Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works

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Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
IndustryRail transport
Foundedby Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865
Defunct1901 (Original facility)
1919 (ALCO facility)
FateMerged
Successor American Locomotive Company
Headquarters Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Products Steam locomotives and Automobiles

Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was one of several major American locomotive builders of the late 19th century. Founded in 1865 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie and T. N. Miller, the company helped establish Pittsburgh as a center of heavy industry before merging into the American Locomotive Company in 1901. It was located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which later became part of Pittsburgh in 1907.

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It repaired an early locomotive known as Bausman's Rhinoceros in April 1867. [1] Starting in the 1870s under its superintendent and general manager Daniel A. Wightman, it became known for its production of large locomotives. Its engines were shipped around the world, including India and Japan.

By 1901, when Pittsburgh had merged with seven other manufacturing companies to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO), Pittsburgh had produced over 2,400 locomotives. In March 1919, ALCO closed the Pittsburgh facility.

Preserved Pittsburgh locomotives

Pre-1901 merger

Following is a list (in serial number order) of Pittsburgh locomotives built before the ALCO merger that have been spared the scrapper's torch. [2]

Serial numberWheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)		Build dateOperational owner(s)Disposition
1592 4-6-0 1898Maritime Coal Railway and Power Company 5 [3] Canadian Railway Museum, Delson, Quebec, Canada
1711 2-6-0 T 1897Hankaku Railway #2851 Shinagawa, Tokyo
1815 2-6-0 1898 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 1175 Buffalo, Wyoming

Post-1901 merger

Listed below (likewise in serial number order) are preserved locomotives that were built at the Pittsburgh facility after the ALCO merger.

Serial numberWheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)		Build dateOperational owner(s)Disposition
37672 0-6-0 1905 Morehead and North Fork 12 Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, Ohio
39570 2-8-0 1906 Duluth and Northeastern 28 Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
39637 2-8-0 1906 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 29 Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona
42285 2-8-0 1907 Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 347 Chisholm, Minnesota
422862-8-01907Duluth and Northeastern No. 27 Barnum, Minnesota
46939 2-8-0 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 23 Phoenicia, New York
46941 2-8-0 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 18 Boyertown, Pennsylvania
46942 2-8-0 1910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 19 Frisco, Texas
46943 2-8-0 1910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 20 Allen, Texas
46944 2-8-0 1910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 22 North Freedom, Wisconsin
46945 2-8-0 1910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 21 Baraboo, Wisconsin
46946 2-8-0 1910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 24 National Railroad Museum Green Bay, Wisconsin

Notes

  1. ↑ Bell, J. Snowden (January 1901). "A Curiosity in Locomotive Design". Railway and locomotive engineering; a practical journal of motive power, rolling stock and appliances. Vol. XIV. New York: Angus Sinclair Company. p. 13. OCLC   1763393.
  2. ↑ Sunshine Software, Steam Locomotive Information . Retrieved October 30, 2005.
  3. ↑ Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines (Edson & Vail), Vol 2, page 674. New York Central System Historical Society
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