steam engines made by Manchester that have been kept safe for people to see. They are all located in the United States.
| Serial number | Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation) | Build date | Operational owner(s) | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1875 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #2 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1878 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #6 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1883 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #1 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1883 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #3 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1883 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #4 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| unknown | 0-2-2-0 (cog) | 1892 | Mount Washington Cog Railway #8 | Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire |
| 1546 | 4-4-0 | July 1892 | Boston and Maine Railroad #494 | Union Station, White River Junction, Vermont |
| unknown | 0-4-0 | ca. 1870s | Edison Cement Corporation #unknown | Purchased by Henry Ford in 1932 and rebuilt as a 4-4-0, currently operating at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan |
| unknown | 4-4-0 | ca. 1880s | Unknown #unknown | 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. |
| 49722 | 0-6-0 | 1911 | Boston and Maine Railroad #410 | On display in Lowell, Massachusetts at 410 Dutton St. Now owned by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission. |
| 44369 | 2-6-0 | November 1907 | Boston and Maine Railroad #1455 | Danbury Railroad Museum, Danbury, Connecticut |
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