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{{Short description|19th-century steam locomotive manufacturer in Paterson, NJ}}
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| industry = Rail transport
| fate = Merged 
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| successor = [[American Locomotive Company]]
| founded = 1832 (as Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor)
| founders = [[Thomas Rogers (locomotive builder)|Thomas Rogers]]<br/>[[Morris Ketchum]]<br/>[[Jasper Grosvenor]]
| defunct = 1905
| hq_location_city = [[Paterson, New Jersey]]
| hq_location_country = United States
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'''Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works''' was a manufacturer of [[railroad]] [[steam locomotive]]s based in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]], [[New Jersey]], in the United States. Between its founding in 1832 and its acquisition in 1905, the company built more than 6,000 steam locomotives for railroads around the world. Most 19th-century U.S. railroads owned at least one Rogers-built locomotive. The company's most famous product was a locomotive named ''[[The General (locomotive)|The General]]'', built in December 1855, which was one of the principals of the [[Great Locomotive Chase]] of the [[American Civil War]].

The company was founded by [[Thomas Rogers (locomotive builder)|Thomas Rogers]] in an 1832 partnership with [[Morris Ketchum]] and [[Jasper Grosvenor]] as '''Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor'''. Rogers remained president until his death in 1856. His son, [[Jacob S. Rogers]], reorganized the company as Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works and led the company until he retired in 1893. [[Robert S. Hughes]] then became president and reorganized the company as '''Rogers Locomotive Company''', which he led until his death in 1900.

Rogers avoided the 1901 [[American Locomotive Company]] (ALCO) merger by closing and reopening as Rogers Locomotive Works, but the company's independence lasted only until 1905, when ALCO purchased it. ALCO continued building new steam locomotives at the Rogers plant until 1913 and used the Rogers facilities through the 1920s as a parts storage facility and warehouse. Eventually, ALCO sold the property to private investors. 

Today, several Rogers-built locomotives exist in railroad museums around the world, and the plant's erecting shop is preserved as the Thomas Rogers Building; it is the current location of the [[Paterson Museum]], whose mission is to preserve and display Paterson's industrial history.

==1831 to 1856: Thomas Rogers era==
The firm that was to become Rogers Locomotive Works began in 1831. [[Thomas Rogers (locomotive builder)|Thomas Rogers]] had been designing and building machinery for [[textile]] manufacturing for nearly 20 years when he sold his interest in Godwin, Rogers & Company (of which he was the Rogers part of the name) in June of that year. Rogers set out on his own with a new company called Jefferson Works in [[Paterson, New Jersey]]. The Jefferson Works built textile and agricultural machinery for a year before Rogers met the two men who would help transform the company into a major locomotive manufacturer.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=14}}

In 1832, Rogers partnered with two investors from New York City, [[Morris Ketchum]] and [[Jasper Grosvenor]]. Jefferson Works was renamed Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor, and the company began to diversify into the railroad industry. The company soon manufactured springs, axles and other small parts for railroad use.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=14}}{{sfn|White|1968|p=457}}

The first locomotive that Rogers' company assembled was actually built by [[Robert Stephenson and Company]] of England in 1835. This locomotive was the ''McNeil'' for the [[Paterson and Hudson River Railroad]]. It took another two years before Rogers received its first order for a complete locomotive.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=16}} In 1837, the [[Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad]] ordered two locomotives from Rogers to form the beginning of the railroad's roster. The first of these two locomotives was the ''[[Sandusky (locomotive)|Sandusky]]'',{{sfn|White|1968|p=457}}<ref name=OddWays /><ref name=FewPraise>{{cite news| title=Few Praise| newspaper=The Courier-Journal| location=Louisville, KY| date=July 11, 1901| page=8| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21697367/description_of_jacob_s_rogers_after/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> which became the first locomotive to cross the [[Allegheny Mountains]] (albeit by canal boat and not by rail),{{sfn|Williams|1911|p=420}} and the first locomotive to operate in [[Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.madrivermuseum.org/mr&lerr.html| title=The Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad| publisher=Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum| date=2002–2009| access-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref>{{sfn|Seneca County|1886|p=380}}<ref>{{cite news| title=The Herald's Mailbag: Early Railroad History| newspaper=The Dayton Herald| location=Dayton, OH| date=February 6, 1930| page=28| first=A.| last=Schreiner| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21696895/rogers_locomotive_was_first_in_ohio/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

