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 | |
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| Asia/Pacific | Australia, China, India, New Zealand | |
| Europe | Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom | |
| North America | Canada, United States | |
| South America | Brazil, Uruguay | |
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Australia
Generally, most locomotives for Australian railways were built from GE/EMD/Alco (US) 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 three listed below.
Active Companies
- United Group Rail - Newcastle & Perth [1]
- EDI Rail - New South Wales [2]
- EDI Walkers - Queensland
Defunct Companies
- A E Goodwin
- Comeng - Commonwealth Engineering, became Clyde Engineering - Melbourne
- Clyde Engineering - became EDI Rail
- Henry Deakin Walkers - became EDI Walkers
- Morrison Knudsen Australia
- A. Goninan - became United Goninan, became United Group Rail, Newcastle
- E M Baldwin (not the US company) built mainly small sugar cane and mining tram engines.
Canada
Active companies
- Bombardier Transportation - Montreal QC [3]
- RailPower Technologies - Vancouver, BC [4]
Defunct companies
- Canadian Locomotive Company - Kingston ON
- General Motors Diesel Division - London ON
- Montreal Locomotive Works - Montreal QC
China
- Zhuzhou [5]
- Beijing February 7th-CNR [6]
- China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Group [7]
- CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles [8]
- Changsha Heavy Machinery [9]
- Dalian Locomotive Works [10]
- Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works [11]
- CSR Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock, Co. [12]
- CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicle [13]
- Taiyuan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works [14]
- CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company (Gofront) [15]
- CSR Ziyang locomotive Works [16]
- Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group Corporation Ltd [17]
Croatia
- Koncar [18]
Czech Republic
- ČKD - (Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk)
- Skoda Works - Plzeň [19]
Denmark
- Frichs
- Pedershaab
- ABB Scandia
- Triangel
Finland
- Lokomo
- Tampella
- Valmet
- Transtech Oy / Talgo Oy
- Saalasti Oy
- Rautaruukki Oyj
- Valtionrautatiet (Finnish State Railways)
France
- Alstom [20]
- Ateliers du Nord de la France (ANF) - now owned by Bombardier Transportation
- Brissonneau and Lotz acquired by Alstom in 1972
- CFD [21]
- Compagnie Electro-Méchanique acquired by Alstom in 1985
- Schneider Electric
Georgia
- Elmavalmshenebli [22]
Germany
- AEG
- Adtranz
- BBC
- Borsig
- Gothaer Waggonfabrik
- Hanomag
- Henschel
- Krupp
- Krauss-Maffei
- LEW (ex-GDR's VEB LEW "Hans Beimler" Hennigsdorf)
- Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) [23]
- Maschienenfabrik L. Schwarzkopff
- Schöma[24]
- Siemens AG [25]
- Vossloh [26]
- Windhoff[27]
- Orenstein and Koppel GmbH
- Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau [28]
- Robel trackwork [29]
- Interlock steam [30]
Greece
Hungary
- Ganz [32]
India
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [33]
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works [34]
- Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) [35]
Italy
Japan
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company [39]
- Hitachi, Ltd. [40]
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries [41]
Korea
Netherlands
- Allan
- Heemaf [43]
- 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
- Otahuhu Workshops Auckland
- A & G Price Limited, Thames
Poland
Romania
- Electroputere Craiova [47]
Russia
- CJSC Transmashholding [48]
- NEVZ [49]
- Kolomensky [50]
- BMZ [51]
- Sinara Group [52]
- Ludinovoteplovoz [53]
Serbia
- Goša
- Mašinska Industrija Niš (MIN)
Slovakia
- Avokov [54]
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) (now owned by Stadler Rail)
- DLM AG, Dampflokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik AG [61]
- Stadler Rail [62]
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine
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 [67]
- Clayton Equipment Company Ltd [68]
- Brush Traction [69]
- Hunslet Barclay [70]
- Hunslet Engine Company [71]
- Cowans Sheldon [72]
- TMA Engineering Ltd
- 5at project, steam for the 21st century [73]
- Steam Loco Design [74]
Defunct companies
- Andrew Barclay
- Armstrong Whitworth
- Aveling and Porter
- Avonside Engine Company
- Bagnall
- Baguley
- Beyer Peacock
- Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- Black, Hawthorn & Co
- BREL
- British Electric Vehicles
- British Thomson-Houston
- Cravens (multiple units/coaching stock)
- De Winton
- Drewry Car Co.
- Dübs
- George England
- English Electric
- Fletcher, Jennings & Co.
- Fox Walker
- Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company (multiple units/coaching stock)
- Greenwood & Batley Ltd (Greenbat)
- Hawthorn Leslie
- F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd
- Hudswell Clarke
- 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 Stewart and Company
- Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Ltd
- Tulk and Ley
- Vulcan Foundry
- 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 Locomotive Company [75]
- Cummins
- Fairbanks-Morse (the company still exists, but they aren't manufacturing new locomotives)(ALCO parts) [76]
- GE Transportation Systems [77]
- Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD, formerly GM Electro-Motive Division) [78]
- MotivePower Industries (Formerly Morrison Knudsen Rail Corp.) [79]
- Wiese [80]
- Wabtec [81]
- Colmar [82]
- Harsco (HTT) [83]
- Multipower International, Inc.: steam from china [84]
- Mammoth steam [85]
Defunct companies
In addition to these, many railroads operating steam locomotives built their own locomotives in their shops. Notable examples include the 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
- 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 and Manufacturing Company
- 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
Brazil
Uruguay
External links
- Jernbanen.dk - Lokomotivfabrikker - List of builders of Danish locomotives (in Danish)
- Steam Locomotive Builders from Steamlocomotive dot Com
