Founder John Cooke | Founded 1852 | |
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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 (ALCO) in 1901. ALCO continued building new locomotives at the Cooke plant until 1926.
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History
Cooke opened in 1852 as Danforth-Cooke and produced nearly 3000 locomotives before ALCO closed the plant in February 1926.
In 1901, Cooke and several other locomotive manufacturers are 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.
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 (see Rotary snowplow for a photo).