SCHENECTADY -- Boosters of a new museum being planned to showcase locomotives built by the American Locomotive Co. hope to capitalize on interest in a bygone era of manufacturing when this brawny blue ...

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 ...

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 ...

Even in the realm of old locomotives, Genesee Valley Transportation’s latest acquisition is something of a relic among relics. The Lackawanna 409 switcher, which Delaware, Lackawanna & Western ...

One of two American Locomotive Company locomotives, acquired by the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, on display June 19, 2024. The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is adding two period locomotives to ...

SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum’s upcoming Streamliners at Spencer event will host one of the rarest and most sought after diesel locomotives in existence. The American Locomotive Company ...