Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
The Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a railroad equipment manufacturing company founded by Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865. It was located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh and since 1907 part of that city.
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| Industry | Rail transport |
|---|---|
| Founded | by Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865 |
| Defunct | 1901 (Original facility) 1919 (ALCO facility) |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | American Locomotive Company |
| Headquarters | Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
| Products | Steam locomotives and Automobiles |
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
editPre-1901 merger
editFollowing 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 number | Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation) |
Build date | Operational owner(s) | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1592 | 4-6-0 | 1898 | Maritime Coal Railway and Power Company 5[3] | Canadian Railway Museum, Delson, Quebec, Canada |
| 1711 | 2-6-0 | 1897 | Hankaku Railway #2851 | Shinagawa, Tokyo |
| 1815 | 2-6-0 | 1898 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 1175 | Buffalo, Wyoming |
Post-1901 merger
editListed below (likewise in serial number order) are preserved locomotives that were built at the Pittsburgh facility after the ALCO merger.
| Serial number | Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation) |
Build date | Operational 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 |
| 42286 | 2-8-0 | 1907 | Duluth 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 | 1910 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming 19 | Frisco, Texas |
| 46943 | 2-8-0 | 1910 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming 20 | Allen, Texas |
| 46944 | 2-8-0 | 1910 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming 22 | North Freedom, Wisconsin |
| 46945 | 2-8-0 | 1910 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming 21 | Baraboo, Wisconsin |
| 46946 | 2-8-0 | 1910 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming 24 | National Railroad Museum Green Bay, Wisconsin |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Sunshine Software, Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved October 30, 2005.
- ^ Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines (Edson & Vail), Vol 2, page 674. New York Central System Historical Society
External links
edit- American History Site
- SteamLocomotive.info list of extant ALCO-Pittsburgh locomotives.
- Maritime Railway site History of Maritime Railway and disposition of its locomotives.