''Sandusky'' included features designed by Thomas Rogers that had not been seen in locomotive construction to date. It was also the first locomotive to use [[cast iron]] [[driving wheel]]s, and the wheels included built-in counterweights to reduce the amount of wear on the [[rail tracks|track]] caused by the weight of the driving rod and wheel all coming down at once during the wheels' rotations. Before ''Sandusky'''s construction, driving wheels were typically built with [[wood]]en spokes, much like [[wagon]] wheels.{{sfn|White|1968|p=177}} Some accounts also state that ''Sandusky'' was the first locomotive to feature a [[train whistle|whistle]],<ref>{{cite news| title=(untitled)| newspaper=The Daily Notes| location=Canonsburg, PA| date=January 14, 1970| page=8| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21696602/first_locomotive_whistle_claim/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=First Steam Whistle| newspaper=The Newark Advocate| date=September 18, 1978| page=10| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21697015/another_claim_of_rogers_inventing_the/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> but this has since been proven false.{{sfn|White|1968|p=215}}

Rogers was not working completely alone in American locomotive manufacturing. In 1837, in addition to building the company's first locomotive, Rogers also filled orders from fellow locomotive builders [[Matthias W. Baldwin]] (founder of [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]]) and [[William Norris (locomotive builder)|William Norris]] (founder of [[Norris Locomotive Works]]) for locomotive tires of various sizes. Once Rogers started working on his own locomotives, however, no further orders from either Baldwin or Norris were forthcoming.

Within Rogers' own shop, [[William Swinburne (locomotive builder)|William Swinburne]] worked as the shop foreman until he moved on to form his own locomotive manufacturing company, [[Swinburne, Smith and Company]] in 1845.{{sfn|White|1968|p=457}}{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=16}} After Swinburne left Rogers, [[John Cooke (entrepreneur)|John Cooke]] also worked at the Rogers plant. Like Swinburne, Cooke later went on to form his own locomotive manufacturing firm, [[Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works|Danforth, Cooke & Company]].{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=16}}{{sfn|White|1968|p=451}} Another engineer who worked at Rogers was [[Zerah Colburn (locomotive designer)|Zerah Colburn]], the well known locomotive engineer and, later editor and publisher. Colburn was, around 1854, "superintendent and/or consultant" at the works where he introduced a number of improvements in locomotive design.{{sfn|Mortimer|2005|p=101}} His assistant was [[William Hudson (locomotive builder)|William S. Hudson]] who succeeded Rogers after he died in 1856, and was responsible for further engineering enhancement.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Steam Locomotive in America: Its development in the Twentieth Century |year=1952 |publisher=W W Norton |location=New York| page=51}}</ref> Hudson would remain with Rogers until his own death in 1881.<ref>{{cite news| title=Current Events| newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle| date=July 22, 1881| page=2| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21695984/william_s_hudson_obit/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

