This is a list of the world's locomotive builders by country, and is still a work in progress. The list includes both current and historical builders. Many companies changed names multiple times; the attempt is to give the most recognisable name, generally the one used for the longest time or during the company's best known period.
| Africa | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Pacific | Australia, China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Pakistan | |
| Europe | Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom | |
| North America | Canada, United States | |
| South America | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | |
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Argentina[]
- Material Ferroviario S.A. [3]
- FADEL
Australia[]
Generally, most locomotives for Australian railways were built from GE/EMD/Alco (USA) components, with the bodies built by Australian companies. Comeng, Clyde Engineering, and Goninan were the most prominent, building hundred of locomotives for Queensland Rail, Rail Corporation New South Wales (as the State Rail Authority), etc. Most of these companies have now merged to form the four listed below.
Active Companies[]
- Avteq - Melbourne
- United Group Rail - Newcastle & Perth [4]
- EDI Rail - New South Wales [5]
- EDI Walkers - Queensland
Defunct Companies[]
- E M Baldwin (not the USA company) built mainly small sugar cane and mining tram engines
- Clyde Engineering - became EDI Rail
- Comeng - Commonwealth Engineering, became Clyde Engineering - Melbourne
- A. Goninan - became United Goninan, became United Group Rail, Newcastle
- A. E. Goodwin
- Henry Deakin Walkers - became EDI Walkers
- Ipswich workshops, Queensland Railways
- Morrison-Knudsen Australia
- Phoenix Engine Company, Ipswich, Queensland
- Springall and Frost, Ipswich, Queensland
Belgium[]
Brazil[]
- GE Transportation - Brazil [8]
Bulgaria[]
Canada[]
Active companies[]
Defunct companies[]
- Canadian Locomotive Company - Kingston ON
- General Motors Diesel Division - London ON - now Electro-Motive Diesel Canadian operations
- Montreal Locomotive Works - Montreal QC
China[]
- Two Groups
- CNR Beijing February 7th Locomotive Works [2]
- CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles [12]
- Changsha Heavy Machinery [13]
- CNR Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company [14]
- Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works [15]
- CSR Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock, Co. [16]
- CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicle [17]
- Taiyuan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works [18]
- Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group Corporation Ltd [19]
- CSR Ziyang Locomotive Works [20]
- CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company (Gofront)
- Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric
Croatia[]
- Končar [21]
Czech Republic[]
- ČKD - (Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk)
- Skoda Works - Plzeň [22]
Denmark[]
- ABB Scandia
- Frichs
- Pedershaab
- Triangel
Finland[]
- Lokomo
- Tampella
- Valmet
- Transtech Oy / Talgo Oy
- Saalasti Oy
- Rautaruukki Oyj
- Valtionrautatiet (Finnish State Railways)
France[]
- Alstom [23]
- Ateliers du Nord de la France (ANF) - now owned by Bombardier Transportation
- Brissonneau and Lotz acquired by Alstom in 1972
- CFD [24]
- Compagnie Electro-Méchanique acquired by Alstom in 1985
- Fives-Lille Cail
Georgia[]
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Germany[]
- AEG
- Adtranz
- Berliner Maschinenbau
- Bombardier, Kassel
- Bombardier, Hennigsdorf (multiple units) ; formerly LEW Hennigsdorf ; formely Borsig Lokomotiv Werke
- Borsig (August Borsig Lokomotiv-Werke in Tegel)
- Gmeinder
- Hanomag
- Henschel
- Krupp
- Krauss-Maffei
- Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK)
- Maschienenfabrik L. Schwarzkopff
- Schichau-Werke
- Schöma
- Siemens AG
- Vossloh
- Voith
- Windhoff
- Orenstein and Koppel GmbH
- Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau [25]
- Robel trackwork [26]
- Interlock steam [27]
- AG Vulcan Stettin
Greece[]
- Basileiades
- Hellenic Shipyards Co. [28]
Hungary[]
- Ganz [3]
India[]
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [29]
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works [30]
- Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) [31]
- Golden Rock Locomotive Workshops
- Bharat Earth Movers Limited
Iran[]
- See also: Iranian railway industry
- MLC (Mapna Locomotive Engineering and Manufacturing Company)
- Wagon Pars
Italy[]
Japan[]
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company [35]
- Hitachi, Ltd. [36]
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries [37]
- Toshiba [38]
Korea[]
- Hyundai Rotem [39]
Netherlands[]
- Allan
- Heemaf [40]
- Werkspoor
New Zealand[]
The various Workshops below were part of the New Zealand Railways or NZR until it was privatised, but the Active ones still operating are now separate companies.
