American Locomotive Company (ALCO)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Company
gptkbp:acquired gptkb:Baldwin_Locomotive_Works
gptkb:Lima_Locomotive_Works
gptkbp:acquisition gptkb:Baldwin_Locomotive_Works
gptkbp:defunct gptkb:1969
gptkbp:employees over 10,000
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:railway
freight locomotives
electric locomotives
passenger locomotives
gptkbp:founded 1901
gptkbp:founder gptkb:A._M._Smith
J. W. Brown
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Schenectady,_New_York
gptkb:Schenectady
gptkbp:historical_significance influenced locomotive design
known for innovative engineering
contributed to dieselization of railroads
major player in railroad industry
produced locomotives for World War II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
gptkbp:industry railroad manufacturing
gptkbp:key_people gptkb:William_M._Mc_Adoo
gptkbp:location gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:merged_with gptkb:Baldwin_Locomotive_Works
gptkb:Lima_Locomotive_Works
gptkbp:notable_clients gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad
gptkb:New_York_Central_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway
gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad
gptkb:Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway
gptkbp:parent_company ALCO Industries
gptkbp:produced over 1,000 different models
over 75,000 locomotives
gptkbp:products locomotives
railroad cars
gptkbp:subsidiaries gptkb:Montreal_Locomotive_Works
American Locomotive Company of Canada
gptkbp:successor Graham-White Manufacturing Company
gptkbp:trains ALCO PA
ALCO RS-1
ALCO C-628
ALCO S-1
gptkbp:website www.alco.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Big_Boy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5