[[File:General locomotive c 1907.jpg|thumb|left|''[[The General (locomotive)|The General]]'' on display in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]], {{circa|1907}}]]
Rogers locomotives were, from very early in the company's history, seen as powerful, capable engines on American railroads. The ''Uncle Sam'', serial number 11, a 4-2-0 (a locomotive with [[Whyte notation|two unpowered axles in front, followed by one powered axle]]) built in 1839 for the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, was noted by ''American Railroad Journal'' for hauling a 24-car train up a grade of {{convert|26|ft/mi}} or 0.49% at {{convert|24.5|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|White|1968|p=72}} In 1846, Rogers built what is referred to as the largest 6-wheel truck engine ([[4-2-0]]) in the United States; the ''[[Licking (locomotive)|Licking]]'', serial number 92, built for the [[Mansfield and Sandusky Railroad]], generated {{convert|110|psi|kPa|abbr=on|lk=on}} of steam pressure and could pull a {{convert|380|ST|t LT|sigfig=3|adj=on|lk=on}} train up a grade of {{convert|16|ft/mi|0}} or 0.3%.{{sfn|White|1968|p=45}}

Arguably, the most famous locomotive to come out of the Rogers shops was built in 1855. Rogers built a 4-4-0, serial number 631, in December of that year for the [[Western and Atlantic Railroad]]. The railroad named the locomotive ''[[The General (locomotive)|The General]]''.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=43}} This locomotive, best known for being at the heart of an [[American Civil War]] [[Great Locomotive Chase|incident]], is now on display at the [[Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History]] (the Big Shanty Museum) in [[Kennesaw, Georgia|Kennesaw]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].

Not only were Rogers locomotives known in the industry for their power, but they were also known for their endurance. It is estimated that one locomotive, [[Illinois Central Railroad]] 4-4-0 number 23, serial number 449, built in December 1853, operated over one&nbsp;million miles ({{val|1.6|e=6|u=km}}) in its thirty-year career on the Illinois Central.{{sfn|White|1968|p=77}}

==1856 to 1905: Reorganization and decline==
[[File:Florida Railway and Navigation Company Engine 46 and crew, ca. 1885 (Ha00029).jpg|thumb|Florida Railway and Navigation Company Engine 46 and crew, ca. 1885 is a 4-4-0 locomotive, built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, const. no. 3601.]]
When Thomas Rogers died in 1856, his son [[Jacob S. Rogers]] reorganized RK&G, with Ketchum and Grosvenor remaining as investors, as the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works.<ref name=OddWays />{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=16}} Rogers built their first [[2-6-0]], which is sometimes referred to as the first 2-6-0 built in the United States, in 1863 for the [[New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company]].{{sfn|White|1968|p=62}} The company continued manufacturing both locomotives and textile machinery for nearly another 20 years.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=16}}
[[File:Locomotive "The President" (formerly "Satilla" and "Sam Hill") at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan.jpg|thumb|left|This 4-4-0 engine, at the [[Henry Ford Museum]], was built in 1858 by Rogers as the "Satilla" for the Atlantic & Gulf RR in Georgia.  In 1924, [[Henry Ford]] had it restored at his Rouge Factory, renaming it the "Sam Hill" after an engineer he admired as a boy.  In 1929, the engine (renamed "The President" in honor of [[Herbert Hoover]]) pulled a train carrying Henry Ford, [[Thomas Edison]] and President Hoover from Detroit to Dearborn, Michigan for the opening ceremony of the Henry Ford Museum.]] 

In November 1868 Rogers delivered five identical coal-burning [[4-4-0]] steam locomotives (assigned Nos. 116–120) to the [[Union Pacific Railroad]], which were subsequently placed into freight service in western Wyoming and Utah.{{sfn|Appleman|1966|p=17}} [[Union Pacific No. 119]] would gain fame on May 10, 1869, when it took part in the "[[Golden spike|Golden Spike]]" ceremony at [[Promontory, Utah|Promontory]], [[Utah]], to celebrate the completion of the [[First transcontinental railroad]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Expo Train On Exhibit Until 8| newspaper=Daily Herald| location=Provo, UT| date=May 21, 1969| page=1| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21696406/jupiter_and_119_on_display_for/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The unit was rebuilt in the early 1880s, and redesignated as road No. 343 in 1885. No. 119 was retired and sent to the scrapyard after nearly 35 years of service in April 1903. A full-scale, operating replica was completed in 1979, and now is part of an operational display at the [[Golden Spike National Historic Site]].

