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PA001
Montreal Locomotive Works fonds. - 1904-1951.
Administrative history :
The Montreal Locomotive Works commenced activities
in 1902 under the name of Locomotive and Machine
Company of Montreal Ltd. In 1904 the American
Locomotive Company of Schenectady New York (ALCO),
which manufactured steam locomotives in several
plants in North America, bought the Montreal
plant. In 1908 the name was changed to The
Montreal Locomotive Works Limited (MLW). In 1904
this plant produced the first steam locomotive in
Montreal. In 1948, the original company was
amalgamated with General Electric to manufacture
diesel-electric locomotives. Montreal Locomotive
Works was subsequently acquired by
Bombardier.
After ALCO purchased the plant, the
primary mandate of Montreal Locomotive Works
became the manufacture of steam locomotives for
the North American market, as well as the world
market.
Custodial history :
The fonds was transferred to the Association archives in several instalments between 1957 and 1963.
Scope and content :
The fonds shows the evolution of steam locomotives
as built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in
Montreal between 1904 and 1951. The fonds also
includes documents from other ALCO plants,
including Brooks, Cooke, Dickson, Manchester,
Pittsburg, Rhode Island, Richmond, Rogers and
Schenectady. The fonds shows the complete assembly
process for steam locomotives. The fonds contains
the technical specifications for each order, with
drawing lists, drawings, layouts, photographs and
negatives of various types of locomotives at
various stages of assembly.
Physical description :
10000 engineering and technical drawings. - 550 photographs: black & white negatives - 67 photo albums. - 5 m of textual materials.
General note :
Title based on the contents of the fonds. The
photographs were originally in albums. They are
now stored in boxes according to order number. The
documents in the fonds are in English. There is an
index file for the orders, and an inventory of the
negatives. See the Bombardier fonds, P002
Illustrated Treasury of MLW-ALCO to Bombardier
Locomotives. Kerr, James. 1983.
Last update
: 2006/10/23