Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works


The Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, located in Paterson, New Jersey, manufactured steam railroad locomotives from 1852 until it was merged with seven other manufacturers to form American Locomotive Company in 1901. ALCO continued building new locomotives at the Cooke plant until 1926.

History

Cooke opened in 1852 as Danforth-Cooke and produced nearly 3000 locomotives before ALCO closed the plant in February 1926.
, 1910
In 1901, Cooke and several other locomotive manufacturers merged to form the American Locomotive Company; Cooke's plant becomes the Alco-Cooke Works.

Exports

Cooke built two 0-8-2 tank locomotives for the Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company, South Wales, in 1899. They also built the neighbouring Barry Railway's five class K 0-6-2T locomotives the same year.

Preserved Cooke locomotives

Following is a list of preserved locomotives built by Cooke before the ALCO merger in 1901. They are listed here in serial number order.
Serial numberWheel arrangement
Build dateOperational ownerDisposition
unknown4-4-0October 1856Western and Atlantic Railroad #49 Texasstatic display in Grant Park, Atlanta, Georgia
2774-2-4TOctober 1863Central Pacific Railroad #3 C. P. Huntington, Southern Pacific Railroad #1California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
15552-6-0February 1884Colorado and Southern Railway #9Georgetown Loop Railroad, Silver Plume, Colorado
18614-4-0February 1888Dardanelle and Russelville #8Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, Nevada
20534-6-0October, 1890Union Pacific Railroad #1242Lion's Park, Cheyenne, Wyoming
20544-6-0October, 1890Union Pacific Railroad #1243Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
21974-6-0April 1892Texas and New Orleans Railroad #314Center for Transportation and Commerce, Galveston, Texas
22024-6-0April 1892Texas and New Orleans Railroad #319Riverdale, Georgia
23414-6-0July 1896Southern Pacific Railroad #2248Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
23604-6-0March 1897Southern Pacific Railroad #2252Overlooking the Union Pacific classification yard, Roseville, California
24084-6-0October 1898Missouri Pacific Railroad #2522Paris City Park, Paris, Arkansas

In addition to the above locomotives, the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad WP&YR owns and maintains a steam-powered snowplow built by Cooke in 1899. This unit is on static display in Skagway, Alaska.