In 1870, Rogers was involved in a suit against [[Jay Gould]], [[James Fisk (financier)|James Fisk Jr.]], [[William H. Rasson]] and [[C. V. Nason]] alleging that Rogers was charged unreasonable freight rates when delivering their products; the court decided in favor of Rogers, delivering indictments against the four men.<ref>{{cite news| title=Rail Forfeited| newspaper=Detroit Free Press| location=Detroit, MI| date=May 12, 1870| page=4| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21695871/rogers_wins_against_jay_gould/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> In the mid-1870s, Rogers ended production of textile machinery and began concentrating solely on locomotive manufacturing.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=16}} Rogers customers of the mid-19th century continued purchasing their locomotives. The [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] (L&N) purchased so many locomotives from the company that the railroad was given a free locomotive as a thank-you bonus in 1879.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=17}}

[[File:American engineer and railroad journal (1893) (14738531076).jpg|thumb|A [[builder's photo]] of a Rogers locomotive for the [[Ferrocarril del Estado de Chile]] in 1893]]
[[File:IC 201 20050716 IL Union.jpg|thumb|[[Illinois Central Railroad]] [[Illinois Central 201|201]], built by Rogers in 1880,{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=84}} preserved at the [[Illinois Railway Museum]]]]
[[Reuben Wells]] was appointed as shop superintendent in 1887. Jacob Rogers, now in his late 70s, gradually passed more and more responsibility to Wells until Rogers resigned the presidency in 1893. The company was then reorganized as the Rogers Locomotive Company.<ref>{{cite news| title=Personal, Local and General Notes| newspaper=The Indianapolis Journal| date=March 14, 1893| page=6| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21695358/rogers_locomotive_and_machine_works/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> After just over 60 years, the Rogers company would no longer be run by a member of the Rogers family. The company reorganized under its former treasurer and new president, [[Robert S. Hughes]], as the Rogers Locomotive Company; Jacob Rogers remained the company's principal investor. Hughes led the company until his own death in 1900. A year later, Jacob Rogers closed the Rogers Locomotive Company plant.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=17}}<ref name=OddWays>{{cite news| title=Odd Ways of Jacob S. Rogers| newspaper=The Inter Ocean| location=Chicago, IL| date=January 13, 1901| page=4| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20196807/jacob_rogers/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

In 1901, the year that Jacob Rogers died and the same year that the [[American Locomotive Company]] (ALCO) was formed through the merger of eight other locomotive manufacturers, the company reopened as the Rogers Locomotive Works. Reuben Wells was again the shop superintendent, but the firm was at a competitive disadvantage. Not enough capital investment was made to purchase new equipment or in research and development. ALCO and [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]], the largest locomotive manufacturers in North America, held too much of a lead in manufacturing and selling their own locomotives for Rogers to keep up. Compounding Rogers' troubles further, the firm had no nearby rail connection, the closest railroad, [[Erie Railroad]], being located approximately {{convert|0.57|mi|km}} to the east, making transporting materials and locomotives time-consuming, increasingly more so as the surrounding city of Patterson was built up and larger engines were ordered.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=18}}

==1905 to present: absorbed into ALCO==
Faced with stiff competition and an inability to increase its own capacity, Rogers Locomotive Works was purchased by ALCO in 1905. Rogers' last independently built locomotive was serial number 6271, a [[0-6-0]] [[tank locomotive]] built for [[W. R. Grace & Company]] in February 1905.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=147}} ALCO continued building locomotives at the Rogers plant until 1913 when manufacturing at the plant ceased permanently. Locomotives built at the Rogers plant under ALCO are generally referred to as locomotives built by ALCO-Rogers. ALCO used the Rogers plant buildings as warehouses well into the 1920s, but eventually sold off all of the property. The original Rogers erecting shop was converted into office space and was still in use in that manner as late as 1992.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=19}}