Active[]
- Hutt Workshops Lower Hutt
- Hillside Workshops Dunedin
Defunct[]
- Addington Workshops Christchurch
- Easttown Workshops Wanganui
- Newmarket Workshops Auckland (to 1928)
- Otahuhu Workshops Auckland (from 1929)
Private Companies[]
- A & G Price Thames
- Scott Brothers Christchurch
- E.W. Mills Wellington
Pakistan[]
- Pakistan Locomotive Factory, Risalpur (from 1993)
Poland[]
- Pafawag
- Pesa
- Fablok
- Bumar [41]
- Newag
- H. Cegielski (Poznań)
Romania[]
Russia[]
- CJSC Transmashholding
- Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Factory(NEVZ)
- Bryanskiy Machine-building Plant
- Kolomensky Zavod (KTZ) [44]
- BMZ [45]
- Sinara Group
- Ludinovoteplovoz
- Ekaterinburg Electric Locomotive Factory EERZ [46]
- Mytischy Subway Carriages Factory (Metrovagonmash) [47]
- Saint Petersburg Subway Carriages Factory
Serbia[]
- Goša
- Mašinska Industrija Niš (MIN)
Slovakia[]
- Avokov [48]
South Africa[]
Spain[]
- Vossloh Rail Vehicles [53]
- Talgo [54]
- CAF [55]
- La Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima
- Babcock & Wilcock
- Cía. Euskalduna
Sweden[]
Switzerland[]
- Brown, Boveri & Cie
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) (now owned by Stadler Rail)
- DLM AG, Dampflokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik AG [58]
- Stadler Rail [59]
Turkey[]
- Tülomsaş [60]
Ukraine[]
- Luhanskteplovoz[61]
- JSC Krukovskiy Wagon Works
United Kingdom[]
Historically, major railways in the United Kingdom built the vast majority of their own locomotives. Commercial locomotive builders were called upon when requirements exceeded the railway works' capacity, but these orders were generally to the railways' own designs. British commercial builders concentrated on industrial users, small railway systems, and to a large extent the export market. British-built locomotives were exported around the world, especially to the current or former British Empire. With the almost total disappearance of British industrial railways, the shrinking of the export market, and much reduced demand from Britain's railways, few British locomotive builders survive.
Active companies[]
- Alan Keef Ltd [62] (narrow-gauge diesel/steam locomotives, permanent way)
- Clayton Equipment Company Ltd [63] (diesel/electric/battery locomotives)
- Brush Barclay [64]
- Brush Traction [65] (diesel/electric locomotives)
- Exmoor Steam Railway [66] (narrow-gauge steam locomotives)
- Hunslet Engine Company [67] (diesel locomotives/narrow-gauge steam locomotives)
- Cowans Sheldon [68] (railway cranes)
- TMA Engineering Ltd (narrow-gauge diesel locomotives)
- 5AT project, steam for the 21st century [69]
- Steam Loco Design [70]
Defunct companies[]
- Andrew Barclay
- Armstrong Whitworth
- Aveling and Porter
- Avonside Engine Company
- Bagnall
- Baguley
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- Black, Hawthorn & Co
- BREL
- British Electric Vehicles
- British Thomson-Houston
- Cravens (multiple units/coaching stock)
- Davies and Metcalfe
- De Winton
- Drewry Car Co.
- Dübs
- George England
- English Electric
- Fletcher, Jennings & Co.
- Fox, Walker and Company
- Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company (multiple units/coaching stock)
- Greenwood & Batley Ltd (Greenbat)
- Hawthorn Leslie
- F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd
- Hudswell Clarke
- John Fowler & Co.
