The Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a
railroad
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equipment manufacturing company founded by
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...
and T.N. Miller in 1865. It was located in
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Allegheny City was a municipality that existed in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1788 until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. It was located north across the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh, with its southwest border formed by ...
, a suburb of
Pittsburgh
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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
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and
Japan
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.
By 1901, when Pittsburgh had merged with seven other manufacturing companies to form
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer of locomotives, diesel generators, steel, and tanks that operated from 1901 to 1969. The company was formed by the merger of seven smaller locomo ...
(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.
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Steam Locomotive Information
'. Retrieved October 30, 2005.
Post-1901 merger
Following is a list (in serial number order) of Pittsburgh locomotives built after the ALCO merger that have been spared the scrapper's torch.
Notes
External links
SteamLocomotive.infolist of extant ALCO-Pittsburgh locomotives.
History of Maritime Railway and disposition of its locomotives.
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