The erecting shop building has since been renamed the "Thomas Rogers Building" and is now the home of the [[Paterson Museum]]. The museum preserves and displays artifacts of Paterson's industrial history.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Passaic County |author2=New Jersey | url=http://www.passaiccountynj.org/ParksHistorical/Historical_Attractions/patersonmuseum.htm| title=Paterson Museum| access-date=October 5, 2005| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026035755/http://www.passaiccountynj.org/ParksHistorical/Historical_Attractions/patersonmuseum.htm <!--Added by H3llBot-->| archive-date=October 26, 2005}}</ref> A [[2-6-0]] locomotive that was used in the construction of the [[Panama Canal]] is on display outside the museum, but it is one that was built by ALCO-Cooke (the former [[Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works]] plant, also located in Paterson) and not by Rogers.<ref>{{cite web| last=Thomas| first=Dorn| date=November 20, 1999| url=http://www.czbrats.com/Builders/engine299.htm| title=Panama Canal Construction Locomotive No. 299| access-date=October 5, 2005}}</ref>

==Preserved Rogers locomotives==
The following locomotives (in serial number order) built by Rogers have been preserved. Where multiple railroads and road numbers are listed, they are given in chronological order for the locomotives; all locations are in the United States unless noted, engines built from 1905 onwards were post-ALCO acquisition.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992}}<ref>{{cite web| author=Sunshine Software| url=http://www.steamlocomotive.info/| title=Steam Locomotive Information| access-date=October 4, 2005}}</ref>