- Kerr Stuart
- Kitson
- Stephen Lewin
- Manning Wardle
- Metro-Cammell (multiple units/coaching stock)
- Metropolitan-Vickers
- Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- Motor Rail
- Muir-Hill
- Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company
- Neilson Reid
- North British Locomotive Company
- Peckett and Sons
- Pressed Steel (multiple units/coaching stock)
- R and W Hawthorn to 1870
- Ruston & Hornsby
- Sentinel Waggon Works
- Robert Stephensons and Hawthorns
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- Sharp, Roberts and Company
- Sharp Stewart and Company
- Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Ltd
- Tulk and Ley
- Vulcan Foundry
- Walker Brothers - narrow gauge for Ireland
- D Wickham & Co
- Wingrove & Rogers
- Yorkshire Engine Company
See also
- List of British railway-owned locomotive builders
- List of early British private locomotive manufacturers
United States[]
Active companies[]
- Brookville Equipment Corporation [71]
- GE Transportation [72]
- Electro-Motive Diesel [73]
- Wiese [74]
- Wabtec [75]
- Colmar [76]
- Harsco Corporation [77]
- National Railway Equipment Company[78]
- Progress Rail Services Corporation [79]
- Motive Power & Equipment Solutions, Inc. [80]
Defunct companies[]
In addition to these, many railroads operating steam locomotives built their own locomotives in their shops. Notable examples include the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Mount Clare Shops, Norfolk and Western's Roanoke Shops, Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Works and the Southern Pacific's Sacramento Shops. Estimates of the total Steam locomotive production in the USA is approximately 175,000 engines.
- American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
- Amoskeag Locomotive Works
- Appomattox Locomotive Works (operated by Uriah Wells)
- Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company
- Baldwin Locomotive Works (later known as Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton)
- Brooks Locomotive Works
- Burr and Ettinger
- Cincinnati Locomotive Works (also known as Harkness and as Moore & Richardson)
- Climax Manufacturing Company
- Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
- Covington Locomotive Works
- Davenport Locomotive Works
- Denmead
- Dickson Manufacturing Company
- Dunkirk Engineering Company
- Eastwick and Harrison
- Euclid Road Machinery Company
- Globe Locomotive Works
- Glover Locomotive Works
- Grant Locomotive Works
- Heisler Locomotive Works
- Hicks Locomotive and Car Works
- Hinkley Locomotive Works
- H. K. Porter, Inc (Smith & Porter, later Porter, Bell & Co)
- Ingalls Shipbuilding
- Kentucky Locomotive Works
- Lancaster Locomotive Works
- Lawrence Machine Shop
- Lima Locomotive Works (later Lima-Hamilton, then Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton)
- Locks and Canals Machine Shop
- Lowell Machine Shop
- Manchester Locomotive Works
- Mason Machine Works
- McQueen Locomotive Works
- Mount Savage Locomotive Works
- Nashville Manufacturing Company
- Newcastle Manufacturing Company
- New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Company (began as Swinburne & Smith)
- New York Locomotive Works (also known as Breese, Kneeland & Company)
- Niles and Company
- Norris Locomotive Works
- Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
- Plymouth Locomotive Works
- Portland Company
- Republic Locomotive Works
- Rhode Island Locomotive Works
- Richmond Locomotive Works
- Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works (also known as Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor)
- Rome Locomotive Works (New York)
- Ross Winans Locomotive Works
- Schenectady Locomotive Works
- St. Louis Car Company
- Swinburne (William Swinburne left New Jersey L&MCo to form his own company)
- Talbott and Brother Iron Works
- Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company
- T. H. Paul & Sons
- Tredegar Iron Works
- United Aircraft
- Virginia Locomotive and Car Works (also known as Smith & Perkins)
- Vulcan Iron Works
- West Point Foundry
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WEMCO)
- Whitcomb Locomotive Works
- Wilmarth
Uruguay[]
See also[]
- List of rolling stock manufacturers
References[]
External links[]
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- Jernbanen.dk - Lokomotivfabrikker - List of builders of Danish locomotives (in Danish)
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