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The Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a
railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
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 in ...
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 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 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.Sunshine Software,
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.info
list of extant ALCO-Pittsburgh locomotives.

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