{| class="toccolours"
|-
! bgcolor=cc9966 | Serial number
! bgcolor=cc9966 | Wheel arrangement<br /><small>([[Whyte notation]])</small>
! bgcolor=cc9966 | Build date
! bgcolor=cc9966 | Operational owner(s)
! bgcolor=cc9966 | Disposition
|-
| 42
| [[4-2-2]]
| March 1843
| Matanza Railroad No. 1
| Christina Station, Havana, Cuba.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=30}}<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/images/showImage.php?image=cuba1LaJunta.jpg| title=No. 1, La Junta| date=October 2007| access-date=February 8, 2009| work=SteamLocomotive.com}}</ref>
|-
| 631
| [[4-4-0]]
| December 1855
| [[Western and Atlantic Railroad]] No. 3 [[The General (locomotive)|''General'']]
| Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Kennesaw, Georgia.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=43}}
|-
| 812
| 4-4-0
| January 1858
| [[Atlantic and Gulf Railroad (1856-79)|Atlantic and Gulf Railroad]] No. 3
| [[The Henry Ford|Henry Ford Museum]], Dearborn, Michigan
|-
| 1757
| 4-4-0
| June 1870
| Eten Ry No. 2 "Althaus" (most likely identification, possibly also Eten Ry No. 1 or Eten Ry No. 3, also built in 1870).
| Remains preserved at Eten, Peru.
|-
| 1814
| 0-(2)2-0T - steam car, 4 wheel, 2 drivers
| November 1870
| Eten Ry "El Guainambi"
| Remains preserved at Eten, Peru.
|-
| 2454
| [[2-4-2]]
| July 1877
| [[New Zealand Railways Department|New Zealand Railways]] [[NZR K class (1877)#Class register|NZR K 88]]<br/>[[Locomotives of New Zealand#Steam locomotives|Steam Locomotives of New Zealand]]
| [[Plains Vintage Railway|The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum]], Ashburton, New Zealand.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=80}}
|-
| 2468
| 2-4-2
| March 1878
| New Zealand Railways K No. 92
|https://www.waimeaplainsrailway.co.nz Gore, New Zealand.
|-
| 2470
| 2-4-2
| March 1878
| New Zealand Railways K No. 94
| The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum, Ashburton, New Zealand.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=82}}
|-
| 2588
| [[2-4-4]]T
| May 1880
| [[Illinois Central Railroad]] #[[Illinois Central 201|201]]
| [[Illinois Railway Museum]], Union, Illinois.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=84}}
|-
| 3327
| 4-4-0
| August 1883
| [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] No. 136
| [[South Simcoe Railway]], Tottenham, Ontario, Canada.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=97}}
|-
| 4493
| [[4-6-0]]
| March 1891
| [[Prescott and Arizona Central Railway]] No. 3, [[Sierra No. 3]]
| Currently owned by the State of [[California]], operated at [[Railtown 1897 State Historic Park]], Jamestown, California; operational<ref>{{cite web|author=California State Railroad Museum |url=http://www.csrmf.org/railtown/doc.asp?id=406 |title="Movie Star" Locomotive Fundraising Campaign Continues |access-date=March 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060226183142/http://www.csrmf.org/railtown/doc.asp?id=406 |archive-date=February 26, 2006 }}</ref>{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=118}}<ref>{{cite news| title=Long an icon, locomotive needs a makeover| first=Dixie| last=Reed| newspaper=The Bismarck Tribune| location=Bismarck, ND| date=March 11, 2007| page=2| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21695539/the_bismarck_tribune/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-
| 4788
| 4-6-0
| November 1892
| [[Burlington and Missouri Railroad]] No. 309, [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] No. 637
| Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=122}}
|-
| 4865
| [[0-6-0ST]]
| 1893
| [[Chilean State Railways]] Type 22 No. 205
| Santiago Railway Museum, Santiago, Chile.<ref name="lcgb.org.uk">{{cite web| url=http://www.lcgb.org.uk/html/santiagomuseum.htm| title=Santiago Railway Museum Chile - Museo Ferroviario de Santiago Chile| website=Railway Pages of David Pendlebury & Chris Cairns| access-date=2012-02-05| archive-date=2009-10-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012020645/http://www.lcgb.org.uk/html/santiagomuseum.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 5086
| [[4-6-0]]
| 1896
| [[Chilean State Railways]] Type 38 No. 248
| Hotel Las Acacias de Vitacura, Santiago, Chile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=12925|title = Steam Locomotive Information}}</ref>
|-
| 5001
| [[2-4-0]]
| 1894
| MINAZ No. 1216
| Cuba Libre Sugar Mill, Pedro Betancourt, Cuba.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=19521 |access-date=2020-05-02 |title=MINAZ No. 1216|website=steamlocomotive.info}}</ref>
|-
| 5425
| [[0-6-0]]
| September 1899
| [[St. Paul and Duluth Railroad]] No. 74, [[Northern Pacific Railway|Northern Pacific]] No. 924, [[Empire Paper Company]]
| [[Northwest Railway Museum]], Snoqualmie, Washington. Operational. {{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=134}}<ref>{{cite news| title=Old Engine Due Display| newspaper=The Daily Chronicle| location=Centralia, WA| date=October 11, 1969| page=1| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21696735/rogers_locomotive_to_be_preserved/| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
