Vulcan Iron Works

Vulcan Iron Works

Vulcan Iron Works, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, manufactured railroad locomotives. The company was established in 1849 by Richard Jones, and ceased operation in 1954. Vulcan produced its first internal combustion locomotive in the 1920s; a total of 54 diesel-electric switcher units (each weighing 25 tons or more, including a 70-ton B-B unit built for Carnegie Steel Company in 1944, the company's largest) came out of Vulcan's shops between 1938 and 1954.

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* [http://www.steamlocomotive.info/locobrowse.cfm?bn=Vulcan%20Iron%20Works Preserved Vulcan Iron Works locomotive list]


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