Schenectady — Big engines and big wheels always were part of Schenectady. They rolled out of the city’s massive American Locomotive Co. plant every year: locomotives that pulled train cars through ...

PENINSULA, Ohio – The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad on Wednesday rolled out two additional locomotives that it recently purchased from the Grand Canyon Railway. The addition of the historic ALCO ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...

Schenectady was known as the city that lights and hauls the world. The General Electric Co., of course, was the lighting part. The American Locomotive Company was the hauling part. Next Sunday, ...

An Alco Big Boy, 73 years after it rolled off the production line in Schenectady, and 53 years after it was retired by the Union Pacific, is gearing up for another trip. One of 25 mammoth steam ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — An iconic diesel locomotive made its return to Scranton Friday. The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) PA Passenger locomotive known as the Nickel Plate (NKP) 190 has spent the past ...