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.
It repaired an early locomotive known as Bausman's Rhinoceros in April 1867. 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.Sunshine Software, Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved October 30, 2005.
Serial number Wheel arrangement(Whyte notation) Build date Operational owner(s) Disposition 1592 1898 Maritime Coal Railway and Power Company 5Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines (Edson & Vail), Vol 2, page 674. New York Central System Historical Society Canadian Railway Museum, Delson, Quebec, Canada 1711 1897 Hankaku Railway #2851 Shinagawa, Tokyo 1815 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 number Wheel arrangement(Whyte notation) Build dateOperational owner(s) Disposition376721905Morehead and North Fork 12Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, Ohio395701906Duluth and Northeastern 28Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth, Minnesota 39637 1906 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 29 Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona422851907Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 347Chisholm, Minnesota422862-8-01907Duluth and Northeastern No. 27Barnum, Minnesota 46939 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 23 Phoenicia, New York 46941 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 18 Boyertown, Pennsylvania469421910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 19Frisco, Texas469431910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 20Allen, Texas469441910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 22North Freedom, Wisconsin469451910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 21Baraboo, Wisconsin469461910Lake Superior and Ishpeming 24National Railroad Museum Green Bay, Wisconsin
Notes
External links American History Site SteamLocomotive.info list of extant ALCO-Pittsburgh locomotives. Maritime Railway site History of Maritime Railway and disposition of its locomotives.