Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
IndustryRail transport
Foundedby Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865
Defunct1901 (Original facility)
1919 (ALCO facility)
FateMerged
SuccessorAmerican Locomotive Company
HeadquartersAllegheny, Pennsylvania
ProductsSteam locomotives and Automobiles

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.[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 number Wheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)		 Build date Operational owner(s) Disposition
1592 4-6-0 1898 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Class F-100 #82.[3] Sold 1907 to Canadian Equipment Company and used on the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, Canada's third transcontinental railway. Resold 1920 to Maritime Coal Ry. & Power Company #5.[4] Retired 1961 to Canadian Railway Museum. Canadian Railway Museum, Delson, Quebec, Canada
1710 2-6-0 1897 Hankaku Railway #13 in Japan. Hankaku Railway was nationalized in 1906. It was renumbered #2851. The last owner was Jobu Railway. Shinagawa, Tokyo
1815 2-6-0 1898 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad No. 1175 Buffalo, Wyoming

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.

Serial number Wheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)		 Build date Operational owner(s) Disposition
37672 0-6-0 1905 Originally built as Southern Railway 1643, the locomotive was sold to the Morehead and North Fork Railroad and renumbered 12. It eventually found its way to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, Ohio
39570 2-8-0 1906 Originally Duluth Missabe and Northern No. 332, it eventually became Duluth & Northeastern 28 is a class C3 that operated until 1965. It now operates for the North Shore Scenic Railroad in Minnesota.[5] Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
39637 2-8-0 1906 Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad Class SC-3 originally No. 14. Now No. 29. Sold 1962 to Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad for storage, and then sold again in 1985 to the Mid Continent Railway Museum. In 1989, it was purchased by the Grand Canyon Railway[6] in Arizona, and has been operating there since 1990. Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona
42285 2-8-0 1907 Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 347. Chisholm, Minnesota
42286 2-8-0 1907 Originally Duluth Missabe and Northern 348. Now Duluth & Northeastern No. 27.[7] Barnum, Minnesota
46939 2-8-0 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming No. 23. The first of the Road’s SC-4 class as #9, it was renumbered 23 in 1924. It was used frequently by the Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad before being sold to the Empire State Railway Museum, where it is currently undergoing restoration to operating condition. Phoenicia, New York
46941 2-8-0 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming No. 18. It was sold off to various owners, including the Grand Canyon Railway and the San Luis and Rio Grande, before ending up at the Colebrookdale Railroad. Boyertown, Pennsylvania
46942 2-8-0 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming No. 19 Frisco, Texas
46943 2-8-0 1910 Lake Superior and Ishpeming No. 20 Allen, Texas
46944 2-8-0 1910 Formerly Munising, Marquette and Southeastern No. 38, it was renumbered 22 when it was bought by the Lake Superior and Ishpeming in 1924. It has been owned by the Mid Continent Railway Museum since 1985. North Freedom, Wisconsin
46945 2-8-0 1910 Formerly Munising, Marquette and Southeastern No. 39 before becoming Lake Superior and Ishpeming No. 21. It has been undergoing restoration to operating condition by BMG Railroad Contractors since 2002.[8] Baraboo, Wisconsin
46946 2-8-0 1910 Originally Munising, Marquette and Southeastern No. 40. Now Lake Superior and Ishpeming No. 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. ↑ "Nova Scotia Short Lines & Industrial Railroads".
  4. ↑ Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines (Edson & Vail), Vol 2, page 674. New York Central System Historical Society
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum". Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  6. ↑ "Grand Canyon Railway". Grand Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  7. ↑ "1342-30 Minnesota Museum of Mining". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  8. ↑ "BMG Railroad Contractors LLC". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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