|-
| 5609
| 4-6-0
| August 1900
| [[Mobile and Ohio Railroad]] No. 187, [[Columbus and Greenville Railway (1923–1972)|Columbus and Greenville Railway]] No. 178
| Propst Park, [[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus]], [[Mississippi]].{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=136}}
|-
| 5190
| [[2-8-0]]
| 1901
| Chilean State Railways Type R No. 3087
| Santiago Railway Museum, Santiago, Chile.<ref name="lcgb.org.uk"/>
|-
| 5796
| [[2-8-0]]
| August 1902
| [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] No. 1147
| [[North Central Washington Museum]], Wenatchee, Washington.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=139}}
|-
| 6178
| 2-8-0
| June 1904
| Illinois Central Railroad No. 764
| [[National Museum of Transportation]], Kirkwood, Missouri.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=146}}
|-
| 6256
| [[4-6-2]]
| January 1905
| [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] #[[L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152|152]]
| [[Kentucky Railway Museum]], New Haven, Kentucky.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=147}}
|-
| 6259
| 0-6-0
| January 1905
| [[Atlanta and West Point Railroad]] No. 4, [[Western Railway of Alabama]] No. 104
| Georgia RR Depot, Conyers, Georgia.{{sfn|Moshein|Rothfus|1992|p=147}}
|-
| 6178
| [[2-8-0]]
| 1904
| [[Illinois Central Railroad]] #764
| [[National Museum of Transportation]], Kirkwood, Missouri.
|-
| 53115
| [[0-4-0]]T
| June 1913
| [[Port of Los Angeles|Los Angeles Harbor Department]] No. 32
| [[Travel Town Museum]], [[Griffith Park]], [[Los Angeles, California]]
|-
| 53880
| [[0-4-0]]T
| June 1913
| [[Macon Iron & Paper Stock]] No. 30
| [[Georgia State Railroad Museum]], Savannah, Georgia
|}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://steamlocomotive.com/survivors/search.php?builder=Alco+%28Rogers%29&country=USA|title = Surviving Steam Locomotive Search Results}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Paul Rapsey Hodge]]
* [[List of locomotive builders]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite book| ref={{harvid|Appleman|1966}}| author=Appleman, Roy E.| year=1966| title=Union Pacific Locomotive No. 119 and Central Pacific Locomotive No. 60 at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869| publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior| location=Washington, DC. }}
* {{cite book| title=History of Seneca County, Ohio| location=Chicago| publisher=Warner, Beers & Co| year=1886| url=http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Seneca/SenIndex.htm| access-date=February 28, 2009| ref={{harvid|Seneca County|1886}} }}
* {{cite book| ref={{harvid|Mortimer|2005}} | author=Mortimer, John| year=2005| title=Zerah Colburn: The Spirit of Darkness| publisher=Arima Publishing| location=Bury St Edmunds, UK| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjGbGiLGTIcC| isbn=1-84549-024-X }}
* {{cite journal| author1=Moshein, Peter  |author2=Rothfus, Robert R. |name-list-style=amp |date=Autumn 1992| title=Rogers locomotives: A brief history and construction list| journal=Railroad History| issue=167| pages=13–147| publisher=Railway and Locomotive Historical Society| ref={{harvid|Moshein|Rothfus|1992}}}}
* {{Wikicite|ref={{harvid|White|1968}}|reference={{White - History of the American locomotive}} }}
* {{cite journal| journal=Locomotive Engineers Journal| last=Williams| first=H.W.| pages=420–422| publisher=Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers|date=May 1911| title=Locomotive engineers journal| volume=XLV| issue=5| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dz0oAAAAYAAJ| access-date=February 28, 2009| via=Google Books}}

==External links==
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*{{HAER |survey=NJ-3 |id=nj0172 |title=Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works}}
*{{HAER |survey=NJ-3-A |id=nj0170 |title=Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Erecting Shop |link=no}}
*{{HAER |survey=NJ-3-B |id=nj0169 |title=Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Fitting Shop |link=no}}
*{{HAER |survey=NJ-3-C |id=nj0168 |title=Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Millwright Shop |link=no}}
*{{HAER |survey=NJ-3-D |id=nj0171 |title=Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Administration Building |link=no}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041012100548/http://www.patersonhistory.com/industry/rogersworks.html A History of Paterson—The Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121017093033/http://www.state.nj.us/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/rogerslocomotiveframefittingshop.html New Jersey Historic Trust]—preservation efforts on the remaining Rogers erecting shop building
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041222020142/http://www.csa-railroads.com/Essays/Specification%20For%20The%20General.htm Specifications for The General]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724194410/http://www.plainsrailway.co.nz/album.php?album=12 New Zealand Railways K88 "Washington"]

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