Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was a manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives based in Paterson, New Jersey, in the United States. It grew out of a machinery business started by Thomas Rogers, which became Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor in 1832 when two New York investors joined him, and between that founding and its acquisition in 1905 it built more than 6,000 steam locomotives for railroads around the world. Most American railroads of the nineteenth century owned at least one Rogers locomotive, and its most famous product was The General, built in December 1855 and one of the principals of the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War. Rogers was bought by the American Locomotive Company in 1905, which kept building locomotives at the Paterson plant until 1913. The plant erecting shop survives as the Thomas Rogers Building, home of the Paterson Museum.
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Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was a manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives based in Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, in the United States.
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Between its founding in 1832 and its acquisition in 1905, the company built more than 6,000 steam locomotives for railroads around the world.
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Faced with stiff competition and an inability to increase its own capacity, Rogers Locomotive Works was purchased by ALCO in 1905.
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Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was a manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives based in Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, in the United States.
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Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was a manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives based in Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, in the United States.
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The locomotive was built for the Union Pacific Railroad by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1868, along with numbers 116, 117, 118 and 120.
Louisville and Nashville 152 (Wikipedia)
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Louisville and Nashville 152 is a preserved K-2A class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive, built in 1905 by the Rogers Locomotive Works (RLW) for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N).
NZR K class (1877) (Wikipedia)
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an order was placed with the Rogers Locomotive Works of New Jersey, for two tender locomotives with a 2-4-2 wheel arrangement.
NZR Q class (1878) (Wikipedia)
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The NZR Q class were a pair of 2-4-4T type tank engines built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in New Jersey.
Sierra Railway 3 (Wikipedia)
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No. 3 was built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey.
Illinois Central 382 (Wikipedia)
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Illinois Central No. 382, also known as "Ole' 382" or "The Cannonball", was a 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" bought new from the Rogers Locomotive Works in Paterson, New Jersey for the Illinois Central Railroad.
Great Northern class F-8 (Wikipedia)
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The Great Northern F-8 is a class of 125 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, their corporate successor the American Locomotive Company, and Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1901 and 1907 and operated by the Great Northern Railway until the mid 1950s.
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built in December 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey
Sandusky (locomotive) (Wikipedia)
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Sandusky was the first locomotive built by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor; it was completed in 1837.
The Yonah (locomotive) (Wikipedia)
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Built in 1848 by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey, the Yonah was the third 4-4-0 locomotive purchased by the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
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