Alco (American Locomotive Company) Pocket Watch

From www.railphotoexpress.biz; Alco (American Locomotive Company) was the second-largest steam train locomotive builder in the United States (after Baldwin), producing over 75,000 railroad train locomotives. Among these were a large number of well-known locomotives. Railroads that favored Alco products included the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, the New Haven Railroad, the New York Central Railroad, the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific. Alco was known for its steam locomotives of which the 4-6-4 Hudson and the 4-8-4 Niagara built for the New York Central and the 4-6-6-4 (Challenger) built for the Union Pacific Railroad were fine examples. Alco built many of the biggest locomotives ever constructed, including Union Pacific's Big Boy Locomotive.