How many railroads built there own steam locomotives?

[tbiery]

Lehigh Valley.  Sayre Pa

Cumberland & Pennsylvania ,  Mt Savage, Md

[selector]

The Norfolk & Western also built much of its motive power in the steam era.

[RoyPBower]

 Does anyone know if ACL built locos at the Emerson Shops in Rocky Mount?

[KCSfan]

passengerfan

The SP built most of there 4-8-2 Mountains in there own Sacramento Shops.

Al - in - Stockton

SP subsidary T&NO also built some engines at it's Algiers (New Orleans) shops.

Mark

[passengerfan]

The SP built most of there 4-8-2 Mountains in there own Sacramento Shops.

Al - in - Stockton

[KCSfan]

The IC built many locomotives at its Paducah Shops as did the Frisco at Springfield and the T&P at Marshall, TX. I think the Rock Island also built engines at Silvis and the Santa Fe at Ft. Madison.

Mark

[AltonFan]

If I recall correctly, the CB&Q and the Milwaukee Road built locomotives in their shops, particularly in the pre-depression era.

[timz]

The answer depends on what you mean by "build"-- also on what you mean by "locomotive". Many RRs rebuilt old engines into shop goats-- does that count? As I recall the GN assembled some Mallets in their Spokane shops, with boilers purchased (ready-built?) from... ALCo?

In any case, a surprisingly large number of RRs could reasonably have been said to have "built" some of their own locomotives at one time or another. Probably the majority of the large RRs?

[SSW9389]

Cotton Belt built five L1 Northerns #810-814 at its Pine Bluff shops in 1937. When they could not get War Production Board approval for FT diesels they built another five L1s #815-819 at Pine Bluff in 1942-43. The #819 is preserved at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff in the same shop that built it in 1943.

[carknocker1]

I know the Southern RWY did , I am not sure what shops did , but I know there were a few built in Princeton , IN .

Also the L&N did in Lousiville ,KY. and the IC did at Paducha KY .

[Road Fan]

I know several of the large railroads had their own steam locomotive erecting shops- Reading, N & W, and the PRR, but how many railroads built their own steam locomotives in their own shops?

What railroads did this and where were these shops located?  Do examples of their product still exist and what types of steam power did they producce?  It would also be interesting to see what became of the Baldwin, ALCO and Lima properties- then and now.

It may make for a great story subject for Classic Trains to pursue along with then and now photos of these properties and their products- it'd make a good ghost story for the Fall issue at least.

Thanks,

Road Fan

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